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Match
Summary |
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 Officials |
England |
Type |
Wales |
Referee
- William
E. Webb
Scotland
Linesmen - not known
Veterans of the Welsh team were guests of the Welsh FA, including Caesar
Jenkyns, Billy Meredith, Ted Vizard, Fred Keenor, Stanley Davies, Jack Powell
and George Latham.
Both teams wore black armbands as a mark of respect for King George V, who
had died on 20 January 1936.
The match was preceded by the draw for the FA Amateur Cup third round.
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flg.jpg) England
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
4th to 5th |
Colours: |
The 1935 home
uniform -
White collared jerseys, navy blue shorts, black socks topped with
two white hoops |
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Capt: |
Eddie Hapgood,
seventh
captaincy. |
Selectors: |
The
fourteen-man FA International Selection Committee, following the FA Cup
fifth round draw, on Thursday, 30 January 1936.
168th match, W 108 - D 29 - L 31 - F 499 - A 188. |
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England
Lineup |
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Hibbs, E.
Henry |
29 |
27 May 1906 |
G |
Birmingham FC |
25 |
26 GA |
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Male,
C. George
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25 |
8 May 1910 |
RB |
Arsenal FC |
7 |
0 |
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Hapgood, Edris A. |
27 |
24 September 1908 |
LB |
Arsenal FC |
15 |
0 |
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Crayston, W. John |
25 |
9 October 1910 |
RH |
Arsenal FC |
2 |
0 |
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Barker, John W. |
29 |
27 February 1906 |
CH |
Derby County FC |
8 |
0 |
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Bray, John |
26 |
22 April 1909 |
LH |
Manchester City FC |
4 |
0 |
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Crooks, Samuel D. |
28 |
16 January 1908 |
OR |
Derby County FC |
23 |
7 |
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Bowden, E. Raymond |
26 |
13 September 1909 |
IR |
Arsenal FC |
4 |
1 |
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Drake, Edward
J., injured off 46th min. |
23 |
16 August 1912 |
CF |
Arsenal FC |
3 |
1 |
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Bastin, Clifford S. |
23 |
14 March 1912 |
IL |
Arsenal FC |
13 |
5 |
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Brook, Eric F. |
28 |
27 November 1907 |
OL |
Manchester City FC |
14 |
8 |
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reserves: |
Eric Keen (Derby County FC) and
Bobby Barclay (Sheffield United FC) who was withdrawn the day
before the match to play for his club in an important league match.
There appears to be no replacement. |
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team notes: |
Ted Drake injured his eye as he headed the ball early in the match,
that required him leaving the field to receive attention. Just before
the interval, he had knee trouble that caused him to retire.
Harry Hibbs extends his record of the most appearances by a
goalkeeper. |
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2-3-5 |
Hibbs -
Male, Hapgood -
Crayston,
Barker, Bray -
Crooks, Bowden, Drake, Bastin, Brook. |
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Averages: |
Age |
26.3 |
Appearances/Goals |
10.7 |
1.9 |
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 Wales
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
19th to 16th |
Colours: |
Made by St. Margaret's -
Red shirts with white collars, white shorts, red socks |
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Capt: |
Charlie Phillips
-pictorial
evidence |
Selectors: |
Team
selection chosen by Committee. |
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Wales
Lineup |
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John, W.
Ronald |
25 |
29 January 1911 |
G |
Sheffield United FC, England |
11 |
16
GA |
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Ellis, Benjamin |
29 |
11 April 1906 |
RB |
Motherwell FC, Scotland |
5 |
0 |
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Jones, David O. |
25 |
28 October 1910 |
LB |
Leicester City FC, England |
5 |
0 |
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Murphy, James P. |
25 |
8 August 1910 |
RH |
West Bromwich Albion FC, England |
10 |
0 |
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Hanford, Harold |
28 |
9 October 1907 |
CH |
Swansea Town FC |
3 |
0 |
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Richards, David T. |
29 |
31 October 1906 |
LH |
Brentford FC, England |
12 |
0 |
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Hopkins, Idris M. |
25 |
11 October 1910 |
OR |
Brentford FC, England |
3 |
1 |
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Phillips, Cuthbert |
25 |
23 June 1910 |
IR |
Aston Villa FC, England |
11 |
4 |
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Astley, David J. |
26 |
11 October 1909 |
CF |
Aston Villa FC, England |
9 |
7 |
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Jones, Brynmor |
23 |
14 February 1912 |
IL |
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, England |
3 |
1 |
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Evans, William |
23 |
7 November 1912 |
OL |
Tottenham Hotspur FC, England |
5 |
1 |
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reserves: |
reserves not known |
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team notes: |
Aston Villa FC's Tom Griffiths was in the original line-up as
right-back, as was West Bromwich Albion FC's Walter Robbins at
inside-left, their places going to Ben Ellis and Bryn Jones. |
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2-3-5 |
John -
Ellis, Jones -
Murphy, Hanford, Richards -
Hopkins, Phillips, Astley, Jones, Evans. |
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Averages: |
Age |
25.7 |
Appearances/Goals |
7.0 |
1.1 |
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Match Report |
Wales beat England in an
international Association Football match at Wolverhampton yesterday by
two goals to one...
...England were mastering it,
and they fully deserved the lead they took after 40 minutes' play. A
pass from Bastin was intercepted, the ball went loose, and Bowden
pounced on it, dribbled over to the right, and sent in a shot from what
seemed to be an impossibly acute angle.
The second half had hardly
begun, however, before Wales equalized. An attack developed on the right
and Phillips put the ball forward for Astley to shoot high and hard into
the net from close range...
...Wales would not be denied,
and after 20 minutes they scored the winning goal. There was much
heading in the English penalty area, and finally it ended with Jones
fastening on to the ball, working it, and driving it into the net well
out of Hibbs's reach. - The Times -
Thursday
6th February, 1936
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Football
League |
Football League Division Two
5 February 1936 |
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Team |
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Pts |
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Charlton Athletic |
27 |
36 |
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Sheffield
United |
28 |
35 |
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Leicester City |
27 |
34 |
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West Ham United |
27 |
34 |
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Tottenham Hotspur |
27 |
33 |
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Manchester United |
26 |
31 |
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Plymouth Argyle |
27 |
30 |
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Fulham |
26 |
28 |
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Blackpool |
27 |
28 |
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Doncaster Rovers |
28 |
28 |
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Newcastle United |
25 |
27 |
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Nottingham Forest |
28 |
26 |
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Bradford |
26 |
25 |
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Southampton |
28 |
25 |
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Swansea Town |
27 |
25 |
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Burnley |
27 |
24 |
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Barnsley |
27 |
24 |
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Bury |
26 |
23 |
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Norwich City |
26 |
22 |
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Bradford City |
25 |
18 |
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Port Vale |
26 |
17 |
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Hull City |
25 |
13 |
Division Two
matches played on
5 February 1936:
NEWCASTLE UNITED 2-2 PORT VALE
Ware, Smith (Stabb, Roberts)
9,238 (St
James' Park, Newcastle)
SOUTHAMPTON 0-1 SHEFFIELD UNITED
(Barton 78)
5,053 (The
Dell, Southampton)
United were without
goalkeeper, Roy John, who was playing for Wales against England at
Wolverhampton, but he had only played in one league game for his club
in the past five months, and was sold by them at the end of the
season.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 0-0 MANCHESTER UNITED
20,085 (White
Hart Lane, London)
Tottenham were without
Willie Evans, who was playing for Wales against England at
Wolverhampton.
Though Manchester United were
lagging behind the leaders, they did not lose again that season, and
the 19-match unbeaten run took them to the Second Division
Championship and a return to the top flight after a five-year absence.
IN OTHER NEWS...
It was on 5 February 1936 that the football world was shocked and
stunned by the tragic death of Sunderland's 22-year-old goalkeeper,
Jimmy Thorpe. Four days earlier, he had been kicked several times on the
head by Chelsea players as he shielded the ball whilst lying in the
goalmouth. Though he completed the match, his injuries eventually
precipitated a diabetic attack which led to heart failure. The young
goalkeeper had been in exceptional form as Sunderland had dominated the
league championship and he had played in their last 52 matches.
Unbelievably, the FA blamed Sunderland for fielding a diabetic player,
but the one good thing to come out of the desperately sad story was a
revision of the FA's rules, two months later, so that players could no
longer attempt to kick the ball when a goalkeeper was in possession of
it.
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 Source Notes |
Welsh Football Data Archive
Original newspaper reports
Rothmans Yearbooks
FA Yearbooks 1950-60
Ancestry.com
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