Match Summary

England Team

Scotland Team

Football League Division One 14 April 1934
Team	P	Pts
Arsenal	38	54
Huddersfield Town	38	50
Tottenham Hotspur	40	47
Derby County	39	44
Sunderland	40	42
Blackburn Rovers	40	41
Manchester City	49	41
Sheffield Wednesday	39	40
Leeds United	38	39
West Bromwich Albion	39	39
Everton	38	38
Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	38
Stoke City	39	38
Leicester City	37	37
Portsmouth	38	37
Aston Villa	38	35
Middlesbrough	39	35
Liverpool	40	34
Chelsea	38	33
Birmingham	39	32
Newcastle United	40	32
Sheffield United	39	28

 

Division One matches played on 14 April 1934:

ASTON VILLA 1-1 BIRMINGHAM
Dix 3 (Calladine 34)
34,196 (Villa Park, Birmingham)

Villa were without Joe Beresford, who was a reserve against Scotland at Wembley, whilst Birmingham were without Lewis Stoker, who played against Scotland.

CHELSEA 2-0 EVERTON
Oakton 65, Horton 80
34,029 (Stamford Bridge, London)

 Chelsea were without Gallacher and Jackson (in goal), who were playing for Scotland against England at Wembley.

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 4-1 NEWCASTLE UNITED
Smith, Williams, Bott 2 (Williams)
10,413 (Leeds Road, Huddersfield)

LEICESTER CITY 2-0 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Gardiner 48, Adcock 83
11,731 (Filbert Street, Leicester)

LIVERPOOL 2-3 ARSENAL
Wright 52, Hodgson 85 (Beasley 10, Hulme 24, 70)
43,027 (Anfield, Liverpool)

Arsenal were without Bastin (who scored the opening goal), Hapgood and Moss (who kept a clean sheet on his international debut in goal), who were all playing against Scotland at Wembley.

PORTSMOUTH 2-0 BLACKBURN ROVERS
Weddle 20, Easson 35
13,351 (Fratton Park, Portsmouth)

SHEFFIELD UNITED 0-1 WEST BROMWICH ALBION
(Boyes 25)
9,970 (Bramall Lane, Sheffield)

STOKE CITY 1-2 LEEDS UNITED
Ware 36 (Duggan 17, Firth 65)
16,262 (Victoria Ground, Stoke)

Leeds were without Copping and Hart, who were playing against Scotland at Wembley.

SUNDERLAND 2-0 MIDDLESBROUGH
McNab 70, Gallacher 85
12,204 (Roker Park, Sunderland)

Sunderland were without Carter, who was making his international debut, against Scotland at Wembley, and Connor, who was playing for Scotland.

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 5-1 MANCHESTER CITY
O'Callaghan 2, Evans, Hunt 2 (Toseland)
24,576 (White Hart Lane, London)

City were without Eric Brook, who scored the second goal against Scotland at Wembley.

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 3-0 DERBY COUNTY
Jones 19, Hartill 25, 67
17,901 (Molineux, Wolverhampton)

Derby were without Bowers (who scored the third goal), Cooper (the captain) and Crooks, who were playing against Scotland at Wembley, and Keen, who was a reserve against Scotland.

Arsenal, who were still reeling from the shock of the death of their great manager, Herbert Chapman, three months earlier, battled on to retain their title.

Football League Division Two 14 April 1934
Team	P	Pts
Grimsby Town	39	57
Brentford	39	47
Bolton Wanderers	39	47
Preston North End	39	46
Bradford	38	44
Blackpool	39	42
Bradford City	39	41
Plymouth Argyle	39	41
Port Vale	39	41
West Ham United	39	40
Bury	39	40
Burnley	39	40
Oldham Athletic	39	39
Hull City	39	38
Fulham	39	37
Southampton	39	36
Nottingham Forest	39	33
Notts County	38	32
Swansea Town	39	31
Millwall	39	31
Manchester United	39	30
Lincoln City	39	23

 

Division Two matches played on 14 April 1934:

BOLTON WANDERERS 1-0 NOTTS COUNTY
Eastham
11,652 (Burnden Park, Bolton)

Bolton were without Willie Cook, who was making his international debut, for Scotland against England at Wembley.

BRADFORD 3-1 HULL CITY
Lewis, Robertson 2 (Jordan)
8,406 (Park Avenue, Bradford)

BRENTFORD 2-0 SWANSEA TOWN
Hopkins, Muttitt
14,848 (Griffin Park, London)

BURNLEY 2-1 MILLWALL
Chedgzoy, Weale (Yardley)
7,157 (Turf Moor, Burnley)

GRIMSBY TOWN 3-1 FULHAM
Craven, Glover, Lewis (Hammond)
9,340 (Blundell Park, Cleethorpes)

MANCHESTER UNITED 2-0 PORT VALE
McMillen, Brown
14,777 (Old Trafford, Manchester)

NOTTINGHAM FOREST 4-1 SOUTHAMPTON
Pugh, Dent 2, Masters (Tully)
6,496 (City Ground, Nottingham)

OLDHAM ATHLETIC 3-0 LINCOLN CITY
Agar 2, Reid
4,461(Boundary Park, Oldham)

Lincoln's defeat confirmed their relegation after two seasons in the second division.

PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 3-0 BRADFORD CITY
Black, Cookson 2
8,981 (Home Park, Plymouth)

PRESTON NORTH END 0-3 BURY
(Chalmers, Buttery, Earl)
16,105 (Deepdale, Preston)

WEST HAM UNITED 1-2 BLACKPOOL
Watson (Doherty, Hall)
14,170 (Upton Park, London)

Grimsby had secured both promotion and the Second Division Championship, a week earlier, but Preston's surprise home defeat almost guaranteed a tense battle for the remaining promotion place. It was Preston who held their nerve, however, and they won their last three games without conceding a goal, to finish a point ahead of Bolton Wanderers and Brentford. Their nine-year absence from the top flight came to an end as a result. There was an even more significant scramble at the bottom, as Manchester United were in a relegation place going into their last match. They were certain to finish in the lowest position in their history, but they escaped relegation to the third division by winning at Millwall, a result which sent the Londoners down, instead.

Division Three on 14 April 1934:

Chesterfield led the northern section by a point from Barnsley, but it was the Yorkshire club who would pip them to the title, in the midst of a run of 36 home games without defeat. Norwich City led the southern section by six points from Coventry City, the club that they beat, a week later, to secure their first ever promotion.

IN OTHER NEWS...

It was on 13 April 1934 that the Protection of Animals Bill was debated in the House of Commons. The cruelty shown to horses in the 'King of the Rodeo' show during the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley Stadium, ten years earlier, had horrified thousands of onlookers, and the manager of that show, Tex Austin, was planning to stage a 'World's Championship Rodeo' at White City Stadium in London, in two months' time. The Bill became law in May and banned the practices of roping untrained animals, and the securing of a strap around the animal's genitals to cause pain and aggravation for entertainment. Austin vigorously denied that any of those practices had been applied in 1924, and that a similar number of horses were destroyed at the Grand National Steeplechase in LIverpool, each year. His show went ahead, and the RSPCA brought charges against him for alleged cruelty to one particular horse that was injured in a rope-steering event, and had to be destroyed. There were no public complaints, however, and the case was subsequently dismissed, but Great Britain would never again stage a rodeo.

Source Notes

ARSENAL AND THE ENGLAND TEAM
   Following the announcement yesterday of the England team to meet Scotland, Arsenal sent the following telegram to the headquarters of the Football League:-
   "In view of the fact that three of our players have been selected by the Football Association to represent England on Saturday, and in the interests of ourselves and other League clubs which might possibly be affected in one way or another, would the League Management Committee be prepared to consider the question of postponing Arsenal's League match with Liverpool next week?"
   Mr Jack Rouse, assistant secretary of the Liverpool FC, when told of Arsenal's application said:-"No communication has been received by the Liverpool club concerning a postponement, and never in the history of English football has it been necessary to postpone a League match for the reason stated. Permission has never been given for such a course." - Scotsman, 10 April 1934

ARSENAL'S REQUEST REFUSED
   The English Football League Management Committee yesterday said "No" to Arsenal's request to postpone their League match with Liverpool next Saturday, Moss, Hapgood and Bastin having been picked to play for England against Scotland at Wembley.
   In announcing this fact, Mr Fred Howarth, secretary of the League, stated that the decision was unanimous, and based on precedent, as there had been a similar application from Huddersfield Town in March 1928, and this was refused.
   At that time Huddersfield possessed excellent chances of winning the League Championship. They had Goodall, Wilson, Kelly and Smith (H) chosen for England, and Jackson for Scotland; Stephenson and Redfern were injured and Wadsworth was ill. Nevertheless, Huddersfield went to Bury with nine reserves, and won by 3 goals to 2. They finished the season second, and Bury were fifth from top." - Scotsman, 11 April 1934

As it was, whilst England were defeating their Scotch counterparts, Arsenal had travelled to Anfield and beat Liverpool three goals to two. The win kept them four points ahead of rivals Huddersfield Town, who also won, 4-1 over Newcastle United FC.

Scottish Football Association
Scotland - The Complete International Record: Richard Keir
London Hearts
Glen Isherwood's Wembley: The Complete Record (SportsBooks Limited, Cheltenham, U.K., 2006)
original newspaper reports
FA Yearbooks 1950-60
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