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 115 vs. Wales		 Monday, 11 March 1912
 Home International Championship 1911-12 (29th) Match
Wales 0 England 2 [0-2]
  		  

The Racecourse, Mold Road, Wrexham, Denbighshire
 Kick-off (GMT): '3.30'
 Attendance: '10,000'.
Receipts: '£570'.


Football League Record
England's twelfth visit to The Racecourse, to Wrexham & to Denbighshire; their sixteenth visit to Wales
kicked off Bob Crompton won the toss

   [0-1] George Holley 2
'after getting a clear opening following a Simpson cross'
 [0-2] Bert Freeman 41
'received the ball while apparently in an offside position and going through, he had Evans beaten all the way'
 

 
fifteenth ever scoreless second half - 29th ever scoreless half
 
 

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Officials         

Wales Team Records England
Referee
Thomas R. Dougray
Scotland
Linesmen
J. Butterfield
 Liverpool		  
  
 

Wales Team
 

Rank

 No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 20th		 Colours Red shirts with white laced collar, and white shorts
Captain Billy Meredith
as per photo, and associated filmclip		 Selection Welsh Selection Committee
P last of 6, W 2 - D 1 - L 3 - F 9 - A 15.
  team chosen on Saturday, 2 March 1912, following the Scotland match
Wales Lineup
  Evans, Robert Owen 30 5 July 1881 G Coventry City FC, England 9 16ᵍᵃ
  Davies, Llewelyn C. 30/31 1881 RB Wrexham AFC 8 0
  Davies, Lloyd 34
x days		 9 August 1877 LB Northampton Town FC, England 11 1
  Hughes, Edwin 25 18 October 1886 RH Wrexham AFC 12 0
  Peake, Ernest 23 May 1888 CH Liverpool FC, England 8 0
  Jones, Joseph T. 25 9 January 1887 LH Stoke FC, England 2 0
  Meredith, William Henry 37 30 July 1874 OR Manchester United, England 38 9
  Wynn, George 25 14 October 1886 IR Manchester City FC, England 7 1
  Jones, Evan 23 20 October 1888 CF Oldham Athletic AFC, England 6 0
  Morris, Arthur Grenville 34 13 April 1877 IL Nottingham Forest FC, England 21 8
final app 1896-1912
  Vizard, Edward T. 22 7 June 1889 OL Bolton Wanderers FC, England 5 0

reserves:

 not known

team notes:

 Right back Lew Davies and right-half Ted Hughes, are playing on their home ground.

records:

 Wales' fiftieth home match (W 13 - D 10 - L 27 - F 90 - A 121)
 
2-3-5 Evans -
Llew.Davies, Lloyd Davies -
Hughes, Peake, J.Jones -
Meredith, Wynn, E.Jones, Morris, Vizard.

Averages:

 Age   Appearances/Goals 11.5 1.7

 

England Team
 

Rank

 No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 1st		 Colours White collared jerseys and navy blue shorts
Captain Bob Crompton Selection
in charge: Charles Crump		 The five-man FA International Selection Committee
P 14 of 21, W 8 - D 4 - L 2 - F 24 - A 12. P 81 of 195, W 59 - D 15 - L 7 - F 279 - A 71.
  team chosen at 42 Russell Square, London, on Monday, 26 February 1912, alongside the FA Cup fourth round draw.
England Lineup
    four changes to the previous match league position (26th February) ave FL pos: 9th
  Williamson, Reginald G. 27 6 June 1884 G Middlesbrough FC (FL1 6th) 5 3ᵍᵃ
  Crompton, Robert 32 26 September 1879 RB Blackburn Rovers FC (FL1 TOP) 34 0
most apps 1909-12
  Pennington, Jesse 28 23 August 1883 LB West Bromwich Albion FC (FL1 7th) 18 0
  Brittleton, J. Thomas 29 23 April 1882 RH The Wednesday FC (FL1 4th) 2 0
  Wedlock, William J. 31 28 October 1880 CH Bristol City FC (FL2 15th) 24 1
  Makepeace, J.W. Henry 30 22 August 1881 LH Everton FC (FL1 3rd) 3 0
  Simpson, John 26
77 days		 25 December 1885 OR Blackburn Rovers FC (FL1 TOP) 5 1
oldest youngest player so far
360   Jefferis, Frank 27
252 days		 3 July 1884 IR Everton FC (FL1 3rd) 1 0
the fifteenth Evertonian to represent England
Freeman, Bertram C. 26
150 days		 13 October 1885 CF Burnley FC (FL2 TOP) 4 3
Holley, George H. 26
112 days		 20 November 1885 IL Sunderland AFC (FL1 5th) 8 7
  Evans, Robert E. 26
144 days		 19 October 1885 OL Sheffield United FC (FL1 15th) 4 1
final app 1911-12

reserves:

 Andy Ducat (Woolwich Arsenal FC (FL1 11th)) and Arthur Berry (Oxford City FC).

team changes:

 Holley replaced Harold Fleming (Swindon Town FC (SL1 TOP)), who was carrying an injury, at inside-left.

team notes:

 It was at the same selection meeting that the Committee decided to turn down an invitation from France to play an international match.

appearance notes:

 Billy Wedlock is the first England player to make 24 consecutive appearances.
Jock Simpson is the youngest player of the eleven starting the match, thus breaking a record set in the previous match by Harold Fleming, by 594 days. Simpson will be the oldest youngest player until the next match.
Bob Crompton and Billy Wedlock continue to extend their tally as England's top two record appearance holders. Jesse Pennington is the ninth to have made eighteen.
George Holley is the 34th to have made eight appearances, whereas 69 players have made five and 97 have made four. Harry Makepeace is the 139th player to have played for their country more than twice and Tom Brittleton is the 210th to have done so more than once.
Crompton is also the first player to make 34 appearances under the guidance of the ISC whereas Wedlock is the second player to make 24.

goalscoring notes:

 George Holley is the twelfth player to have scored seven England goals.
 
2-3-5 Williamson -
Crompton, Pennington -
Brittleton, Wedlock, Makepeace -
Simpson, Jefferis, Freeman, Holley, Evans.

Averages:

 Age oldest? Appearances/Goals 9.8 1.0
 
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          Match Report The Manchester Guardian, Tuesday, 12 March 1912

At Wrexham yesterday England added to a long list of victories over Wales at Association football, gaining a victory by two goals to none. Generally disappointing, the game, though ending in a decisive win, did not prove satisfactory from an English point of view, much of the football being indifferent, and the lead gained in the first half, which decided the result, scarcely gave a fair indication of the play. Wales during this period were often dangerous, the English defence being very moderate at times...
...Evans got away and centred. Wedlock took the ball from Peake, passed to Jefferis, who sent Simpson off on the right. The Welsh defence all crowded across, and the Blackburn Rover centring, Holley was left a clear opening, of which he made full use...
England largely controlled the play, and from a pass by Jefferis Freeman dribbled robustly through the centre and beat Evans...

 
       In Other News....
It was on 11 March 1912 that the cross-examination of Frederick Seddon and his wife, Margaret continued. The pair were accused of murdering their 47-year-old lodger, Eliza Barrow by poisoning her with arsenic in order to inherit her money, having persuaded her to change her will, only the day before she died. Three days later, his wife was found not guilty, but Frederick was convicted, and hanged, the following month.
 
 
       Source Notes
TheFA
England Football Factbook
Welsh Football Data Archive
 Rothman's Yearbooks		 The Football Association Yearbooks
 Original Newspaper Reports
 Ancestry.com
Ian Garland & Gareth M. Davies' Sons of Cambria
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