1895 World Championship (football)

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 5–3.[1][3][4]

1895 World Championship
EventFootball World Championship
Heart of Midlothian Sunderland
3 5
Date27 April 1895
VenueTynecastle Park, Edinburgh
RefereeMr Dickson (Scotland)
Attendance15,000

The wealthy miner Samuel Tyzack, who alongside and shipbuilder Robert Turnbull funded the Sunderland side known as the "team of all talents," often pretended to be a priest while scouting for players in Scotland, as Sunderland's recruitment policy in Scotland enraged many Scottish fans. In fact, the Sunderland lineup in the 1895 World Championship consisted entirely of Scottish players - Scottish players who moved to England to play professionally in those days were known nicknamed the Scotch Professors.[4][5]

The game was not the first "World Championship" game between English and Scottish sides; and it was the second such club competition won by an English team, with previous winners being Aston Villa and Renton (both Scottish Cup and FA 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.[2] However, it was the first ever game played between the respective champions of two different leagues.[5]

This was the only international competition Sunderland won; they subsequently participated in the British League Cup in 1902 and the Empire Exhibition Trophy in 1938 but exited early in those competitions.[6][4]

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

Match details
Heart of Midlothian 3–5 Sunderland[7]
Taylor
McLaren 		Report Johnston
Campbell
Millar
Harvey
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mr Dickson, Scotland
1 Jock Fairbairn
2 Barney Battles
3 James Mirk
4 Alexander Hall
5 Bob McLaren
6 George Hogg
7 Willie Taylor
8 Thomas Chambers
9 Willie Michael
10 George Scott
11 Davie Baird
1 Ned Doig
2 Robert McNeill
3 Donald Gow
4 Billy Dunlop
5 John Auld
6 Harry Johnston
7 Jimmy Hannah
8 James Gillespie
9 John Harvey
10 John Campbell
11 Jimmy Millar

References
  1. "Sat 27 April 1895 Hearts 3 Sunderland 5". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  2. "World Champions!". roker-roar.com. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  3. - (2018-01-04). "Most Successful Era Of Some Famous English Clubs". 1SPORTS1. Retrieved 2019-12-31.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. Jonathan Wilson (2020-04-25). "Sunderland's Victorian all-stars blazed trail for money's rule of football". The Guardian. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  5. When Sunderland met Hearts in the first ever 'Champions League' match | Nutmeg Magazine, Nutmeg Magazine, September 2017
  6. "When Sunderland AFC Were World Champions! – Ryehill Football". Retrieved 2019-12-31.
  7. "Hearts 3 Sunderland 5". The Stat Cat. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
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