1895 World Championship (football)

1895 World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Scotland
Dates 27 April 1895
Teams 2 (from 2 associations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host cities)
Final positions
Champions England Sunderland (1st title)
Runners-up Scotland Heart of Midlothian
Tournament statistics
Matches played 1
Goals scored 8 (8 per match)

The 1895 World Championship was an exhibition 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]


Participant teams

Team Recent honours
England Sunderland 1894–95 Football League First Division – Winner
Scotland Heart of Midlothian 1894–95 Scottish First Division – Winner

Match details

27 April 1895
Heart of Midlothian Scotland 3–5 England Sunderland[4]
Taylor
McLaren 		Report Johnston
Campbell
Millar
McNeill
Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh, Scotland
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Mr. Dickson, Scotland
1 Scotland Jock Fairburn
2 Scotland Barney Battles
3 Scotland James Mirk
4 Scotland Alexander Hall
5 Scotland Robert McLaren
6 Scotland George Hogg
7 Scotland Willie Taylor
8 Scotland Thomas Chambers
9 Scotland Willie Michael
10Scotland George Scott
11Scotland Davie Baird
1 Scotland Ned Doig
2 Scotland Robert McNeill
3 Scotland Donald Gow
4 Scotland Billy Dunlop
5 Scotland John Auld
6 Scotland Harry Johnston
7 Scotland Jimmy Hannah
8 Scotland James Gillespie
9 Scotland John Harvey
10Scotland John Campbell
11Scotland Jimmy Millar

Champions

Champions of the World 1895
Sunderland

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Sat 27 April 1895 Hearts 3 Sunderland 5". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "World Champions!". roker-roar.com. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Hearts 3 Sunderland 5". The Stat Cat. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Hearts 3 Sunderland 5". The Stat Cat. Retrieved 2 May 2013.

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