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.
