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Monday, 14 March 1921
Home International Championship 1920-21 (33rd) Match

Wales 0 England 0 [0-0]
 

Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff, Glamorgan
Attendance: 12,000;
Receipts: £1,100; Kick-off: tbc GMT

Match Summary
Wales Party

England Party

Results 1919-30

? won the toss, ? kicked-off.

 

Match Summary

Officials

Wales

Type

England

Referee - Alexander A. Jackson
Scotland

Linesmen - not known

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Wales Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 23rd
Colours: Made by St. Margaret's - Red shirts with white laced-up collars, white shorts, red socks
Capt: Moses Russell Selectors: Team selection chosen by Committee, on Wednesday, 2 March 1921
Wales Lineup
  Peers, Edward J. 34 31 December 1886 G Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, England 7 8 GA
  Russell, Moses R. 32 20 May 1888 RB Plymouth Argyle FC, England 8 0
  Millership, Harold nk *not known LB Rotherham County FC, England 5 0
  Keenor, Frederick C. 26 31 July 1894 RH Cardiff City FC 4 0
  Jones, Joseph T. 34 9 January 1887 CH Crystal Palace FC, England or Stoke 12 0
  Matthias, Thomas J. 30 7 November 1890 LH Wrexham AFC 7 0
  Williams, D. Rees nk *not known OR Merthyr Town FC 2 0
  Jones, Ivor 21 31 July 1899 IR Swansea Town FC 3 0
  Hoddinott, Francis 26 29 November 1894 CF Watford FC, England 2 0
  Davies, Stanley C. 22 24 April 1898 IL Everton FC, England 5 3
  Vizard, Edward T. 31 7 June 1889 OL Bolton Wanderers FC, England 11 0

reserves:

reserves not known
 
2-3-5 Peers -
Russell, Millership -
Keenor, J.Jones, Matthias -
Williams,
I.Jones, Hoddinott, Davies, Vizard

Averages:

Age 28.4 Appearances/Goals 6.0 0.3

 

England Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 8th to 9th
Colours: The 1903 uniform - White collared jerseys and dark club shorts
Capt: Charlie Buchan, first captaincy Selectors: The fourteen-man FA International Selection Committee, following the trial match, on Monday, 7 March 1921.
91st match, W 63 - D 17 - L 11 - F 299 - A 83.
England Lineup
  Coleman, E. Herbert 31 19 October 1889 G Dulwich Hamlet FC 1 0 GA
  Cresswell, Warneford 23 5 November 1897 RB South Shields FC 1 0
  Silcock, John 23 15 January 1898 LB Manchester United FC 1 0
  Bamber, John 25 11 April 1895 RH Liverpool FC 1 0
  Wilson, George 29 14 January 1892 CH The Wednesday FC 1 0
  Bromilow, G. Thomas 26 7 October 1894 LH Liverpool FC 1 0
  Chedgzoy, Samuel 32 27 January 1889 OR Everton FC 3 0
  Kelly, Robert 27 16 November 1893 IR Burnley FC 3 3
  Buchan, Charles M. 29 22 September 1891 CF Sunderland AFC 3 2
  Chambers, Henry 24 17 November 1896 IL Liverpool FC 1 0
  Quantrill, Alfred E. 24 22 January 1897
in India
OL Derby County FC 4 1

reserves:

Tommy Urwin (Middlesbrough FC) and Ernie Simms (Luton Town FC)

team notes:

Tottenham Hotspur's Jimmy Dimmock was in the original line-up, but he received a knee injury in a league match on the previous Saturday, his place going to Quantrill.
 
2-3-5 Coleman -
Cresswell, Silcock -
Bamber, Wilson, Bromilow -
Chedgzoy, Kelly, Buchan, Chambers, Quantrill.

Averages:

Age 26.6 Appearances/Goals 1.8 0.6

 

    Match Report

The international match between Wales and England, at Cardiff, yesterday, ended in a drawn game, neither side scoring a goal. The match was played in windy, showery weather, and a rather bare and greasy surface further helped to produce a poor game. The championship now depends upon the match at Glasgow between Scotland and England, for, whereas the former country have beaten both Ireland and Wales, England have beaten Ireland, but only drawn against Wales. - The Times - Tuesday 15th March, 1921

 

    Football League

Football League Division One
14 March 1921
Team P Pts
Burnley 31 48
Liverpool 31 40
Newcastle United 31 40
Manchester City 31 38
Everton 32 38
Bolton Wanderers 31 37
Tottenham Hotspur 31 35
Middlesbrough 31 35
Manchester United 31 32
West Bromwich Albion 31 31
Bradford City 31 30
Blackburn Rovers 31 30
Arsenal 30 30
Chelsea 30 30
Aston Villa 32 29
Sunderland 31 28
Preston North End 29 25
Huddersfield Town 32 24
Sheffield United 34 24
Oldham Athletic 31 22
Bradford 31 19
Derby County 31 19

 

Division One match played on 14 March 1921:

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 1-1 CHELSEA
Blood 72 (Ford 88)
26,140 (The Hawthorns, West Bromwich)

Two minutes after giving them the lead, Bobby Blood shot wide from a penalty in a disappointing season for the defending champions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Football League Division Two
14 March 1921
Team P Pts
Birmingham 31 44
Cardiff City 30 40
Blackpool 32 40
Bristol City 31 38
South Shields 31 37
West Ham United 31 35
Notts County 31 32
Leicester City 31 32
Bury 31 31
Clapton Orient 31 31
Rotherham County 33 31
Leeds United 32 30
Stoke 30 29
Wolverhampton Wanderers 31 29
Fulham 31 29
Port Vale 30 28
Nottingham Forest 30 28
Hull City 29 26
Barnsley 31 25
The Wednesday 31 24
Stockport County 31 21
Coventry City 31 20

 

Division Two match played on 14 March 1921:

FULHAM 2-0 COVENTRY CITY
Torrance, Penn
15
,000 (Craven Cottage, London)

Although Stockport's recent revival had condemned Coventry to last place, they would recover to escape relegation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN OTHER NEWS...

It was on 14 March 1921 that six Irish Republican Army prisoners were hanged at Mountjoy Prison in Dublin, prompting violent reprisals, culminating in a brief, but bloody battle when a company of auxiliary forces were ambushed as they arrived to raid an IRA meeting house. Seven were killed (two from each side), including three civilians. One of the IRA men captured, Thomas Traynor, was hanged the following month. With a bomb exploding near the police station and several other isolated incidents, it had been one of the most violent days in the Irish War of Independence.

Source Notes

*Most sources state that Harold Millership was born in Chirk in 1889, but there is no registration to complete this information, at all.  Some sources also state that David Rees Williams was born in Merthyr Tydfil in January 1900.  Again, there is no registration for that period, there is for March 1899 and then June and September 1901, however.

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