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Saturday, 10 February 1912
Home International Championship 1911-12 (29th) Match

Ireland 1 England 6 
[1-3]
 
 

Dalymount Park, Phibsborough, Dublin
Kick-off (DMT): '3.30pm' 3.06pm GMT;
Attendance: '15,000';
Receipts: '£803'

England's first visit to Dalymount, second to Dublin, first since 1900.
Billy Scott won the toss kicked off

[1-2] Mickey Hamill 35
 'from a scramble near the goal'

[0-1] Harold Fleming header 12
 from a Freeman pass
[0-2] George Holley 17
 breasted through after a McCann clearance

[1-3] Harold Fleming 40 BRACE
'scored a third'
2 players lost since last match
John Sands (21 April 1911) 56
Charlie Richards (27 April) 35
55 players have now died
 
  [1-4] Bert Freeman 50
 beat Scott
[1-5] Harold Fleming 64 HAT-TRICK
 took a pass from Freeman and had little difficulty in beating Scott
[1-6] Jock Simpson 85
'added a sixth in semi-darkness'
Football League Record
 
 

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Officials         

Ireland Team Records England
Referee
Alexander A. Armstrong
Glasgow, Scotland replaced A.Jackson
 
Linesmen
G.T. Wagstaffe Simmons
44/45 (early 1867), Hertfordshire FA
 
 

Ireland Team

 
Rank No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 22nd
Colours Royal blue jerseys and white shorts
Captain Billy Scott Selection Ireland Selection Committee
P last of 8, W 1 - D 1 - L 6 - F 6 - A 20.
  team chosen on Monday, 29 January 1912
Ireland Lineup
  Scott, William Edward 28 17 May 1882 G Everton FC, England 22 50ᵍᵃ
  Burnison, Samuel 21 30 November 1890 RB Distillery FC 7 0
  McCann, Patrick 30/31 1881 LB Glentoran FC 6 0
  Harris, Valentine 27 23 June 1884 RH Everton FC, England 16 0
    O'Connell, Patrick J. 24 8 March 1887 CH The Wednesday FC, England 1 0
  Hampton, Henry V. 23/24 1888 LH Bradford City FC, England 4 0
  Lacey, William 22 24 September 1889 OR Everton FC, England 10 1
  Hamill, Michael 23 19 January 1889 IR Manchester United FC, England 1 1
  Halligan, William 25 18 February 1886 CF Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, England 2 1
  McAuley, James L. 22 24 November 1889 IL Huddersfield Town AFC, England 3 1
  Thompson, Francis W., injured c.52nd minute 26 2 October 1885 OL Bradford City FC, England 6 2

reserves:

not known

team changes:

Their were several changes from the original named line-up on 6 February. Sam Burnison came in to replace Sandy Craig (Greenock Morton FC, Scotland) at left-back, then Burnison and McCann swapped positions. Harry Hampton replaced John Lamb (Hibernian FC) at right-half. There were two replacements in the forward line, Sam Young (Airdrieonians FC) was replaced at centre by Billy Halligan, and to his left, O'Hagan (Greenock Morton FC) was replaced with Jimmy McAuley..

team notes:

An accident to Frank Thompson soon after the second half started meant he had to retire, but he returned and Ireland effectively played with ten men for the rest of the match.
 
2-3-5 Scott -
Burnison, McCann -
Harris, O'Connell, Hampton -
Lacey, Hamill, Halligan, McAuley, Thompson.

Averages:

Age   Appearances/Goals 7.1 0.4

 

England Team

 

Rank

No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 1st
Colours White collared jerseys and navy blue shorts
Captain Bob Crompton Selection The five-man FA International Selection Committee
P 13 of 21, W 7 - D 4 - L 2 - F 22 - A 12. P eighty of 195, W 58 - D 15 - L 7 - F 277 - A 71.
  team chosen following the amateur trial match, at 42 Russell Square, London, on Monday, 29 January 1912.
England Lineup
    seven changes to the previous match league position (29th January) ave FL pos: 8th
  Hardy, Sam 29 26 August 1882 G Liverpool FC 14 12ᵍᵃ
most gk apps
  Crompton, Robert 32 26 September 1879 RB Blackburn Rovers FC 33 0
most apps 1909-12
  Pennington, Jesse 28 23 August 1883 LB West Bromwich Albion FC 17 0
358   Brittleton, J. Thomas 29
286 days
23 April 1882 RH The Wednesday FC 1 0
fourteenth Wednesday player to represent England
  Wedlock, William J. 31 28 October 1880 CH Bristol City FC 23 1
  Bradshaw, William 27 3 April 1884 LH Blackburn Rovers FC 3 0
Simpson, John 26 25 December 1885 OR Blackburn Rovers FC 4 1
Fleming, Harold J. 24
286 days
30 April 1887 IR Swindon Town FC 8 7
the 73rd brace, 27th hattrick scored oldest youngest player so far
Freeman, Bertram C. 26 13 October 1885 CF Burnley FC 3 2
the fifth Burnley player to represent England
Holley, George H. 26 20 November 1885 IL Sunderland AFC 7 6
359   Mordue, John 25
59 days
13 December 1886 OL Sunderland AFC 1 0
the sixth Sunderlander to represent England

reserves:

George Richards (Derby County FC) and Fleming, who was originally replaced by Harry Hampton (Aston Villa FC), and then replaced by his clubmate, Joe Bache, as the FA felt they were best served by an inside-forward.

team notes:

"A difficulty has arisen with regard to England's team to meet Ireland...owing to the replayed Cup ties fixed for Thursday. The Football Association, without wishing to bring pressure to bear, have notified [Tim] Williamson of Middlesbrough, and [Harry] Makepeace and [Frank] Jefferis, of Everton, that unless they can travel with the rest of the party, which leaves Crewe at 5.10 on Thursday afternoon, they will not be allowed to play. Hardy, Bradshaw and Fleming are chosen to fill vacancies that may arise."

appearance notes:

Billy Wedlock is the first England player to make 23 consecutive appearances.
Harold Fleming is the youngest player of the eleven starting the match, thus breaking a record set in 1910 by Wally Hardinge, by 362 days. Fleming will be the oldest youngest player until the next match.
 
2-3-5 Hardy -
Crompton, Pennington -
Brittleton, Wedlock, Bradshaw -
Simpson, Fleming, Freeman, Holley, Mordue.

Averages:

Age oldest Appearances/Goals 10.4 1.0
 
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          Match Report The Observer, Sunday, 11 February 1912

...the game was played under excellent conditions before about 15,000 people.
Ireland had the misfortune to lose Thompson, who was injured early in the second half, and they were completely outplayed to the finish.
...the Irish backs could not withstand the dashing attacks of the English front line, in which Fleming played a brilliant game throughout.

          Match Report The Times, Monday, 12 February 1912
England beat Ireland at Dublin on Saturday by six goals to one. Ireland played up pluckily, but England were the better side at all points.
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.
 
       In Other News....
It was on 10 February 1912 that Lord Lister, who pioneered the use of antiseptics that revolutionised medical practises to make surgery much safer, died at the age of 84. He became known as the 'father of modern surgery'.
 
 
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Teams in a silver box denotes a player representing England
Domestic Football Results (1 April 1911)
The Football League Division One:
   
Blackburn Rovers 1 Liverpool 0
   Ewood Park, Blackburn (15,196)
Chapman
Rovers were without Bob Crompton, Billy Bradshaw and Jock Simpson
Liverpool were without Sam Hardy
 
Bradford City 0 Preston North End 1
   Valley Parade, Bradford (15,000)
McCall
City were without Harry Hampton and Frank Thompson
 
 
Bury 2 Tottenham Hotspur 1
   Gigg Lane, Bury (3,499)
Heap, Kay ~ Elliott
 
 
 
Everton 3 Sheffield United 2
   Goodison Park, Liverpool (35,000)
Browell (2), Fleetwood ~ Hardinge, Evans
Everton were without Billy Scott, Val Harris and Billy Lacey
 
 
Manchester City 1 Oldham Athletic 3
   Hyde Road, Manchester (25,000)
Smith (2) ~ Jones (2), Montgomery
City's Young was sent off
 
 
Middlesbrough 4 Notts County 0
   Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough (9,714)
Eyre, Cail (2), Elliott
 
 
 
Sunderland 2 Aston Villa 2
   Roker Park, Sunderland (12,000)
Low (2) ~ Stephenson, Henshall
Sunderland were without George Holley and Jack Mordue
Villa were without Joe Bache
   
 
The Wednesday 3 Manchester United 0
   Wednesday Ground, Owlerton
(25,000)
McLean, Wilson, Glennon—
McLean also had a penalty saved
Wednesday were without Tom Brittleton and Paddy O'Connell
United were without Micky Hamill
 
West Bromwich Albion 3 Newcastle United 1
   The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
(30,252)
Pailor (3) ~ Lowes
Albion were without Jesse Pennington
 
 
Woolwich Arsenal 3 Bolton Wanderers 0
   Manor Ground, Plumstead (14,000)
Flanagan, Common, Lewis
 
 

 
Division One Table
Team P
Blackburn Rovers 26 34
Everton 25 32
Newcastle United 25 30
Sunderland 26 29
The Wednesday 25 28
Middlesbrough 24 28
Aston Villa 25 27
West Bromwich Albion 24 27
Manchester United 25 26
Bradford City 24 25
Tottenham Hotspur 24 24
Bolton Wanderers 25 24
Woolwich Arsenal 25 24
Notts County 24 23
Sheffield United 24 22
Preston North End 25 21
Liverpool 25 20
Oldham Athletic 24 20
Manchester City 24 17
Bury 23 11

Blackburn held off the challenge of Liverpool to maintain their lead at the top.
     
   
The Football League Division Two:
 
Barnsley 1 Bradford 0
   Oakwell, Barnsley
(5,000)
Travers
 
Birmingham 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1
   St. Andrew's, Birmingham
(25,000)
Hall (3 (1 pen)) ~ Needham
Wolves were without Billy Halligan

Blackpool 0 Stockport County 1
   Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
(4,000)
Rodgers

Bristol City 0 Leicester Fosse 1
   Ashton Gate, Bedminster
(6,000)
Sparrow
City were without Billy Wedlock
      
Chelsea 4 Grimsby Town 1
   Stamford Bridge, Fulham
(25,000)
Freeman, Whittingham (2 (1 pen)), Thomson ~
 Mounteney (pen)
 

Clapton Orient 3 Gainsborough Trinity 0
   Millfields Road, Hackney
(8,000)
Dalrymple, Bevan, Hind (pen)
 
Glossop 3 Derby County 1
   North Road, Glossop
(3,000)
Berwick, Moore, Stapley ~ Bloomer (pen)
County were without George Richards
 

Huddersfield Town 1 Leeds City 2
   Leeds Road, Huddersfield
(8,000)
Richardson ~ Mulholland (2)
Town were without Jim McAuley
   
Hull City 2 Fulham 3
   Anlaby Road, Hull
(10,000)
Temple W.Wright ~ Torrance, Brown (2)
 
Nottingham Forest 0 Burnley 1
   City Ground, Nottingham
(8,000)
Picken
Burnley were without Bert Freeman
 
Division Two Table
Team P
Chelsea 25 35
Burnley 25 34
Derby County 24 33
Clapton Orient 24 31
Hull City 24 31
Barnsley 24 30
Wolverhampton Wanderers 25 28
Fulham 24 27
Grimsby Town 26 27
Bradford 24 24
Blackpool 25 24
Nottingham Forest 23 23
Huddersfield Town 24 22
Stockport County 24 19
Birmingham 25 19
Leeds City 26 19
Bristol City 25 18
Leicester Fosse 24 17
Gainsborough Trinity 24 14
Glossop 23 13
Derby slipped from the top as Chelsea and Burnley took advantage to get ahead of them. These three clubs would be the main contenders for promotion for the remainder of the season.
  
 
       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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