1895 World Championship (football)

1895 World Championship
Event Football World Championship
Heart of Midlothian Sunderland
Scotland England
3 5
Date 27 April 1895
Venue Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh
Referee Mr Dickson (Scotland)
Attendance 12,000

The 1895 World Championship was a football match that took place at Tynecastle Park on 27 April 1895 between the winner of the English Football League First Division, Sunderland, and Scottish League First Division, Heart of Midlothian.[1][2] The match was won by Sunderland who beat Heart of Midlothian 5–3.[1]

The game was not the first "World Championship" game between English and Scottish sides; however, it was the first such club competition won by an English team, with previous winners being Hibernian and Renton (both Scottish Cup winners, as the leagues had not been yet created at the time). The Scottish and English leagues were pre-eminent in the world at that time, with the only league outside the UK being in Argentina.[2]

This was the only international competition Sunderland won. They subsequently participated in the British League Cup and the Empire Exhibition Trophy but exited early in those competitions.

Participant teams

Team Qualification
England Sunderland 1894–95 Football League First Division champions
Scotland Heart of Midlothian 1894–95 Scottish Division One champions

Match details

Heart of Midlothian Scotland 3–5 England Sunderland[3]
Taylor
McLaren 		Report Johnston
Campbell
Millar
McNeill
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Mr Dickson, Scotland
1Scotland Jock Fairburn
2Scotland Barney Battles
3Scotland James Mirk
4Scotland Alexander Hall
5Scotland Robert McLaren
6Scotland George Hogg
7Scotland Willie Taylor
8Scotland Thomas Chambers
9Scotland Willie Michael
10Scotland George Scott
11Scotland Davie Baird
1Scotland Ned Doig
2Scotland Robert McNeill
3Scotland Donald Gow
4Scotland Billy Dunlop
5Scotland John Auld
6Scotland Harry Johnston
7Scotland Jimmy Hannah
8Scotland James Gillespie
9Scotland John Harvey
10Scotland John Campbell
11Scotland Jimmy Millar

References

  1. 1 2 "Sat 27 April 1895 Hearts 3 Sunderland 5". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  2. 1 2 "World Champions!". roker-roar.com. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Hearts 3 Sunderland 5". The Stat Cat. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
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