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 Ireland
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
22nd |
Colours |
Royal blue jerseys and white shorts |
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Captain |
Billy Scott |
Selection |
Ireland Selection Committee |
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P last of 8, W 1 - D 1 - L 6 - F 6 - A 20. |
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team chosen on Monday, 29 January 1912 |
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Ireland
Lineup |
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Scott, William Edward |
28 |
17 May 1882 |
G |
Everton FC, England |
22 |
50ᵍᵃ |
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Burnison, Samuel |
21 |
30 November 1890 |
RB |
Distillery FC |
7 |
0 |
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McCann, Patrick |
27
9 days |
1 February 1885
no evidence |
LB |
Glentoran FC |
6 |
0 |
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Harris, Valentine |
27 |
23 June 1884 |
RH |
Everton FC, England |
16 |
0 |
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O'Connell, Patrick Joseph |
24 |
8 March 1887 |
CH |
The Wednesday FC, England |
1 |
0 |
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Hampton, Henry Vernon |
24 |
21 January
1888 |
LH |
Bradford City FC, England |
4 |
0 |
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Lacey, William |
22 |
24 September 1889 |
OR |
Everton FC, England |
10 |
1 |
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230 |
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Hamill, Michael |
22 |
19 January 1890 |
IR |
Manchester United FC, England |
1 |
1 |
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Halligan, William |
25 |
18 February 1886 |
CF |
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, England |
2 |
1 |
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final app
1911-12 |
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MacAuley, James Lowry |
23 |
24 November 1888 |
IL |
Huddersfield Town AFC, England |
3 |
1 |
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Thompson, Francis William,
injured
c.52nd minute |
26 |
2 October 1885 |
OL |
Bradford City FC, England |
6 |
2 |
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reserves: |
not known |
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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 MacAuley. |
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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. |
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2-3-5 |
Scott -
Burnison, McCann -
Harris, O'Connell, Hampton -
Lacey, Hamill, Halligan, MacAuley, Thompson. |
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Averages: |
Age |
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Appearances/Goals |
7.1 |
0.4 |
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flg.jpg) England
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
1st |
Colours |
White
collared jerseys and navy blue shorts |
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Captain |
Bob Crompton |
Selection |
The five-man
FA
International Selection Committee |
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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. |
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team chosen following the amateur trial match, at 42 Russell Square,
London, on Monday,
29 January 1912. |
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England
Lineup |
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seven changes to the previous match |
league position (29th January) |
ave FL pos:
8th¹⁰ |
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Hardy, Sam |
29 |
26 August
1882 |
G |
Liverpool FC
(FL1 16th) |
14 |
12ᵍᵃ |
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most gk apps |
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Crompton, Robert |
32 |
26 September
1879 |
RB |
Blackburn Rovers FC
(FL1 TOP) |
33 |
0 |
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most apps 1909-12 |
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Pennington, Jesse |
28 |
23 August 1883 |
LB |
West Bromwich Albion FC
(FL1 10th) |
17 |
0 |
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358 |
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Brittleton, J. Thomas |
29
286 days |
23 April 1882 |
RH |
The Wednesday FC
(FL1 5th) |
1 |
0 |
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fourteenth Wednesday
player to represent England |
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Wedlock, William J. |
31 |
28 October 1880 |
CH |
Bristol City FC
(FL2 14th) |
23 |
1 |
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Bradshaw,
William |
27 |
3 April 1884 |
LH |
Blackburn Rovers FC
(FL1 TOP) |
3 |
0 |
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Simpson,
John |
26 |
25 December 1885 |
OR |
Blackburn Rovers FC
(FL1 TOP) |
4 |
1 |
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Fleming, Harold
J. |
24
286 days |
30 April 1887 |
IR |
Swindon Town FC
(SL1 TOP) |
8 |
7 |
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the 73rd brace,
27th hattrick scored |
oldest youngest player
so far |
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Freeman, Bertram C. |
26 |
13 October 1885 |
CF |
Burnley FC
(FL2 3rd) |
3 |
2 |
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the fifth Burnley player to represent
England |
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Holley, George H. |
26 |
20 November 1885 |
IL |
Sunderland AFC
(FL1 4th) |
7 |
6 |
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359 |
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Mordue,
John |
25
59 days |
13 December 1886 |
OL |
Sunderland AFC
(FL1 4th) |
1 |
0 |
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the sixth Sunderlander to represent
England |
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reserves: |
George Richards (Derby County FC
(FL2 TOP)) and Fleming, who was originally replaced by
Harry Hampton (Aston Villa FC
(FL1 7th)), and then replaced by his clubmate,
Joe Bache, as the FA felt they were best served
by an inside-forward. |
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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." |
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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.
Bob Crompton continues to extend his tally as England's record appearance holder.
Billy Wedlock is the fourth player to have made 23 appearances and
in doing so, becomes =second on the list of appearances. Jesse Pennington is the
ninth to have made seventeen, and record appearance holder for a
goalkeeper, Sam Hardy, is the fifteenth to make fourteen.
Fleming
is the 33rd to have made eight appearances, whereas George Holley is
the 43rd to have made seven. Jock Simpson is the 95th to have made
four and 138 players have now played for their country more than twice.
Crompton is also the first player to make 33 appearances under the
guidance of the ISC whereas Wedlock is the third player to make 23. |
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goalscoring notes: |
Harold Fleming is the
eleventh player to have scored seven
England goals. |
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2-3-5 |
Hardy -
Crompton, Pennington -
Brittleton, Wedlock, Bradshaw -
Simpson, Fleming, Freeman, Holley,
Mordue. |
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Averages: |
Age |
oldest |
Appearances/Goals |
10.4 |
1.0 |
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Match Report
The x |
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come
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Match Report
The Observer, Sunday,
11 February 1912 |
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...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.
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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. |
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In Other News....
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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 |
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Rovers were without Bob Crompton, Billy Bradshaw and Jock
Simpson, but did start with Arthur Cowell |
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Liverpool were without Sam Hardy, but did start with Jack
Parkinson |
Bradford City 0 Preston North End 1
Valley Parade, Bradford
(15,000)
McCall |
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City were without Harry
Hampton and Frank Thompson,
but did start with Evelyn Lintott and Dickie Bond |
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 |
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Everton were without Billy Scott, Val Harris
and
Billy Lacey |
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United started with Albert Sturgess, Bernard Wilkinson,
Wally Hardinge and Robert Evans |
Manchester City 1 Oldham Athletic 3
Hyde Road, Ardwick
(25,000)
Smith
(2) ~ Jones (2), Montgomery
—City's
Young was sent off |
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City started with Tom Holford |
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Athletic started with George Woodger |
Middlesbrough 4 Notts County 0
Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough
(9,714)
Eyre, Cail (2), Elliott |
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Boro started with Tim Williamson and Jimmy Windridge |
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County started with Bert Morley |
Sunderland 2 Aston Villa 2
Roker Park, Sunderland (12,000)
Low (2) ~ Stephenson, Henshall |
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Sunderland were without George Holley and Jack Mordue, but
did start with Arthur Bridgett |
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Villa were without Joe Bache |
The Wednesday 3 Manchester United 0
Wednesday Ground, Owlerton (25,000)
McLean, Wilson, Glennon |
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Wednesday were without Tom Brittleton and
Paddy O'Connell |
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United were without Micky
Hamill, but did start with George Wall |
West Bromwich Albion 3 Newcastle United 1
The Hawthorns, West Bromwich (30,252)
Pailor (3)
~ Lowes |
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Albion were without Jesse Pennington |
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United started with Jock Rutherford, Jimmy Stewart and
Billy Hibbert |
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Woolwich Arsenal 3 Bolton Wanderers 0
Manor Ground, Plumstead (14,000)
Flanagan, Common, Lewis |
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Arsenal started with Andy Ducat and Alf Common |
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| Blackburn held off the challenge of Liverpool to
maintain their lead at the top. |
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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 |
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Birmingham started with Horace Bailey |
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Wolves were without Billy
Halligan, but did start with
Billy Blunt |
Blackpool 0 Stockport County 1
Bloomfield Road, Blackpool (4,000)
Rodgers |
Bristol City 0 Leicester Fosse 1
Ashton Gate, Bedminster (6,000)
Sparrow |
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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)
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County were without George Richards, but did start with
Steve Bloomer |
Huddersfield Town 1 Leeds City 2
Leeds Road, Huddersfield
(8,000)
Richardson
~ Mulholland (2) |
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Town were without Jimmy MacAuley |
Hull City 2 Fulham 3
Anlaby Road, Hull
(10,000)
Temple W.Wright ~ Torrance, Brown (2) |
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City started with Gordon Wright |
Nottingham Forest 0 Burnley 1
City Ground, Nottingham
(8,000)
Picken |
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Burnley were without Bert Freeman |
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| 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. |
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Source Notes |
TheFA
England Football Factbook
Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats |
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Rothman's Yearbooks
The Football Association Yearbooks
Original Newspaper Reports
Ancestry.com |
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