Showing posts with label Bobby Walker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bobby Walker. Show all posts

31.10.18

Woodward vs Scotland


Vivian Woodward played 23 'full' internationals for England, scoring 28 goals.
This match, played on April 4th, 1903 was his third. Woodward put England ahead in the 10th minute, scoring from close range following a corner.
Scotland won thanks to second half goals from Finlay Speedie and Bobby Walker scored within the space of 2 minutes.



11.4.14

World Team of the Decade-1900s


Player
Team
Country
GK
Leigh Richmond Roose
Stoke
Wales
It was reading about Roose's selection for the World v Another Planet in 1905 that gave me the idea for this series. A playboy maverick shamateur Roose represented 7 clubs in the Football League as well as Celtic. 

RB
Bob Crompton
Blackburn
England
I'd pick Bob Crompton on looks alone- his appearance is imperious, He also clocked up a remarkable 41 international appearances and 600 plus games for Blackburn Rovers. 

LB
Jimmy Watson
Sunderland
Scotland
Daddy Long Legs was a key  member of Sunderland's championship winning side of 1902.

RH
Andy "Daddler" Aitken
Newcastle United
Scotland
Aitken played over 300 League games for Newcastle United and represented Scotland 14 times. 

CH
Charlie Roberts
Manchester United
England
The mobile pivot was the inspiration for Pozzo's metodo.

LH
Ernest Needham
Sheffield United
England
The industrious and cerebral half back who was a 'box to box' player. 

OR
Billy Meredith
Manchester City
Wales
The original Welsh Wizard of dribble who played top class football for 30 years.

IR
Bobby Walker
Heart of Midlothian
Scotland
Considered by many contemporaries to have been the greatest player to date and a man who inspired the development of the inside forward as a midfield playmaker.

CF
Vivian Woodward
Tottenham Hotspur
England
Woodward was not all about smashing in hatfuls of goals against inept foreign teams- he scored  14 goals in 16 Home Internationals  and 103 goals in  238 League appearances.

IL
Colin Veitch
Newcastle United
England
A fascinating man who could haver been a succesful politician and was an accomplished dramatist, Veitch was a versatile player and successful club captain. 

OL
Bobby Templeton
Aston Villa, Newcastle United, Woolwich Arsenal Celtic, Kilmarnock 
Scotland
Templeton possessed dazzling skills and was known as the Prince of Dribblers



8.9.13

Bobby Walker


Bobby Walker, the greatest natural footballer who ever played.
The Football Encyclopaedia (1934)

The picture above shows Bobby Walker with the caps he had been awarded up until 1909. In the picture Walker is wearing the Rosebery colours that Scotland wore for internationals in 1900-01 and from 1905 to 1909. Walker, at the time this card was produced, had won 24 full international caps. 
He went on to represent Scotland 29 times*, a record which stood from 1913-1931 when Alan Morton overtook the total.
Walker's creative play was a dominant feature- and his short, incisive passing to centre forward or wing was a style that became known as Walkerism.
The 1901 Scottish Cup Final, in which Heart of Midlothian beat Celtic 4-3, became known as the Walker Final. 

The above is a souvenir card commemorating Bobby Walker's record number of international caps. 

The signatures are as follows:

Harry Rennie
 (13  Scotland caps 1900- 08. Clubs:  Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian)

Matt Richardson 
(?)- I am unable to find any information on Richardson. 

Paddy Crossan 

(Heart of Midlothian)

Neil Gibson 
(14 Scotland caps 1895- 1905. Clubs: Glasgow  Rangers,  Partick Thistle)
Jack Bell 
 (10 Scotland appearances 1890-1900. Clubs:  Dumbarton, Celtic) 
Alec Raisbeck 
(8 Scotland appearances 1900-07. Liverpool)
Bobby Walker himself- the 38 caps referred to here include appearances for the Scottish League. Walker's only senior club was Heart of Midlothian. 
John Drummond 
(14 Scotland caps 1892-1903.  Clubs:  Falkirk, Glasgow Rangers)

Jacky Robertson 
(16 Scotland caps 1898-1905. Clubs: Everton, Glasgow Rangers)

Alex Smith  
(20 Scotland appearances 1898- 1911.Glasgow Rangers)
Robert McColl 
(13 Scotland appearances 1896- 1908. Clubs:  Queen´s Park  Newcastle United)
James Campbell  
(1 Scotland cap 1913. The Wednesday) 

*If you use IFFHS you will find discrepancies in the number of caps won by a number of Scottish plauers. For example, they credit Walker with 31. This is because the abandoned Ibrox game of 1902 and a subsequent fundraiser against Ireland played that summer are included, whereas the Scottish FA do not include these matches in their records.