Officials |
Scotland |
Team Records |
England |
Referee
John Reid
30/31 (1863) Belfast, Ireland (Secretary, Irish FA) |
The Venue of Celtic Park was chosen when the teams were chosen, Tuesday, 6 March 1894. It was chosen ahead of Ibrox and Hampden because the Celtic club were in 'difficulties'. 21 voted for, and four voted for the other venues.
Ugly scenes had marred this match when
ticketless fans had stormed a barricade and in the ensuing confusion some
had been injured; while others, including many pressmen, had been displaced
from their allocated seats. The whole incident had said much about the
rising intensity of supporters' passions, but also, rather more worryingly,
the inability of the authorities to successfully manage large crowds.
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England Expects: James Corbett |
Linesmen according to the Daily
Telegraph |
Richard Philip
Gregson 40
(9 March 1853), Clitheroe,
(Lancashire FA secretary) |
Archibald Sliman
Scottish FA Chairman |
Linesmen
according to the Glasgow Herald & Scottish
Referee |
Nicholas Lane Jackson 44 (1 November 1849), West Hackney, London
(Corinthians FC & FA Hon. Secretary)
& Archibald Sliman |
Statistics
according to The Scottish Referee
Scotland
(first half) 18 Shies, 11 Goal-kicks, 3 Fouls, 1 Corner, 1 Goal.
(second
half) 19 Shies, 15 Goal-kicks, 6 Fouls, 0 Corners, 1 Goal.
England
(first half) 12 Shies, 10
Goal-kicks, 6 Fouls, 3 Corners, 1 Goal. (second half) 18
Shies, 6 Goal-kicks, 4 Fouls, 2 Corners, 1 Goal. |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating
2nd |
Colours |
"clad in blue jerseys" and white shorts
"The
Queen's Park trio all wore cream-coloured flannel nickers" |
Captain |
Dan Doyle |
Selection |
following several trial matches, The Scottish Football Association
Selection Committee, of seven members headed by Archibald Sliman, |
only match, W 0 - D 1 - L 0 - F 2 - A 2 |
chose three teams 'in the Rooms, Carlton Place, Glasgow', Tuesday, 6
March 1894 |
Scotland
Lineup |
240 |
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Haddow, David
blue
cap |
24 299 days |
12 June 1869 |
G |
Rangers FC |
1 |
2ᵍᵃ |
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Sillars, Donald Currie |
25 159 days |
30 October 1868 |
RB |
Queen's Park FC |
4 |
0 |
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Doyle, Daniel |
29 203 days |
16 September 1864 |
LB |
The Celtic FC |
3 |
0 |
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Begbie, Isaac |
25 307 days |
4 June 1868 |
RH |
Heart of Midlothian FC |
4 |
0 |
final app
1890-94 |
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McCreadie, Andrew |
23 139 days |
19 November 1870 |
CH |
Rangers FC |
2 |
0 |
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Mitchell, David |
27 343 days |
29 April 1866 |
LH |
Rangers FC |
5 |
0 |
final app
1890-94 |
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Gulliland, William |
23 63 days |
3 February 1871 |
OR |
Queen's Park FC |
3 |
0 |
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Blessington, James |
20 46 days |
28 February 1874 |
IR |
The Celtic FC |
2 |
0 |
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McMahon, Alexander |
24 173 days |
16 October 1870 |
CF |
The Celtic FC |
4 |
2 |
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McPherson, John |
25 292 days |
19 June 1868 |
IL |
Rangers FC |
6 |
0 |
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Lambie, William Allan |
21 87 days |
10 January 1873 |
OL |
Queen's Park FC |
3 |
3 |
reserves: |
The Selection Committee named the three sides for Scotland's three
matches on Tuesday, 6 March in Glasgow. The team selected to play
Ireland served as the reserves for the England match:- Goal, Andrew
Baird (Queen's Park FC); backs, Wally Arnott (St. Bernard's FC) and
Jock Drummond (Rangers FC); half-backs, Robert Marshall (Rangers FC), James
Kelly
(The Celtic FC) and David Stewart (Queen's Park FC); forwards, right,
John Taylor (Dumbarton FC) and Thomas Waddell (Queen's Park FC); centre,
David Alexander (East Stirlingshire FC); left, Robert Scott (Airdrieonians FC)
and Alexander Keillor (Dundee FC). |
team notes: |
"it is the first occasion on which professionals have figured on the
Scotch side" |
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2-3-5 |
Haddow - Sillars, Doyle - Begbie, McCreadie, Mitchell -
Gulliland, Blessington, McMahon, McPherson, Lambie |
Averages: |
Age |
24 years 224
days |
Appearances/Goals |
3.4 |
0.3 |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating
1st |
Colours |
"in white"
jerseys and navy blue knickerbockers.
"some of the Englishmen had their stockings
turned down at the knee, which added greatly to their appearance." |
Captain |
John Goodall |
Selection |
following
the trial match,
The seven-man FA
International Selection Committee |
P 2 of 2, W 1- D 1 - L 0 - F 6 - A
3. |
P 21st of 195, W 17 - D 3 - L 1 - F 86 - A
22. |
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team chosen at 61 Chancery Lane, London, on Thursday, 15 March 1894, confirmed
at The Alexandra Hotel in Liverpool on Saturday, 31 March. |
England
Lineup |
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eight changes to the previous match (Gay, Pelly & Smith remain) |
league position (15th March) |
ave lge pos:
8th⁸ |
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Gay, Leslie H. |
23 14 days |
24 March 1871 |
G |
Cambridge University AFC,
Old Brightonians FC
&
Corinthians FC |
3 |
5ᵍᵃ |
final app
1893-94 |
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Clare,
Thomas |
29 62 days |
4
February 1865 |
RB |
Stoke FC
(FL1 11th) |
4 |
0 |
final app
1889-94 |
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Pelly, Frederick R. |
24 239 days |
11 August 1869 |
LB |
Old Foresters
AFC &
Corinthians FC |
3 |
0 |
final app
1893-94 |
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Reynolds, John |
25 53 days |
21 February 1869 |
RH |
Aston Villa FC
(FL1 TOP) |
5 |
2 |
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Holt, John |
28 362 days |
10 April 1865 |
CH |
Everton FC
(FL1 9th) |
8 |
0 |
217 |
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Needham, Ernest |
21 76 days |
21 January 1873 |
LH |
Sheffield United FC
(FL1 6th) |
1 |
0 |
the third United player to represent
England |
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Bassett,
William I. |
25 70 days |
27 January 1869 |
OR |
West Bromwich Albion FC
(FL1 7th) |
11 |
3 or
4 |
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Goodall,
John |
30 292 days |
19 June 1863 |
IR |
Derby County FC
(FL1 10th) |
9 |
8 or 9 |
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Smith, Gilbert O. |
21 133 days |
25 November 1872 |
CF |
Oxford University AFC,
Old Carthusians
AFC &
Corinthians FC |
3 |
1 |
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Chadwick, Edgar W. |
24 297 days |
14 June 1869 |
IL |
Everton FC
(FL1 9th) |
5 |
3 |
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Spiksley, Frederick |
24 72 days |
25 January 1870 |
OL |
Wednesday FC
(FL1 12th) |
4 |
7 |
reserves: |
Bob Chatt (Aston Villa FC
(FL1 TOP)) |
team changes: |
Original centre-forward
John Southworth
(Everton FC
(FL1 9th)) withdrew from the original line-up
because of a knee injury. His place went to Gilbert Smith. Clare replaced
Burnley FC's
(FL1 3rd)
Jimmy Crabtree at right-back. Ernest Needham replaced
Bolton
Wanderers FC's
(FL1 13th)
James Turner.
Cunliffe Gosling was the original Captain and inside-left, Edgar
Chadwick being drafted in to replace him. Goodall was instead, handed
the captaincy. |
team notes: |
"Several players with
claims to be considered in connection with international honours are
at present unsound, and as the match does not take place for more than
three weeks, the Committee reserve to themselves the right to make any
changes they deem fit. The team will be definitely selected at a
meeting to be held at Liverpool at noon on Saturday, March 31."
Although the English team was named on 15 March, the
Selection Committee required confirmation that the team they had voted
for was in fact, English. The two weeks prior to the meeting in
Liverpool on 31 March 1894 was ample time to receive the required information.
Jack Reynolds had already played five times for the Irish team,
scoring once (1890-91 (two appearances and one goal against England)).
"What a fine number of bald heads there
were in the English eleven!" |
appearance notes: |
Billy Bassett
is the sixth player to have made eleven England appearances, whereas
John Goodall is the eleventh player to have made nine. Johnny Holt is the
thirteenth player to make eight appearances.
34 players have now made five appearances and 41 players have made four.
66 players have now made three appearances and still 119
players have
played for England more than once. Bassett is the first player
to make eleven appearances under the guidance of the ISC, whereas
Goodall is the second player to make nine and Holt is the third to
make eight. |
goalscoring records: |
For the third time, England score two equalising goals in two separate matches in the same season. This is the
fourth match in which England have scored two equalising goals, after
achieving the feat in 1880, 1883 and 1887. Of the
183 goals England have now scored, eighteen have been the result of equalisers.
With both Charlie Bambridge and John Goodall scoring two each.
Goodall's in this match, is the latest in a match, so far. |
records: |
England's unbeaten run has now reached a record fifteen matches, since
March 1890. For the second time, they have recorded two draws in a
single season. "Mr N. L. Jackson saw
his twentieth consecutive match between England and Scotland." |
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2-3-5 |
Gay - Clare, Pelly - Reynolds, Holt, Needham -
Bassett, Goodall, Smith, Chadwick, Spiksley. |
Averages: |
Age |
25 years 118
days |
Appearances/Goals |
5.1 |
2.0-2.2 |
"Prior to the match Mr Joseph Wright, of Drooko fame, intimated
his intention of presenting each member of the successful team a grand
patent Drooko rain protector. However, with commendable promptitude a change
of policy was at once adopted, and in the Central Station Hotel, prior to
the departure of the Southerners, the Drooko representative handed over to
the English Eleven the promised umbrellas." - The Scottish
Referee, Monday, 9 April
1894 |
England
previous teams
vs. Scotland: |
1893: |
Gay |
Holmes |
Harrison |
Reynolds |
Holt |
Kinsey |
Bassett |
Chadwick |
Cotterill |
Gosling |
Spiksley |
1894: |
Clare |
Pelly |
Needham |
Goodall |
Smith |
Chadwick |
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Match Report
Daily News, Monday, 9 April
1894 |
A splendid game, an immense crowd, and an even score
have to be recorded as the characteristics of the England and Scotland
meeting—the great Association fixture of the season—at Glasgow on Saturday.
That honours should be easy at the end of the hour and a half was not an
inappropriate result where both sides had played so well, and in a contest
in which the fluctuations of fortune were so many as to keep the interest
of the spectators closely riveted on the play from the time of the start
to the last moment. But Scotland were leading until near the close, and
for Englishmen the visitors left the little matter of equalising the
scores late enough to be pleasant. Next to the beautiful attack of the the
Scottish, one of the things that impressed people most was the fine form
of the English halves which this attack of Scotland found something of a
stumbling block to their success. Indeed, the way in which Holt, Reynolds,
and Needham got the ball away from the home forwards was wonderful. And
the mere fact of their having so much to do shows in itself how strong was
the Scottish combination. W. Lambie, whom Londoners will remember as
having done so well for Queen's Park against the Corinthians at the
Queen's Club not long ago, played a great game on the left wing; but the
entire forwards worked well together. The Scotch halves did a lot of good
work. Doyle and Sillar covered their goal-keeper well, and Haddow, of the
Rangers, displayed no mean skill in this position But on the other side L.
H. Gay by his splendid form—he had much more to do than Haddow—made himself
one of the most talked of players of the afternoon. Some few of the
stinging shots he rid himself of in a manner bordering on the miraculous.
To him and the halves England owe a large debt of gratitude, for it was
undoubtedly in those players that the secret of England's escape from
defeat lay. Pelly and Clare did a lot of good sound work at full-back.
Forward Bassett showed some of his old brilliancy in his dashes along the
right wing, and Spikesley over on the other side also did well, and
frequently there was plenty of fine play by the other men. Indeed the
whole match teemed with good points and was well worthy the attention
bestowed on it. The crowd was generally estimated at 40,000. It was
certainly a wonderful attendance, and the great provision made was
inadequate for the thousands broke into the enclosure, and in some places
drew up to the verge of the goal line. The Press were rater hampered at
their work by this break-in, and things were little better than they were
at Richmond a year ago. Still, the dimensions of the crowd offered every
excuse for the officials. The English team had undergone some change since
its original selection, but perhaps the most serious loss was the absence
of Southworth from centre and R. C. Gosling on the left. Their places were
filled by G. O. Smith, of the Old Carthusians, and Chadwick, of Everton.
Fine weather prevailed, and the ground was in good order.
England
started the ball with the wind in their faces. The Scottish forwards
passed with great finish, and the game was only a few minutes old when
Lambie, closing in from the left, had the ball passed to him, and with a
magnificent shot scored the first goal for Scotland. Gay had already saved
once, but this time the pace and angle at which the ball came were
altogether too much for him. Of course this early success of the Scotts
put their friends on good terms with themselves. But their victorious
cries were soon silenced. The English halves had broken up several attacks
by Scotland, and Pelly had put in a couple of long kicks when some long
passing was witnessed among the visiting forwards. The ball came from the
right side over to Spikesley, whose shot Haddow did not clear away, and
Goodall got up and scored. Goal and goal was now the order of things, but
England at once tried to get the lead, and the forwards, backed up by the
halves, kept the Scottish defence busy. However, the home forwards were
soon set going again, and Lambie and M'Pherson were cheered for some
pretty work on the left wing. This led up to several very sharp attacks on
the English goal, but Gay defended splendidly, and the interval was
reached with the figures still level—one goal all. The Scottish
began the second period in a way that augured bad times for the visitors.
Lambie, M'Mahon, Blessington, and Gulliland all got within shooting
distance of the goal, but the English backs hung on to their men with
great tenacity, while Gay stopped the shots that were made. Afterwards the
Englishmen thrice visited the other end, but the backs and Haddow cleared.
Runs and shots by Bassett and Lambie for the respective sides were noted
and duly applauded. Midway through the second half Scotland took the lead,
M'Mahon scoring. The spectators were in a great state of enthusiasm, and
as the time ebbed rapidly away the excitement was unbounded. ach goal had
some narrow escapes, but at last Reynolds, the English half, beat Haddow,
and the score was two all. The end was near, and nothing else coming, the
match was drawn.
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Match Report
The Times, Monday, 9 April
1894 |
The last few years have seen the
reduction in some degree of the preponderance of Scottish victories in
the record of this match, played for the 23rd time at Glasgow on
Saturday ; but in the latest contest the result, after Scotland had
narrowly missed winning, was a tie. In every respect it was a brilliant
game, and an immense crowd, over 40,000 in number, followed it with
enthusiastic interest. All the preparations made on the Celtic ground
for the reception of a big company were needed, and before the game
began the crowd surged into the enclosure without, however, encroaching
on the field of play...
...Their passing was very
accurate, and scarcely had the play settled down before Lambie scored.
Supported by the well-judged placing of Holt and Reynolds, the English
forwards attacked vigorously, and only a short time had elapsed when
Goodall equalized amid loud applause...
The home forwards passed
splendidly, and within 20 minutes of the finish, the second goal was
obtained for them... When the last five minutes
began the lead was still with Scotland ; but they were not to win the
match, for the English right wings received a pass from Holt and made a
close attack. During this the ball was kicked back to Reynolds, who shot
it through and made the result a tie of two goals each, " Time " being
called soon after the score. The teams were well-matched, and the
excellence of the contest seemed thoroughly appreciated by the company.
Any advantage possessed by Scotland's forwards was balanced by the fine
play of the English half-backs, especially Reynolds and Holt. |
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In Other News....
It was on 7 April 1894
that the United States Senate expressed concern that the Behring Sea
Arbitration Bill read in the House of Commons, four days earlier,
included a clause allowing fifty or sixty Canadian ships currently at
sea, to continue killing seals in the open water, without punishment.
The Act that followed banned the killing of seals in a sixty-mile zone
around the Pribilof Islands, off the coast of Alaska, but was,
ultimately, ineffective, due to the seals moving beyond the regulated
area. |
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Domestic
Football Results (7 April 1894)
Teams in a silver box denotes a player representing England |
The Football
League Division One:
Bolton Wanderers 0 West Bromwich Albion 3
Pikes Lane, Bolton
(3,000)
Geddes, Bostock (2) |
Wanderers started with John Sutcliffe and Davie Weir
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Albion were without Billy Bassett, but did have Joe Reader
and Charlie Perry in their line-up |
Burnley 3 Aston Villa 6
Turf Moor, Burnley
(6,000)
Turnbull, Buchanan, Place
~ Groves (2), Hodgetts
(2), Devey (2) |
Villa were without Jack Reynolds, but did have Charlie
Athersmith, Jack Devey and Dennis Hodgetts |
Darwen 0 Sunderland 3
Barley Bank, Darwen
(5,000)
Gillespie, Hyslop (2) |
Everton 6 Stoke 2
Goodison
Park, Liverpool
(10,000)
McMillan, Latta
(2), Hartley, Geary (2)
~ Schofield (2) |
Everton were without Johnny Holt and Edgar Chadwick, but
did have Bob Howarth, Fred Geary and Alf Milward starting |
Stoke were without Tommy Clare, but did have Bill Rowley
and Joe Schofield |
Nottingham Forest 2 Newton Heath 0
Town Ground, Nottingham
(5,000)
Brodie (2) |
Preston North End 3 Sheffield United 0
Deepdale, Preston
(4,000)
Beckton (2), Drummond |
Preston started with Bob Holmes |
United were without Needham |
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Aston Villa clinched their first League Championship in style, by giving their hosts a lesson in ruthless finishing power.
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The Football
League Division Two:
Ardwick 1 Crewe Alexandra 2
Hyde Road, Ardwick
(2,500)
Spittle
~ J.Woolfe, Sandham |
Burslem Port Vale 2 Liverpool 2
Athletic
Ground, Stoke
(5,009)
Dean, Wood ~
McVean, McQueen |
Burton Swifts 0 Grimsby Town 3
Peel
Croft, Burton
(2,000) Jones,
Riddich, Rose |
Lincoln City 0 Walsall Town Swifts 2
John
O'Gaunt's, Lincoln
(1,500) McWhinnie,
Lofthouse |
The Swifts started with Joe Lofthouse |
Northwich Victoria 2
Middlesbrough Ironopolis 1
Drill Field, Northwich
(1,000)
Bailey (2) ~ Coulthard |
Small Heath 3 Notts County 0
Coventry
Road, Birmingham
(6,000)
Hands (2), Walton |
Small Heath started with Chris Charsley |
County started with George Toone, Alf Shelton and Harry
Daft started |
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Crewe's victory at Ardwick (playing their last home game before becoming Manchester City) meant that the final re-election place would go to the last match and it was the Alex that managed to rise out of the danger zone, ahead of their rivals, who lost their last game at Walsall, the following week. |
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TheFA
Scotland - The Complete International
Record: Richard Keir LondonHearts ScottishSportsHistory Heritage
Numbering England Football Factbook
England Expects: James Corbett,
[2006] p28. |
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