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Saturday, 12 February 1910
Home International Championship 1909-10 (27th) Match

Ireland 1 England 1 
[1-0]
 

Solitude Ground, Cliftonville, Belfast, County Antrim
Kick-off (DMT): '3.30pm' 3.06pm GMT;
Attendance: '8,000';
Receipts: 'x'


2 players lost since last match
Arthur Brown (1 July 1909) 50
Frank Becton (6 November) 36
47 players have now died

Football League Record
England's eighth visit to Cliftonville, fourteenth visit to Belfast
   

[1-0] Frank Thompson header 43
 headed/breasted past Hardy from a Renneville cross
 
 
29th equalising goal from England>
[1≡1] Harold Fleming 51
dashed in after Scott fumbled a Bond cross
 
 

"x" newspaper

Officials         

Ireland Team Records England
Referee
Alexander A. Jackson
Scotland
 
Linesmen
   
 

Ireland Team

 
Rank No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 20th
Colours Royal blue jerseys and white shorts
Captain Billy Scott Selection
Trainer: Bob Torrans
Ireland Selection Committee
P 3 of 8, W 0 - D 1 - L 2 - F 2 - A 9.
  team chosen in Belfast on Monday, 24 January 1910 
Ireland Lineup
  Scott, William Edward 27 17 May 1882 G Everton FC, England 17 38ᵍᵃ
  Burnison, Samuel 19 30 November 1890 RB Distillery FC 2 0
    McCann, Patrick 28/29 1881 LB Belfast Celtic FAC 1 0
  Harris, Valentine 25 23 June 1884 RH Everton FC, England 10 0
  McConnell, David English 26 14 May 1883 CH The Wednesday FC, England 10 0
  Darling, John 32 30 October 1877 LH Linfield FAC 19 0
    Renneville, William T.J. 25 16 April 1884 OR Leyton FC, England 1 0
    Murphy, John 23/24 1886 IR Bradford City FC, England 1 0
    Murray, James M. 25 14 March 1884 CF Motherwell FC, Scotland 1 0
  Lacey, William 20 24 September 1889 IL Everton FC, England 4 1
  Thompson, Francis W. 24 2 October 1885 OL Cliftonville FAC 1 1
reserves: originally John Murphy was the reserve.
team changes: There was one change to the original named line-up. John Murphy replaced Lacey on the right wing, the latter taking the place of Charlie O'Hagan (Aberdeen FC, Scotland), because of his club's involvement in the Scottish Cup.
Billy Halligan (Leeds City AFC, England) was invited to replaced Murphy as reserve, but he declined, preferring instead to assist his club.
team notes: Outside left Frank Thompson was playing, and scoring, on his home ground.
 
2-3-5 Scott -
Burnison, McCann -
Harris, McConnell, Darling -
Renneville, Murphy, Murray, Lacey, Thompson.

Averages:

Age   Appearances/Goals 6.1 0.1

 

England Team

 

Rank

No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 1st
Colours White collared jerseys and navy blue shorts
Captain Vivian Woodward Selection The five-man FA International Selection Committee
²⁰ most goals as captain
P 13 of 14, W 11 - D 2 - L 0 - F 66 - A 11. P 74 of 195, W 54 - D 14 - L 6 - F 264 - A 66.
  team chosen at Anfield Road, Liverpool, on Monday, 31 January 1910.
England Lineup
    three changes to the previous match (Hardy, Wedlock & Woodward remain) league position (31st January) ave FL pos: 7th¹⁰
  Hardy, Sam 27 26 August 1882 G Liverpool FC (FL1 6th) 11 9ᵍᵃ
=most gk apps
344   Morley, Herbert 27
127 days
8 October 1882 RB Notts County FC (FL1 2nd) 1 0
the fifteenth County player to represent England only app 1910
345   Cowell, Arthur 23
276 days
12 May 1886 LB Blackburn Rovers FC (FL1 5th) 1 0
the 20th/21st Rover to represent England only app 1910
346   Ducat, Andrew 23
362 days
15 February 1886 RH Woolwich Arsenal FC (FL1 16th) 1 0
the third Woolwich player to represent England
  Wedlock, William J. 29 28 October 1880 CH Bristol City FC (FL1 15th) 17 1
347   Bradshaw, William 25
315 days
3 April 1884 LH Blackburn Rovers FC (FL1 5th) 1 0
the 20th/21st Rover to represent England
  Bond, Richard 26 14 December 1883 OR Bradford City FC (FL1 7th) 6 2
the third City player to represent England
Fleming, Harold J. 22 30 April 1887 IR Swindon Town FC (SL1 3rd) 4 4
  Woodward, Vivian J. 30 3 June 1879 CF Chelsea FC (FL1 17th) 22 26
  Bache, Joseph W. 30 8 February 1880 IL Aston Villa FC (FL1 TOP) 6 3
348   Hall, Albert E. 28
22 days
21 January 1882 OL Aston Villa FC (FL1 TOP) 1 0
the nineteenth Villan to represent England only app 1910
reserves: Tommy Boyle (Barnsley FC (FL2 8th)) and Wally Hardinge (Sheffield United FC (FL1 3rd)).
team notes: This draw puts an end to the sequence where England recorded nine away victories in a row.

appearance notes:

Vivian Woodward is the third player to make 22 appearances, Billy Wedlock is the eighth to have made seventeen and Sam Hardy becomes the 22nd player to have now made eleven, in which he also equals the record of the goalkeeper with most appearances, currently held by Jack Robinson.
52 players have now made six appearances, and 92 have four.
Woodward is also the second player to make 22 appearances under the guidance of the ISC whereas Wedlock is the x player to make seventeen.

goalscoring notes:

Harold Fleming is the 22nd England player to have scored four goals for his country.
records: As this away match follows England's continental tour, they have been on the road for a new record 259 days.
This is England's tenth draw away from home. It is only the third draw against Ireland, and the second in that .
 
2-3-5 Hardy -
Morley, Cowell -
Ducat, Wedlock, Bradshaw -
Bond, Fleming, Woodward, Bache, Hall.

Averages:

Age   Appearances/Goals 6.5 3.2
 
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          Match Report The Times, Monday, 14 February 1910

England and Ireland drew at Belfast on Saturday, each side having scored one goal. The game was watched by a crowd of 25,000 people...
On the English side, Hardy, as usual, was very safe in goal, and he had no chance with the shot that beat him...
Scott might have stopped the shot which scored for England, but he made several clever saves...  

 
       In Other News....
It was on 12 February 1910 that the Prime Minister, Arthur Balfour met with King Edward VII in Brighton in the aftermath of the General Election resulting in a hung parliament. The country was split over a budget that introduced higher taxes on the wealthy to fund the welfare state, moves to reduce the power of the House of Lords, and Irish Home Rule. With support from the Labour party, the Liberals managed to stay in power, but there would be another election at the end of the year and another hung parliament.
 
 
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Teams in a silver box denotes a player representing England
Domestic Football Results (12 February 1910)
The Football League Division One:
   
Aston Villa 3 Sunderland 2
   Villa Park, Birmingham (25,000)
Walters³⁵, Buckley⁶⁵, Gerrish⁶⁷ ~ Bridgett³⁸, Low⁵⁷
Villa were without Joe Bache and Bert Hall
Sunderland started with Arthur Bridgett
  

Bolton Wanderers 5 Chelsea 2
   Burnden Park, Bolton (8,000)
McEwan (2 (1 pen)), Lockett, Hunter (2) ~
 Freeman (2)
Wanderers' Billy Hughes missed his penalty kick
Chelsea were without Vivian Woodward
        
Liverpool 0 Everton 1
   Anfield Road, Liverpool (40,000)
Freeman⁸⁵
Liverpool were without Sam Hardy
Everton were without Billy Scott, Val Harris and Billy Lacey, but did start with Harry Makepeace, Jack Sharp and Bert Freeman
     
Middlesbrough 0 Bury 5
   Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough (8,000)
Hibbert⁹ ¹⁷ ⁸⁸, Currie⁵⁰, Stanfield⁵⁹
Boro started with Tim Williamson, Fred Pentland and Steve Bloomer
 
Newcastle United 3 Manchester United 4
   St. James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne (30,000)
Higgins⁸ ³⁸, Wilson ~ Roberts⁵², Turnbull⁷³ ⁷⁸, Blott⁷⁵
Newcastle were three goals up at half-time, but a six-minute spell in which the visitors scored three times tuend the game, with the home side's Jock Rutherford also having a penalty kick saved by Harry Moger
United started with Jock Rutherford and Bert Gosnell
the other United started with Charlie Roberts, Harold Halse and George Wall
   
Notts County 3 Bradford City 2
   Trent Bridge, Nottingham (10,000)
Matthews⁵¹, Jones⁶⁰ ⁶⁵ ~
 Whittingham (pen¹⁶), Spiers
County were without Bert Morley
City were without Dicky Bond and Jack Murphy, but did start with Harry Maskrey and Evelyn Lintott
   
Preston North End 1 The Wednesday 0
   Deepdale, Preston (7,000)
Winterhalder⁴
 
Sheffield United 1 Nottingham Forest 4
   Bramall Lane, Sheffield (11,103)
Evans⁶⁶ ~ Hooper¹¹, Marrison²², West⁴⁷ (pen⁵⁷)
United were without Wally Hardinge
 
Tottenham Hotspur 3 Bristol City 2
   White Hart Lane, Tottenham (25,000)
Middlemiss, Humphreys, Minter⁸⁵ ~
 Gilligan³⁰, Marr⁷⁰
Spurs started with Percy Humphreys
City were without Billy Wedlock, but did start with Joe Cottle
 
Woolwich Arsenal 0 Blackburn Rovers 1
   Manor Ground, Plumstead (7,500)
Cameron⁶²
Arsenal were without Andy Ducat
Rovers were without Arthur Cowell and Billy Bradshaw, but did start with Jimmy Ashcroft and Bob Crompton

 
Division One Table
Team P
Aston Villa 24 34
Notts County 26 34
Blackburn Rovers 25 32
Sheffield United 25 31
Newcastle United 26 31
Liverpool 24 30
Bradford City 24 29
Manchester United 24 28
Everton 24 26
Sunderland 24 25
The Wednesday 23 24
Nottingham Forest 25 24
Preston North End 26 23
Bury 25 22
Bristol City 25 18
Tottenham Hotspur 24 18
Woolwich Arsenal 25 18
Chelsea 25 17
Middlesbrough 24 15
Bolton Wanderers 26 15

Villa maintained their narrow lead on goal average on their way to a record sixth title, but their last for 71 years.
     
   
The Football League Division Two:
 
Bradford 2 Barnsley 0
   Park Avenue, Bradford
(12,000)
Tomlinson, Newton
Barnsley were without Tommy Boyle
 
Burnley 2 West Bromwich Albion 3
   Turf Moor, Burnley
(6,000)
Smith, Green ~ Garraty (3)
Burnley started with Alec Leake and Walter Abbott
Albion started with Jesse Pennington and Billy Garraty
       

Fulham 1 Oldham Athletic 1
   Craven Cottage, Fulham (15,000)
Walker Montgomery
 
Gainsborough Trinity 1 Stockport County 0
   The Northolme, Gainsborough (3,000)
Bullivant
 
Grimsby Town 1 Derby County 1
   Blundell Park, Cleethorpes (3,000)
Gates ~ Bagshaw
County started with George Richards
 
Leeds City 2 Birmingham 1
   Elland Road, Leeds (10,000)
Roberts, Croot ~ Freeman
 
Leicester Fosse 3 Blackpool 2
   Filbert Street, Leicester (10,000)
Shinton (2), Puden (pen) ~ Beare (2)
Blackpool started with Jack Cox
 
Lincoln City 4 Clapton Orient 0
   Sincil Bank, Lincoln (5,000)
Barrell, Loughlan, Gardner, Hunter
 
Manchester City 3 Hull City 0
   Hyde Road, Ardwick (30,000)
Holford, Conlin, Jones
City's George Dorsett sent off with five minutes remaining 'rough play'
City started with Tom Holford and Jimmy Conlin
 
Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 Glossop 1
   Molineux Grounds, Wolverhampton (7,000)
Blunt ~ Wolstenholme
 
Division Two Table
Team P
Derby County 24 36
Manchester City 23 34
Leicester Fosse 24 32
Glossop 24 32
Fulham 25 30
Hull City 25 30
Wolverhampton Wanderers 26 29
Barnsley 23 25
West Bromwich Albion 24 25
Oldham Athletic 22 24
Bradford 24 24
Blackpool 25 23
Burnley 23 22
Stockport County 24 19
Clapton Orient 24 18
Lincoln City 24 18
Leeds City 25 18
Gainsborough Trinity 24 18
Birmingham 25 15
Grimsby Town 24 10
The biggest second-division crowd of the day saw Manchester City notch up a fifth successive victory and they went on to lift the title and claim promotion straight back to the top flight.
  
 
       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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