| |
|
Rank |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
6th |
Colours |
"...contrasted will with the Royal blue and white of
the Irishmen" |
|
Captain |
Dick Elleman |
Selection |
Ireland Selection Committee; |
|
only match, W 0 - D 0 - L 1 - F 1 - A 9. |
|
|
 Ireland
Lineup |
|
|
Clugston, William John |
20
216
days |
11 August 1869 |
G |
Cliftonville FAC |
5 |
36ᵍᵃ |
|
will be a linesman in the 1898 fixture |
|
|
Stewart, Robert Kennedy |
21
212
days |
15 August 1868 |
RB |
St. Columb's Court FC |
2 |
0 |
|
|
Crone, Robert |
20
70
days |
4 January 1870 |
LB |
Distillery FC |
3 |
0 |
|
87 |
|
Williamson, James Porter |
20
97
days |
8 December 1869 |
RHB |
Cliftonville FAC |
1 |
0 |
|
88 |
|
Spencer, Samuel |
21
x
days |
10 July 1868 |
CHB |
Distillery FC |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Cooke, Samuel |
nk |
not known |
LHB |
Cliftonville FAC |
2 |
0 |
|
|
Elleman, Allan Richard |
23 |
summer
1866
in Stoke-upon-Trent, England |
OR |
Cliftonville FAC |
2 |
0 |
|
not 3 November 1862 |
final app
1889-90 |
|
|
Stanfield, Olphert Martin |
21
17
days |
26 February 1869 |
IR |
Distillery FC |
10 |
1 |
|
|
Wilton, James McElmunn |
21
114
days |
21 November 1868 |
CF |
St. Columb's Court FC |
5 |
1 |
|
will be a linesman in the 1900 fixture |
|
89 |
|
McIlvenny, J. Robert |
nk |
not known |
IL |
Distillery FC |
1 |
0 |
 |
Reynolds, John, off injured |
21
22
days |
21 February 1869 |
OL |
Distillery FC |
2 |
1 |
|
reserves: |
not known |
|
team changes: |
McIlvenny and Wilton were late replacements for John Peden and Sam
Torrans. |
|
team notes: |
Bob Crone's brother, Billy, also played for Ireland against England
(1884, 86-88) and scored a free-kick against them in 1888. Billy was
forced to withdraw from the 1889 fixture.
Jack Reynolds would later turn out for England
1892-97. |
|
records: |
This is Ireland's eighth consecutive loss. |
|
|
|
2-3-5 |
Clugston -
Stewart, Crone -
Williamson, Spencer, Cooke -
Elleman, Stanfield, Wilton, McIlvenny, Reynolds. |
|
Averages: |
Age |
21 years
88-102
days9 |
Appearances/Goals |
3.1 |
0.3 |
|
based on the nine players, could be the youngest opposing team |
|
| |
|
Rank |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
2nd |
Colours |
"The Englishmen wore a costume of white, with a
black bar badge" |
|
Captain |
not known |
Selection |
following
the trial game,
The seven-man FA
International Selection Committee |
|
P 7 of 195, W 7 - D 0 - L 1 -
F 39 - A
8. |
|
There is not a single contemporaneous record of England's captain for this
match |
teams chosen at the Midland Hotel,
Derby, on Wednesday 26 February 1890. |
flg.jpg) England
Lineup |
|
|
ten changes to the previous
match (only Forrest retained) |
league position (26th
February) |
ave lge pos:
4th |
|
|
Roberts,
Robert J. |
26
87 days |
18 December 1863 |
G |
West Bromwich Albion FC
(FL 6th) |
3 |
5ᵍᵃ |
|
final app 1887-90 |
|
|
Baugh, Richard |
26
29 days |
14 February 1864 |
RB |
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
(FL 4th) |
2 |
0 |
|
the sixth Wanderer to represent England |
final app 1886-90 |
|
|
Mason, Charles |
26
348 days |
1 April 1863 |
LB |
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
(FL 4th) |
3 |
0 |
|
final app 1887-90 |
|
167 |
? |
Barton, John |
23
161
days |
5 October 1866 |
RHB |
Blackburn Rovers FC
(FL 2nd) |
1 |
0 or 1 |
|
the 11th/12th Rover to represent England |
only app 1890 |
|
168 |
|
Perry,
Charles |
24
71 days |
3
January 1866 |
CHB |
West Bromwich Albion FC
(FL 6th) |
1 |
0 |
|
the fifth Albionite to represent England |
|
|
Forrest, James H. |
25
264 days |
24 June 1864 |
LHB |
Blackburn Rovers FC
(FL 2nd) |
11 |
0 |
|
final app 1884-90 |
|
? |
Lofthouse, Joseph M. |
24
335 days |
14 April 1865 |
OR |
Blackburn Rovers FC
(FL 2nd) |
7 |
2 or 3 |
|
final app 1885-90 |
|
? |
Davenport,
J. Kenyon |
27
357 days |
23 March 1862 |
IR |
Bolton Wanderers FC
(FL 8th) |
2 |
0 to 2 |
|
final app 1885-90 |
|
169 |
? |
Geary,
Fred |
22
51 days |
23 January 1868 |
CF |
Everton FC
(FL 3rd) |
1 |
2 to 5 |
|
24th/25th brace scored
~
probably eleventh hattrick |
the first Evertonian to represent
England |
|
|
|
|
|
170 |
? |
Walton,
Nathaniel |
22
295 days |
24 May 1867 |
IL |
Blackburn Rovers FC
(FL 2nd) |
1 |
0 to 3 |
|
the 11th/12th Rover
to represent England |
only app 1890 |
|
? |
Townley, William |
24
87 days |
14 February 1866 |
OL |
Blackburn Rovers FC
(FL 2nd) |
2 |
0 to 3 |
|
final app 1889-90 |
|
reserves: |
 As well as those named below,
Bill Rowley (Stoke FC
(FL 11th), goal),
Harry Green (West Bromwich Albion FC
(FL 6th), fullback),
Harry Allen and
Arthur Lowder (both
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
(FL 4th), halfbacks),
John Devey (Mitchell St. George FC, centre-forward),
Davie Weir (Bolton Wanderers FC
(FL 8th)) and
Edgar Chadwick (Everton FC
(FL 3rd), left wing). |
|
team changes: |
Original Captain,
Bob Howarth (Preston North End FC
(FL TOP)), was replaced on the day with
Dick Baugh.
George Haworth (Accrington FC
(FL 5th)) was also replaced by Barton.
John Veitch (Cambridge University AFC) was replaced by Joe
Lofthouse, while
Edmund Currey (Old Carthusians FC),
who still played for England, but
against Wales, was replaced by Kenny Davenport. |
|
team notes: |
For the first
time, the eleven starting players have each been selected from
Football League clubs. |
|
appearance notes: |
James Forrest is the
fourth player to
make eleven England appearances, whereas Joe Lofthouse is the thirteenth to make seven.
47 players have
now appeared for England for more than three times, and only 83 have done so more
than once. |
|
goal notes: |
Again, an England match against Ireland comes with complications
regarding goals. It is almost certain that Fred Geary scored a
hat-trick, after definitely getting a brace. Another brace must have
been scored by one of the other four goalscorers, but which one? |
|
records: |
Despite the
resounding victory, England's 20th, a record nine players will not play for
England again.
Although Blackburn Rovers FC provided five players
in this match, it still falls two players short of the England record
set by Wanderers FC in March 1875, but does remain a club
record.
What is a new record though, is the fact that the starting
XI has come from just five different clubs. |
|
|
|
2-3-5 |
Roberts -
Baugh, Mason -
Barton, Perry, Forrest -
Lofthouse, Davenport, Geary, Walton, Townley. |
|
Averages: |
Age |
24 years
351
days |
Appearances/Goals |
3.1 |
0.2 |
|
oldest comp. team
until 1892 |
|
|
|
|
Match Report
Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Monday,
17 March 1890 |
The ninth contest between Shamrock and Rose was played at Belfast
on Saturday before over 5,000 spectators in very wet weather. Four changes
were made in the team originally selected to represent England, Baugh,
Barton, Lofthouse and Davenport playing instead of the two Howarths,
Currey, and Veitch. McIlvenney and Wilton were substituted at the last
moment for Peden and Torrans in the Irish team. Ireland won the toss, and
punctual to time (3.30) Geary started for the visitors in a perfect deluge
of rain. The Irishmen at once passed, but two corners were immediately
rushed by their opponent. Ireland now had a run down, but the slippery
state of the ground prevented scoring. Matters were quickly reversed, the
scene changing to the Irish lines, and Clugston, the Irish goal keeper,
had twice to stop hard shots sent in by Townley, the ball glancing off the
cross-bar. An easy chance was lost by Geary, but the same player soon
after again getting possession obtained the first point for England.
McIlvenney now scored an off-side goal, and a few minutes later Townley
shot through number two. Just before half-time the third goal for England
was taken by Townley. The half-time score was England three goals, Ireland
none. Reynolds re-started for the Irish, and a pass being missed by
Ireland's right-back, Stewart, Davenport immediately scored. The Irish
goal was stormed during the next ten minutes, Clugstone repeatedly saving
in brilliant style. Shot after shot was sent into the goal mouth the
weight of the Englishmen telling against their lighter opponents. A
magnificent shot by Forrest was well fisted out, but Geary the next moment
scored the fifth point for the visitors 20 minutes from the commencement
of the second half. The Irish forwards now had a run down the field and
McIlvenney shot, but Roberts fisted out. Pressure, however, was
maintained, and Reynolds obtained the first and only score for Ireland
amid ringing cheers. The enthusiasm cooled when Davenport put on goal
number six for England. After some even play about mid-field Geary got
possession and forced the seventh goal, and from then until the finish
England had matters very much their own way, a terrible downpour
descending during the last few minutes. Two more goals were added by
England, and the game ended in a victory for them nine goals to one.
|
|
Match Report
The Times, Monday,
17 March 1890 |
|
"The
English eleven visited Belfast and engaged in their ninth annual match
against Ireland. Although the weather was wet and uncomfortable, there was
a large muster of onlookers. The home team won the toss, and at 3 30 Geary
kicked off...
The
English forwards worked well together, and in the first portion of the
match three goals were placed to their credit, while the Irish were unable
to secure a point. Positions having been reversed, the visitors continued
for some time to have the advantage. In a little over a quarter of an hour
two further goals were obtained for them. The home team now played more
vigorously, and at length they scored a point. The English were not slow,
however, in re-asserting themselves; and, although the Irish defence was
at times good, four more goals were secured by the visitors."
|
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In Other News....
|
It was on 16 March 1890 that the decision
was taken to flood the Morfa Colliery at Port Talbot, as it continued to
burn following an explosion, which killed 87 men, five days earlier. Some of
the survivors described seeing ghostly apparitions below ground in the weeks
before the disaster. |
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Domestic
Football Results (15 March 1890)
Teams in a silver box denotes a player representing England |
Accrington 2 Preston North End 2
Thorneyholme
Road, Accrington
(5,000)
Kirkham, Barbour ~
Haworth
OG,
J.Ross |
|
George Haworth started for Accrington |
|
Bob Howarth, Bob Holmes and Fred Dewhurst were starting for Preston |
Burnley 3 Notts County 0
Turf Moor, Burnley
(4,000)
Stewart (2),
scrimmage |
|
Notts County were without
Harry Daft and Arthur Shelton, but did have Albert Smith |
|
George Toone started for County |
Everton 3
Derby County 0
Anfield Road, Liverpool
(10,000)
Milward
OG,
Ferguson,
Williamson OG |
|
Everton were without Johnny Holt & Fred
Geary, but did have Alf Milward and Edgar Chadwick |
West Bromwich Albion 2 Stoke 1
Stoney Lane, West Bromwich
(1,600)
Bayliss, Woodhall
~
Owen |
|
West Brom
were without Billy Bassett, Charlie Perry and Bob Roberts, but did start
with Joe Reader, and scorers, George Woodhall and Jem Bayliss. |
|
Bill Rowley and Alf Underwood started for Stoke |
Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 Bolton
Wanderers 1
Molineux Ground, Wolverhampton
(3,000)
Wykes (3),
Brodie,
Worrall
~
Cassidy |
|
Wolves were without Albert Fletcher, Harry Wood, Dick Baugh and
Charlie Mason. However, they had Billy Rose, Harry Allen, Arthur
Lowder and scorer, Jack Brodie |
|
Bolton were without Kenny Davenport and Di Jones, but did
have Davie Weir and Jimmy Turner |
|
|
Everton's win put them level on points with League Champions,
Preston, with only one match remaining. Defeat at West Brom, the following
week, effectively ended their chances, and Preston went on to retain the
title with a victory at Notts County. It was to be their last League
Championship success. |
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Source Notes |
TheFA
Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats
Cris Freddi's England Football Factbook
Rothman's Yearbooks |
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The Football Association Yearbook
Original Newspaper Reports
Rootschat/Ancestry.com |
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