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Saturday, 13 February 1909
Home International Championship 1908-09 (26th) Match


England 4 Ireland 0
[0-0]
 
 
Horton Park Avenue, Horton Park, Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire
Kick-off (GMT): '2.30p.m.'
Attendance: '28,000';
Receipts: '£800 11s. 6d.'

3 players lost since last match
Jimmy Crabtree (18 June 1908) 36
Kenny Davenport (27 September) 46
Teddy Brayshaw (20 November) 45
44 players have now died


Football League Record
England's first visit to Horton Park and to Bradford and fifth visit to West Yorkshire
Vivian Woodward won the toss kicked off
   
twelfth ever scoreless first half - 23rd ever scoreless half
[1-0] George Hilsdon 50
 
'from magnificent play from Lintott'
[2-0] Vivian Woodward 60
 'from a corner'
[3-0] Vivian Woodward header 80 BRACE
 'heading in another corner'
[4-0]George Hilsdon penalty 87 BRACE


<250th competitive goal
also 75th home goal vs. Ireland
 
 

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Officials       

England Team Records Ireland
Referee
James B. Stark
Airdrie (Scottish FA)
 
Linesmen
W.H. Bellamy
Grimsby
Joseph P. Gillen
Fermanagh
 

England Team

 

Rank

No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 1st
Colours "White shirts and black knickers"
Captain Vivian Woodward Selection The five-man FA International Selection Committee
¹² most goals as captain
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.
  team chosen in Birmingham on Monday, 1 February 1909.
England Lineup
  three changes to the previous match (Bailey, Hawkes & Rutherford out) league position (1st February) ave FL pos: 12th¹⁰
  Hardy, Sam 26 26 August 1882 G Liverpool FC (FL1 5th) 5 3ᵍᵃ
  Crompton, Robert 29 26 September 1879 RB Blackburn Rovers FC (FL1 10th) 22 0
336   Cottle, Joseph R. 22
254 days
4 June 1886 LB Bristol City FC (FL1 7th) 1 0
the third City player to represent England only app 1909
  Warren, Benjamin 29 7 May 1879 RH Chelsea FC (FL1 15th) 14 1
the third Chelsea player to represent England
  Wedlock, William J. 28 28 October 1880 CH Bristol City FC (FL1 7th) 11 1
  Lintott, Evelyn H. 25 2 November 1883 LH Bradford City FC (FL1 BOTTOM) 4 0
the second City player to represent England
337   Berry, Arthur 21
41 days
3 January 1888 OR Oxford University AFC 1 0
the 22nd & final Oxon to represent England only app 1909
Woodward, Vivian J. 29 3 June 1879 IR Tottenham Hotspur FC (FL2 2nd) 17 18
the 63rd brace scored
  Hilsdon, George 23
187 days
10 August 1885 CF Chelsea FC (FL1 15th) 8 14 ²
the 64th brace scored final app 1907-09
third successful penalty kick (sixth overall)
  Windridge, James E. 26
115 days
21 October 1882 IL Chelsea FC (FL1 15th) 8 7
final app 1908-09
  Bridgett, G. Arthur, injured first minute 26 11 October 1882 OL Sunderland AFC (FL1 6th) 7 2
reserves: Colin Veitch (Newcastle United FC (FL1 TOP)) and Harold Fleming (Swindon Town FC (SL1 2nd)).
team changes: Fleming replaced Frank Bradshaw (The Wednesday FC (FL1 3rd)), who been suffering with a poisonous toe.
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.
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.
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.
records: England have equalled their record of keeping three clean sheets in a row.
Fifteenth clean sheet kept against Ireland.
 
2-3-5 Hardy -
Crompton, Cottle -
Warren, Wedlock, Lintott -
Berry, Woodward, Hilsdon, Windridge, Bridgett.

Averages:

Age   Appearances/Goals 8.9 3.5

 

Ireland Team

 
Rank No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 20th
Colours "Blue shirts and white knickers"
Captain Val Harris Selection Ireland Selection Committee
P 1 of 3, W 0 - D 0 - L 0 - F 0 - A 4.
  team chosen on
Ireland Lineup
  Scott, William Edward 26 17 May 1882 G Everton FC, England 14 29ᵍᵃ
    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 11 2
final app 1905-09
  Young, Samuel 25 14 February 1883 OL Airdrieonians FC, Scotland 5
reserves: not known
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.
records: 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   Appearances/Goals 7.4 0.2
 
       Match Report The x

  To come
   

          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. 
 
       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.
 
      
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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
Villa started with Bill George and Joe Bache
City were without Evelyn Lintott
 
Bristol City 1 The Wednesday 1
   Ashton Gate, Bedminster (10,000)
Burton⁷³ ~ Rollinson⁴⁸
City were without Joe Cottle and Billy Wedlock
  

Bury 2 Everton 2
   Gigg Lane, Bury (11,438)
Hughes¹⁷, Hibbert³⁰ ~ Freeman⁴⁰, Sharp (pen⁶⁴)
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
Liverpool were without Sam Hardy
Fosse started with Horace Bailey
    
Manchester City 2 Woolwich Arsenal 2
   Hyde Road, Ardwick (20,000)
Buchan⁴, Holford⁴³ ~ Ducat³², Lewis⁶¹
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
Boro started with Tim Williamson and Alf Common
 
Nottingham Forest 2 Blackburn Rovers 1
   City Ground, Nottingham (8,000)
West¹⁵, Marrison⁵⁶ ~ Davies⁴⁰
Forest started with Harry Linacre and Alf Spouncer
Rovers were without Bob Crompton, but did start with Jimmy Ashcroft
   
Preston North End 0 Newcastle United 1
   Deepdale, Preston (10,000)
Anderson⁶⁵
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)
United started with Ernest Needham
United started with George Wall
 
Sunderland 1 Chelsea 2
   Roker Park, Sunderland (18,000)
Holley³⁵ ~ Douglas¹⁶, Bridgeman⁸⁰
Sunderland were without Arthur Bridgett, but did start with Billy Hogg and Arthur Brown
Chelsea were without George Hilsdon, Jimmy Windridge and Ben Warren, but did start with Percy Humphreys

 
Division One Table
Team P
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

Newcastle's sixth successive victory put them in a commanding position as they strove to win their third league title in five years.
     
   
The Football League Division Two:
 
Barnsley 4 Chesterfield Town 0
   Oakwell, Barnsley
(5,000)
Boyle, Lillycrop (3)
Town started with Tom Crawshaw
 
Burnley 2 Grimsby Town 0
   Turf Moor, Burnley
(8,000)
Abbott (2 (1 pen))
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
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
Fulham started with Bert Lipsham
 
Hull City 4 Derby County 0
   Anlaby Road, Hull (8,000)
Temple, Taylor (2), J.Smith
City started with Gordon Wright
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
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
Wolves started with George Hedley
 
Division Two Table
Team P
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
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.
  
 
       Source Notes
TheFA
England Football Factbook
Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats
Rothman's Yearbooks
The Football Association Yearbooks
Original Newspaper Reports
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