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 Officials |
England |
Team Records |
Ireland |
Referee
John Bow
Stark
30 (19 April 1878) Uddingston, Lanarkshire, Scottish
FA |
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Linesmen |
W.H. Bellamy
Grimsby |
Joseph P. Gillen
Fermanagh |
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England
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
1st |
Colours |
"White shirts and black knickers" |
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Captain |
Vivian Woodward |
Selection |
The five-man
FA
International Selection Committee |
 ¹² most
goals as captain |
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P 8 of 14, W 7 - D 1 - L 0 - F 43 - A
5. |
P 68 of 195, W 49 - D 13 - L 6 - F 239 - A
60. |
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team chosen in Birmingham on Monday, 1 February 1909. |
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England
Lineup |
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three changes to the previous match (Bailey, Hawkes &
Rutherford out) |
league position (1st February) |
ave FL pos:
12th¹⁰ |
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Hardy, Sam |
26 |
26 August
1882 |
G |
Liverpool FC
(FL1 5th) |
5 |
3ᵍᵃ |
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Crompton, Robert |
29 |
26 September
1879 |
RB |
Blackburn Rovers FC
(FL1 10th) |
22 |
0 |
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336 |
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Cottle, Joseph R. |
22
254 days |
4 June 1886 |
LB |
Bristol City FC
(FL1 7th) |
1 |
0 |
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the third City
player to represent England |
only app
1909 |
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Warren, Benjamin |
29 |
7 May 1879 |
RH |
Chelsea FC
(FL1 15th) |
14 |
1 |
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the third Chelsea player to
represent England |
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Wedlock, William J. |
28 |
28 October 1880 |
CH |
Bristol City FC
(FL1 7th) |
11 |
1 |
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Lintott, Evelyn H. |
25 |
2 November 1883 |
LH |
Bradford City FC
(FL1 BOTTOM) |
4 |
0 |
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the second City player to represent
England |
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337 |
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Berry,
Arthur |
21
41
days |
3 January 1888 |
OR |
Oxford University AFC |
1 |
0 |
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the 22nd & final Oxon to
represent England |
only app
1909 |
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Woodward, Vivian J. |
29 |
3 June 1879 |
IR |
Tottenham Hotspur FC
(FL2 2nd) |
17 |
18 |
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the 63rd brace scored |
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Hilsdon, George |
23
187
days |
10 August 1885 |
CF |
Chelsea FC
(FL1 15th) |
8 |
14
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the 64th brace scored |
final app
1907-09 |
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third
successful penalty kick (sixth overall) |
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Windridge, James E. |
26
115
days |
21 October 1882 |
IL |
Chelsea FC
(FL1 15th) |
8 |
7 |
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final app
1908-09 |
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Bridgett, G. Arthur,
injured
first minute |
26 |
11 October 1882 |
OL |
Sunderland AFC
(FL1 6th) |
7 |
2 |
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reserves: |
Colin Veitch
(Newcastle United FC
(FL1 TOP))
and
Harold Fleming (Swindon Town FC
(SL1 2nd)). |
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team changes: |
Fleming replaced
Frank Bradshaw (The Wednesday FC
(FL1 3rd)), who been suffering with a poisonous toe. |
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team notes: |
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. |
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appearance notes: |
Bob Crompton is the second player to make 22 appearances,
Vivian Woodward is the sixth player to have made seventeen, Ben
Warren is the twelfth to make fourteen and Billy Wedlock is the
nineteenth to have made eleven.
28 players have now made eight
appearances, whereas Arthur
Bridgett is the 36th player to have made seven, Sam Hardy is the 62nd to have made five
and Evelyn Lintott is the 89th to
have made four.
Crompton is the second player to make 22 appearances under the
guidance of the ISC whereas Woodward is the x player to make
seventeen. |
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goalscoring notes: |
Vivian Woodward is
the second England player to have scored at least eighteen goals,
whereas George Hilsdon is the third to have scored fourteen. |
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records: |
England have equalled their record of
keeping three clean sheets in a row.
Fifteenth clean sheet
kept against Ireland. |
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2-3-5 |
Hardy -
Crompton, Cottle -
Warren, Wedlock, Lintott -
Berry, Woodward, Hilsdon, Windridge, Bridgett. |
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Averages: |
Age |
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Appearances/Goals |
8.9 |
3.5 |
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Ireland
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
20th |
Colours |
"Blue shirts and white knickers" |
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Captain |
Val Harris |
Selection |
Ireland Selection Committee |
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P 1 of 5, W 0 - D 0 - L 1 - F 0 - A 4. |
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team chosen on |
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Ireland
Lineup |
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Scott, William Edward |
26 |
17 May 1882 |
G |
Everton FC, England |
14 |
29ᵍᵃ |
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213 |
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Balfe, James |
25 |
9 September 1883 |
RB |
Shelbourne AFC |
1 |
0 |
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McCartney, Alexander Douglas |
29 |
14 November 1879 |
LB |
Glentoran FC |
13 |
0 |
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Darling, John |
31 |
30 October 1877 |
RH |
Linfield FAC |
18 |
0 |
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Harris, Valentine |
24 |
23 June 1884 |
CH |
Everton FC, England |
7 |
0 |
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McClure, George |
25 |
26 July 1883 |
LH |
Distillery FC |
4 |
0 |
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final app
1907-09 |
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Hunter, Andrew |
25 |
11 October 1883 |
OR |
Belfast Celtic FC |
6 |
0 |
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214 |
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Lacey, William |
19
142 dys |
24 September 1889 |
IR |
Everton FC, England |
1 |
0 |
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215 |
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Greer, William |
22 |
1887/88
he will be 23
in April 1910 |
CF |
Queen's Park Rangers FC, England |
1 |
0 |
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O'Hagan, Charles |
27 |
28 July 1881 |
IL |
Aberdeen FC, Scotland |
11 |
2 |
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final app
1905-09 |
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Young, Samuel |
26
3 days |
16 February 1883 |
OL |
Airdrieonians FC, Scotland |
5 |
0 |
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reserves: |
not known |
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team changes: |
English McConnell (The Wednesday FC, England) 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. |
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records: |
Ireland suffer their sixtieth defeat in their eightieth match.
At just 19 years and 142 days old, Billy Lacey is the youngest
"Southern"-born player to appear for Ireland. |
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2-3-5 |
Scott -
Balfe, McCartney -
Darling, Harris, McClure -
Hunter, Lacey, Greer, O'Hagan, Young |
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Averages: |
Age |
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Appearances/Goals |
7.4 |
0.2 |
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Match Report
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Match Report
The Times, Monday,
15 February 1909 |
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. |
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In Other News....
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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. |
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Teams in a silver box denotes a player
representing England |
Domestic
Football Results (13 February 1909) |
The Football
League Division One:
Aston Villa 1 Bradford City 3
Villa Park, Birmingham
(14,000)
Wallace⁸⁶ ~ Handley³⁷ ⁶⁷, O'Rourke⁶¹ |
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Villa started with Bill George and Joe Bache |
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City were without Evelyn Lintott |
Bristol City 1 The Wednesday 1
Ashton Gate, Bedminster (10,000)
Burton⁷³
~ Rollinson⁴⁸ |
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City were without Joe Cottle and Billy Wedlock |
Bury 2 Everton 2
Gigg Lane, Bury (11,438)
Hughes¹⁷, Hibbert³⁰
~ Freeman⁴⁰, Sharp (pen⁶⁴) |
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Everton were without Billy Scott,
Val Harris and Bill Lacey,
but did start with Harry Makepeace, Jack Sharp and Tim Coleman |
Liverpool 4 Leicester Fosse 1
Anfield Road, Liverpool
(10,000)
Bradley¹, Goddard¹⁷ ⁶⁰, Bowyer⁶⁵ ~ Walker¹⁰ |
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Liverpool were without Sam Hardy |
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Fosse started with Horace Bailey |
Manchester City 2 Woolwich Arsenal 2
Hyde Road, Ardwick (20,000)
Buchan⁴, Holford⁴³ ~
Ducat³², Lewis⁶¹ |
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City started with Irvine Thornley, Tom Holford, who also missed two penalty-kicks,
and Jimmy Conlin |
Middlesbrough 1 Notts County 2
Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough (12,000)
Pentland⁴⁶ ~
Cantrell¹² ³⁶ |
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Boro started with Tim Williamson and Alf Common |
Nottingham Forest 2 Blackburn Rovers 1
City Ground, Nottingham
(8,000)
West¹⁵,
Marrison⁵⁶ ~ Davies⁴⁰ |
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Forest started with Harry Linacre and Alf Spouncer |
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Rovers were without Bob Crompton, but did start with Jimmy
Ashcroft |
Preston North End 0 Newcastle United 1
Deepdale, Preston (10,000)
Anderson⁶⁵ |
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United were without Colin Veitch, but did start with Jock
Rutherford and Albert Shepherd |
Sheffield United 0 Manchester United 0
Bramall Lane, Sheffield (12,000) |
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United started with Ernest Needham |
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United started with George Wall |
Sunderland 1 Chelsea 2
Roker Park, Sunderland (18,000)
Holley³⁵ ~ Douglas¹⁶, Bridgeman⁸⁰ |
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Sunderland were without Arthur Bridgett, but did start
with Billy Hogg and Arthur Brown |
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Chelsea were without George Hilsdon, Jimmy Windridge and
Ben Warren, but did start with Percy Humphreys |
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| Newcastle's sixth successive victory put them in a
commanding position as they strove to win their third league title in
five years. |
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The Football
League Division Two:
Barnsley 4 Chesterfield Town 0
Oakwell, Barnsley (5,000)
Boyle, Lillycrop (3) |
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Town started with Tom Crawshaw |
Burnley 2 Grimsby Town 0
Turf Moor, Burnley (8,000)
Abbott (2 (1 pen)) |
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Burnley were actually awarded four penalty kicks in this match.
Walter Scott saved three of them. In fact, all season, Scott
conceded just three kicks, after also saving fourteen |
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Burnley started with Alec Leake and Walter Abbott |
Clapton Orient 5 Stockport County 0
Millfields Road, Hackney
(7,900)
McLean, Scott
(2), Louch (2) |
Fulham 1 Bolton Wanderers 2
Craven Cottage, Fulham
(18,000)
Freeman ~ Hughes,
Hogan |
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Fulham started with Bert Lipsham |
Hull City 4 Derby County 0
Anlaby Road, Hull
(8,000)
Temple, Taylor (2), J.Smith |
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City started with Gordon Wright |
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County started with Harry Maskrey |
Leeds City 3 Glossop 1
Elland Road, Leeds
(3,000)
Croot, Burnett, Gemmell
~ Hopton |
Oldham Athletic 2 West Bromwich Albion 0
Boundary Park, Oldham
(12,000)
Andrews, Griffiths |
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Albion started with Jesse Pennington and Billy Garraty |
Tottenham Hotspur 4 Blackpool 1
White Hart Lane, Tottenham
(15,000)
Middlemiss (2),
Minter, Steel ~ Walker |
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 Birmingham 0
Molineux Grounds, Wolverhampton
(10,000)
Hedley (2)—Birmingham's Fred Chapple sent off |
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Wolves started with George Hedley |
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| 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. |
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Source Notes |
TheFA
England Football Factbook
Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats |
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Rothman's Yearbooks
The Football Association Yearbooks
Original Newspaper Reports
Ancestry.com |
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England
Football Online
