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Saturday, 3 April 1909
Home International Championship 1908-09 (26th) Match

England 2 Scotland 0 [2-0]
 
 

The Football Ground, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Parade, Penge, Kent
Kick-off (GMT): 'tbc'
Attendance: '23,667'
Receipts: '£2081'


 

Football League Record
England's fourth visit to the Palace, but seventeenth visit to London, and third to Kent.
Bob Crompton won the toss x kicked off

[1-0] George Wall 3
 'from a Pentland corner, Wall's first attempt was blocked, his second attempt flew in from fifteen yards'
[2-0] George Wall 15 BRACE
 'dribbled from midfield, he nearly fell, but recovered himself, ended with a magnificent shot high into the net'
 
 
  [2-0]James Stark saved penalty late
(Pennington handball)
thirteenth ever scoreless second half - 25th ever scoreless half
 
   

"..." Sheffield Daily Telegraph

Officials        

England Team Records
Referee
James B. Stark
Airdrie
Played before The Prince of Wales, George Frederick Ernest Albert (within thirteen months, he will be King George V), who had arrived five minutes before kick-off. He was accompanied by Lord Rosebery, Lord Howe (Richard George Penn Curzon) and Lord Desborough (William Henry Grenfell).
Linesmen
John Lewis
54 (30 March 1855), Market Drayton (Lancashire FA)
John Liddell
Queen's Park FC
 

England Team

THE ENGLISH TEAM AND THE MATCH.
STRONG PROTEST AGAINST PRESS COMMENTS.
Just prior to the start of the match the following statement was handed to the press :—
"We, the members of the English International team, desire to declare that, notwithstanding what has appeared in the Press, there was never the slightest doubt as to our determination to play our hardest and do our best to accomplish a victory for England against Scotland, and we consider any suggestion to the contrary an insult to us individually and as a team.
This was signed by the whole of the team and the reserves."
 

Rank

No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 1st
Colours "The Englishmen were in white shirts and dark knickers..."
Captain Bob Crompton Selection The five-man FA International Selection Committee
P 8 of 21, W 4 - D 3 - L 1 - F 12 - A 7. P seventy of 195, W 51 - D 13 - L 6 - F 243 - A 60.
  team chosen at Bramall Lane, Sheffield, on Saturday, 27 March 1909, after the FA Cup semi-final fixture.
England Lineup
  three changes to the previous match (Veitch, Woodward & Bridgett out) league position (27th March) ave FL pos: 8th
  Hardy, Sam 26 26 August 1882 G Liverpool FC 7 3ᵍᵃ
sixth keeper to face a penalty kick
   
  Crompton, Robert 29 26 September 1879 RB Blackburn Rovers FC 24 0
most apps 1909
  Pennington, Jesse 25 23 August 1883 LB West Bromwich Albion FC 8 0
  Warren, Benjamin 29 7 May 1879 RH Chelsea FC 16 1
  Wedlock, William J. 28 28 October 1880 CH Bristol City FC 13 1
  Lintott, Evelyn H. 25 2 November 1883 LH Bradford City FC 5 0
  Pentland, Frederick B. 25 29 July 1883 OR Middlesbrough FC 2 0
341   Fleming, Harold J. 21
338 days
30 April 1887 IR Swindon Town FC 1 0
the second Town player to represent England
  Freeman, Bertram C. 23 13 October 1885 CF Everton FC 2 1
  Holley, George H. 23 20 November 1885 IL Sunderland AFC 2 1
Wall, George 24 20 February 1885 OL Manchester United FC 3 2
the 65th brace scored

reserves:

Tom Brittleton (The Wednesday FC) and Arthur Bridgett (Sunderland AFC). Jack Sharp (Everton FC) was also asked by the FA to attend, in case his services were required. Goalkeeper Herbert Lock (Southampton FC) was a reserve also, but was injured in a club match the week beforehand.
A report from 1911 states that George Richards (Derby County FC) was also a reserve.

team changes:

Harold Fleming replaced Vivian Woodward (Tottenham Hotspur FC) in the line-up the day before the match. Woodward had injured his ankle in the match between Tottenham Hotspur FC and Gainsborough Trinity FC the previous Saturday. Although he participated in practise, he still felt pain and so withdrew. As Woodward was the original chosen captain, Crompton was then given the responsibility.

records:

Bob Crompton overtook Steve Bloomer's tally to become England's record appearance holder.
England have extended their record by keeping five clean sheets in a row. They also extend their record by going 462 minutes without conceding a goal. Sam Hardy broke the goalkeeper's clean sheet record (318 mins) in the 76th min., ending the match at 333 mins.
For the second time in their history, they have kept three Home clean sheets in a row, and created a new record of going 356 minutes without conceding a home goal.
George Wall is the second England player to score two goals at The Crystal Palace.
 
2-3-5 Hardy -
Crompton, Pennington -
Warren, Wedlock, Lintott -
Pentland, Fleming, Freeman, Holley, Wall.

Averages:

Age   Appearances/Goals 7.5 0.4

England teams v. Scotland:

1908:

Hardy Crompton Pennington Warren Wedlock Lintott Rutherford Woodward Hilsdon Windridge Bridgett

1909:

Pentland Fleming Freeman Holley Wall

 

Scotland Team

 
Rank No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 5th
Colours Made by F.A. Lumley's - "...The Scotsmen in rose and primrose. Lord Rosebery's colours", white shorts.
Captain James Stark Selection The Scottish Football Association Selection Committee, of seven members
 
  team chosen in Glasgow, on Monday, 29 March 1909, following inter-league match.
Scotland Lineup
  Brownlie, James 23 15 May 1885 G Third Lanark FC 2 2ᵍᵃ
  Cameron, John nk not known RB Chelsea FC, England 2 0
  Watson, James 32 4 October 1876 LB Middlesbrough FC, England 6 0
final app 1903-09
  McNair, Alexander 26 24 December 1882 RH The Celtic FC 5 0
  Stark, James 28/29 1880 CH Rangers FC 2 0
6th (& missed) penalty kick against England
   
  McWilliam, Peter 29 21 September 1879 LH Newcastle United FC, England 6 0
  Bennett, Alexander 27 20 October 1881 OR Rangers FC 6 1
  Walker, Robert Staig 30 10 January 1879 IR Heart of Midlothian FC 24 6
  Quinn, James 30 8 July 1878 CF The Celtic FC 6 5
  Wilson, George Williamson 25 8 September 1883 IL Newcastle United FC, England 6 0
final app 1904-09
  Paul, Harold M. 22 31 August 1886 OL Queen's Park FC 3 2

reserves:

Jimmy Hay and Jimmy McMenemy (both The Celtic FC).

team notes:

Outside left Harry Paul is playing on his home ground
 
2-3-5 Brownlie -
Cameron, Watson -
McNair, Stark, McWilliam -
Bennett, Walker, Quinn, Wilson, Paul

Averages:

Age   Appearances/Goals 6.2 1.3
 
       Match Report The x

  To come
   

          Match Report The Times, Monday, 5 April 1909
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 the most enjoyable game to watch. During the 90 minutes there was only one brief stoppage for 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 happened 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. 
 
       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.
 
 
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Teams in a silver box denotes a player representing England
Domestic Football Results (3 April 1909)
The Football League Division One:
   
Bristol City 0 Aston Villa 0
   Ashton Gate, Bedminster (16,000)
City were without Billy Wedlock
 
  

Everton 0 Bradford City 1
   Goodison Park, Liverpool (10,000)
Whittingham²⁰
Everton were without Bert Freeman and Jack Sharp
City were without Evelyn Lintott
        
Leicester Fosse 2 Blackburn Rovers 4
   Filbert Street, Leicester (8,000)
Donnelly²³, Shinton⁶⁶ ~
 Garbutt⁴ Latheron¹⁸ ⁶⁵, Kyle²²
 
Rovers were without Bob Crompton
    
Manchester City 4 Liverpool 0
   Hyde Road, Manchester (15,000)
Ross⁵⁹, Buchan⁶³, Jones, Dorsett⁸²
 
Liverpool were without Sam Hardy
 
Middlesbrough 0 Bury 1
   Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough (10,000)
Currie⁴⁷
Boro were without Fred Pentland and Jimmy Watson
 
 
Newcastle United 1 Nottingham Forest 1
   St. James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne (22,000)
Allan⁸⁸ ~ Morris³⁸
United were without Peter McWilliam and George Wilson
 
   
Notts County 0 Sunderland 0
   Trent Bridge, Nottingham (10,000)
 
Sunderland were without George Holley and Arthur Bridgett
   
Preston North End 1 Sheffield United 1
   Deepdale, Preston (7,500)
Lyon (pen⁵³) ~ Featherstone³²
 
 
 
The Wednesday 2 Manchester United 0
   Wednesday Ground, Owlerton (15,000)
Bradshaw²⁰ ⁵⁵
Wednesday were without Tom Brittleton
United were without George Wall
 
Woolwich Arsenal 0 Chelsea 0
   Manor Ground, Plumstead (20,000)
 
Chelsea were without Ben Warren and Jock Cameron

 
Division One Table
Team P
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

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.
     
   
The Football League Division Two:
 
Birmingham 1 Derby County 1
   St. Andrew's, Birmingham
(4,000)
King ~ Bentley (pen)
County were without George Richards
 
Bolton Wanderers 2 Glossop 0
   Burnden Park, Bolton
(15,400)
Owen (2)
 
Bradford 0 Clapton Orient 1
   Park Avenue, Bradford
(10,000)
Louch
 
Burnley 0 Leeds City 0
   Turf Moor, Burnley
(5,000)
       
Fulham 2 Barnsley 2
   Craven Cottage, Fulham (16,000)
Dalrymple, Harrison Boyle, Burkinshaw
 
Gainsborough Trinity 2 Hull City 0
   The Northolme, Gainsborough (4,000)
Ward, Wood
 
Grimsby Town 1 Tottenham Hotspur 2
   Blundell Park, Cleethorpes (5,000)
Coxon ~ McFarlane, Minter
 
Stockport County 2 Chesterfield Town 0
   Edgeley Park, Stockport (5,000)
Whitehouse, Berry
 
West Bromwich Albion 5 Blackpool 1
   The Hawthorns, West Bromwich (17,426)
Hewitt (2 (1 pen)), Garraty, Miller OG, Fielding
 
~ Weston
Albion were without Jesse Pennington
 
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 Oldham Athletic 1
   Molineux Grounds, Wolverhampton (7,000)
Blunt ~ Wolstenholme
    
 
Division Two Table
Team P
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
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.
  
 
       Source Notes
TheFA
Scottish FA
England Football Factbook
Richard Keir's Scotland - The Complete International Record
Andy Mitchell's The Men Who Made Football
Rothman's Yearbooks
The Football Association Yearbooks
Original Newspaper Reports
Ancestry.com
London Hearts
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