UNITED KINGDOM: International Association Match. England v Wales. Wrexham, 1912 (1912)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS)

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"This newsreel footage of the 1912 Wales v England International is remarkable chiefly for the rare close up action shots of the legendary Manchester City and Manchester United soccer star Billy Meredith [known as 'Old Skin' to his friends, owing to his emaciated appearance], the most Welsh capped footballer of his day.

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SLATE INFORMATION - International Association Match. England v Wales. Wrexham, 1912
ENGLAND PLAYERS RUNNING ON TO THE PITCH
OFFICIALS ENTERING PITCH
WALES PLAYERS RUNNING ON TO PITCH
COIN TOSS
WALES KICK OFF
ENGLAND KEEPER PUNCHES BALL AWAY
GAME IN PROGRESS
WELSH CHANCE SAVE BY ENGLISH KEEPER
ENGLISH KEEPER PUNCHES AWAY CORNER
GAME IN PROGRESS
ENGLISH AND WELSH PLAYERS GETTING UP OFF THE GROUND
WELSH CHANCE CLEARED BY ENGLAND
GAME IN PROGRESS
BALL BEING CROSSED FROM RIGHT WING (BILLY MEREDITH?)
ENGLAND CLEAR BALL
BALL BEING CROSSED FROM RIGHT WING
GAME IN PROGRESS
WALES ON THE ATTACK
GAME IN PROGRESS
ENGLAND ON THE ATTACK
GAME IN PROGRESS

DIFFERENT CAMERA ANGLE
ENGLAND ON THE ATTACK
Background: "This newsreel footage of the 1912 Wales v England International is remarkable chiefly for the rare close up action shots of the legendary Manchester City and Manchester United soccer star Billy Meredith [known as 'Old Skin' to his friends, owing to his emaciated appearance], the most Welsh capped footballer of his day. Wales lost the match 2-0 at The Racecourse, Wrexham, but the camera, stationed on the right wing obviously to accommodate close shots of Meredith, the Welsh no 7, captures the winger making several crosses. So little action footage exists of the footballer at this stage in his career that many documentaries substitute for ACTUAL footage the NFA's [The National Film Archive at the British Film Institute] images of Meredith, playing himself, in the fiction feature 'Ball of Fortune' (1926), which survives only in a one minute extract!".

WALES

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