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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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Hampden Park, Kinghorn Drive, Mount Florida, Glasgow,
Lanarkshire
Kick-off (GMT):
'3.30 p.m.'
Attendance:
'121,452'
(a new world record attendance)
Receipts:
'£6,995'
(a new record gate) |
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England's second visit to the new Hampden Park; eighteenth
official visit to Glasgow & to Lanarkshire |
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won the toss |
kicked off |
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[1-0] Andy Wilson 27
'Quinn crossed, and although Crompton
blocked White's volley, Wilson snatched the tap in' |
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[1≡1] Jimmy Windridge 74
'a
powerful shot hit the underside of the crossbar, and from the rebound
the referee adjudged the ball to have crossed the line'; 'the ball hit
the top of the net close to the crossbar, and rebounded out after
striking the ground' |
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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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 Officials |
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Team Records |
England |
Referee
James Mason
Burslem, England |
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Linesmen |
John Lewis
53 (30 March 1855), Market Drayton (Lancashire F.A.) |
John Liddell
Queen's Park FC |
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Scotland
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
5th |
Colours |
Made by F.A. Lumley's -
Lord Rosebery's racing colours of
primrose yellow and pink hooped striped shirts |
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Captain |
Charlie Thomson |
Selection |
The Scottish Football Association
Selection Committee, of seven members |
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P 9 of 14, W 3 - D 2 - L 4 - F 13 - A 7. |
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team chosen in Glasgow, on Monday, 30 March 1908. |
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Scotland
Lineup |
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McBride, Peter Fisher |
33 |
16 November 1874 |
G |
Preston North End, England |
5 |
5ᵍᵃ |
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McNair, Alexander |
25 |
24 December 1882 |
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 |
32
x days |
25 July 1875 |
RH |
Middlesbrough FC, England |
11 |
0 |
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Thomson, Charles Bellany |
29 |
12 June 1878 |
CH |
Heart of Midlothian FC |
12 |
3 |
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May, John |
29 |
15 April 1878 |
LH |
Rangers FC |
4 |
0 |
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Howie, James |
28 |
19 March 1880 |
OR |
Newcastle United FC, England |
3 |
2 |
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final app
1905-08 |
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Walker, Robert Staig |
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 |
5 |
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reserves: |
Harry Rennie (Hibernian FC), William Agnew (Kilmarnock FC), Alex
Gardner (Newcastle United FC, England), Alexander
Bennett (The Celtic FC), Finlay Speedie (Newcastle United FC, England), William Lennie
(Aberdeen FC). |
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team changes: |
Peter McWilliam (Newcastle United FC, England) was the original named
left-half, his place going to the named traveling reserve, Johnnie May, on 4
April. McWilliam had an 'injured limb'. |
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2-3-5 |
McBride -
McNair, Sharp -
Aitken, Thomson, May -
Howie, Walker, Wilson, White, Quinn. |
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Averages: |
Age |
oldest? |
Appearances/Goals |
6.7 |
1.4 |
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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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Captain |
Vivian Woodward |
Selection |
The five-man
FA
International Selection Committee |
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P 3 of 14, W 2 - D 1 - L 0 - F 11 - A
3. |
P 63 of 195, W 44 - D 13 - L 6 - F 207 - A
58. |
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team chosen, at 104 High Holborn, on Monday, 30 March
1908. |
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England
Lineup |
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two changes to the previous match (Hardy & Bridgett>Bailey
& Hardman) |
league position (30th March) |
ave FL pos:
8th⁷ |
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Hardy, Sam |
25 |
26 August
1882 |
G |
Liverpool FC |
4 |
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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 |
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1 |
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Lintott, Evelyn H. |
24 |
2 November 1883 |
LH |
Queen's Park Rangers FC |
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0 |
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Rutherford, John, injured |
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 |
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0 |
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reserves: |
Sam Greenhalgh
(Bolton Wanderers FC) and
Frank Bradshaw (The Wednesday FC).
Bill Appleyard
(Newcastle United FC) and
George Woodger (Crystal Palace FC) were added on
Wednesday, 1 April. |
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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 |
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Appearances/Goals |
6.5 |
1.5 |
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England teams
v. Scotland: |
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1907: |
Hardy |
Crompton |
Pennington |
Warren |
Wedlock |
Veitch |
Rutherford |
Bloomer |
Woodward |
Stewart |
Hardman |
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1908: |
Lintott |
Woodward |
Hilsdon |
Windridge |
Bridgett |
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Match Report
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Match Report
The Times, Monday,
6 April 1908 |
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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... |
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In Other News....
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It was on 3 April 1908
that the Prime Minister, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman resigned through
ill health, at the age of 71. He died just nineteen days later, at 10
Downing Street. |
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Teams in a silver box denotes a player
representing England |
Domestic
Football Results (4 April 1908) |
The Football
League Division One:
Aston Villa 5 Liverpool 1
Villa Park, Birmingham
(18,000)
Hampton³⁵ ⁷⁷, Bache⁶⁴ ⁷³ ⁸⁶ ~ Orr⁵⁷ |
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Liverpool were without Sam Hardy |
Bristol City 1 Manchester United 1
Ashton Gate, Bedminster (12,000)
Maxwell⁷⁰
~ Wall³⁰ |
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City were without Billy Wedlock |
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Bury 1 Middlesbrough 4
Gigg Lane, Bury (8,775)
Richards⁸¹
~ Wilcox²⁹ ⁷⁹, Cail⁴⁶ Bloomer⁷⁵ |
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Boro were without Andy Aitken |
Everton 2 Newcastle United 0
Goodison Park, Liverpool
(10,000)
Young⁵² Coleman⁷⁰ |
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United were without Jock Rutherford,
Jimmy Howie and
Peter McWilliam |
Manchester City 0 Chelsea 3
Hyde Road, Manchester (25,000)
Jackson OG⁶, Humphreys⁵⁵, Rouse⁶⁵ |
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City lost the services of Irvine Thornley to injury after
10 mins |
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Chelsea were without George Hilsdon and Jimmy Windridge |
Notts County 2 Nottingham Forest 0
Trent
Bridge, Nottingham
(16,000)
Cantrell⁵¹,
Gooch⁶² |
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Preston North End 0 Sheffield United 0
Deepdale, Preston (9,000) |
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North End were without Peter
McBride |
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Sunderland 1 Birmingham 0
Roker Park, Sunderland (6,000)
Hogg OG⁷⁹ |
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Sunderland were without Arthur Bridgett |
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The Wednesday 2 Blackburn Rovers 0
Wednesday Ground, Owlerton (8,000)
Simpson⁴², Maxwell⁸⁰ |
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Wednesday were without Frank Bradshaw and
Andy Wilson |
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Rovers were without Bob Crompton |
Woolwich Arsenal 1 Bolton Wanderers 1
Manor Ground, Plumstead (10,000)
J.Satterthwaite¹⁶
~ Shepherd⁷⁰ |
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Arsenal were without Jimmy Sharp |
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Wanderers were without Sam Greenhalgh and
Walter White |
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| Manchester United only picked up four points from
their last six matches, but they had done enough to secure their first
title which was confirmed a week later, despite their second home defeat
of the season, to Notts County. |
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The Football
League Division Two:
Bradford City 1 Grimsby Town 1
Valley Parade, Bradford (16,000)
Bartlett ~ Blanthorne |
Burnley 2 Gainsborough Trinity 0
Turf Moor, Burnley (6,000)
A.Smith, Leake |
Clapton Orient 0 Leeds City 0
Millfields Road, Hackney
(8,000) |
Derby County 3 Stoke 0
Baseball Ground, Derby
(7,000)
Long, Davis (2) |
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County were without Ben Warren |
Fulham 5 Leicester Fosse 1
Craven Cottage, Fulham
(30,000)
Harrison, Brown, Dalrymple
(2),
Carter ~
Durrant |
Hull City 4 West Bromwich Albion 2
Anlaby Road, Hull
(6,086)
Temple (2), Jackie
Smith, Joe Smith ~
Pheasant,
Timmins |
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Albion were without Jesse Pennington |
Lincoln City 2 Blackpool 0
Sincil Bank, Lincoln
(3,000)
Wilson, Ormiston |
Oldham Athletic 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0
Boundary Park, Oldham
(10,000)
Whaites, Newton |
Stockport County 1 Chesterfield Town 0
Edgeley Park, Stockport
(2,000)
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five games left of their first ever Football League season, and though they
maintained their unbeaten home record to the end of the season, they were pipped
to promotion by Bradford City and Leicester Fosse. |
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Source Notes |
TheFA
Scottish FA
England Football Factbook
Richard Keir's Scotland - The Complete International
Record
Andy Mitchell's The Men Who Made Football |
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Rothman's Yearbooks
The Football Association Yearbooks
Original Newspaper Reports
Ancestry.com
London Hearts |
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