Match Summary

England Team

Wales Team

As Wales had to make only one change in the eleven that defeated Scotland at Wrexham two weeks ago they had an exceptionally good chance of overcoming England at Nottingham yesterday, but in a rather disappointing game the home country gained the victory, scoring two goals to none.

Largely remodelled, the English eleven proved good enough for the occasion, but in a game largely spoiled by the wind they showed to no special advantage. As the play went there was nothing to choose between the sides, but, aided by the blustering wind in the first half, England obtained a lead which they held to the end. Seeing that the turf was fairly soft and in quite favourable condition, the play all round fell far below expectations. Most noticeable was the fault of lifting the ball when every effort should have been made to keep it under control ; and on such a squally afternoon the play naturally became very uncertain. The match was rarely attractive as an exhibition of skilled football, and the crowd of 12,000 people that assembled on the Nottingham Forest Club's ground had little cause for enthusiasm...

At the end of a quarter of an hour England scored their first goal, Woodward dribbling through and giving Holley a neat pass, and the latter, being well placed, had no difficulty in beating Roose...

Close upon half-time Woodward dribbled through again and passed to Freeman, who, with the way made clear, shot hard and low past Roose, thus scoring England's second goal...

The record now stands :--England, 23 wins ; Wales, 2 ; drawn games, 6. - The Times - Tuesday 16th March, 1909

Home International Championship

Other Championship match played on 15 March 1909:

SCOTLAND 5-0 IRELAND
McMenemy 2, MacFarlane, Thomson, Paul
24,000 (Ibrox Park, Glasgow)

Football League Division One 15 March 1909
Team	P	Pts
Newcastle United	28	42
Everton	29	37
Manchester United	28	33
The Wednesday	28	32
Sunderland	28	31
Liverpool	30	31
Sheffield United	30	30
Notts County	28	29
Bristol City	27	29
Middlesbrough	28	28
Manchester City	29	28
Blackburn Rovers	28	28
Aston Villa	29	28
Preston North End	29	26
Woolwich Arsenal	29	26
Chelsea	28	26
Bury	29	25
Nottingham Forest	27	23
Bradford City	26	17
Leicester Fosse	28	17

 

Division One match played on 15 March 1909:

MANCHESTER UNITED 2-2 SUNDERLAND
J.Turnbull 21, Payne 68 (Montgomery 8, Brown 20)
10,000 (Bank Street, Manchester)

United were without Billy Meredith, who was playing for Wales against England at Nottingham, and Dick Duckworth, who was an England reserve, whilst Sunderland were without Bridgett and Holley (scorer of the opening goal), who were playing against Wales, and Leigh Roose, who was in goal for Wales. 

United would soon have to concede that their title defence was over. They only picked up four points from their remaining ten games and plummeted to a final position of thirteenth, but they did win the FA Cup for the first time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN OTHER NEWS...

It was on 15 March 1909 that Edward Payson Weston, at the age of seventy, set off from New York to become the first person to walk from coast to coast across the United States. He arrived in San Francisco, almost four months later, following a gruelling struggle against fierce snowstorms and desert heat.

Source Notes

Welsh Football Data Archive
Original newspaper reports 
Rothmans Yearbooks
FA Yearbooks 1950-60
Ancestry.com
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