England Match No. 99 - Ireland - 13 February 1909

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98 vs. Bohemia 99 100 vs. Wales	Saturday, 13 February 1909 Home International Championship 1908-09 (26th) Match England 4 Ireland 0 [0-0]		Match Summary England Party Ireland Party Team Records
		Horton Park Avenue, Horton Park, Bradford, Yorkshire Attendance: 28,000; Receipts £800 11s. 6d.; Kick-off 2.30pm GMT
		England - George Hilsdon ('from magnificent play from Lintott' 50, penalty 87), Vivian Woodward ('from a corner' 60, 'heading in another corner' 80)
Results 1901-14		England won the toss, Ireland kicked-off.

Match Summary

Officials	England	Type	Ireland
Referee - James B. Stark Airdrie Linesmen - W.H. Bellamy (Grimsby, England) and Joseph P. Gillen (Fermanagh)		Goal Attempts
		Attempts on Target
		Hit Bar/Post
		Corner Kicks Won
		Offside Calls Against
The 1908 International Football Association Board meeting: Players International Match fee		Fouls Conceded
		Possession

England Team

Rank:	No official ranking system established; ELO rating 1st	Colours:		"White shirts and black knickers"
Capt:	Vivian Woodward, eighth captaincy	Selectors:		The seven-man FA International Selection Committee, on Monday, 1 February 1909, in Birmingham, following the trial match. 67th match, W 49 - D 12 - L 6 - F 239 - A 57.
England Lineup
	Hardy, Sam	26	26 August 1882	G	Liverpool FC	5	3 GA
	Crompton, Robert	29	26 September 1879	RB	Blackburn Rovers FC	22	0
	Cottle, Joseph R.	22	4 June 1886	LB	Bristol City FC	1	0
	Warren, Benjamin	29	7 May 1879	RH	Chelsea FC	14	1
	Wedlock, William J.	28	28 October 1880	CH	Bristol City FC	11	1
	Lintott, Evelyn H.	25	2 November 1883	LH	Bradford City FC	4	0
	Berry, Arthur	21	3 January 1888	OR	Oxford University AFC	1	0
	Woodward, Vivian J.	29	3 June 1879	IR	Tottenham Hotspur FC	17	18
	Hilsdon, George	23	10 August 1885	CF	Chelsea FC	8	14
	Windridge, James E.	26	21 October 1882	IL	Chelsea FC	8	7
	Bridgett, G. Arthur injured first minute	26	11 October 1882	OL	Sunderland AFC	7	2
reserves:		Newcastle United FC's Colin Veitch and Swindon Town FC's Harold Fleming
team notes:		Fleming replaced The Wednesday FC's Frank Bradshaw, who been suffering with a poisonous toe. Arthur Bridgett was injured in the first minute after Jimmy Balfe knocked him off the ball. Although he remained on the pitch until the end of the match, he was unable to play. England have equalled their record of keeping three clean sheets in a row.

2-3-5		Hardy - Crompton, Cottle - Warren, Wedlock, Lintott - Berry, Woodward, Hilsdon, Windridge, Bridgett.
Averages:		Age	25.8	Appearances/Goals		8.9	3.5

Ireland Team

Rank:	No official ranking system established; ELO rating 20th	Colours:		"Blue shirts and white knickers"
Capt:	Val Harris	Selectors:		Team chosen by Committee;
Ireland Lineup
	Scott, William E.	26	17 May 1882	G	Everton FC, England	14	29 GA
	Balfe, James	nk	not known	RB	Shelbourne FC	1	0
	McCartney, Alexander D.	29	14 November 1879	LB	Glentoran FC	13	0
	Darling, John	31	30 October 1877	RH	Linfield FAC	18	0
	Harris, Valentine	24	23 June 1884	CH	Everton FC, England	7	0
	McClure, George	23	26 July 1885	LH	Distillery FC	4	0
	Hunter, Andrew	25	11 October 1883	OR	Belfast Celtic FC	6	0
	Lacey, William	19 142 dys	24 September 1889	IR	Everton FC, England	1	0
	Greer, William	nk	not known	CF	Queen's Park Rangers FC, England	1	0
	O'Hagan, Charles	27	28 July 1881	IL	Aberdeen FC, Scotland	10	2
	Young, Samuel	25	14 February 1883	OL	Airdrieonians FC, Scotland	5	0
reserves:		reserves not known
team notes:		The Wednesday FC's English McConnell was in the original line-up as centre-half, but he was injured in a cup replay match against Portsmouth on the previous Thursday. Johnny Darling was his replacement and was swapped places with Val Harris at right-half. At just 19 years and 142 days old, Billy Lacey was the youngest "Southern"-born player to appear for Ireland.

2-3-5		Scott - Balfe, McCartney - Darling, Harris, McClure - Hunter, Lacey, Greer, O'Hagan, Young
Averages:		Age	25.4	Appearances/Goals		7.3	0.2

Match Report

With a powerful eleven, which included nine members of the team that drew with Scotland last April, England beat Ireland on the Park-avenue ground at Bradford on Saturday by four goals to none. The match was the 28th of the series, and with the exception of two drawn games, all the contests have been won by England.
With the weather fine there was a very large attendance at the match, the first of its kind decided at Bradford. Over 28,000 people were present, and the gate receipts amounted to �800. There was very little grass on the playing pitch, and in places the ground was very heavy. In the first half the football was disappointing. England were always the superior side, but there was very little finish about the play of the inside forwards. Several good scoring chances were thrown away, and at half-time no goals had been scored. In the second half the English forwards showed better form. By opening out the game they quickly had the Irish defence in difficulties...

The goals were scored by Woodward (two) and Hilsdon (two). Hilsdon's second goal was from a penalty kick. - The Times - Monday 15th February, 1909

Football League

Football League Division One
13 February 1909

Team P Pts

Newcastle United 26 39

Everton 26 35

The Wednesday 26 32

Manchester United 25 31

Liverpool 27 30

Bristol City 25 27

Sunderland 25 26

Manchester City 25 26

Sheffield United 26 25

Notts County 24 24

Aston Villa 26 24

Blackburn Rovers 25 24

Chelsea 26 24

Middlesbrough 25 23

Preston North End 25 23

Woolwich Arsenal 26 23

Nottingham Forest 26 21

Bury 25 20

Bradford City 24 16

Leicester Fosse 25 15

Division One matches played on 13 February 1909:

ASTON VILLA 1-3 BRADFORD CITY
Wallace 86 (Handley 37, 67, O'Rourke 61)
14,000 (Villa Park, Birmingham)

Bradford City were without Evelyn Lintott, who was playing against Ireland at Bradford.

BRISTOL CITY 1-1 THE WEDNESDAY
Burton 73 (Rollinson 48)
10,000 (Ashton Gate, Bristol)

Bristol City were without Joe Cottle (making his only international appearance) and Billy Wedlock, who were playing against Ireland at Bradford.

BURY 2-2 EVERTON
Hughes 17, Hibbert 30 (Freeman 40, Sharp pen. 64)
11,438 (Gigg Lane, Bury)

Everton were without Val Harris, Bill Lacey (making his debut) and Billy Scott, who were playing for Ireland against England at Bradford.

LIVERPOOL 4-1 LEICESTER FOSSE
Bradley 1, Goddard 15, 60, Bowyer 65 (Walker 10)
10,000 (Anfield, Liverpool)

Liverpool were without Sam Hardy, who was keeping a clean sheet against Ireland at Bradford.

MANCHESTER CITY 2-2 WOOLWICH ARSENAL
Buchan 4, Holford 83 (Ducat 32, Lewis 61)
20,000 (Hyde Road, Manchester)

Tom Holford missed two penalties for City.

MIDDLESBROUGH 1-2 NOTTS COUNTY
Pentland 46 (Cantrell 12, 36)
12,000 (Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough)

NOTTINGHAM FOREST 2-1 BLACKBURN ROVERS
West 15, Marrison 56 (Davies 40)
8,000 (City Ground, Nottingham)

Blackburn were without Bob Crompton, who was playing against Ireland at Bradford.

PRESTON NORTH END 0-1 NEWCASTLE UNITED
(Anderson 65)
10,000 (Deepdale, Preston)

Newcastle were without Colin Veitch, who was an England reserve against Ireland at Bradford.

SHEFFIELD UNITED 0-0 MANCHESTER UNITED
12,000 (Bramall Lane, Sheffield)

SUNDERLAND 1-2 CHELSEA
Holley 35 (Douglas 36, Bridgeman 80)
18,000 (Roker Park, Sunderland)

Sunderland were without Arthur Bridgett, who was injured playing against Ireland at Bradford, whilst Chelsea were without Hilsdon (who scored twice), Warren and Windridge, who were also playing for England.

Newcastle's sixth successive victory put them in a commanding position as they strove to win their third league title in five years.

Football League Division Two
13 February 1909

Team P Pts

West Bromwich Albion 26 35

Tottenham Hotspur 25 34

Bolton Wanderers 27 33

Derby County 26 30

Hull City 25 29

Birmingham 27 29

Fulham 25 28

Wolverhampton Wanderers 27 27

Oldham Athletic 23 26

Burnley 25 24

Leeds City 25 24

Grimsby Town 25 23

Chesterfield Town 26 22

Stockport County 25 22

Glossop 23 21

Clapton Orient 24 21

Barnsley 26 20

Bradford 25 19

Blackpool 25 19

Gainsborough Trinity 24 18

Division Two matches played on 13 February 1909:

BARNSLEY 4-0 CHESTERFIELD TOWN
Boyle, Lillycrop 3
5,000 (Oakwell, Barnsley)

BURNLEY 2-0 GRIMSBY TOWN
Abbott 2, 1 pen.
8,000 (Turf Moor, Burnley)

Burnley were awarded four penalties and a record three of them were saved by Grimsby goalkeeper, Walter Scott, who went on to stop an incredible fourteen spot kicks during the season, with only three getting past him.

CLAPTON ORIENT 5-0 STOCKPORT COUNTY
McLean, Scott 2, Louch 2
7,900 (Millfields Road, London)

FULHAM 1-2 BOLTON WANDERERS
Freeman (Hughes, Hogan)
18,000 (Craven Cottage, London)

HULL CITY 4-0 DERBY COUNTY
Temple, Taylor 2, J.Smith
8,000 (Anlaby Road, Hull)

LEEDS CITY 3-1 GLOSSOP
Croot, Burnett, Gemmell (Hopton)
10,000 (Elland Road, Leeds)

OLDHAM ATHLETIC 2-0 WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Andrews, Griffiths
20,000 (Boundary Park, Oldham)

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 4-1 BLACKPOOL
Middlemiss 2, Minter, Steel (Walker)
15,000 (White Hart Lane, London)

Tottenham were without England captain, Vivian Woodward, who scored twice against Ireland at Bradford.

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 2-0 BIRMINGHAM
10,000 (Molineux, Wolverhampton)

An injury-hit West Brom experienced their fourth game in succession without a win and their lead was about to end. They would eventually miss out on promotion by an agonising 0.02 of a goal to Tottenham, in the north Londoners' first season in the league.

IN OTHER NEWS...

It was on 12 February 1909 that the sinking of a ferry steamer, the SS Penguin, led to 75 deaths after an attempt to re-negotiate an entrance to Wellington Harbour during high winds led to the vessel hitting a rock. The captain believed that it had hit the submerged hull of another boat. It was New Zealand's biggest maritime disaster of the twentieth century. The only woman to survive, along with a seventeen-year-old youth, was washed ashore underneath an overturned lifeboat, but her husband and four children all perished, the youngest of which she was holding in her arms. Seventeen women and all fourteen children were amongst the dead.

Source Notes

Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats
Original Newspaper Reports
TheFA.com
Rothman's Yearbooks
FA Yearbooks 1950-60
Ancestry.com
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