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Monday,
16 March 1914
Home International Championship 1913-14
(31st) Match
Wales 0 England 2
[0-0]
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Ninian Park,
Sloper Road, Cardiff, Glamorgan
Kick-off (GMT):
'3.30'
Attendance:
'17,586'.
Receipts:
'£1,037'
(a new Welsh gate record) |
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England's first visit to Ninian Park, fifth to Cardiff & Glamorgan; their seventeenth visit to Wales |
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Ted Vizard won the toss |
kicked off |
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fifteenth ever scoreless first half
- 32nd ever scoreless half |
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[0-1] Joe Smith 50
'a hot low shot, after Peers had fisted out a Hampton header'
[0-2]
Billy Wedlock 70
'Wedlock back-heeled to Brittleton, and receiving the ball again, kicked high towards goal' |
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Wales
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
21st |
Colours |
Red shirts with white laced collar, and white
shorts |
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Captain |
Ted Vizard |
Selection |
Welsh Selection Committee |
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P 1 of 2, W 0 - D 0 - L 1 - F 0 - A 2. |
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team chosen on Saturday, 28 February 1914 |
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Wales
Lineup |
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Peers, Edward John |
27 |
31 December 1886 |
G |
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, England |
3 |
4ᵍᵃ |
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Russell, Moses Richard |
25 |
20 May 1888 |
RB |
Merthyr Town AFC |
3 |
0 |
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Matthias, Thomas James |
23 |
7 November 1890 |
LB |
Wrexham AFC |
2 |
0 |
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Hewitt, Thomas John |
24 |
26 April 1889 |
RH |
South Liverpool FC, England |
8 |
0 |
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final app
1911-14 |
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Davies, Lloyd |
36
x days |
9 August 1877 |
CH |
Northampton Town FC, England |
16 |
1 |
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final app
1904-14 |
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Jennings, William |
21 |
25 February 1893 |
LH |
Bolton Wanderers FC, England |
2 |
0 |
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Meredith, William Henry |
39 |
30 July 1874 |
OR |
Manchester United, England |
45 |
10 |
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Wynn, George |
27 |
14 October 1886
in Treflach,
England |
IR |
Manchester City FC, England |
11 |
1 |
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Rowlands, Alfred
Stanley |
25 |
12 November 1889
in Wem,
England |
CF |
Tranmere Rovers FC, England |
1 |
0 |
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Davies, William Charles |
33 |
28 February 1881 |
IL |
Crystal Palace FC, England |
4 |
0 |
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final app
1908-14 |
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Vizard, Edward Thomas,
injured off
40th min. |
24 |
7 June 1889 |
OL |
Bolton Wanderers FC, England |
8 |
0 |
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reserves: |
not known |
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team changes: |
Three changes were made from the original selection. Matthias replaced
Ted Hughes (Manchester City FC, England), who was needed for the Cup tie, as
was clubmate Lot Jones, who was replaced by Evan Jones (Bolton
Wanderers FC, England), at inside-left. Walter Davis
(Millwall Athletic FC, England)
was also unavailable, his place was filled by Billy Davies. A.S. Rowlands then replaced Evan Jones. Rowlands and Davies then swapped
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team notes: |
Stan Rowlands is the first Welsh debutant against England since John
Lewis in
1906.
Ted Vizard injured his right ankle and retired. He did try
to carry on, returning to the field, but ultimately, he had to retire
after forty minutes play. |
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2-3-5
second half:
2-3-4 |
Peers -
Russell, Matthias -
Hewitt, L.Davies,
Jennings -
Meredith, Wynn, Rowlands, W.Davies,
Vizard. |
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Averages: |
Age |
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Appearances/Goals |
9.4 |
1.1 |
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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 20 of 21, W 11 - D 5 - L 4 - F
33 - A 21. |
P 87 of 195, W 62 - D 16 - L 9 - F 288 - A
80. |
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team chosen at 42 Russell Square,
London, on Monday, 9 March 1914, alongside the FA Cup semifinal draw. |
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England
Lineup |
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eight changes to the previous match (Hardy, Crompton & Shea
remain) |
league position (9th March) |
ave FL pos:
8th¹⁰ |
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Hardy, Sam |
30 |
26 August
1882 |
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Aston Villa FC
(FL1 3rd) |
17 |
15ᵍᵃ |
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most gk apps |
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Crompton, Robert |
34 |
26 September
1879 |
RB |
Blackburn Rovers FC
(FL1 TOP) |
40 |
0 |
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most apps 1909-14 |
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379 |
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Colclough, A. Horace |
25
133 days |
3 November 1888 |
LB |
Crystal Palace FC
(SL1 2nd) |
1 |
0 |
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the first Palace player to represent
England |
only app
1914 |
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Brittleton, J. Thomas |
31
327 days |
23 April 1882 |
RH |
The Wednesday FC
(FL1 17th) |
5 |
0 |
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final app
1912-14 |
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Wedlock, William J. |
33
139 days |
28 October 1880 |
CH |
Bristol City FC
(FL2 11th) |
26 |
2 |
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oldest goalscorer so far |
final app
1907-14 |
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380 |
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McNeal,
Robert |
23
60 days |
15 January 1891 |
LH |
West Bromwich Albion FC
(FL1 8th) |
1 |
0 |
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the fourteenth Albionite to represent
England |
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Simpson,
John |
28
81 days |
25 December 1885 |
OR |
Blackburn Rovers FC
(FL1 TOP) |
8 |
1 |
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final app
1911-14 |
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Shea,
Daniel |
26
162 days |
6 November 1887 |
IR |
Blackburn Rovers FC
(FL1 TOP) |
2 |
0 |
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final app
1914 |
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Hampton, J. Henry |
28 |
21 April 1885 |
CF |
Aston Villa FC
(FL1 3rd) |
3 |
2 |
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Smith,
Joseph |
24 |
25 June 1889 |
IL |
Bolton Wanderers FC
(FL1 2nd) |
2 |
1 |
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381 |
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Mosscrop,
Edwin |
24
273 days |
16 June 1889 |
OL |
Burnley FC
(FL1 10th) |
1 |
0 |
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eighth Burnley player to represent
England |
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reserves: |
Billy McLeod
(Leeds City FC (FL2 5th)) and
Jimmy Harrop
(Aston Villa FC (FL1 3rd)). |
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team changes: |
Jesse Pennington (West Bromwich Albion FC
(FL1 8th)) was the original selected left-back, but an
injury led to his place going to Horace Colclough. |
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appearance notes: |
Bob Crompton
and Billy Wedlock continue to extend their tally as England's top two record appearance holders,
whereas record appearance holder for a goalkeeper, Sam Hardy, is the
tenth to make seventeen. Jock Simpson is the 35th player to have made
eight and Tom Brittleton is the 71st to have made five.
41 players
have now played for England more than twice, whereas 222 have played more than once.
Crompton is also the first player to make forty appearances under the
guidance of the ISC, and Billy Wedlock is the second to make 26. |
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records: |
This is England's fortieth clean sheet.
Also their 25th competitive
victory over Wales. |
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2-3-5 |
Hardy -
Crompton, Pennington -
Brittleton, Wedlock,
McNeal -
Simpson, Shea, Hampton, Smith, Mosscrop. |
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Averages: |
Age |
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Appearances/Goals |
9.6 |
0.4 |
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Match Report
The x |
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Match Report
The Times, Tuesday, 17 March 1914 |
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England beat Wales in a hard
game at Cardiff yesterday by two goals to none.
England deserved their victory,
but the score hardly does justice to the plucky work of Wales up to
half-time. The Welshmen had shown promising form--in fact, their play
had been more encouraging that that of their opponents--but the
unfortunate accident to Vizard, a most valuable player, was a factor
that cannot be measured...
Neither of the two goals could
be called good ones, and the second by Wedlock came as a surprise, for
the Bristol City player had handled before the ball was returned to him
to shoot...
The side certainly played much
better as a whole than in the previous international, but there are
still a few rough edges to be taken off, the most noticeable weakness
being at half-back.
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In Other News....
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It was on 16 March
1914 that a Paris newspaper editor, Gaston Calmette, was shot and killed
by Henriette, the wife of the Minister of Finance, Joseph Caillaux,
after threatening to publish letters that the minister had written to
her whilst married to his first wife. She was acquitted of the murder,
four months later, on the grounds that it was a crime of passion. |
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Domestic
Football Results (16 March 1914) |
Football Association Challenge Cup
Fourth Round
second
replay:
Manchester City 0 Sheffield United 1
Villa Park, Birmingham
(23,000)
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City were without George Wynn |
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United started with Albert Sturgess and George Utley |
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A single goal separated the teams after two scoreless
encounters. United lost to the eventual winners, Burnley, in the
semi-finals, by only the second goal that they conceded in their eighth
match of the competition. |
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Source Notes |
TheFA
England Football Factbook
Welsh Football Data Archive
Rothman's Yearbooks |
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The Football Association Yearbooks
Original Newspaper Reports
Ancestry.com
Ian Garland & Gareth M. Davies' Sons of Cambria |
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