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Saturday, 28 February 1925
Home International Championship 1924-25 (37th) Match

Wales 1 England 2 [1-2]
 

 

Vetch Field, Glamorgan Street, Swansea, Glamorgan
Attendance: 8,000;
Kick-off: 3.00 pm GMT

Wales - Fred Keenor (fired in a low shot that swerved in the mud from a Fowler cross 36)
England - Frank Roberts (shot into an empty net after Gray closed down Cook 11, headed in a Dorrell cross 15)
Rothman's state that Keenor's goal was a Bower own goal
Match Summary
Wales Party

England Party
Results 1919-30

? won the toss, ? kicked-off.

 

Match Summary

Officials

Wales

Type

England

Referee - John Cahill
 51 (5 June 1873), Liverpool
 
Linesmen -
Lt. E.W. Beetham RN, and not known.
 
This match had been in doubt because of the state of the pitch, but it had recovered sufficiently in the previous week to allow the game to take place. Although, it was still stated as 'deplorable'.
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Wales Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 21st
Colours: Made by St. Margaret's - Red shirts with white laced-up collars, white shorts, red socks
Capt: Fred Keenor Selectors: Team selection chosen by Committee, on Saturday, 14th February.
Wales Lineup
  Gray, Albert 24 23 September 1900 G Oldham Athletic AFC, England 5 6 GA
  Morley, Ernest J. 23 11 September 1901 RB Swansea Town FC 1 0
  Russell, Moses R. 36 20 May 1888 LB Plymouth Argyle FC, England 19 1
  Jenkins, Edward nk not known RH Lovell's Athletic FC 1 0
Keenor, Frederick C. 30 31 July 1894 CH Cardiff City FC 14 2
  Thomas, Edgar 29/30 1895 LH Cardiff Corinthians AFC 1 0
  Davies, William 24 10 March 1900 OR Cardiff City FC 5 2
  Nicholls, John B.L. 26 14 February 1898 IR Cardiff City FC 4 0
  Fowler, Jack 25 3 December 1899 CF Swansea Town FC 1 0
  Beadles, G. Harold 27 28 September 1897 IL Cardiff City FC 2 0
  Cook, Frederick 23 20 January 1902 OL Newport County AFC 2 0

reserves:

reserves not known

team notes:

The original named right-half was Corinthians FC's G.B.R. Moulsdale, his place going to Jenkins. Also, on the left wing was Bolton Wanderers FC's Waylon Jennings, his place going to Thomas. Up until the day of the match, Bolton Wanderers FC's Ted Vizard was the outside-left, his place going to Cook.
 
2-3-5 Gray -
Morley, Russell -
Jenkins, Keenor, Thomas -
Davies, Nicholls, Fowler, Beadles, Cook

Averages:

Age 26.7/8 Appearances/Goals 5.0 0.4

 

England Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 7th
Colours: The 1923 uniform - White collared jerseys and dark club shorts
Capt: A.G. Bower, second captaincy Selectors:
In charge: G.T. Wagstaffe Simmons
The fourteen-man FA International Selection Committee, following the trial match, on Saturday, 21 February 1925.
111th match, W 74 - D 22 - L 15 - F 343 - A 107.
England Lineup
  Pym, Richard H. 32 2 February 1893 G Bolton Wanderers FC 1 1 GA
  Ashurst, William 30 4 May 1894 RB Notts County FC 4 0
  Bower, Alfred George 29 10 November 1895 LB Corinthians FC, Casuals FC & Old Carthusians FC 4 0
  Hill, John H. 27 2 March 1897 RH Burnley FC 1 0
  Spencer, Charles W. 25 4 December 1899 CH Newcastle United FC 2 0
  Graham, Leonard 23 29 August 1901 LH Millwall FC 1 0
  Kelly, Robert 31 16 November 1893 OR Burnley FC 10 6
Roberts, Frank 31 3 April 1893 IR Manchester City FC 2 2
  Cook, Thomas E.R. 24 5 February 1901 CF Brighton & Hove Albion FC 1 0
  Walker, William H. 27 29 October 1897 IL Aston Villa FC 10 7
  Dorrell, Arthur R. 28 30 March 1896 OL Aston Villa FC 2 0

reserves:

Jack Townrow (Clapton Orient FC) and Joe Carter (West Bromwich Albion FC)

team notes:

The feature of this English formation is that in the attack, no fewer than four club centre-forwards have been included,
 
2-3-5 Pym -
Ashurst, Bower -
Hill, Spencer, Graham -
Kelly, Roberts, Cook, Walker, Dorrell

Averages:

Age 27.9 Appearances/Goals 3.5 1.2

 

    Match Report

ENGLAND'S GOOD FORM

England beat Wales in the 42nd match played between the two countries at Swansea on Saturday by two goals to one. Wales, therefore, who were the International champions last year, have now no chance of repeating that performance. England were, on the day, decidedly the better team, but Wales were unfortunate in having to make three late changes in the composition of their side...

England took the lead after 11 minutes' play, when Gray left his goal in an attempt to check Cook which left Roberts and easy opening. At the end of a quarter of an hour England increased their lead. Dorrell finished a splendid run and from his centre Roberts headed the ball through...

Fowler led one or two attacks for Wales and at the end of 35 minutes he passed back to Keenor, who put in a low shot which swerved in the mud out of Pym's reach. - The Times - Monday 2nd March, 1925

Home International Championship

Other Championship match played on 28 February 1925:

IRELAND 0-3 SCOTLAND
(Meiklejohn, Gallacher, Dunn)

41,000 (Windsor Park, Belfast)

    Football League

Football League Division One
28 February 1925
Team P Pts
Huddersfield Town 31 42
West Bromwich Albion 30 42
Bolton Wanderers 31 40
Newcastle United 33 39
Liverpool 30 37
Sunderland 32 36
Bury 30 36
Birmingham 31 33
Manchester City 32 31
Notts County 29 30
Tottenham Hotspur 30 30
Cardiff City 31 30
Sheffield United 31 29
West Ham United 29 28
Burnley 31 28
Blackburn Rovers 30 27
Aston Villa 29 27
Leeds United 30 24
Arsenal 29 24
Everton 31 24
Nottingham Forest 30 17
Preston North End 30 16

 

Division One matches played on 28 February 1925:

BIRMINGHAM 0-1 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN
(Brown)

12,000 (St Andrew's, Birmingham)

BOLTON WANDERERS 4-2 MANCHESTER CITY
Smith 3, Jack (Hicks, Daniels)
26,
769 (Burnden Park, Bolton)

Bolton were without Dick Pym, who was making his international debut, in goal against Wales at Swansea, whilst City were without Frank Roberts, who scored both goals against Wales.

BURNLEY 5-4 WEST HAM UNITED
Williams 2, Beel 2, Cross (Ruffell, Moore, Jennings, Watson)

10,000 (Turf Moor, Burnley)

Burnley were without Hill (making his international debut) and Kelly, who were playing against Wales at Swansea.

CARDIFF CITY 3-0 NEWCASTLE UNITED
Nicholson 2, McIlvenny

25,000 (
Ninian Park, Cardiff)

Cardiff were without Beadles, Davies, Keenor (the captain, who scored their goal) and Nicholls, who were playing for Wales against England at Swansea, Farquharson, who was in goal for Ireland against Scotland at Belfast, and Nelson, who was playing for Scotland, whilst Newcastle were without Charlie Spencer, who was playing against Wales. 

EVERTON 3-1 NOTTINGHAM FOREST
Irvine, Broad 2 (Walker)

25,000 (
Goodison Park, Liverpool)

LEEDS UNITED 1-1 BLACKBURN ROVERS
Noble (Holland)
17,000 (
Elland Road, Leeds)

NOTTS COUNTY 1-1 BURY
Dinsdale (Bullock)

9,000 (Meadow Lane, Nottingham)

County were without Bill Ashurst, who was playing against Wales at Swansea.

PRESTON NORTH END 0-1 SHEFFIELD UNITED
(Boyle)
15,709 (Deepdale, Preston)

United were without Billy Gillespie, who was Ireland's captain against Scotland at Belfast.

SUNDERLAND 3-0 LIVERPOOL
Buchan, Ellis, Clunas pen.
18,000 (Roker Park, Sunderland)

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2-0 ARSENAL
Dimmock, Elkes

29,457 (White Hart Lane, London)

Arsenal were without Joe Toner, who was playing for Ireland against Scotland at Belfast.

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 4-1 ASTON VILLA
Davies, James 3 (York)
22,123 (The Hawthorns, West Bromwich)

West Brom were without Joe Carter, who was a reserve against Wales at Swansea, whilst Villa were without Dorrell and Walker, who were playing against Wales.

West Bromwich Albion were handily placed to challenge the defending champions in the title run-in, but Huddersfield were to stay unbeaten for the rest of the season (a run of seventeen games) and the trophy stayed at Leeds Road.

Football League Division Two
28 February 1925
Team P Pts
Derby County 30 44
Manchester United 30 41
Leicester City 29 40
Chelsea 31 38
Portsmouth 30 33
Clapton Orient 31 32
Port Vale 29 31
Wolverhampton Wanderers 30 31
Hull City 29 29
Southampton 29 29
The Wednesday 32 29
Bradford City 31 28
Stockport County 31 28
Oldham Athletic 31 28
Blackpool 28 27
South Shields 30 27
Crystal Palace 29 27
Middlesbrough 30 27
Fulham 30 27
Stoke 31 23
Barnsley 29 21
Coventry City 30 20

 

Division Two matches played on 28 February 1925:

CHELSEA 2-3 PORTSMOUTH
McNeil, Brown (Mackie, Haines pen., Watson)
37,000
(Stamford Bridge, London)

CLAPTON ORIENT 0-1 DERBY COUNTY
(Thornewell)

18,000 (Millfields Road, London)

Orient were without Jack Townrow, who was a reserve against Wales at Swansea.

COVENTRY CITY 0-0 PORT VALE
10,168
(Highfield Road, Coventry)

CRYSTAL PALACE 1-2 BLACKPOOL
Osborne (Greener o.g., Bedford)
15,000 (Selhurst Park, London)

LEICESTER CITY 6-0 BARNSLEY
Chandler 5, Duncan

20
,000
(Filbert Street, Leicester)

MANCHESTER UNITED 3-0 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
Kennedy, Spence 2
21
,250 (Old Trafford, Manchester)

OLDHAM ATHLETIC 1-3 BRADFORD CITY
Pilkington (Rigby, Butler 2)
9
,000 (Boundary Park, Oldham)

Oldham were without Bert Gray, who was in goal for Wales against England at Swansea.

SOUTHAMPTON 2-2 HULL CITY
Harkus, Cribb (Mills, Hamilton)
7,000 (The Dell, Southampton)

Hull were without Mick O'Brien, who was playing for Ireland against Scotland at Belfast.

STOCKPORT COUNTY 4-1 FULHAM
Blood 2, Meads 2
(Pilkington)
10,000 (Edgeley Park, Stockport)

STOKE 0-1 MIDDLESBROUGH
(Dickson)
10,000 (Victoria Ground, Stoke)

THE WEDNESDAY 0-1 SOUTH SHIELDS
(Smith)

10,000 (Hillsborough, Sheffield)

Arthur Chandler's goals for Leicester would be a big factor in their surge towards the Second Division Championship and they would return to the top flight, having been relegated back in 1909. He had joined the club at the age of 27, but went on to become their all-time record goalscorer, with 273 in all competitions.

Selected Division Three matches played on 28 February 1925:

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 2-1 SOUTHEND UNITED
J.Smith, Little (Sayles)

10,000 (Goldstone Ground, Hove)

Brighton were without Tommy Cook, who made his only international appearance, against Wales at Swansea.

MILLWALL 3-0 QUEEN'S PARK RANGERS
Battiste 2, Parker

16,000 (The Den, London)

Millwall were without Len Graham, who was making his international debut, against Wales at Swansea.

PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 0-2 NEWPORT COUNTY
(Taylor 2)

11,000 (Home Park, Plymouth)

Plymouth were without Moses Russell, who was playing for Wales against England at Swansea, as was Newport's Fred Cook.

Swansea Town led the southern section by a point from Swindon Town and now had two games in hand after their game at Aberdare was postponed. Darlington led the northern section by seven points from Nelson, but had played three games more.

IN OTHER NEWS...

It was on 1 March 1925 that the Reverend William Bettison of the village of Hungarton in Leicestershire, shot himself in the head at the vicarage, before his sister shot him again in the heart to "end his suffering". The verdict was suicide as he was already dying before his sister fired the second bullet. His younger sister had also killed herself with a shotgun, four years earlier.

Source Notes

Welsh Football Data Archive
Original newspaper reports
Rothmans Yearbooks
FA Yearbooks 1950-60
Ancestry.com
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