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Saturday,
4 April 1908
Home International Championship 1907-08
(25th)
Match
Scotland 1
England 1
[1-0]
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Match
Summary
Scotland Party
England Party
Team Records |
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Hampden Park,
Kinghorn Drive, Mount Florida, Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Attendance:
121,452 (a new world record attendance);
Receipts: £6995;
Kick-off 3.30pm GMT |
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Scotland -
Andy Wilson ('Quinn crossed, and although Crompton
blocked White's volley, Wilson snatched the tap in' 27)
England - Jimmy Windridge
('a powerful shot hit the underside of the crossbar, and from the
rebound the referee adjudged the ball to have crossed the line' 74).
According to the Dundee Courier, 'the
ball hit the top of the net close to the crossbar, and rebounded out
after striking the ground' |
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Results 1901-14 |
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Scotland won the toss,
England
kicked-off. |
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Match
Summary |
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 Officials |
Scotland |
Type |
England |
Referee
- James Mason
Burslem, England
Linesmen - John Liddell,
Queen's Park, Scotland and John Lewis, Blackburn, England
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Corner Kicks Won |
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Offside Calls Against |
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Possession |
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The new world record attendance was not without incident,
"so great was the pressure that no fewer than seventy persons were injured,
one so severely that he had to be treated at the hospital." -
The Manchester Courier. "The majority of those had dropped to the ground in a faint and recovered
fully when carried out on the stretchers, but three cases were so serious
that the unfortunates had to be conveyed in the ambulance van to the
Victoria Hospital. These were:- Alexander Cuthill, 11 Annfield Road,
Denistoun - Internal injuries. James McDade, Railway Road, Airdrie - Injured
leg. John Holt, junior, Harbour Road, Musselburgh - Internal injuries."
- The Dundee Courier.
"Apart from
the great crush, many were injured on the head, as spectators in ruthless
and cruel fashion threw stones and empty bottles at those they regarded as
intruding on the general view. For a time a perfect fusillade was
maintained, and those in front were compelled to crouch down to save
themselves. As was to be expected, cut heads were numerous. At the finish of
the match a miner, whose identity has not been established, fell between a
railway carriage and the platform at Mount Florida Station, and was conveyed
to the Infirmary." - The Dundee Courier. |
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 Scotland
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
5th |
Colours: |
Lord Rosebery's racing colours of
primrose yellow and pink hooped striped shirts |
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Capt: |
Charlie Thomson |
Selectors: |
The Scottish Football Association
Selection Committee, of seven members, chosen on Monday, 30 March 1908, in
Glasgow. |
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Scotland
Lineup |
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McBride, Peter |
33 |
16 November 1874 |
G |
Preston North End, England |
5 |
5 GA |
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McNair, Alexander |
24 |
26 December 1883 |
RB |
The Celtic FC |
4 |
0 |
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Sharp, James |
27 |
11 October 1880 |
LB |
Woolwich Arsenal FC, England |
4 |
0 |
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Aitken, Andrew |
30 |
27 April 1877 |
RH |
Middlesbrough FC, England |
11 |
0 |
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Thomson, Charles B. |
29 |
12 June 1878 |
CH |
Heart of Midlothian FC |
12 |
3 |
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May, John |
33 |
15 April 1874 |
LH |
Rangers FC |
4 |
0 |
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Howie, James |
30 |
19 March 1878 |
OR |
Newcastle United FC, England |
3 |
2 |
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Walker, Robert |
29 |
10 January 1879 |
IR |
Heart of Midlothian FC |
22 |
5 |
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Wilson, Andrew |
27 |
10 December 1880 |
CF |
The Wednesday, England |
2 |
1 |
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White, Walter |
25 |
15 May 1882 |
IL |
Bolton Wanderers FC, England |
2 |
0 |
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Quinn, James |
29 |
8 July 1878 |
OL |
The Celtic FC |
5 |
4 |
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reserves: |
Harry Rennie (Hibernian FC), William Agnew (Kilmarnock FC), Alex
Gardner (Newcastle United FC), Johnnie May (Rangers FC), Alexander
Bennett (The Celtic FC), Finlay Speedie (Newcastle United FC), William
Lennie (Aberdeen FC). May accompanied the team as reserve for all
positions. |
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team notes: |
Newcastle United FC's Peter McWilliam was the original named
left-half, his place going to the named reserve, Johnnie May, on 4
April. McWilliam had an 'injured limb'.
This is the oldest team
that England have faced thus far. |
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2-3-5 |
McBride -
McNair, Sharp -
Aitken, Thomson, May -
Howie, Walker, Wilson, White, Quinn. |
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Averages: |
Age |
28.7 |
Appearances/Goals |
6.7 |
1.3 |
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flg.jpg) England
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
1st |
Colours: |
White
collared jerseys and navy blue shorts |
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Capt: |
Vivian Woodward, third
captaincy |
Selectors: |
The seven-man FA
International Selection Committee, on Monday, 30 March 1908, at 104 High
Holborn, London.
62nd match, W 44 - D 12 - L 6 - F 207 - A 55. |
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England
Lineup |
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Hardy, Sam |
25 |
26 August
1882 |
G |
Liverpool FC |
4 |
3
GA |
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Crompton, Robert |
28 |
26 September
1879 |
RB |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
17 |
0 |
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Pennington, Jesse |
24 |
23 August 1883 |
LB |
West Bromwich Albion FC |
5 |
0 |
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Warren, Benjamin |
28 |
7 May 1879 |
RH |
Derby County FC |
9 |
0 |
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Wedlock, William J. |
27 |
28 October 1880 |
CH |
Bristol City FC |
6 |
1 |
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Lintott, Evelyn H. |
24 |
2 November 1883 |
LH |
Queen's Park Rangers FC |
3 |
0 |
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Rutherford, John |
23 |
12 October 1884 |
OR |
Newcastle United FC |
7 |
0 |
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Woodward, Vivian J. |
28 |
3 June 1879 |
IR |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
12 |
10 |
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Hilsdon, George |
22 |
10 August 1885 |
CF |
Chelsea FC |
4 |
4 |
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Windridge, James E. |
25 |
21 October 1882 |
IL |
Chelsea FC |
3 |
2 |
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Bridgett, G. Arthur |
25 |
11 October 1882 |
OL |
Sunderland AFC |
2 |
0 |
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reserves: |
Bolton Wanderers FC's
Sam Greenhalgh and
The Wednesday FC's
Frank Bradshaw.
Added on Wednesday, 1 April, were
Newcastle United FC's
Bill Appleyard and
Crystal Palace FC's
George Woodger. |
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team notes: |
On the Wednesday before this match took place, Chelsea FC played
Everton FC and both Hilsdon and Windridge featured, despite the FA's
request that these players were rested. As a result, the Selection
Committee added two more to the reserve list.
Jock Rutherford
picked up an injury through the first half and played out the rest of
this match ineffectively. |
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2-3-5 |
Hardy -
Crompton, Pennington -
Warren, Wedlock, Lintott
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Rutherford, Woodward, Hilsdon, Windridge, Bridgett. |
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Averages: |
Age |
25.4 |
Appearances/Goals |
6.5 |
1.5 |
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Match Report |
The Scotland and England match was decided at
Hampden-park, Glasgow, on Saturday. After a hard game the result was a
draw of one goal all. The popularity of this fixture keeps on increasing
in Scotland, and all records for any football match in the shape of
attendances were broken, the crowd numbering over 120,000. Unfortunately
there were 70 casualties among the spectators, but only in one case was
there anything serious.
In the first half England, against a strong wind and
powerful sun, played the better football, the footwork of their forwards
being superior to that of their opponents, but Scotland were the first
to score. Quinn, their outside left, made a splendid run and centre,
which enabled Wilson to score with an " unstoppable " shot...
...ten minutes before the close Windridge scored for
England from a powerful shot...
- The Times - Monday 6th April, 1908
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Source Notes |
England Football Factbook: Cris Freddi
Scottish Football Association
Scotland - The Complete International
Record: Richard Keir
London Hearts
original newspaper reports
FA Yearbooks 1950-60
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