Match Summary

Wales Team

England Team

England beat Wales at Swansea by three goals to two, this being their second victory of the season, and their thirty-first against Wales. Wales showed pluck and enthusiasm, but England's superior team work and sure passing on heavy ground brought them a lead of two goals in 25 minutes, and up to the interval Wales did little to suggest that they would make a real fight of it...

...but after 11 minutes England took the lead. Dean ran out to the left and passed square across the goalmouth to Hulme, who kicked in...

...and in the 25th minute England scored again. Ruffell dribbled through cleverly and centred accurately, enabling Hulme to score again...

...but in the 10th minute Fowler headed through after a corner-kick with the goalkeeper out of position...

With four minutes remaining for play Bradford made the way for another score for England, passing to Hine, who sent a low shot into the net. Two minutes later Keenor, who had a little previously made an unsuccessful effort, gained a second goal for Wales. - The Times - Monday 19th November, 1928

Football League Division One 17 November 1928
Team	P	Pts
Derby County	15	22
The Wednesday	15	21
Blackburn Rovers	16	19
Leicester City	15	18
Leeds United	14	18
Liverpool	15	16
Aston Villa	14	16
West Ham United	16	16
Everton	15	15
Manchester City	15	15
Burnley	16	15
Manchester United	14	14
Sunderland	15	14
Newcastle United	16	14
Portsmouth	15	14
Huddersfield Town	15	13
Birmingham	15	13
Bolton Wanderers	15	13
Arsenal	15	12
Sheffield United	15	12
Cardiff City	15	11
Bury	14	9

 

Division One matches played on 17 November 1928:

ASTON VILLA 2-1 BLACKBURN ROVERS
Beresford 2 (Bourton)
31,212 (Villa Park, Birmingham)

Blackburn were without Austen Campbell, who was playing against Wales at Swansea.

BURNLEY 2-3 MANCHESTER CITY
Page 2 (Roberts, Cowan, Brook)
14,021 (Turf Moor, Burnley)

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

BURY 1-0 ARSENAL
Amos
11,046 (Gigg Lane, Bury)

Arsenal were without Joe Hulme, who scored the first two goals against Wales at Swansea.

CARDIFF CITY 0-0 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN
13,845 (Ninian Park, Cardiff)

Cardiff were without Davies and Keenor (the captain and goalscorer), who were playing for Wales against England at Swansea.

LEEDS UNITED 0-2 THE WEDNESDAY
(Seed, Gregg)
25,519 (Elland Road, Leeds)

Leeds were without Edwards (the captain) and Hart (making his international debut), who were playing against Wales at Swansea, as was Wednesday's Ernie Blenkinsop.

LEICESTER CITY 1-0 SUNDERLAND
Chandler
24,178 (Filbert Street, Leicester)

Leicester were without Ernie Hine, who scored against Wales at Swansea.

LIVERPOOL 3-0 BOLTON WANDERERS
Hodgson 2, Edmed
27,904 (Anfield, Liverpool)

Bolton were without Fred Kean, who was a reserve against Wales at Swansea.

MANCHESTER UNITED 0-1 DERBY COUNTY
(Bedford)
26,122 (Old Trafford, Manchester)

United were without Bennion and Williams, who were playing for Wales against England at Swansea, whilst Derby were without Tom Cooper, who was playing against Wales.

NEWCASTLE UNITED 1-0 BIRMINGHAM
Wilkinson
30,000 (St James' Park, Newcastle)

Birmingham were without Joe Bradford, who was playing against Wales at Swansea.

SHEFFIELD UNITED 2-1 EVERTON
Tunstall pen., Phillipson (Martin pen.)
17,839 (Bramall Lane, Sheffield)

Everton were without Dean, who was playing against Wales at Swansea, and Griffiths, who was playing for Wales.

WEST HAM UNITED 0-1 PORTSMOUTH
(Smith)
18,520 (Upton Park, London)

West Ham were without Jimmy Ruffell, who was playing against Wales at Swansea.

Having escaped relegation by a point at the end of the previous season, The Wednesday were suddenly challenging at the other end of the table, just behind an in-form Derby County.

Football League Division Two 17 November 1928
Team	P	Pts
Notts County	15	23
Hull City	16	22
Chelsea	15	20
Southampton	15	19
Middlesbrough	15	19
Preston North End	15	18
Stoke City	15	17
Wolverhampton Wanderers	15	17
Grimsby Town	14	16
Millwall	15	16
Bradford	15	15
Tottenham Hotspur	14	15
Barnsley	14	14
Port Vale	15	14
Nottingham Forest	15	14
West Bromwich Albion	15	13
Blackpool	15	12
Swansea Town	15	12
Clapton Orient	15	10
Bristol City	15	8
Reading	15	8
Oldham Athletic	15	6

 

Division Two matches played on 17 November 1928:

HULL CITY 5-1 BRISTOL CITY
MacDonald 5, 1 pen. (Garland)
8,545 (Anlaby Road, Hull)

MIDDLESBROUGH 1-0 STOKE CITY
Camsell
15,620 (Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough)

MILLWALL 2-1 CHELSEA
Phillips, Bryant (Meredith)
37,774 (The Den, London)

NOTTS COUNTY 3-1 BLACKPOOL
B.Mills 2, Fenner (Wilson)
13,987 (Meadow Lane, Nottingham)

County were without Willie Davies, who was playing for Wales against England at Swansea.

OLDHAM ATHLETIC 0-3 GRIMSBY TOWN
(Coglin, Robson 2)
9,396 (Boundary Park, Oldham)

Oldham were without Jack Hacking, who was in goal against Wales at Swansea.

PORT VALE 3-0 BARNSLEY
Kirkham 2, Gillespie
7,417 (Old Recreation Ground, Stoke)

PRESTON NORTH END 5-2 CLAPTON ORIENT
Hair 3, Harrison 2, 1 pen. (Dennison, J.Williams)
14,052 (Deepdale, Preston)

Orient were without Ernie Morley, who was playing for Wales against England at Swansea.

READING 5-3 WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Johnstone 3, Chandler, Hunter (Cookson 3)
10,298 (Elm Park, Reading)

West Brom were without Joe Carter, who was a reserve against Wales at Swansea.

SOUTHAMPTON 2-2 BRADFORD
Rowley, Jepson (McLean, Scott)
14,406 (The Dell, Southampton)

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2-1 NOTTINGHAM FOREST
Wilding, Osborne (Burton)
23,384 (White Hart Lane, London)

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 0-0 SWANSEA TOWN
16,911 (Molineux, Wolverhampton)

Swansea were without Fowler (who scored), and Hole, who were playing for Wales against England at Swansea.

Ken MacDonald's incredible goalscoring feat lifted Hull up into second place and gave them hope of promotion to the top flight, but they would have to wait another eighty years before realising that dream.

Selected Division Three matches played on 17 November 1928:

PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 2-2 CHARLTON ATHLETIC
 Bowden 2 (Wyper, Whitlow)
10,502 (Home Park, Plymouth)

Plymouth were without Moses Russell, who was playing for Wales against England at Swansea.

SWINDON TOWN 4-2 LUTON TOWN
Eddleston, Roberts, Morris, Thom (Rennie, Yardley)
6,992 (County Ground, Swindon)

Luton Town led the southern section by a point from Plymouth Argyle (who had played a game more) and Queen's Park Rangers. Wrexham led the northern section by a point from Bradford City, Stockport County and Lincoln City (who had played a game more).

IN OTHER NEWS...

It was on 16 November 1928 that gale-force winds and heavy rain swept much of western Europe. People were killed or injured from falling trees, telegraph wires were brought down, rivers were flooded, buildings were damaged, the English Channel became treacherous, there were multiple shipwrecks and planes were grounded. An estimated thirty people died in and around Britain.

Source Notes

*Some sources state that David Rees Williams was born in Merthyr Tydfil in January 1900. However, there is no registration for that period, there is for March 1899 and then June and September 1901.

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