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 Wales
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
20th |
Colours |
Red shirts with white laced collar, and white
shorts |
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Captain |
Billy Meredith
as per photo,
and associated filmclip |
Selection |
Welsh Selection Committee |
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P last of 6, W 2 - D 1 - L 3 - F 9 - A 15. |
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team chosen on Saturday, 2 March 1912, following the Scotland match |
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Wales
Lineup |
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Evans, Robert Owen |
30 |
5 July
1881 |
G |
Coventry City FC, England |
9 |
16ᵍᵃ |
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Davies, Llewelyn C. |
30/31 |
1881 |
RB |
Wrexham AFC |
8 |
0 |
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Davies, Lloyd |
34
x days |
9 August 1877 |
LB |
Northampton Town FC, England |
11 |
1 |
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Hughes, Edwin |
25 |
18 October 1886 |
RH |
Wrexham AFC |
12 |
0 |
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Peake, Ernest |
23 |
May 1888 |
CH |
Liverpool FC, England |
8 |
0 |
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Jones, Joseph T. |
25 |
9 January 1887 |
LH |
Stoke FC, England |
2 |
0 |
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Meredith, William Henry |
37 |
30 July 1874 |
OR |
Manchester United, England |
38 |
9 |
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Wynn, George |
25 |
14 October 1886 |
IR |
Manchester City FC, England |
7 |
1 |
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Jones, Evan |
23 |
20 October 1888 |
CF |
Oldham Athletic AFC, England |
6 |
0 |
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Morris, Arthur Grenville |
34 |
13 April 1877 |
IL |
Nottingham Forest FC, England |
21 |
8 |
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final app
1896-1912 |
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Vizard, Edward T. |
22 |
7 June 1889 |
OL |
Bolton Wanderers FC, England |
5 |
0 |
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reserves: |
not known |
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team notes: |
Right back Lew Davies and right-half Ted Hughes, are playing on their
home ground. |
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2-3-5 |
Evans -
Llew.Davies, Lloyd
Davies -
Hughes, Peake, J.Jones -
Meredith, Wynn, E.Jones, Morris, Vizard. |
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Averages: |
Age |
|
Appearances/Goals |
11.5 |
1.7 |
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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
in charge:
Charles Crump |
The five-man
FA
International Selection Committee |
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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. |
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team chosen at 42 Russell Square,
London, on Monday,
26 February 1912, alongside the FA Cup fourth round draw. |
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England
Lineup |
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|
four changes to the previous match |
league position (26th February) |
ave FL pos:
8th⁷ |
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Williamson, Reginald G. |
27 |
6 June 1884 |
G |
Middlesbrough FC |
5 |
3ᵍᵃ |
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Crompton, Robert |
32 |
26 September
1879 |
RB |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
34 |
0 |
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most apps 1909-12 |
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Pennington, Jesse |
28 |
23 August 1883 |
LB |
West Bromwich Albion FC |
18 |
0 |
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Brittleton, J. Thomas |
29 |
23 April 1882 |
RH |
The Wednesday FC |
2 |
0 |
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Wedlock, William J. |
31 |
28 October 1880 |
CH |
Bristol City FC |
24 |
1 |
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Makepeace, J.W. Henry |
30 |
22 August 1881 |
LH |
Everton FC |
3 |
0 |
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Simpson,
John |
26
77 days |
25 December 1885 |
OR |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
5 |
1 |
|
oldest youngest player
so far |
|
360 |
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Jefferis,
Frank |
27
252 days |
3 July 1884 |
IR |
Everton FC |
1 |
0 |
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the fifteenth Evertonian to represent
England |
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Freeman, Bertram C. |
26
150 days |
13 October 1885 |
CF |
Burnley FC |
4 |
3 |
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Holley, George H. |
26
112 days |
20 November 1885 |
IL |
Sunderland AFC |
8 |
7 |
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Evans, Robert E. |
26
144 days |
19 October 1885 |
OL |
Sheffield United FC |
4 |
1 |
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final app
1911-12 |
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reserves: |
Andy Ducat
(Woolwich Arsenal FC) and
Arthur Berry
(Oxford City FC). |
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team changes: |
Holley replaced
Harold Fleming (Swindon Town FC), who was carrying an injury, at inside-left. |
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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. |
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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. |
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2-3-5 |
Williamson -
Crompton, Pennington -
Brittleton, Wedlock, Makepeace -
Simpson, Jefferis, Freeman,
Holley, Evans. |
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Averages: |
Age |
oldest? |
Appearances/Goals |
9.8 |
1.0 |
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Match Report |
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...
- The Manchester Guardian -
Tuesday 12th March, 1912
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 convićted, and hanged, the following month.
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 Source Notes |
Welsh Football Data Archive
Original newspaper reports
Rothmans Yearbooks
FA Yearbooks 1950-60
Ancestry.com
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