Match Summary

Wales Team

England Team

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

Other Championship match played on 28 February 1925:

IRELAND 0-3 SCOTLAND
(Meiklejohn, Gallacher, Dunn)
41,000 (Windsor Park, Belfast)

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
____________________

CG