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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
37 (6 March 1871), 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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most apps
1906-08 |
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Wilson, Andrew |
29 |
4 December 1878 |
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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final app
1907-08 |
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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), Alec
Bennett (The Celtic FC), Finlay Speedie (Newcastle United FC,
England), Willie 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:
15th⁹ |
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Hardy, Sam |
25 |
26 August
1882 |
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Liverpool FC
(FL1 9th) |
4 |
3ᵍᵃ |
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Crompton, Robert |
28 |
26 September
1879 |
RB |
Blackburn Rovers FC
(FL1 15th) |
17 |
0 |
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Pennington, Jesse |
24 |
23 August 1883 |
LB |
West Bromwich Albion FC
(FL2 6th) |
5 |
0 |
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Warren, Benjamin |
28 |
7 May 1879 |
RH |
Derby County FC
(FL2 2nd) |
9 |
0 |
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Wedlock, William J. |
27 |
28 October 1880 |
CH |
Bristol City FC
(FL1 17th) |
6 |
1 |
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Lintott, Evelyn H. |
24 |
2 November 1883 |
LH |
Queen's Park Rangers FC
(SL1 TOP) |
3 |
0 |
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Rutherford, John, injured |
23 |
12 October 1884 |
OR |
Newcastle United FC
(FL1 2nd) |
7 |
0 |
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Woodward, Vivian J. |
28 |
3 June 1879 |
IR |
Tottenham Hotspur FC
(SL1 7th) |
12 |
10 |
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Hilsdon, George |
22 |
10 August 1885 |
CF |
Chelsea FC
(FL1 13th) |
4 |
4 |
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Windridge, James E. |
25 |
21 October 1882 |
IL |
Chelsea FC
(FL1 13th) |
3 |
2 |
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Bridgett, G. Arthur |
25 |
11 October 1882 |
OL |
Sunderland AFC
(FL1 16th) |
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0 |
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reserves: |
Sam Greenhalgh
(Bolton Wanderers FC
(FL1 BOTTOM)) and
Frank Bradshaw (The Wednesday FC
(FL1 3rd)).
Bill Appleyard
(Newcastle United FC
(FL1 2nd)) and
George Woodger (Crystal Palace FC
(SL1 4th)) 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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appearance notes: |
Bob Crompton is the fifth player to make seventeen appearances and
Vivian Woodward is the fourteenth player to have made twelve. Ben Warren is
the 24th to make nine, whereas Jock Rutherford is the 32nd to make
seven.
Billy Wedlock is the 43rd player to reach six, and Jesse Pennington is the 56th player
to have made five. 84
players have now made four appearances, 123 players have made three, whereas 192 players have done so more than once.
Crompton is the xth player to make seventeen appearances under the
guidance of the ISC whereas Woodward is the x player to make
twelve
appearances. |
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records: |
England's 75th competitive match
(W 51 - D 16 - L 8). 25th against
Sotland
Tenth draw against Scotland |
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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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Villastarted with Bill George and Joe Bache |
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Liverpool were without Sam Hardy, but did start with Jack
Cox |
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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United started with Herbert Burgess, Charlie Roberts and
George Wall |
Bury 1 Middlesbrough 4
Gigg Lane, Bury (8,775)
Richards⁸¹
~ Wilcox²⁹ ⁷⁹, Cail⁴⁶ Bloomer⁷⁵ |
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Bury started with Frank Booth |
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Boro were without Andy Aitken,
but did start with Tim Williamson, Alf Common and Steve Bloomer |
Everton 2 Newcastle United 0
Goodison Park, Liverpool
(18,056)
Young⁵², Coleman⁷⁰ |
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Everton started with Billy Balmer, Harry Makepeace, and
Harold Hardman |
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United were without Jock Rutherford,
Jimmy Howie and
Peter McWilliam, but did start
with Jack Carr |
Manchester City 0 Chelsea 3
Hyde Road, Ardwick (25,000)
Jackson OG⁶, Humphreys⁵⁵, Rouse⁶⁵ |
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City started with Jimmy Conlin and Irvine Thornley, who
had to retire because of injury after
10 mins. |
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Chelsea were without George Hilsdon and Jimmy Windridge,
but did start with Billy Brawn and Percy Humphreys |
Notts County 2 Nottingham Forest 0
Trent
Bridge, Nottingham
(16,000)
Cantrell⁵¹,
Gooch⁶² |
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Forest started with Harry Linacre and Alf Spouncer |
Preston North End 0 Sheffield United 0
Deepdale, Preston (9,000) |
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North End were without Peter
McBride, but did start with Dicky Bond |
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United started with Bernard Wilkinson and Ernest Needham |
Sunderland 1 Birmingham 0
Roker Park, Sunderland (6,000)
Hogg (pen⁷⁹) |
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Sunderland were without Arthur Bridgett, but started with
Billy Hogg |
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, but did start with Kelly
Houlker |
Woolwich Arsenal 1 Bolton Wanderers 1
Manor Ground, Plumstead (10,000)
J.Satterthwaite¹⁶
~ Shepherd⁷⁰ |
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Arsenal were without Jimmy Sharp,
but did start with Jimmy Ashcroft |
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Wanderers were without Sam Greenhalgh and
Walter White, but did start with
Albert Shepherd |
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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 |
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Burnley started with Alec 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, but did start with Harry
Maskrey and George Davis |
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Stoke started with Tom Holford |
Fulham 5 Leicester Fosse 1
Craven Cottage, Fulham
(30,000)
Harrison, Brown, Dalrymple
(2),
Carter ~
Durrant |
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Fulham started with their debutant Bert Lipsham |
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Fosse started with Billy Bannister |
Hull City 4 West Bromwich Albion 2
Anlaby Road, Hull
(6,086)
Temple (2), Jackie
Smith, Joe Smith ~
Pheasant,
Timmins |
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City started with Gordon Wright |
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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)
Green |
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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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