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1905 Sherriff of London Shield. Wednesday 2 Corinthians 0.

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I saw a postcard of this on ebay recently and noticed Wednesday won this shield in 1905 beating Corinthians at Crystal Palace 2-0 with two goals from Andrew Wilson. The shield was a fore runner of the Charity/Community shield.

The shield was notable for it's size, I have been trying to find a photo of Wednesday with it but haven't been able to. Here is one of Liverpool with the shield in 1906. Has anyone seen one of Wednesday with it?

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This is the description which was on ebay.

ORIGINAL REAL PHOTOGRAPHIC POSTCARD

CIRCA 1905

The Sheriff of London Charity Shield was an English football competition played once a year between an amateur and a professional side in England.

The first game was played on March 19, 1898, after being devised by Sir Thomas Dewar the Scottish whisky distiller. Proceeds from the annual game were distributed to hospitals and charities. The competition was short-lived due, in part, to the dominance of the professional sides, and also to a rift in the Football Association which saw the creation of the Amateur Football Association. The shield was ceased in 1907.

The Shield itself, commissioned by Dewar, was over six feet high, the largest trophy to be competed for in the history of football and the champions in its first incarnation were : 1898 Corinthian & Sheffield United shared. 1899 Aston Villa & Glasgow side Queens Park shared. 1900 Corinthian. 1901 Aston Villa. 1902 Tottenham Hotspur. 1903 Sunderland. 1904 Corinthian. 1905 The Wednesday. 1906 Liverpool. 1907 Newcastle United.

I also noticed the scrubbers from S2 had competed in the shield but had, as ever, disgraced themselves and brought football and the good name of Sheffield into disrepute. . Now't changes

Few, we're guessing, remember the days of the match's predecessor, the splendidly titled Sheriff of London (George Dewar) Charity Shield, though. That event was inaugurated in 1898, and saw the best professional team in the land take on the leading amateur club, the two putting on a show (then at the end of the season) to raise coin for charity. Though how charitable Sheffield United were feeling when they flung the toys from the pram at the inaugural event, declining to play extra time after a 1-1 draw against Corinthians because they didn't much like the referee, is a moot point.

Sheffield United, League leaders at the time played their first team. The match was played at the Crystal Palace in front of a crowd of "nearly 20,000" accorind to Lloyds Weekly and "fully 15,000" according to the Dundee Courier and ended 0-0.

The match was replayed in front of "some thousands of spectators" and ended 1-1. Sheffield United "took exception to a ruling of the referee, and refused to go on for an extra half-hour unless that official was changed." The Morning Post admonishes Sheffield United for their attitude The Standard states the crowd was 8175. Sheffield United were upset that a free kick was ordered to be retaken after they did not retreat the required 6 yards. "The men of Corinth" scored following the retaken free kick after a melee near the goal line.

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I saw a postcard of this on ebay recently and noticed Wednesday won this shield in 1905 beating Corinthians at Crystal Palace 2-0 with two goals from Andrew Wilson. The shield was a fore runner of the Charity/Community shield.

The shield was notable for it's size, I have been trying to find a photo of Wednesday with it but haven't been able to. Here is one of Liverpool with the shield in 1906. Has anyone seen one of Wednesday with it?

1906-1907x520.jpg

This is the description which was on ebay.

ORIGINAL REAL PHOTOGRAPHIC POSTCARD

CIRCA 1905

The Sheriff of London Charity Shield was an English football competition played once a year between an amateur and a professional side in England.

The first game was played on March 19, 1898, after being devised by Sir Thomas Dewar the Scottish whisky distiller. Proceeds from the annual game were distributed to hospitals and charities. The competition was short-lived due, in part, to the dominance of the professional sides, and also to a rift in the Football Association which saw the creation of the Amateur Football Association. The shield was ceased in 1907.

The Shield itself, commissioned by Dewar, was over six feet high, the largest trophy to be competed for in the history of football and the champions in its first incarnation were : 1898 Corinthian & Sheffield United shared. 1899 Aston Villa & Glasgow side Queens Park shared. 1900 Corinthian. 1901 Aston Villa. 1902 Tottenham Hotspur. 1903 Sunderland. 1904 Corinthian. 1905 The Wednesday. 1906 Liverpool. 1907 Newcastle United.

I also noticed the scrubbers from S2 had competed in the shield but had, as ever, disgraced themselves and brought football and the good name of Sheffield into disrepute. . Now't changes

Few, we're guessing, remember the days of the match's predecessor, the splendidly titled Sheriff of London (George Dewar) Charity Shield, though. That event was inaugurated in 1898, and saw the best professional team in the land take on the leading amateur club, the two putting on a show (then at the end of the season) to raise coin for charity. Though how charitable Sheffield United were feeling when they flung the toys from the pram at the inaugural event, declining to play extra time after a 1-1 draw against Corinthians because they didn't much like the referee, is a moot point.

Sheffield United, League leaders at the time played their first team. The match was played at the Crystal Palace in front of a crowd of "nearly 20,000" accorind to Lloyds Weekly and "fully 15,000" according to the Dundee Courier and ended 0-0.

The match was replayed in front of "some thousands of spectators" and ended 1-1. Sheffield United "took exception to a ruling of the referee, and refused to go on for an extra half-hour unless that official was changed." The Morning Post admonishes Sheffield United for their attitude The Standard states the crowd was 8175. Sheffield United were upset that a free kick was ordered to be retaken after they did not retreat the required 6 yards. "The men of Corinth" scored following the retaken free kick after a melee near the goal line.

Just proves that they have and always will be a reyt bunch o' scrubbers!
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Corinthians v. Sheffield Wednesday, 24th April 1905.

This match which was played on Easter Monday at the Cyrstal Palace drew a crowd of around 15,000. The Corinthians immediately took hold of the match and scored the opening goal through G.S. Harris in only three minutes. The first-half scoring ended there, but Wednesday, through Wilson scored early in the second-half. The professionals began to control the game and it was hardly surprising when Wilson scored again with fifteen minutes remaining. The match ended 2-1 in favour of Sheffield Wednesday who graciously accepted the Shield and medals from Sir T.R.Dewar, M.P.

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