Match Summary

Scotland Team

England Team

By playing a drawn game--two goals each--with England at Hampden Park, Glasgow, on Saturday, Scotland secured the honours of the Association International Championship for the third consecutive year.

The match was fast and interesting throughout and, although play fell below the high standard reached at Sheffield three years ago, the game provided much better football than the dull scramble on the Aston Villa ground last April. The magnificent arena of the Queen's Park Club easily accommodated the comparatively small crowd of 71,000. The price of admission, it should be said, had been raised to 2s. and rain fell before the start...

At the end of 21 minutes Tunstall beat the defence and placed the ball into the goal for Kelly to head it into the net. Scotland made the scores equal six minutes later, when, following a corner kick, Tresadern made a blunder, which enabled Lawson to shoot. Taylor saved by throwing himself at full length, and he was on the ground when Cunningham kicked the ball into the goal. Before the interval another dash and centre by Tunstall enabled Watson to head the second goal for England, and so England led at the interval. Ten minutes after play had been resumed Wadsworth, in an attack by Scotland, completely missed his kick, and left Wilson with an easy opening from which he made the scores equal. - The Times - Monday 16th April, 1923

Other Championship match played on 14 April 1923:

WALES 0-3 IRELAND
(Irvine 2, Gillespie)
12,222 (The Racecourse, Wrexham)

Football League Division One 14 April 1923
Team	P	Pts
Liverpool	38	55
Sunderland	38	52
Huddersfield Town	39	49
Manchester City	39	44
Aston Villa	39	42
Everton	38	42
Sheffield United	39	41
Newcastle United	38	41
West Bromwich Albion	38	39
Bolton Wanderers	39	39
Cardiff City	38	38
Tottenham Hotspur	39	38
Arsenal	40	38
Burnley	39	36
Preston North End	39	36
Blackburn Rovers	39	36
Middlesbrough	38	34
Birmingham	39	33
Nottingham Forest	40	32
Chelsea	38	31
Stoke	39	29
Oldham Athletic	39	27

 

Division One matches played on 14 April 1923:

ARSENAL 1-1 PRESTON NORTH END
Boreham 75 (Roberts 65)
23,000 (Highbury, London)

Arsenal were without John, who was playing for Wales against Ireland at Wrexham, and Kennedy and Mackie (making their international debuts), and Toner, who were playing for Ireland.

BIRMINGHAM 2-1 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Rawson 10, McClure 77 (Lindsay 48)
25,000 (St Andrew's, Birmingham)

Birmingham were without Percy Barton, who was a reserve against Scotland in Glasgow.

BLACKBURN ROVERS 2-0 MIDDLESBROUGH
McIntyre 23, McKay 83
8,000 (Ewood Park, Blackburn)

Middlesbrough were without Andy Wilson, who scored Scotland's second equaliser against England in Glasgow.

BOLTON WANDERERS 1-1 CHELSEA
J.R.Smith 42 (Whitton 60)
15,000 (Burnden Park, Bolton)

Bolton were without Jennings and Vizard, who were playing for Wales against Ireland at Wrexham.

CARDIFF CITY 1-0 SHEFFIELD UNITED
Clennell 63
10,000 (Ninian Park, Cardiff)

Cardiff were without Blair, who was playing for Scotland against England in Glasgow; Davies, Evans and Keenor, who were playing for Wales against Ireland at Wrexham, and Farquharson and Smith, who were playing for Ireland, whilst United were without Tunstall, who was making his international debut against Scotland, and Gillespie, who scored for Ireland.

EVERTON 2-1 ASTON VILLA
Cock 55, Troup 57 (Capewell 87)
40,000 (Goodison Park, Liverpool)

Everton were without Chedgzoy, who was playing against Scotland in Glasgow, and Irvine, who scored twice for Ireland against Wales at Wrexham, whilst Villa were without Billy Walker, who was a reserve against Scotland. 

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 0-0 LIVERPOOL
17,000 (Leeds Road, Huddersfield)

Huddersfield were without Taylor and Wadsworth, who were playing against Scotland in Glasgow, and Steele, who was playing for Scotland, whilst Liverpool were without Chambers and Longworth, who were also playing against Scotland, and Parry, who was playing for Wales against Ireland at Wrexham.

MANCHESTER CITY 1-1 NOTTINGHAM FOREST
Roberts 51 (Jones pen. 60)
15,000 (Hyde Road, Manchester)

STOKE 1-0 NEWCASTLE UNITED
Watkin 86
20,000 (Victoria Ground, Stoke)

SUNDERLAND 3-1 BURNLEY
Ellis 15, Paterson 25, Buchan 57 (Lindsay 43)
20,000 (Roker Park, Sunderland)

Burnley were without Kelly, who scored the opening goal against Scotland in Glasgow, and Emerson, who was playing for Ireland against Wales at Wrexham.

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 1-0 OLDHAM ATHLETIC
Carter 85
10,000 (The Hawthorns, West Bromwich)

West Brom were without Jones, who was playing for Wales against Ireland at Wrexham.

With their top scorer, Harry Chambers, playing for England, Liverpool did well to hold Huddersfield (who were also, not at full strength) to a draw, and they were closing in on a second successive championship title. The return game, the following week, would see the matter concluded.

Football League Division Two 14 April 1923
Team	P	Pts
Notts County	39	49
West Ham United	37	47
Manchester United	40	47
Leicester City	39	47
Blackpool	39	45
Fulham	39	44
Bury	39	43
The Wednesday	38	42
Barnsley	39	41
Leeds United	39	41
Southampton	38	40
Hull City	39	39
Derby County	39	39
Bradford City	39	35
Crystal Palace	39	35
Port Vale	39	35
South Shields	39	34
Rotherham County	39	33
Coventry City	38	33
Stockport County	39	32
Clapton Orient	39	30
Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	23

 

Division Two matches played on 14 April 1923:

BARNSLEY 0-1 PORT VALE
(Reid)
8,000 (Oakwell, Barnsley)

BLACKPOOL 5-1 BURY
Charles, Barrass, Bedford 3 (Bullock)
12,000 (Bloomfield Road, Blackpool)

BRADFORD CITY 0-1 ROTHERHAM COUNTY
(Lambert)
13,000 (Valley Parade, Bradford)

CRYSTAL PALACE 1-1 SOUTH SHIELDS
Blakemore (Oxberry)
9,000 (Croydon Common Athletic Ground, London)

DERBY COUNTY 1-2 STOCKPORT COUNTY
Moore (Knowles, Humphrey)
7,000 (Baseball Ground, Derby)

FULHAM 0-2 WEST HAM UNITED
(Bishop, Moore)
33,807 (Craven Cottage, London)

West Ham were without Tresadern and Watson, who were playing against Scotland in Glasgow, with Watson scoring. Billy Henderson missed a first-half penalty for them.

HULL CITY 0-0 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
6,000 (Anlaby Road, Hull)

LEICESTER CITY 0-1 MANCHESTER UNITED
(Bain)
25,000 (Filbert Street, Leicester)

NOTTS COUNTY 1-0 LEEDS UNITED
Dinsdale
12,000 (Meadow Lane, Nottingham)

SOUTHAMPTON 2-0 CLAPTON ORIENT
Dominy, Rawlings
9,000 (The Dell, Southampton)

THE WEDNESDAY 3-0 COVENTRY CITY
Sykes, Binks, Petrie
14,000 (Hillsborough, Sheffield)

The Wednesday were without Kean and Wilson, who were playing against Scotland in Glasgow.

A huge crowd saw West Ham stretch their unbeaten run to 23 games in all competitions in their relentless charge to a Wembley and promotion double. Even international call-ups and a missed penalty couldn't stop them winning again. The league run came to an end, two days later, at Barnsley, but they still won promotion, after losing in the FA Cup Final. Meanwhile, one of the founder members of the Football League, Wolves, who had won the FA Cup twice and reached the final again, just two years earlier, quietly dropped into the third division for the first time, after a dreadful season.

Selected Division Three matches played on 14 April 1923:

PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 2-0 SWANSEA TOWN
Fowler 2
11,000 (Home Park, Plymouth)

Plymouth were without Moses Russell, who was playing for Wales against Ireland at Wrexham, as was Swansea's Billy Hole.

WATFORD 1-1 BRISTOL CITY
Carter (Walker)
7,600 (Vicarage Road, Watford)

Bristol City led the southern section by four points from Swansea. They would clinch promotion, seven days later.

NELSON 2-1 ACCRINGTON STANLEY
Crawshaw, Broadhead (Hosker)
8,000 (Seedhill Ground, Nelson)

WIGAN BOROUGH 1-1 WREXHAM
Dennison (Burton)
9,000 (Springfield Park, Wigan)

Wrexham were without George Godding, who was in goal for Wales against Ireland at Wrexham.

Nelson led the northern section by three points from Bradford, Chesterfield and Walsall, and had a game in hand over each. Their first promotion would be secured, ten days later.

IN OTHER NEWS...

It was on 14 April 1923 that Austin Stack, the former Irish Minister for Home Affairs who had opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty that created the Irish Free State, was captured by troops. In his possession was a document accepting a proposal to end the Irish Civil War with a ceasefire and the laying down of arms.

Source Notes

Scottish Football Association
Scotland - The Complete International Record: Richard Keir
London Hearts
original newspaper reports
FA Yearbooks 1950-60
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