Match Summary

England Team

Scotland Team

England beat Scotland by one goal to love at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, and the victory gained by this narrow margin carries with it the International Championship at Association football. England had lost to Ireland before beating Wales, while Scotland drew with Wales and then defeated Ireland. The English side thus had to win on Saturday to secure the championship for their country.

In the first half, when the wind blew at their backs, the home side showed distinct superiority, while afterwards, when having chiefly to defend, they proved equal to all emergencies. Perhaps the secret of England's success could be traced to the comparative failure of the Scottish forwards. Although lacking the combination expected of them, the visitors played hard and had so much of the game that many opportunities of scoring occurred, but they met with no reward, and in quite a desperate finish the only goal, obtained eight minutes before half-time, sufficed to give England the victory. The attendance was officially returned at 52,000 and the gate receipts were £3,388 16s. - The Times - Monday 7th April, 1913

Football League Division One 5 April 1913
Team	P	Pts
The Wednesday	34	46
Sunderland	33	45
Manchester United	35	43
Aston Villa	33	42
Bolton Wanderers	35	42
Manchester City	35	41
Blackburn Rovers	34	39
Oldham Athletic	34	38
Derby County	34	36
Liverpool	36	35
West Bromwich Albion	34	34
Everton	35	34
Bradford City	34	33
Sheffield United	35	32
Newcastle United	33	31
Middlesbrough	34	30
Tottenham Hotspur	26	20
Chelsea	26	15
Notts County	26	13
Woolwich Arsenal	27	10

 

Division One matches played on 5 April 1913:

ASTON VILLA 1-3 LIVERPOOL
Doncaster 88 (Goddard 5, Parkinson 18, Metcalf 85)
20,000 (Villa Park, Birmingham)

Villa were without Hampton (who scored the only goal) and Hardy (who was keeping a clean sheet in goal), who were playing against Scotland at Stamford Bridge.

BLACKBURN ROVERS 1-1 WOOLWICH ARSENAL
Latheron 37 (Devine 70)
6,000 (Ewood Park, Blackburn)

Blackburn were without Crompton (who was captain), Hodkinson and Simpson, who were playing against Scotland at Stamford Bridge.

DERBY COUNTY 3-1 CHELSEA
Barnes 30, Grimes 43, Sharpe 46 (Freeman 82)
10,000 (Baseball Ground, Derby)

EVERTON 0-0 MANCHESTER CITY
10,000 (Goodison Park, Liverpool)

MANCHESTER UNITED 2-1 BOLTON WANDERERS
Anderson 55, Wall 65 (Smith 77)
30,000 (Old Trafford, Manchester)

MIDDLESBROUGH 0-0 NEWCASTLE UNITED
13,992 (Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough)

Middlesbrough were without George Elliott, who was a reserve against Scotland at Stamford Bridge, whilst Newcastle were without Jimmy Hay, who was a reserve for Scotland.

NOTTS COUNTY 0-1 SHEFFIELD UNITED
(Hardinge 37)
9,500 (Meadow Lane, Nottingham)

SUNDERLAND 3-1 WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Mordue pen. 25, Buchan 27, Tinsley 90 (Gregory 76)
33,700 (Roker Park, Sunderland)

Sunderland were without George Holley, who was playing against Scotland at Stamford Bridge, and Charles Thomson, who was playing for Scotland, whilst West Brom were without Jesse Pennington, who was also playing against Scotland.

THE WEDNESDAY 6-0 BRADFORD CITY
Glennon 8, Kirkman 25, McLean 31, 60, Burkinshaw 58, Wright 59
12,000 (Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield)

Wednesday were without Tom Brittleton, who was playing against Scotland at Stamford Bridge, and Robertson and Wilson, who were playing for Scotland.

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 1-0 OLDHAM ATHLETIC
Bliss 25
20,000 (White Hart Lane, London)

Oldham were without Donnachie and Wilson, who were making their Scotland debuts against England at Stamford Bridge. It was to be Donnachie's only international appearance.

Aston Villa's home defeat was a blow to their title ambitions, but they would beat Sunderland in the FA Cup Final and finish runners-up to them in the league.

Football League Division Two 5 April 1913
Team	P	Pts
Preston North End	34	47
Burnley	33	43
Birmingham	35	42
Barnsley	34	42
Huddersfield Town	35	41
Lincoln City	35	38
Leeds City	35	37
Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	36
Grimsby Town	35	36
Fulham	34	34
Leicester Fosse	35	33
Nottingham Forest	35	32
Bradford	34	32
Bury	35	32
Bristol City	34	31
Glossop	34	30
Clapton Orient	35	29
Hull City	34	28
Blackpool	35	24
Stockport County	35	23

 

Division Two matches played on 5 April 1913:

BARNSLEY 2-1 HULL CITY
Lillycrop, Tufnell (Stevens)
6,000 (Oakwell, Barnsley)

BLACKPOOL 2-0 BIRMINGHAM
Bainbridge, Charles
5,000 (Bloomfield Road, Blackpool)

BRADFORD 2-3 BURNLEY
Buchanan, Little (Husband 2, Freeman)
13,000 (Park Avenue, Bradford)

Burnley were without Billy Watson, who was injured on his international debut against Scotland at Stamford Bridge.

BURY 0-0 CLAPTON ORIENT
3,148 (Gigg Lane, Bury)

FULHAM 2-0 GLOSSOP
Walker, Lee
7,000 (Craven Cottage, London)

GRIMSBY TOWN 0-0 LINCOLN CITY
6,000 (Blundell Park, Cleethorpes)

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 5-0 BRISTOL CITY
Mann 3, Elliott, Jee
7,500 (Leeds Road, Huddersfield)

LEEDS CITY 1-0 NOTTINGHAM FOREST
McLeod
20,000 (Elland Road, Leeds)

LEICESTER FOSSE 4-1 STOCKPORT COUNTY
Douglas, Harrison pen., Mills, Osborn (Rodgers)
10,000 (Filbert Street, Leicester)

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 2-0 PRESTON NORTH END
Needham, Halligan
13,000 (Molineux, Wolverhampton)

Preston were without Joe McCall, who was playing for England against Scotland at Stamford Bridge.

Though Preston lost, they would clinch promotion just seven days later and go on to lift the Second Division Championship.

IN OTHER NEWS...

It was on 6 April 1913 that a notorious French anarchist and murderer, known as Lacombe, spectacularly committed suicide by diving head first off the roof of a Paris prison.

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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