England Match No. 133 - Scotland - 14 April 1923 (original) (raw)
| Rank: | No official ranking system established; ELO rating 3rd | Colours: | Dark bl ue shirts with white collars, white shorts | ||||
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| Capt: | Walter Cringan | Selectors: | The Scottish Football Association Selection Committee, of seven members, chosen, following the inter-league match, on Wednesday, 4 April 1923. | ||||
 Scotland Lineup |
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| Harper, William | 26 | 19 January 1897 | G | Hibernian FC | 3 | 2 GA | |
| Hutton, John | 24 | 29 October 1898 | RB | Aberdeen FC | 3 | 0 | |
| Blair, James | 34 | 11 May 1888 | LB | Cardiff City FC, Wales | 7 | 0 | |
| Steele, David M. | 28 | 29 July 1894 | RH | Huddersfield Town FC, England | 3 | 0 | |
| Cringan, William | 32 | 15 May 1890 | CH | The Celtic FC | 5 | 0 | |
| Muirhead, Thomas A. | 26 | 31 January 1897 | LH | Rangers FC | 2 | 0 | |
| Lawson, Denis | 25 | 11 December 1897 | OR | St. Mirren FC | 1 | 0 | |
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Cunningham, Andrew | 32 | 30 January 1891 | IR | Rangers FC | 6 | 3 |
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Wilson, Andrew N. | 27 | 15 February 1896 | CF | Middlesbrough FC, England | 12 | 13 |
| Cairns, Thomas | 32 | 30 October 1890 | IL | Rangers FC | 4 | 1 | |
| Morton, Alan L. | 29 | 24 April 1893 | OL | Rangers FC | 8 | 2 | |
| reserves: | reserves not known | ||||||
| records: | Andy Wilson equals Ireland's Billy Gillespie and Wales' Billy Lewis in scoring a record four competitive goals against England. | ||||||
| 2-3-5 | Harper -Hutton, Blair -Steele, Cringan, Muirhead - Lawson, Cunningham, Wilson, Cairns, Morton. | ||||||
| Averages: | Age | 28.6 | Appearances/Goals | 4.9 | 1.5 |
Football League Division One 14 April 1923 Team P Pts Liverpool 38 55 Sunderland 38 52 Huddersfield Town 39 49 Manchester City 39 44 Aston Villa 39 42 Everton 38 42 Sheffield United 39 41 Newcastle United 38 41 West Bromwich Albion 38 39 Bolton Wanderers 39 39 Cardiff City 38 38 Tottenham Hotspur 39 38 Arsenal 40 38 Burnley 39 36 Preston North End 39 36 Blackburn Rovers 39 36 Middlesbrough 38 34 Birmingham 39 33 Nottingham Forest 40 32 Chelsea 38 31 Stoke 39 29 Oldham Athletic 39 27 Division One matches played on 14 April 1923:
ARSENAL 1-1 PRESTON NORTH END Boreham 75 (Roberts 65)
23 ,000 (Highbury, London)Arsenal were without John, who was playing for Wales against Ireland at Wrexham, and Kennedy and Mackie (making their international debuts), and Toner, who were playing for Ireland.
BIRMINGHAM 2-1 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR Rawson 10, McClure 77 (Lindsay 48) 25,000 (St Andrew's, Birmingham)
Birmingham were without Percy Barton, who was a reserve against Scotland in Glasgow.
BLACKBURN ROVERS 2-0 MIDDLESBROUGH McIntyre 23, McKay 83
8,000 (Ewood Park, Blackburn)Middlesbrough were without Andy Wilson, who scored Scotland's second equaliser against England in Glasgow.
BOLTON WANDERERS 1-1 CHELSEA J.R.Smith 42 (Whitton 60)
15,000 ( Burnden Park, Bolton)Bolton were without Jennings and Vizard, who were playing for Wales against Ireland at Wrexham.
CARDIFF CITY 1-0 SHEFFIELD UNITED
Clennell 63 10,000 (Ninian Park, Cardiff)Cardiff were without Blair, who was playing for Scotland against England in Glasgow; Davies, Evans and Keenor, who were playing for Wales against Ireland at Wrexham, and Farquharson and Smith, who were playing for Ireland, whilst United were without Tunstall, who was making his international debut against Scotland, and Gillespie, who scored for Ireland.
EVERTON 2-1 ASTON VILLA
Cock 55, Troup 57 (Capewell 87) 40,000 ( Goodison Park, Liverpool)Everton were without Chedgzoy, who was playing against Scotland in Glasgow, and Irvine, who scored twice for Ireland against Wales at Wrexham, whilst Villa were without Billy Walker, who was a reserve against Scotland.
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 0-0 LIVERPOOL
17,000 (Leeds Road, Huddersfield)Huddersfield were without Taylor and Wadsworth, who were playing against Scotland in Glasgow, and Steele, who was playing for Scotland, whilst Liverpool were without Chambers and Longworth, who were also playing against Scotland, and Parry, who was playing for Wales against Ireland at Wrexham.
MANCHESTER CITY 1-1 NOTTINGHAM FOREST
Roberts 51 (Jones pen. 60) 15,000 (Hyde Road, Manchester)STOKE 1-0 NEWCASTLE UNITED Watkin 86
20,000 (Victoria Ground, Stoke)SUNDERLAND 3-1 BURNLEY Ellis 15, Paterson 25, Buchan 57 (Lindsay 43) 20,000 (Roker Park, Sunderland)
Burnley were without Kelly, who scored the opening goal against Scotland in Glasgow, and Emerson, who was playing for Ireland against Wales at Wrexham.
WEST BROMWICH ALBION 1-0 OLDHAM ATHLETIC Carter 85 10,000 (The Hawthorns, West Bromwich)
West Brom were without Jones, who was playing for Wales against Ireland at Wrexham.
With their top scorer, Harry Chambers, playing for England, Liverpool did well to hold Huddersfield (who were also, not at full strength) to a draw, and they were closing in on a second successive championship title. The return game, the following week, would see the matter concluded.
Football League Division Two 14 April 1923 Team P Pts Notts County 39 49 West Ham United 37 47 Manchester United 40 47 Leicester City 3 9 47 Blackpool 39 45 Fulham 39 44 Bury 39 43 The Wednesday 38 42 Barnsley 3 9 41 Leeds United 39 41 Southampton 38 40 Hull City 39 39 Derby County 39 39 Bradford City 39 35 Crystal Palace 3 9 35 Port Vale 3 9 35 South Shields 3 9 34 Rotherham County 39 33 Coventry City 38 33 Stockport County 3 9 32 Clapton Orient 3 9 30 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 9 23 Division Two matches played on 14 April 1923:
BARNSLEY 0-1 PORT VALE (Reid) 8,000 (Oakwell, Barnsley)
BLACKPOOL 5-1 BURY Charles, Barrass, Bedford 3 (Bullock) 12,000 (Bloomfield Road, Blackpool)
BRADFORD CITY 0-1 ROTHERHAM COUNTY
(Lambert) 13,000 (Valley Parade, Bradford)CRYSTAL PALACE 1-1 SOUTH SHIELDS Blakemore (Oxberry) 9,000 (Croydon Common Athletic Ground, London)
DERBY COUNTY 1-2 STOCKPORT COUNTY
Moore (Knowles, Humphrey)
7,000 ( Baseball Ground, Derby)FULHAM 0-2 WEST HAM UNITED (Bishop, Moore) 33,807 ( Craven Cottage, London)
West Ham were without Tresadern and Watson, who were playing against Scotland in Glasgow, with Watson scoring. Billy Henderson missed a first-half penalty for them.
HULL CITY 0-0 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 6,000 (Anlaby Road, Hull)
LEICESTER CITY 0-1 MANCHESTER UNITED (Bain) 25,000 (Filbert Street, Leicester)
NOTTS COUNTY 1-0 LEEDS UNITED Dinsdale 12,000 (Meadow Lane, Nottingham)
SOUTHAMPTON 2-0 CLAPTON ORIENT Dominy, Rawlings 9,000 (The Dell, Southampton)
THE WEDNESDAY 3-0 COVENTRY CITY Sykes, Binks, Petrie 14,000 (Hillsborough, Sheffield)
The Wednesday were without Kean and Wilson, who were playing against Scotland in Glasgow.
A huge crowd saw West Ham stretch their unbeaten run to 23 games in all competitions in their relentless charge to a Wembley and promotion double. Even international call-ups and a missed penalty couldn't stop them winning again. The league run came to an end, two days later, at Barnsley, but they still won promotion, after losing in the FA Cup Final. Meanwhile, one of the founder members of the Football League, Wolves, who had won the FA Cup twice and reached the final again, just two years earlier, quietly dropped into the third division for the first time, after a dreadful season.
Selected Division Threematches played on 14 April 1923:
PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 2-0 SWANSEA TOWN Fowler 2 11,000 ( Home Park, Plymouth)
Plymouth were without Moses Russell, who was playing for Wales against Ireland at Wrexham, as was Swansea's Billy Hole.
WATFORD 1-1 BRISTOL CITY Carter (Walker) 7,600 ( Vicarage Road, Watford)
Bristol City led the southern section by four points from Swansea. They would clinch promotion, seven days later.
NELSON 2-1 ACCRINGTON STANLEY Crawshaw, Broadhead (Hosker) 8,000 ( Seedhill Ground, Nelson)
WIGAN BOROUGH 1-1 WREXHAM Dennison (Burton) 9,000 ( Springfield Park, Wigan)
Wrexham were without George Godding, who was in goal for Wales against Ireland at Wrexham.
Nelson led the northern section by three points from Bradford, Chesterfield and Walsall, and had a game in hand over each. Their first promotion would be secured, ten days later.
IN OTHER NEWS ...
It was on 14 April 1923 that Austin Stack, the former Irish Minister for Home Affairs who had opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty that created the Irish Free State, was captured by troops. In his possession was a document accepting a proposal to end the Irish Civil War with a ceasefire and the laying down of arms.