7.5.17

Southampton & Sheffield United, 1902


April 19th, 1902.
Sheffield United were to face Southampton at Crystal  Palace and The Sporting Life was jam packed with statistics on the Cup Final teams.


Age
Weight
Height
Foulke
25
21 st
133 kg
6 ft 2 1/2
1.89
Thickett
28
14 st 7
91 kg
5 ft 8 1/2
1.74
Boyle
25
12 st 7
79 kg
5 ft  9
1.75
Johnson
24
12 st  5
78 kg
5 ft  9
1.75
Wilkinson
22
10 st 9
67 kg
5 ft 5 1/2
1.66
Needham
29
11 st 3
71 kg
5 ft  6
1.67
Bennett
28
13 st 3
84 kg
5 ft  7 1/2
1.71
Common
21
13 st
82 kg
5 ft 9
1.75
Hedley
24
12 st 5
78 kg
5 ft 11
1.80
Priest
27
12 st 12
81 kg
5 ft  8
1.72
Lipsham
24
11 st 5
72 kg
5 ft  9
1.75




Age
Weight
Height
Robinson
32
13 st 7
85 kg
5 ft 11
1.80
Fry
20
13 st
82 kg
5 ft 10
1.77
Molyneux
23
11 st 13
75 kg
5 ft 10 1/2
1.79
Meston
31
11 st 11
74 kg
5 ft 9
1.75
Bowman
30
11 st
69 kg
5 ft 7
1.70
Lee
23
13 st
82 kg
6 ft
1.82
A Turner
25
11 st 11
74 kg
5 ft 9
1.75
Wood
34
13 st 1
83 kg
5 ft 10
1.77
Brown
23
11 st 8
73 kg
5 ft 11
1.80
Chadwick
32
10 st 11
68 kg
5 ft 6
1.67
J Turner
29
11 st 5
72 kg
5 ft 7
1.70

The game finished 1-1, Harry 'The Wolf' Wood (playing in his 5th Cup Final) scoring a controversial equalizer for Southampton in the 88th minute. Wood was in an offside position when the ball came to him, reportedly tying his bootlace. The referee, Mr Kirkham, adjudged that the ball had come off a United player. Then followed the  legendary incident in which a naked Foulke berated Mr Kirkham who had to hide in a cupboard to escape the goalkeeper's attentions.