England Match No. 110 - Scotland - 1 April 1911

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109 vs. Wales 110 111 vs. Ireland	Saturday, 1 April 1911 Home International Championship 1910-11 (28th) Match England 1 Scotland 1 [1-0]		Match Summary England Party Scotland Party Team Records
		Goodison Park, Walton, Liverpool, Lancashire Attendance: 38,000 (a record attendance for an international in England); Kick-off: 3.30pm GMT
		England - Jimmy Stewart ('Bache centred for Webb, whose shot was stopped, the ball came to Stewart, who shot hard into the net' 18); Scotland - Alex Higgins ('headed in from a Smith corner' 88); Alex Higgins had scored late in the first half. The ball certainly went in and back out into play. Despite vigorous claims, Nunnerley would not allow a goal.
Results 1901-14		England won the toss, Scotland kicked-off.

Match Summary

Officials	England	Type	Scotland
Referee - William Nunnerley Wales Linesmen - S.D. Peers, Liverpool and A.M. Robertson, Stenhousemuir, Scottish F.A. President.		Goal Attempts
		Attempts on Target
		Hit Bar/Post
		Corner Kicks Won
		Offside Calls Against
		Fouls Conceded
		Possession

England Team

Rank:	No official ranking system established; ELO rating 1st	Colours:		White collared jerseys and navy blue shorts
Capt:	Bob Crompton, thirteenth captaincy	Selectors:		The seven-man FA International Selection Committee, on Monday, 27 March 1911, at 42 Russell Square, London. 77th match, W 56 - D 14 - L 7 - F 269 - A 66.
England Lineup
	Williamson, Reginald G.	26	6 June 1884	G	Middlesbrough FC	4	3 GA
	Crompton, Robert	31	26 September 1879	RB	Blackburn Rovers FC	32	0
	Pennington, Jesse	27	23 August 1883	LB	West Bromwich Albion FC	16	0
	Warren, Benjamin	31	7 May 1879	RH	Chelsea FC	22	2
	Wedlock, William J.	30	28 October 1880	CH	Bristol City FC	22	1
	Hunt, Rev. Kenneth R.G.	27	24 February 1884	LH	Leyton FC & Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	2	0
	Simpson, John	25	25 December 1885	OR	Blackburn Rovers FC	3	0
	Stewart, James	28	15 January 1883	IR	Newcastle United FC	3	2
	Webb, George W.	22	18 July 1888	CF	West Ham United FC	2	1
	Bache, Joseph W.	31	8 February 1880	IL	Aston Villa FC	7	4
	Evans, Robert E.	25	19 October 1885	OL	Sheffield United FC	3	1
reserves:		Sheffield United FC's Albert Sturgess and Sunderland AFC's George Holley.
team notes:		Bob Crompton extends his tally as England's record appearance holder. This is the oldest team that England have fielded thus far, a record broken for the second match in a row. They also extend their 'Home' record to twelve matches unbeaten. Ben Warren was injured just before halftime and had to retire, although he rejoined his team for the second half.

2-3-5		Williamson - Crompton, Pennington - Warren, Wedlock, Hunt - Simpson, Stewart, Webb, Bache, Evans.
Averages:		Age	27.4	Appearances/Goals		10.5	0.9

England teams v. Scotland:
1910:	Hardy	Crompton	Pennington	Ducat	Wedlock	Makepeace	Bond	Hibbert	Parkinson	Hardinge	Wall
1911:	Williamson	Crompton	Pennington	Warren	Wedlock	Hunt	Simpson	Stewart	Webb	Bache	Evans

Scotland Team

Rank:	No official ranking system established; ELO rating 6th to 5th	Colours:		Dark blue shirts and white shorts
Capt:	Jimmy Hay	Selectors: Trainer: Bill Struth (Clyde FC)		The Scottish Football Association Selection Committee, of eight members (Messrs. Robertson, Black, Westwater, Campbell, Dodds, McLaughlan, Craig and Brannigan), chosen, on Monday, 27 March 1911, in Glasgow.
Scotland Lineup
	Lawrence, James	26	16 February 1885	G	Newcastle United FC, England	1	1 GA
	Colman, Donald C.	32	14 August 1878	RB	Aberdeen FC	3	0
	Walker, John	26	6 November 1884	LB	Swindon Town FC, England	3	0
	Aitken, Andrew	33	27 April 1877	RH	Leicester Fosse FC, England	14	0
	Low, Wilfred L.	26	8 December 1884	CH	Newcastle United FC, England	2	0
	Hay, James	30	12 December 1880	LB	The Celtic FC	7	0
	Bennett, Alexander	29	20 October 1881	OR	Rangers FC	10	1
	McMenemy, James	30	23 August 1880	IR	The Celtic FC	7	3
	Reid, William	nk	not known	CF	Rangers FC	3	1
	Higgins, Alexander	22/23	1888	IL	Newcastle United FC, England	4	1
	Smith, Alexander	34	7 November 1876	OL	Rangers FC	20	6
reserves:		Sunderland AFC's Tommy Tait (but his club refused to release him) and Everton FC's Tom Gracie.
team notes:		This is possibly the oldest team England have thus far faced. The resultant age of Billy Reid may bring the average down.

2-3-5		Lawrence - Colman, Walker - Aitken, Low, Hay - Bennett, McMenemy, Reid, Higgins, Smith.
Averages:		Age	28.8-9	Appearances/Goals		6.7	1.0

Match Report

England drew with Scotland at Goodison Park, Liverpool, on Saturday, with a score of one goal each, and thus finished first in the International Championship, Scotland being second, Wales third, and Ireland fourth.
England were decidedly lucky to escape defeat on Saturday ; indeed, on the general run of the game after the change of ends Scotland should have won, though it was only four minutes from the close of play that they obtained the equalizing goal. England won the toss, and Scotland during the opening half had to face both sun and breeze. They held their own, however, and the only goal up to the interval was the one which Stewart scored for England...

There were about 50,000 spectators, including a large contingent of Scotsmen. - The Times - Monday 3rd April, 1911

Football League

Football League Division One
1 April 1911

Team P Pts

Manchester United 33 46

Aston Villa 32 44

Sunderland 32 39

Bradford City 31 37

Everton 31 36

Newcastle United 32 35

Sheffield United 32 35

Oldham Athletic 32 34

The Wednesday 31 32

Middlesbrough 32 31

Preston North End 34 31

Tottenham Hotspur 34 30

Blackburn Rovers 31 29

Liverpool 33 29

Notts County 31 29

Woolwich Arsenal 32 29

Manchester City 33 26

Bury 33 26

Nottingham Forest 34 25

Bristol City 33 23

Division One matches played on 1 April 1911:

BRISTOL CITY 0-2 BRADFORD CITY
(Devine 2)
6,000 (Ashton Gate, Bristol)

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

MANCHESTER UNITED 2-0 LIVERPOOL
West 2
20,000 (Old Trafford, Manchester)

MIDDLESBROUGH 0-1 ASTON VILLA
(Henshall)
18,000 (Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough)

Villa were without Joe Bache, who was playing against Scotland at Liverpool.

NEWCASTLE UNITED 0-1 WOOLWICH ARSENAL
(Chalmers)
15,000 (St James' Park, Newcastle)

Newcastle were without Higgins (who scored the equaliser), Lawrence (making his only international appearance, in goal) and Low, who were playing for Scotland against England at Liverpool.

NOTTS COUNTY 1-0 BURY
Craythorne
6,000 (Meadow Lane, Nottingham)

OLDHAM ATHLETIC 1-1 MANCHESTER CITY
Fay (J.Smith)
20,000 (Boundary Park, Oldham)

Evan Jones missed a penalty for Oldham.

PRESTON NORTH END 1-1 SHEFFIELD UNITED
Hall (Peake)
6,000 (Deepdale, Preston)

Sheffield United were without Evans, who was playing against Scotland at Liverpool, and Sturgess, who was a reserve against Scotland.

THE WEDNESDAY 1-0 BLACKBURN ROVERS
Kirkman
5,000 (Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield)

Blackburn were without Crompton, who was captain against Scotland at Liverpool, and Simpson, who was also playing against Scotland.

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 1-1 SUNDERLAND
Minter (Low)
26,000 (White Hart Lane, London)

Sunderland were without George Holley, who was a reserve against Scotland at Liverpool.

The battle between the top two would go right to the wire, with Manchester United proving victorious.

Football League Division Two
1 April 1911

Team P Pts

Bolton Wanderers 34 46

Chelsea 31 43

West Bromwich Albion 32 42

Clapton Orient 32 39

Blackpool 33 38

Hull City 31 37

Derby County 33 37

Burnley 33 37

Leeds City 32 33

Wolverhampton Wanderers 32 33

Fulham 32 32

Bradford 33 30

Glossop 33 30

Leicester Fosse 32 29

Huddersfield Town 33 28

Birmingham 32 28

Barnsley 32 23

Stockport County 33 22

Gainsborough Trinity 32 21

Lincoln City 31 18

Division Two matches played on 1 April 1911:

BIRMINGHAM 2-0 BLACKPOOL
McKay, Hall
13,000 (St Andrew's, Birmingham)

BOLTON WANDERERS 3-1 LINCOLN CITY
Hilton, Hughes, Greenhalgh (Barrell)
12,000 (Burnden Park, Bolton)

BRADFORD 3-1 LEICESTER FOSSE
Turnbull, Little 2 (Shinton)
10,000 (Park Avenue, Bradford)

Leicester were without Andy Aitken, who was playing for Scotland against England at Liverpool.

BURNLEY 0-0 BARNSLEY
4,000 (Turf Moor, Burnley)

FULHAM 0-1 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
(Harrison)
10,000 (Craven Cottage, London)

GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY 0-0 DERBY COUNTY
4,000 (The Northolme, Gainsborough)

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 1-0 GLOSSOP
Richardson
6,000 (Leeds Road, Huddersfield)

HULL CITY 1-1 CHELSEA
Neve pen. (Whittingham)
12,000 (Anlaby Road, Hull)

Chelsea were without Ben Warren, who was playing for England against Scotland at Liverpool.

LEEDS CITY 4-0 STOCKPORT COUNTY
McLeod 2, Mulholland 2
9,000 (Elland Road, Leeds)

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 3-0 CLAPTON ORIENT
Waterhouse, McNeal, Wright
12,852 (The Hawthorns, West Bromwich)

West Brom were without Jesse Pennington, who was playing for England against Scotland at Liverpool.

Although West Brom had lost to Chelsea, three days earlier, they would only drop one more point from their last six games to win the Second Division Championship, and with Bolton runners-up, Chelsea missed out on promotion.

IN OTHER NEWS...

It was on 2 April 1911 that the twelfth nationwide census was taken across the United Kingdom. Once the forms were collated, it was revealed that the population was now 45 million, overtaking France. There were seven million living in London and 4.7 million in the whole of Scotland.

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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