1899 Sheriff of London Charity Shield

1899 Sheriff of London Charity Shield
Event	Sheriff of London Charity Shield
Date	11 March 1899
Venue	Crystal Palace, London
Referee	Simpson
Attendance	12,000
	← 1898 1900 →

The 1899 Sheriff of London Charity Shield was the second edition of the Sheriff of London Charity Shield. The match between Queen's Park and league champions Aston Villa was a goalless draw, even following thirty minutes of added time. No replay was agreed between the sides so the honour was shared.^[2]

Match

Background

Aston Villa were the 1898–99 Football League champions for the fourth time in their history and Queen's Park of Glasgow were selected by the trophy committee as the best amateur side of the year, having defeated Corinthian twice that year (2–3 away and 4–1 at home). This was to be the only time that an amateur side other than Corinthian would contest the trophy, as well as the only game featuring a non-English side.^[2]

There was initially some difficulties in arranging the match for 11 March and in February, the match was rearranged to 1 April. Aston Villa had a prior engagement on that date and had they not been able to reschedule, it was believed that Liverpool would have been a candidate to take their place in the charity shield.^[3] Several days before the game was originally due to be played, reports suggested that the teams had overcome their difficulties and the original match date of 11 March was back on.^[4] Queens Park stipulated that in the event of a draw after 30 minutes extra-time, they would not want a replay but instead to share the shield as making a second trip from Scotland to London was seen as an unnecessary inconvenience.^[5]

Build-up

Queens Park had performed admirably against Scottish professional clubs during the season and the Glasgow Herald suggested that "there is no reason why they should not distinguish themselves equally against the Birmingham cracks", suggesting Queens Park had an excellent chance when drawing conclusions to Aston Villa's recent visit to the Ibrox stadium, where Rangers comfortably beat the visitors.^[4]

Details

11 March 1899^[6]^[7]^[8]

Aston Villa	0–0	Queen's Park

Crystal Palace, London

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Simpson

Aston Villa

Queen's Park


GK		Billy George
FB		Charlie Aston
FB		Albert Evans
HB		Tommy Bowman
HB		James Cowan
HB		Jimmy Crabtree
FW		Charlie Athersmith
FW		Billy Garraty
FW		George Johnson
FW		Fred Wheldon
FW		Steve Smith
Secretary-Manager:
George Ramsay


GK		Wilf Waller
FB		David Stewart
FB		John Gillespie
HB		James Templeton
HB		Alex Christie
HB		James Irons
FW		William Stewart
FW		David Wilson
FW		Robert McColl
FW		Davidson Berry
FW		Robert Lambie
Manager:

References

^ "History of the Queen's Park Football Club 1867 - 1917, Chapter 29". Electric Scotland. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b Corbett, B. O. (ed.). Annals of the Corinthian Football Club, page 159. LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
^ "Dewar Shield date moved". The Glasgow Herald. 27 February 1899. p. 10. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Dewar Shield to be played 11 March". The Glasgow Herald. 6 March 1899. p. 9. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
^ "Association Football: Dewar Shield". The Glasgow Herald. 13 February 1899. p. 9. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
^ Aston Villa v. Queen's Park., The Glasgow Herald, 13 March 1899, scan via London Hearts Supporters Club
^ For The Shield! | Soldiers of the Queen. The Scottish Referee, 13 March 1899, scan via London Hearts Supporters Club
^ Aston Villa v. Queen's Park. The Scotsman, 13 March 1899, scan via London Hearts Supporters Club