Match Summary

England Team

Scotland Team

The 38th contest between England and Scotland, played on the Crystal Palace ground on Saturday, produced one of the best international games of recent years. At times the play reached a very high standard, and there was nothing in the shape of rough or foul play to mar what proved to be a most enjoyable game to watch. During the 90 minutes there was only one brief stoppage for an injury to a player. England gained a well-deserved victory by two goals to none, and earned the distinction of being the first country to win the three international games without the loss of a goal.

The weather was fine and the attendance numbered about 35,000. The Prince of Wales was present, and met with a most enthusiastic reception on entering and leaving the pavilion. He was received by Lord Kinnaird, the president of the Football Association...

Three minutes from the start a centre by Pentland compelled the Scotch defence to concede a corner-kick. The ball came out to Wall and his shot struck one of the backs. It rebounded to the same player, who promptly shot into the net from about 18 yards range...

...15 minutes from the start a brilliant individual effort by Wall resulted in a second goal. The player got the ball in midfield, eluded McNair and Cameron, and, running right into goal, scored with a magnificent shot that Brownlie had no chance of saving...

The referee awarded a penalty kick to Scotland for what appeared to be accidental handling by Pennington, but Stark made a poor attempt to score, and Hardy easily cleared...

The winners were the superior team both in attack and defence. The elaborate short passing tactics adopted by the Scottish forwards compared unfavourably with the dashing individual runs and long passing methods of the winners. - The Times - Monday 5th April, 1909

Football League Division One 3 April 1909
Team	P	Pts
Newcastle United	32	49
Everton	33	41
Sunderland	33	36
The Wednesday	33	36
Blackburn Rovers	32	35
Middlesbrough	33	33
Notts County	32	33
Preston North End	33	33
Manchester United	31	33
Manchester City	32	32
Aston Villa	33	32
Bristol City	30	32
Liverpool	33	31
Sheffield United	34	31
Nottingham Forest	32	30
Woolwich Arsenal	34	30
Bury	34	29
Chelsea	32	27
Bradford City	31	24
Leicester Fosse	31	21

 

Division One matches played on 3 April 1909:

BRISTOL CITY 0-0 ASTON VILLA
16,000 (Ashton Gate. Bedminster)

Bristol City were without Billy Wedlock, who was playing against Scotland at Crystal Palace.

EVERTON 0-1 BRADFORD CITY
(Whittingham 20)
10,000 (Goodison Park, Liverpool)

Everton were without Bert Freeman, who was playing against Scotland at Crystal Palace, and Jack Sharp, who was also at the international, whilst Bradford City were without Evelyn Lintott, also playing against Scotland.

LEICESTER FOSSE 2-4 BLACKBURN ROVERS
Donnelly 23, Shinton 66 (Garbutt 4, Latheron 18, 65, Kyle 22)
8,000 (Filbert Street, Leicester)

Blackburn were without England captain, Bob Crompton, who was playing against Scotland at Crystal Palace.

MANCHESTER CITY 4-0 LIVERPOOL
Ross 59, Buchan 63, Jones, Dorsett 82
15,000 (Hyde Road, Manchester)

Liverpool were without Sam Hardy, who was keeping a clean sheet against Scotland at Crystal Palace, including saving a penalty.

MIDDLESBROUGH 0-1 BURY
(Currie 47)
10,000 (Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough)

Middlesbrough were without Fred Pentland, who was playing against Scotland at Crystal Palace. and Jimmy Watson, who was playing for Scotland.

NEWCASTLE UNITED 1-1 NOTTINGHAM FOREST
Allan 88 (Morris 38)
22,000 (St James' Park, Newcastle)

Newcastle were without McWilliam and Wilson, who were playing for Scotland against England at Crystal Palace.

NOTTS COUNTY 0-0 SUNDERLAND
10,000 (Trent Bridge, Nottingham)

Sunderland were without George Holley, who was playing against Scotland at Crystal Palace, whilst Arthur Bridgett was a reserve.

PRESTON NORTH END 1-1 SHEFFIELD UNITED
Lyons pen. 53 (Featherstone 32)
7,500 (Deepdale, Preston)

THE WEDNESDAY 2-0 MANCHESTER UNITED
Bradshaw 20, 55
15,000 (Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield)

Wednesday were without Tom Brittleton, who was a reserve against Scotland at Crystal Palace, whilst United were without George Wall, who scored the goals that beat Scotland.

WOOLWICH ARSENAL 0-0 CHELSEA
20,000 (Manor Ground, London)

Chelsea were without Ben Warren, who was playing against Scotland at Crystal Palace, and Jock Cameron, who was playing for Scotland.

Though they dropped a point at home, and lost their next game to local rivals, Sunderland, Newcastle clinched the title on Easter Monday with a resounding three-goal victory against their nearest challengers, Everton.

Football League Division Two 3 April 1909
Team	P	Pts
West Bromwich Albion	32	45
Bolton Wanderers	33	45
Tottenham Hotspur	32	43
Hull City	32	37
Oldham Athletic	30	35
Fulham	33	34
Derby County	30	34
Birmingham	33	33
Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	32
Glossop	31	31
Burnley	32	30
Leeds City	31	30
Clapton Orient	30	29
Barnsley	33	28
Gainsborough Trinity	31	28
Stockport County	33	28
Grimsby Town	33	26
Blackpool	33	25
Chesterfield Town	33	25
Bradford	33	24

 

Division Two matches played on 3 April 1909:

BIRMINGHAM 1-1 DERBY COUNTY
King (Bentley pen.)
4,000 (St Andrew's, Birmingham)

Derby were without George Richards, who attended the international at Crystal Palace.

BOLTON WANDERERS 2-0 GLOSSOP
Owen 2
15,400 (Burnden Park, Bolton)

BRADFORD 0-1 CLAPTON ORIENT
(Louch)
10,000 (Park Avenue, Bradford)

BURNLEY 0-0 LEEDS CITY
5,000 (Turf Moor, Burnley)

FULHAM 2-2 BARNSLEY
Dalrymple, Harrison (Boyle, Burkinshaw)
16,000 (Craven Cottage, London)

GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY 2-0 HULL CITY
Ward, Wood
4,000 (The Northolme, Gainsborough)

GRIMSBY TOWN 1-2 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Coxon (McFarlane, Minter)
5,000 (Blundell Park, Cleethorpes)

STOCKPORT COUNTY 2-0 CHESTERFIELD TOWN
Whitehouse, Berry
5,000 (Edgeley Park, Stockport)

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 5-1 BLACKPOOL
Hewitt 2, 1 pen., Garraty, Miller o.g., Fielding (Weston)
17,426 (The Hawthorns, West Bromwich)

West Brom were without Jesse Pennington, who was playing against Scotland at Crystal Palace.

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 1-1 OLDHAM ATHLETIC
Blunt (Wolstenholme)
7,000 (Molineux, Wolverhampton)

An easy win kept West Brom at the summit, and they were top after their final fixture, but Bolton and Tottenham both leapfrogged them to promotion.

IN OTHER NEWS...

It was on 3 April 1909 that a crowd of 35,000 at New York's Polo Grounds saw a professional marathon race between the world's top six runners, including Olympic champion, Johnny Hayes, of the United States, and Italy's Dorando Pietri, who was famously disqualified after being helped over the finish line when he collapsed during the previous year's London Olympic marathon, but had beaten Hayes twice in professional races in New York since then. They were both beaten by Henri St Ives, of France, who took the first prize of five thousand dollars.

Source Notes

England Football Factbook: Cris Freddi
Scottish Football Association
Scotland - The Complete International Record: Richard Keir
London Hearts
original newspaper reports
FA Yearbooks 1950-60
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