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Crystal Palace

The Sports Arena
The Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace Parade
Sydenham, then Penge
Surrey, then Kent
P 4 W 2 D 2 L 0 F 6: A 4
75% successful
1897-1905
opened 1854
Home club Crystal Palace FC (amateur)
Capacity not known
First match in 1861
Notes Boundary changes afflicted this venue in the late 19th century. Although initially, pre 1899 London Boundary Bill, the boundary between Kent and Surrey went through the north part of the Sports Arena, but not the Football Ground, which remained in Surrey, The aforementioned change, in 1899, brought the boundary north around the Crystal Palace Park, and placing the whole of Penge into the Kent county.
England Career
Venue number Thirty
First match No. 61, 3 April 1897, England 1 Scotland 2, a British Championship match
Last match No. 61, 3 April 1909, England 1 Scotland 2, a British Championship match
Distinctions

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1913

1929

1938

2019
 
 
 
4 2 2 0 6 4 +2 0 2 1.5 1 75 +2
Competition P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
British Championship 4 2 2 0 6 4 +2 0 2 1.50 1.00 75.0 +2

Tournament Record
British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1896-97 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 1.00 2.00 0.0 -1
BC 1900-01 1 0 1 0 2 2 =0 0 0 1.00 1.00 50.0 =0
BC 1904-05 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 0 1 1.00 0.00 100.0 +1
BC 1908-09 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 0 1 2.00 0.00 100.0 +1
BC All 4 2 2 0 6 4 +2 0 2 1.50 1.00 75.0 +2

All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 4 2 2 0 6 4 +2 0 2 1.50 1.00 75.0 +2
4 2 2 0 6 4 +2 0 2 1.5 1 75 +2
   
England's Senior Level Results at The Crystal Palace
 
61 3 April 1897 - England 1 Scotland 2 [1-1] (33,715) Bloomer
Hyslop, Millar		 BC HL
73 30 March 1901 - England 2 Scotland 2 [1-0] (18,250) Blackburn, Bloomer
Campbell, Hamilton		 BC HD
85 1 April 1905 - England 1 Scotland 0 [0-0] (27,599) Bache BC HW
101 3 April 1909 - England 2 Scotland 0 [2-0] (23,667) Wall (2) BC HW
  Top scorers: Steve Bloomer & George Wall 2  


England's Amateur Level Results at The Crystal Palace

Friendly matches
28 4 March 1911 - England 4 Belgium 0 [3-0] (4,000) Poelmans OG, Webb (2), Woodward HW

The Guardian claimed that Andrieu scored the own goal.
England: G.Bancroft, W.Cuthbert, Arthur Knight, F.Symons, F.Monk, Kenneth Hunt, S.Hoad, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, George Webb, G.Hoare, Gordon Wright.
63 10 November 1923 - England 3 Ireland 0 [2-0] (8,000) Macey, Earle, Barry HW
England: J.Mitchell, F.Twine, Alfred Bower, Fred Ewer, George Armitage, Claude Ashtonᶜ, Jackie Hegan, Stan Earle, F.Macey, Graham Doggart, Len Barry.
80 16 November 1929 - England 7 Ireland 2 [3-0]
Sports Arena, Crystal Palace (1,500)		 Ashton (4), Watson, Coates, McGuire OG
McMahon, Kelly		 HW
England: H.Garland-Wells, F.Gregory, E.Gates, J.Anderson, R.Robinson, Fred Ewerᶜ, G.Watson, Edgar Kail, Claude Ashton, H.Coates, J.Rimmer.

3 3 0 0 14 2 +12 0 2 4.667 0.667 100 +3


England's International Trial Results at The Crystal Palace

31 1 February 1899 - The South 1 The North 3 [1-1] (7,500) Smith
Bloomer, Settle
The South: Jack Robinson, G.Barker, Bill Oakley, Bernard Middleditch, S.Briggs, F.Cautley, G.Vassall, Jack Calvey, Gilbert Smithᶜ, Geoffrey Wilson, Harry Bradshaw.
The North: Jack Hillman, T.Prescott, Billy Williams, Frank Forman, Ernest Needham, Tom Booth, Charlie Athersmith, Steve Bloomer, G.Johnson, Jimmy Settle, W.Place.
32 7 March 1900 - The South 4 The North 4 [3-3] (6,000) Chadwick, Wilson, Cunliffe (2)
Hedley (2), Bloomer, Oakley OG
The South: Jack Robinson, Bill Oakley, P.Durber, Bernard Middleditch, Arthur Chadwick, T.Morris, Archie Turner, Dan Cunliffe, Gilbert Smithᶜ, Geoffrey Wilson, Bertie Corbett.
The North: F.Thompson, W.Layton, Jimmy Crabtree, Harry Johnson, W.Bull, R.Norris, A.Goddard, Steve Bloomer, George Hedley, Charlie Sagar, J.Turner.
33 25 February 1901 - The South 3 The North 3 [3-0] (4,000) Banks (2), Foster
 Cox, Bull, Bloomer
The South: Jack Robinson, Charlie Fry, Bill Oakleyᶜ, Billy Jones, A.Hitch, H.Vickers, W.Richards, Tip Foster, R.Blaker, Herbert Banks, Bertie Corbett.
The North: Matt Kingsley, Billy Balmer, Bob Crompton, Sam Wolstenholme, Tommy Crawshaw, Ernest Needhamᶜ, F.Johnson, Steve Bloomer, George Hedley, W.Bull, Jack Cox.
34 24 February 1902 - The South 0 The North 2 [0-1] (5,000) Blackburn, Hogg
The South: Jack Robinson, F.Stokes, J.Jackson, Billy Jones, Herbert Smith, Bert Lee, Hugh Stanbrough, Tip Fosterᶜ, E.Booker, C.Ryder, Bertie Corbett.
The North: Billy George, Bob Crompton, Alex Leake, Albert Wilkes, Billy Bannister, Walter Abbott, Billy Hogg, C.Simmons, Billy Beats, W.Wooldridge, Fred Blackburn.


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