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Corinthians - Taking the Beautiful Game Across the Globe

1884 - Northern Tour

In 1884 the club's legendary foreign tours were still a few years off and so the first tour the Corinthians undertook was to the north of England. It was a significant event in the club's history not just because it set a precedent which is still adhered to today, but because it firmly put the club on the footballing map. Of the 114 matches played between 1884 and 1890, 68 were played on the Northern Xmas tours. As already noted, the 1884 tour sealed the reputation of the club, practically while it was in progress. It was by no means an easy tour with seven tough games in eight days.

Blackburn Rovers were the toughest opponents and were the current holders of the FA Cup, a feat they managed to achieve in three consecutive years. In the absence of league football, they were regarded as Champions of England. The Corinthians fielded their strongest side and thrashed the cup holders 8-1, largely due to the speed and accurate passing of the Corinthian forwards. With the wind at their backs, Corinth had put four goals past Rovers within 17 minutes. Another four followed after the break.

The result wasn't unsurprising as the Amateurs had toppled Rover 6-1 at Leyton just one month before. The results created instant recognition of the club as one which had come to play and could compete with the best. The side that represented the Corinthians that day: M.J.Rendall, A.Watson, W.F.Beardshaw, A.Amos, C.Holden-White, F.E.Saunders, F.W.Pawson, B.W.Spilsbury, Dr J.Smith, W.N.Cobbold and T.Lindley.

​This was immediately followed the next day with a match against East Lancashire Challenge Cup holders, Darwen (who would soon appear in Division One of the Football League). The side was almost unchanged from the day before but succumbed to a last minute goal to give the locals the victory. There was no rest for the touring side as Blackburn Olympic awaited the next day (FA Cup winners only a couple of years previously, no less). The match was played in a snowstorm and finished 4-apiece.

If the weather had been bad against Olympic, then it was nothing compared to the gales and driving rain that Corinthians and the oldest club in the world, Sheffield FC would face the next day. It was reported that "rain fell heavily, and as the grounds are pretty bare of herbage, they were slippery that good play was utterly impossible." Despite starting with ten men, Sheffield took the lead before Corinth rallied and won the game 2-1. After five matches in five days, Bolton not surprisingly inflicted a 7-0 defeat on the tourists - the side had several notable absentees including Rendell, Miller and Cobbold who were rested for the tough match against Preston North End the following day. A crowd of 10,000 gathered for the match which the Corinthians lost 1-3 in a fine game. 

The tour concluded with a 3-2 loss to the Notts club at Trent Bridge, with Cobbold and Miller scoring for the visitors. The team set off up north of the border for two more matches before returning for Christmas. Tours to the North of England would become a regular occurrence in the coming years.

Tour members included; M.J. Rendell, J. Heald, A Watson, J.W. Holm, Stewart-Brown, J.L. Nickisson, W.R. Teppar, W.H. Beardshaw, A. Amos, S. Macrae, E.H. Holden, F.E. Sanders, B.W. Spilsbury, J.A. Dixon, F.W. Pawson, J.S. "Miller", W.N. Cobbold, S. George, J. Willow, T. Lindley, T. Pellatt, A. Liddle, C. Holden-White.


Date
Opposition
Scr
Scorers
Att
15-Dec
Blackburn Rovers
8-1
?
1,000
16-Dec
Darwen
1-2
Cobbold
 
17-Dec
Blackburn Olympic
4-4
Mellor 2, Lindley, Cobbold
100
18-Dec
Sheffield
2-1
Beardshaw, Dixon
 
19-Dec
Bolton Wdrs
0-7
 
1,500
20-Dec
Preston N.E.
1-3
Mellor
10,000
22-Dec
Notts
2-3
Cobbold, Mellor
2,000

1897 - South Africa Tour

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The Corinthians first ever foreign tour came in the Summer of 1897, when the club visited South Africa. It resembled in style a cricket tour as 23 matches were played and 21 were won. The tour started in Cape Town with two 4-0 wins and a 5-0 victory over Western Province. Then the side then travelled a gruelling 900 miles to King Williams Town, however the travel did not effect the side and a 6-1 win followed. It was not until the ninth match of the tour that the tourists suffered a draw, against Old Natalians. This was followed by a 9-0 win over Pretoria before the first test match against South Africa. Corinthians won 3-0 thanks to Topham and Stanborough being in top form.

​The second test was much a much easier affair with the tourists winning 4-1. This was followed by the second low point of the tour when Natal held the tourists 2-2. Griqualand were then smashed out of sight in a 10-1 the first and only time Corinthians made double figures on this tour. During the tour the Corinthians scored 113 goals and just 15 were conceded. It was a fine achievement since only fourteen players under took tour. Few wholly escaped the effects of hard grounds and long journeys and the heavy programme told on everybody.

17-Jul
20
21
24
28
31
04-Aug
7
9
11
14
16
18
19
21
25
28
01-Sep
4
6
8
11
13
CAPE TOWN CIVILIANS
MILITARY
WESTERN PROVINCE
KING WILLIAM'S TOWN
QUEENSTOWN
EAST LONDON
JOHANNESBURG
TRANSVAAL
OLD NATALIANS
PRETORIA
SOUTH AFRICA
PIETERMARITZBURG
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA
NATAL
ORANGE FREE STATE
GRIQUALAND
CAPE COLONY
KING WILLIAM'S TOWN
GRAHAMSTOWN
EASTERN PROVINCE
CAPE COLONY
SOUTH AFRICA
4-0
4-0
5-0
6-1
8-1
4-0
3-1
3-1
1-1
9-0
3-0
1-0
3-0
4-1
2-2
6-2
10-1
6-0
9-0
8-0
3-0
9-3
2-1


1903 - South Africa Tour

1903, the team sailed from Southampton on the Dunnottar Castle arriving in time for the first match on 2nd July. The club again was due to take on a mammoth tour which consisted of 25 games, all of which were won, but for two drawn matches with Johannesburg and Bloemfontein and a defeat against Durban. The record was not quite as good as the 1897 tour, but football had improved greatly in the intervening years. The interest in football had grown as well and large crowds gathered at the various grounds. The tour started well with an 8-2 victory over the Colonial Born and was followed up with a win over Western Province. It was not until the twelfth match that a defeat was suffered at Durban. Reports state it was a poor and uneven ground although bad finishing was the main culprit. It made little difference as the side bounced back with a 1-0 win at Natal two days later. It was the first of eleven straight wins, which culminated in a 4-0 win in the test match with South Africa.
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02-Jul
4
8
11
13
15
18
22
25
29
01-Aug
3
5
8
10
12
15
19
22
24
26
29
03-Sep
5
COLONIAL BORN
WESTERN PROVINCE
GRIQUALAND WEST
BLOEMFONTEIN
ORANGE RIVER COLONY
JOHANNESBURG & DIS
TRANSVAAL
PRETORIA & DISTRICT
SOUTH AFRICA
KLIP RIVER DISTRICT
MARITZBURG & DISTRICT
DURBAN
NATAL
KING WILLIAM\'S TOWN
EAST LONDON
QUEEN'S TOWN
MIDLAND'S
GRAHAMSTOWN
EASTERN PROVINCE
EASTERN PROVINCE
EASTERN PROVINCE
GRIQUALAND WEST
WESTERN PROVINCE
SOUTH AFRICA


8-2
2-1
3-1
0-0
1-0
3-3
2-1
3-2
5-0
2-1
2-1
0-1
1-0
2-1
4-0
3-2
6-0
3-0
5-0
4-1
1-0
6-0
2-1
4-0
8,000


5,000

7,000

7,000

















SNELL 2, MCIVER


​1904 - AUSTRIA-HUNGARY TOUR


​In Easter 1904 the Corinthians visited the Austro-Hungarian Empire for their first tour on mainland Europe.

It only came about ironically after G.O.Smith and W.J. Oakley's attempt to organise an American tour collapsed. So on the recommendation of the Oxford and Cambridge University teams who had both visited Hungary, it was decided that it would be better than a west of England tour. The first match in Budapest, played before a large crowd, was against Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre Budapest (MTK) and resulted in an easy 6-0 victory. This was followed by a 9-0 thrashing of Budapesti Torna Club and bettered still by a 12-0 win over Magyar Athletikai Club. The Corinthians were so impressed by the hospitality and spirit of their Hungarian hosts that they donated a trophy, The Corinthian Cup, which became the centre-piece of an annual tournament competed amongst Hungary's top amateur teams for the next three decades. In return, the Corinthian Club was presented with a gold medal by the City of Budapest at the farewell banquet.

​After these games the club departed for Vienna where hosts Vienna FC were beaten 7-1 in front of 5,000 spectators - the largest gathering at a football match in the country. After making their mark in Austria, the Corinthians moved swiftly onto Prague. There, SK Slavia Prague were encountered and were much stronger opposition than the previous matches, having played the game longer than those elsewhere. Slavia had gone the whole season unbeaten and were one of the finest teams on the Continent. The match, played in front of 4,000 spectators finished 7-4 to Corinthians despite Slavia taking the lead on more than one occasion. The second match against a Prague Select XI finished 4-1 in favour of the Amateurs. The final game of the tour was against VfB Leipzig, German champions in 1903, and despite only having twelve fit players, a further 4-1 victory resulted.

Playing seven matches in twelve days, Corinthians had travelled across three countries scoring 49 goals and conceding just seven in the process. Now, for the 14-strong squad, the historic tour was complete. The English had made their mark. As reported after the 7-4 victory over Slavia Prague, “The people were delighted with the play of the Corinthian forwards. The halves were all good, but the backs did not tumble to the Bohemian game. A more pleasant game was never played.”

The tour concluded with a trip to the Opera, as described by the touring correspondent for the Sportsman “In the evening, the players were provided with a real treat and heard “Tannhäuser” at the Opera House. It was a delightful wind-up to a most enjoyable tour, throughout the whole of which nothing but kindness and unbounded hospitality had been met with.”


Tour Members: B.O. Corbett, W.J.H. Curwen, S.H. Day, H.A. Lowe, L.J. Moon, M. Morgan-Owen, W.J. Oakley, G.O. Smith, W.U. Timmis, G.C. Vassall, H. Vickers, G.E. Wilkinson, I.G. Witherington, O.E. Wreford-Brown.
​
Date
Opposition
Score
2-Apr
MTK Budapest
6-0
4-Apr
Budapesti Torna Club
9-0
5-Apr
Maygar Athletikai Club
12-0
7-Apr
Vienna F.C.
7-1
9-Apr
Slavia Prague
7-4
11-Apr
Prague XI
4-1
13-Apr
VfB Leipzig
4-1
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A 1904 postcard depicting VfB Leipzig vs Corinthians.

1904 - Scandinavian Tour​

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A trip into the unknown was the best way to describe the 1904 tour to Scandinavia. At that time little was known about Scandinavian football. The trip was organised by Mrs Wreford-Brown who also travelled with the party. Most of the pitches in Sweden at this time were gravel and it was common place during winter to flood them and use them as ice rinks. This failed to deter the tourists as Swedish Champions Örgryte IS of Goteburg were defeated 4-0 in the first match. By lake, canal and rail the tour continued eastward to Stockholm where three games had been arranged at Ostermalms Idrottsplats - the original home of Djurgården IF and close to the site of the current Olympic Stadium - a pretty ground, although the pitch was grassless.

​The first match against Uppsala University saw the Corinthians win 11-0 with Moon hitting an impressive eight. The second was not an official game and the two sides split up their players to make it more of a contest. The last game against a Stockholm XI finished with a 15-1 victory, with Moon 5, Bryant 4 and McIver 4 recording good scores.

​Next stop was Copenhagen and the pitches were found to be of a much higher standard. The standard of opposition mirrored this as their games against Copenhagen Academical and Copenhagen BoldKlub were won 3-1 and 4-0 respectively.

Once again, the Corinthians bequeathed a trophy to their hosts - the Corinthian Bowl - which became the centre piece of the Swedish football season in subsequent years.

Tour Members: F.H.Bryant, B.O. Corbett, W.J.H. Curwen, H.W. Hewitt, C.D. McIver, L.J. Moon, O.T. Norris, T.S. Rowlandson, W.U.Timmis, H. Vickers, C. Wreford-Brown, H.R. Yglesias

29 Aug  ÖRGRYTE IS
1 Sep   UPPSALA UNIV.
3 Sep   STOCKHOLM
5 Sep   COPENHAGEN AC.
7 Sep   COPENHAGEN BK
4-0
11-0
15-1
3-1
4-0
​
??
MOON 8, MCIVER 2, BRYANT
MOON 5, BRYANT 4, MCIVER 4
MCIVER 2, BRYANT
BRYANT 2, MOON, MCIVER,

1906 - North America Tour

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The side that travelled to the Canada and the U.S.A. was probably the finest Corinthian team to ever leave these shores. Upon arrival at Quebec, the team learned that through some error, no rooms had been reserved, but fortunately an Old Carthusian whom they had met on board, rescued the situation and took the tourist to stay at his house. The first game followed and due to a train delay, the side were an hour and a half late, and the large crowd of 3,000 seriously doubted whether they would turn up. Four victories followed before Seaforth Hurons, the reigning Ontario Cup champions, held the side to a draw.

​The side travelled down to Chicago to begin the American leg of the tour, a 5-2 victory followed over the local side. Next came Cincinati in what turned out to be a record 19-0 win, with S.H.Day scoring seven. This was achieved despite the side losing all it's luggage in transit and thus new outfits had to be obtained. Further convincing wins followed, the largest being against All New York who were demolished 18-0 with S.H. Day again leading the way with nine goals. The first and only defeat occurred in their penultimate game when Fall River defeated the tourists 0-3. By this time however they were down to twelve players. The last game finished in a 1-1 draw.

11-Aug
13
15
18
21
23
25
28
29
31
01-Sep
3
6
8
10
13
14
MONTREAL
OTTAWA
HAMILTON
TORONTO
SEAFORTH HURONS
ALL KENTS
CHICAGO
CINCINNATI
CLEVELAND
PHILA. CRICKET CLUB
PHILA. ALBION
ALL PHILADELPHIA XI
COLLEGIANS
ALL NEW YORK
NEWARK
FALL RIVER
FORE RIVER
6-2
5-0
3-1
6-0
1-1
5-2
5-2
19-0
8-0
6-0
9-0
12-0
11-1
18-0
7-1
0-3
1-1
3,000


6,000
7,000

2,000



3,000
7,000



6,000


HARRIS GS 3,DAY 2,VASALL
HARRIS GS 2,CORNELIUS,WRIGHT,FOSTER
DAY,WILLETT,VASSALL
VASSALL 4,HARRIS 2
CORNELIUS
CORNELIUS,FOSTER,WRIGHT 2,WREFORD-BROWN
DAY 2,HARRIS GS 2,VASSALL
DAY 7,MORGAN-OWEN 5,CORNELIUS 5,WRIGHT 2
CORNELIUS 4,VASSALL,FOSTER 2,MORGAN-OWEN
CORBETT,CORNELIUS,HARRIS 3,DAY,
VASSALL 5,HARRIS 3,WRIGHT
VASSALL 4,HARRIS 4,DAY 2,ROWLANDSON,TIMMIS
CORNELIUS 2,VASSALL 4,HARRIS 3,WRIGHT,OG
DAY 9,VASSALL 6, HARRIS 3
DAY 2,CORNELIUS 3,VASSALL 2

MORGAN-OWEN
​

1906 - Germany & Holland Tour

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In Easter 1906 the Corinthians toured the continent once again. W.U.Timmis had arranged two matches in Germany and two in the Netherlands. The first match in Berlin was against BFC Germania and on arrival a large crowd had assembled. It was a hard and uneven pitch, but was larger than previously encountered abroad. The game itself was won easily 11-0, G.S. Harris hit four goals in this match. Next were FC Victoria Hamburg who were thrashed 12-1. The tourists then visited the Hague and found that Dutch football was at a much more advanced stage than in Germany. The first match was won 5-1 against Dutch champions HVV Den Haag, who were on the verge of winning their fifth of six consecutive KNVB league titles, and the local side were really fast, their forwards playing the long passing game with great dash. The last match of the tour was against Holland, a national representative XI side that would have tested a Football League team. All the players were speedy, had an excellent idea of the finer points of the game, and at the same time played in bustling style. After a tough match, played in front of 5,000 spectators, the Corinthians triumphed 2-1 to complete a successful tour.

Tour Members: C.L. Alexander, B.O. Corbett, S.H. Day, J.K. Guy, G.S. Harris, K.R.G. Hunt, M. Morgan-Owen, C.C. Page, T.S. Rowlandson, W.U. Timmis, H. Tudor-Owen, H. Vickers, E.G.D. Wright

14-Apr
16
18
19
BFC GERMANIA
FC VICTORIA HAMBURG
HVV DEN HAAG
HOLLAND
11-0
12-1
5-1
2-1
​

HARRIS GS 4,ALEXANDER 2,BRYANT,CORBETT,MORGAN-OWEN,WRIGHT,TIMMIS

ALEXANDER 2,HARRIS GS, DAY 2


1907 - South Africa Tour

After the controversy resulting in the formation of the Amateur Football Alliance, a large number of foreign tours took place between 1907 and the war, the first was to South Africa. The tour itself was almost identical to the two previous tours to that country. The country had made great strides in the intervening years and it was by far the toughest foreign tour the club has ever encountered. After being unbeaten in 1897 and only suffering one defeat in 1903, five defeats were endured and seven draws. It is significant however that all five defeats took place at the start of the tour while the tourists were still acclimatizing. The highlights of the tour were the test series. The first was won 2-1 with goals by Cornelius and Brisley. A brace by Cornelius saw a 2-0 win in the second game before in the final game ended 1-1 with Brisley scoring..
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11-Jul
13
17
20
22
24
27
31
03-Aug
5
7
10
12
14
17
21
24
28
31
02-Sep
4
7
12
14
COLONIAL-BORN
WESTERN PROVINCE
GRIQUALAND WEST
GRIQUALAND WEST
BLOEMFONTEIN
ORANGE RIVER
JOHANNESBURG
EAST RAND DISTRICT
PRETORIA DISTRICT
TRANSVAAL
KLIP RIVER DISTRICT
PIETERMARITZBURG 
DURBAN
NATAL
SOUTH AFRICA            
TRANSVAAL ARMY
SOUTH AFRICA
FRONTIER CLUBS
FRONTIER CLUBS
GRAHAMSTOWN
PORT ELIZABETH
PORT ELIZABETH
WESTERN PROVINCE
SOUTH AFRICA
4-1
0-4
0-1
2-1
2-1
3-1
2-3
1-4
0-2
0-0
3-1
1-0
5-0
1-1
2-1
1-1
2-0
5-1
3-3
5-0
1-0
1-1
1-1
1-1
CORNELIUS 2,BIRKS,EDWARDS


CORNELIUS,EDWARDS
EDWARDS,CORNELIUS
BRISLEY,SNELL,DURRANT
SNELL 2
?

BIRKS,SNELL,DURRANT
BIRKS
BIRKS 4,BRISLEY
CORNELIUS
CORNELIUS,BRISLEY
OG
CORNELIUS 2
CORNELIUS 3,DURRANT 2
???
BIRKS 3,DURRANT,BRISLEY
BIRKS

?
BRISLEY
4000











6000

8000

4000






12,000
​
​


​1908 - Paris Tour

The Easter tour of 1908 to Paris was a short one, with only four days away and three matches played. The three matches resulted in a convincing goal tally of 21 to 3. The first game was played at the Stade du Matin (also more famously known as the Stade Olympique de Colombes) against a French XI comprising of clubs affiliated to the Sporting Union of Athletic Societies of France. With Herman, Pollock-Hodsoll, Timmis and the two Morgan-Owens in great form, a 5-1 victory resulted.

In the second game with only one change to the starting line up Corinthian had an easy victory of 9-0 over Standard Athletic with eight of the goals coming in the first half alone. It's noted that Corinth had the wind behind their backs. A rest day ensued before the meeting the Outcasts, also on tour, who'd come away with beating Clichy easily. However, Corinth were a different class and won 7-2 on the first occasion on which two top English Amateur sides had met ever met in France. The Corinthians won due to better combination play. At the interval the Corinthians were losing 1-2. Half-time saw the forwards awaken and rattle in six second half goals.


Tour Members: G.L. Herman, S.G. Luker, C.C. Page, W.U. Timmis, M. Morgan-Owen, G.B. Pollock-Hodsoll, J.Simonds, S.H.Day, H.Morgan-Owen, I.E.Snell, C.E. Brisley, V.G. Thew
​
17-Apr
18
20
COMITE DE PARIS
STANDARD ATHLETIC
OUTCASTS
5-1
9-0
7-2


1,000

1909 - Prague & Switzerland Tour

Easter 1909 saw the club visit Prague and Switzerland and resulted in another successful tour. The first match was one of two against SK Slavia Prague and ended in a 0-0 draw. An odd incident occurred during the game when in the last minute with the game goal less, the Slavia outside-right kicked the ball against Braddell's shoulder. The referee at once pointed to the penalty spot and then had to withstand much heated argument from both the Corinthians and the Prague eleven, who also felt the penalty was unnecessary. Meanwhile the 15,000 crowd waited eagerly for the Corinthians first continental defeat. At length, Braddell could stand the suspense no longer; he rushed up and grabbed the ball, faced the crowd and glared his defiance at the referee, who immediately blew his whistle for full time! The unbeaten record had been preserved - but only be something that looked suspiciously like subterfuge! On the following day against the same team the Corinthians won 3-1.

In Geneva the scheduled match against local favourites Servette FC was cancelled at the last minute when the Swiss Football Association declined to authorise the fixture. Instead, a combined IX representing French-speaking Switzerland was hastily assembled.  The hosts heard that tea was acceptable at half time and so in order to demonstrate their desire to do everything possible for such a club as the Corinthians, an enormous meal was prepared and the tourists were respectfully asked if an interval of three-quarters of an hour was sufficient!  Despite having to play the second half on a full stomach, Corinth recorded a 6-0 victory. The tour concluded two days later with another 6-0 win, this time over Lausanne.


Tour Members: M Morgan-Owen, C.D. McIver, I.E. Snell, R.L.L. Braddell, R.A. Young, C.E. Brisley, R. Turner, F.A.H. Henley, W.G. Edwards, H.A. Milton, 
T.M. MacDonald, A.H. Birks
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11-Apr
12
15
17
SLAVIA PRAGUE
SLAVIA PRAGUE
SUISSE ROMANDE IX
LAUSANNE SPORT FC
0-0
3-1
6-0
6-0
​


MCIVER 2, BIRKS 3, TURNER
BRISLEY 3, YOUNG, MCIVER, TURNER

5,500

1910 - Brazil Tour

Five memorable tours and one of the club's main claims to fame have resulted from our connections with Brazil. The claim to fame is obviously that SC Corinthians Paulista, the twice World Club Champions, take their name from us as a result of the 1910 visit, and the strong connection that continues between the clubs can be verified by many of our members who have been fortunate enough to visit Brazil since then. The connection started in 1910 when the Corinthians took a strong side to Brazil leaving Southampton on 5th August. They reached Rio on the 22nd August and played their first game two days later against Fluminense. The score ended up 10-1 with Vidal scoring four, Day three, Brisley two and Thew getting the other. The next game was against a Rio XI and saw Corinthians score eight to their opponents' one. Coleby hit six goals in this match. Interestingly the next day a Cricket match was played against an English Cricket Club and ended in a draw. The final match in Rio was against a picked Brazilian National team and saw a much tougher game end in a 5-2 win for Corinth.

​The club then moved to Sao Paulo at the invitation of former Corinthian Charles Miller and although the conditions were not as good, mainly due to the small pitches, the Corinthians won all three games. The closest was against Associação Atlética das Palmeiras (no relation to the current Palmeiras) and ended 2-0. Paulistano were beaten 5-0 and Sao Paulo AC were beaten 8-2. Miller, the man credited with introducing the game of football to Brazil, scored one of the SPAC goals that day.  In attendance at the match against Associação Atlética were five local railway workers, Joaquin Ambrose, Anthony Pereira, Rafael Perrone, Anselmo Coreia and Carlos Silva who were so impressed by the elegant play of the Corinthians that they immediately decided to form their own club in homage to the English club. Thus, the very next day, September 1st 1910, Sport Club Corinthians Paulista was born.


Tour Members: M.Morgan-Owen, S.H. Day, W.U. Timmis, R.L.L. Braddell, V.G.Thew, R.Rogers, C.C.Page, F.N. Tuff, J.C.D. Tetley, I.E. Snell, C.E. Brisley, A.T. Coleby, L.A. Vidal, H.C. Howell-Jones, A.H.G. Kerry
​
24-Aug
26
28
31
02-Sep
4
FLUMINENSE
RIO XI
THE BRAZILIANS
AA PALMEIRAS
PAULISTANO
SAO PAULO AC
10-1
8-1
5-2
2-0
5-0
8-2
VIDAL 4,DAY 3,BRISLEY 2,THEW
COLEBY 6, BRISLEY 2
DAY 3,COLEBY,BRISLEY
DAY 2
SNELL 4,DAY
BRISLEY,COLEBY 2,SNELL 3,DAY 2
​
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1911 - North America Tour

Corinthians toured Canada and America in the Summer of 1911 and played 21 games. Nineteen of these were won and the other two resulted in a draw and a loss. Starting in Toronto, they recorded their first victory over the locals 2-1, before suffering their first and only defeat 1-3 at Ontario. Gradually the tourists worked their way across the continent to Vancouver Island. The tour aroused tremendous enthusiasm through out Canada, the forward play of Bache, Brisley and Day being particularly appreciated. Bache scored 38 goals in just 18 games, an amazing effort for such a long tour, with grounds being not of the highest standard. It is significant that the only match lost was when Bache, Brisley and Morgan-Owen were being rested. The fine play of certain Corinthians was still remembered when the next visit to Canada was made in 1924, when, unfortunately a side not truly representative of the clubs strength was unable to maintain the high standard set in 1911. The last match of the tour saw a record equalling 19-0 win over a Combined Philadelphia Cricket Clubs XI with Bache 4, Brisley 4 and Maples 3 being the principle scorers. Another big win saw Corinthians beat Chicago 10-1 with Bache hitting seven to take his personal tally to 33 goals in 21 games.
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05-Aug
7
9
12
14
17
19
21
22
24
26
29
31
02-Sep
4
10
11
14
16
18
19
TORONTO
ONTARIO
HAMILTON
MONTREAL
COBALT
FORT WILLIAM
WINNIPEG
REGINA
SASKATOON
EDMONTON
CALGARY
VANCOUVER
NANAIMO/LADYSMITH
VICTORIA
VANCOUVER
CHICAGO
CHICAGO
STANLEY BARRACKS
NEW YORK
NEWARK
PHILA. CRICKET XI
2-1
1-3
6-3
8-0
5-0
6-0
2-1
6-2
9-2
6-1
4-3
5-1
2-2
4-2
4-1
4-0
10-1
6-2
4-2
6-2
19-0
COLEBY,BACHE
COLEBY
BACHE 4,DAY 2
BRISLEY,BACHE 3,COLEBY,DAY 3
BACHE 3,MAPLES,CORBETT BO
BACHE 5,COLEBY
COLEBY,TIMMUS

DAY 3,TURNER 3,COLEBY 2,BRISLEY
MAPLES 2,THOMPSON 3,BACHE
DAY 2,BRISLEY 2
DAY 2,BACHE 2,MAPLES


DAY,BRISLEY,BACHE 2
COLEBY3,TURNER
BACHE 7,MAPLES,CORBETT BO,COLEBY
COLEBY 2,TURNER 2,CORBETT AL,VIDAL
DAY 2,BRISLEY,COLEBY
BRISLEY 2,VIDAL,MAPLES 2,BACHE
BACHE 4,BRISLEY 4,MAPLES 3,VIDAL,THOMPSON,TURNER 2,CORBETT AL,
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5,000
1,500
3,000
6,000

2,000
3,000
4,000





3,000


1911 - Spain Tour

For Easter 1911, the Corinthians sent a side to compete in the Torneo Internacional de San Sebastian. The first match was against another touring side London Nomads, a team composed of members drawn from several Amateur Football Association clubs. An appreciative crowd of 3,500 saw the Corinthians win 7-0, Birks being the star with four goals. The Corinthians fielded a weaker side for the second game against Real Sociedad, and with the forwards missing numerous chances, they were only able to win 3-1 with goals from Young, Birks and an own goal. The third and last game was a return game against the London Nomads and another easy victory resulted. Bache hit a hat trick as the side ran out 6-0 winners. The Corinthians thus became the possessors of gold medals awarded at the Gran Casino de San Sebastian (a magnificent building which now serves as the city's town hall) for the winners of this tournament which also included French champions Union Sportive Tourcoing, Fortuna Vigo (now Celta Vigo) and the now defunct Gimnastica Espanola de Madrid.

Tour Members: F.A.H. Henley, F.N. Tuff, H.A. Milton, I.E. Snell, M. Morgan-Owen, H.G. Howell-Jones, V.G. Thew, R.A. Young, H.G. Bache, A.H. Birks, A.H.G. Kerry, C.D. McIver, P.A. Sergeant, B.O. Corbett
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17-Apr
19

22
LONDON NOMADS
REAL SOCIEDAD
​LONDON NOMADS
7-0
3-1
6-0
BIRKS 4, BACHE 2, YOUNG
YOUNG, OG, BIRKS
BACHE 3, YOUNG 2, BIRKS
3,500


​1912 - BOHEMIA Tour

In Easter 1912, the Corinthians once more visited Prague. The party left London on 4th August and played five games in Bohemia, three in Prague to two in Brunn. The club traveled without anyone equipped to play full back and this naturally proved a severe handicap. The first match resulted in a commanding 5-1 win over old friends SK Slavia Prague with Bache scoring four. It was however a lot closer than the scoreline suggested and the strength of the Prague club can be seen in the second match when Corinthians lost their first ever game on the continent 1-3. It was however largely influenced by the referee who objected to any charging whatsoever, and after conceding two penalties there was no way back. The third match saw Corinthians fairly and genuinely beaten by a strong Bohemian XI. The Corinthians then traveled to Brunn and on a poor ground, easily won 9-2 with Bache again scoring four and also maples hit a hat trick. The last game saw a 3-1 win over Moravská Slavia with Bache, Coleby and Young scoring the goals. It was an enjoyable tour by all accounts and the Corinthians were treated royally.

Tour Party: M.Morgan-Owen, H.G.Bache, A.S.Edge, J.L.Crommelin-Brown, B.T.Verrey, K.C.Raikes, F.H.Vachell, R.F.Popham, H.S.Short, R.A.Young, M.H.Clarke, A.T.Coleby, R.C.Maples, F.H.Cooper
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07-Apr
8
10
13
14
SLAVIA PRAGUE
SLAVIA PRAGUE
BOHEMIA
BRUNN
MORAVSKA SLAVIA
5-1
1-3
2-4
9-2
3-1
BACHE 4, MAPLE
BACHE
YOUNG 2
BACHE 4, MAPLES ,COLEBY 2
BACHE,COLEBY,YOUNG
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1913 and 1914 - Brazil Tours

Corinthians returned to Brazil in 1913 and had one of the most adventurous journeys ever taken by the club. In his history of the club, Creek states the voyage was enlivened by a wedding, a birth, two deaths (one a suicide) and the escapades of a cook who suddenly went mad. Upon arrival, Corinthians played Rio de Janeiro in their first match. Despite a Woosnam goal Corinth went down 1-2 to what was their only defeat on the tour. Two days later, Hoffmeister scored all four in a 4-0 win over Estrangeros. The final game in Rio saw Corinthians beat Brazilieros 2-1. In Sao Paulo, Corinthians won two games against MacKenzie College and Club Athletico Paulistano before being held by Associação Atlética das Palmeiras. The crowds on this tour were all between 6,000 and 10,000 which highlighted what popular visitors they were.

​Corinthians returned the following year, but this can not really be classified as a tour. Due to the outbreak of the Great War which occurred while the team were at sea, football was quickly forgotten and the scheduled matches cancelled. Four members of the side had to return immediately to England as they were part of the Army's Reserve of Officers and did so immediately upon arrival at Pernambuco. When the rest of the party reached Rio, they had just about enough time to visit the ground before they too returned home to enlist.  
At one point on the voyage home, the ship even had to alter course to avoid a German gun boat. Tragically, none of the touring party would ever play for Corinthians again.

Tour Members: M.Morgan-Owen, S.H.Day, C.E. Hoffmeister, N.V.C. Turner, I.E. Snell, H.V. Bury, L.A. Vidal, M. Woosnam, J.C. Gow, R.C. Cutter, R.G. Thompson, R. Sloley, A.W. Foster, R.C. Maples
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21-Aug
23
24
28
30
31
RIO DE JANEIRO
ESTRANGEROS
BRAZILIEROS
C.A. PAULISTANO
MACKENZIE COLLEGE
A.A. PALMEIRAS
1-2
4-0
2-1
2-1
8-2
1-1
WOOSNAM
HOFFMEISTER 4
DAY,WOOSNAM
WOOSNAM, DAY
SLOLEY,HOFFMEISTER, FOSTER
HOFFMEISTER
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1921 - France Tour

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The first Corinthians tour abroad since the end of the First World War was a short but very pleasant trip to Paris and Lille. In the course of a brief weekend, two matches were played and won against Red Star and Olympique Lillois. The party travelled via Dover and Calais to Paris where they stayed in the Hotel Grande Bretagne.

The first match against Red Star was played on one of the worst grounds imaginable. There was not one blade of grass to be seen on the playing pitch, which, in addition to being very small, was covered with small stones and bits of glass. A light ball which bounced a great deal made it an altogether terrifying experience. Corinthians though attacked through out the game with Beeston scoring in the first half and C.T. Ashton scoring a second before a late Red Star consolation. Overall it was a good performance when you take into account the conditions underfoot, the heat and the fact that Red Star were the Coupe de France Champions!  5,000 people attended the match.

​The following morning the party travelled to Lille, where they were only given time for a hurried lunch before playing Northern Regional Champions Olympique Lillois (better known today as Lille Olympique Sporting Club). The ground was a major improvement on the one in Paris and the Corinthians were able to do themselves full justice. Thanks to the conditions the game was much faster and more skilful and in the second half the Corinthians put on a superb exhibition. The side left almost immediately after the game and arrived back in London on the Tuesday.


Tour Party: C.T.Ashton, N.W.Beeston, A.G.Bower, A.H.G.Butcher, A.C.Stanley-Clarke, W.T.Coles, A.T.Davies, B.Howard-Baker, C.B.G.Hunter, H.M.Morris, J.S.F.Morrison, A.H.Phillips

4-Sept              RED STAR FC                                   2-1              BEESTON, ASHTON
5                       OLYMPIQUE LILLOIS                        4-0              MORRISON, ASHTON, BEESTON, PHILLIPS
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1922 - Denmark & Holland Tour

Easter 1922 saw the club visit Denmark and Holland. The party left Harwich on the Kong Haakon and that evening  enjoyed an excellent dinner which was followed by a sing along with Doggart on the piano. The first match took place on Good Friday against a combined Copenhagen XI before 25,000 spectators. A 5-0 win resulted with the Corinthians rarely troubled. On Saturday the side attended a race meeting, where Coles was nearly arrested for acting as the team's private book maker when signs strictly prohibiting any betting except at licensed bookies were posted everywhere. Sunday saw the second match and a slightly weaker Corinthians side won 3-1 against Kjobenhavns BK. All three inside forwards scored, they were Foster, Creek and Doggart. The side had another day in Copenhagen before departing for Holland where their first match was against Be Quick 1887 of Groningen, the Dutch Champions for 1919/20, which was won more comfortably than the 5-2 score line suggests. The next match was played at the Hague against a combined Dutch Universities XI. The referee's interpretation of the rules caused a little trouble, but the Corinthians eventually won 5-3. The last match took place in Amsterdam at De Zwaluven's ('the Swallows') magnificent stadium and resulted in the best game of the tour. An enormous crowd saw the Corinthians lose 0-1. The Swallows, who had been formed in Corinthian's image following the 1906 tour, played fine football and whilst the Corinthian defence was in good form the forwards never really got going.

Tour Party: C.T.Ashton, H.Ashton, L.B.Blaxland, A.G.Bower, W.T.Coles, F.N.S.Creek, A.G.Doggart, G.N.Foster, K.E.Hegan, B.Howard-Baker, C.B.G.Hunter, J.S.F.Morrison, J.R.B.Moulsdale, A.H.Phillips, B.C.A.Patchitt, F.W.H.Nicholas, H.A.Hambledon
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14-Apr
16
20
22

COPENHAGEN XI
KJOBENHAVNS BK
BE QUICK 1887
​DUTCH UNIVERSITY XI
DE ZWALUWEN
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5-0
3-1
5-2
5-3
0-1
CREEK 2,DOGGART,PHILLIPS,ASHTON H
FOSTER,CREEK,DOGGART
DOGGART 2,ASHTON CT,FOSTER,PHILLIPS
CREEK 3,HAMBLEDON,PHILLIPS


25,000

1923 - Belgium & Holland Tour

The Easter 1923 tour came about almost entirely due to G.N.Foster who was closely connected with the Belgium clubs immediately after the First World War during which he was the organiser of sports for the British Expeditionary Force. The side though was weakened for the first half of the tour by the fact that Easter fell early and thus prevented the schoolmasters, who had formed the backbone of many touring sides were unable to go. Combine this with the absence for varying reasons of Doggart, Hegan and C.T.Ashton and it is not surprising the side did not do well. The first day saw a game of golf at the Royal Belgian Golf Club. The opponents faced included Prince Edmond Ruspoli of Italy. The Corinthians won the foursomes 2 games to 1 and the singles by 4 to 2.

35,000 people witnessed the first game in Brussels against Daring FC and the Corinthians went down to a fourth minute goal and then defended for the rest of match against the speedy Belgian forwards. The next two matches against Union St. Gilloise on Easter Monday and Dutch side Willem II Tilburg two days later saw the Corinthians badly beaten. The half-backs and forwards were completely outclassed in these matches. The party then travelled to the Hague and were joined by Hunter, Blaxland and Creek who had flown in from Croydon. There, they played against a combined Dutch University XI before 6,000 people
and two goals by Creek were enough to give them their first win of the tour.

​Next stop was Amsterdam where the Corinthians once again faced The Swallows (De Zwaluwen) before 30,000 people, Creek again scored twice to seal victory. At the reception afterwards Miles Howell (who had shown remarkable form at one of the Brussels night-clubs by giving a most amusing solo turn and then going round with the hat) was again well to the fore with a perilous juggling exhibition. The party then travelled to Rotterdam for the last game by racing car! The drivers of which vied with each other in the speed at which they took the many hair pin bends across the canals. Not surprisingly the last game was lost 1-2, but by this stage several of the tour party had returned to England.


01-Apr
2
4
7
8
10
DARING F.C.
UNION ST.GILLOISE
WILLEM II
DUTCH UNIVERSITY
DE ZWALUWEN
ROTTERDAM XI
0-1
2-5
1-5
2-0
2-0
1-2
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CREEK 2
CREEK 2


35,000


6,000
30,000


1924 - North America Tour

This was the last of the Corinthians mammoth tours and lasted for 22 games and was six weeks long. It was hardly the most successful of tours as the touring party won ten, drew four and lost eight. It should be observed that six of these defeats came in the first nine games and all came on Canadian soil. The Corinthians, however, had a small squad and were immediately hit by injuries to Morgan and Robinson. On top of this many of the star players were unable to make the trip including a recognised goal keeper. It was mooted that had Howard-Baker made the trip, then all but two games would been won. In the United States the football was not particularly exciting and the side played five games, four of which were in Philadelphia. The teams in America were mainly made up of young graduates and students of universities, all of which were a lot less experienced than the Canadians, although Philadelphia FC were certainly one of the more prominent American clubs at that time. In the middle of the Philadelphia stay the party made a lightening trip to play Brooklyn Wanderers in New York. Brooklyn had finished 3rd in the ASL that year and the following season would count legendary Hungarian Béla Guttmann among their number.  Like Philadelphia FC, they were one of the USA's top professional clubs and a hard fought draw resulted.

02-Aug
4
6
9
11
12
14
16
18
20
22
23
25
27
28
30
01-Sep
4
6
8
10
12
MONTREAL
TORONTO
HAMILTON
WINNIPEG
REGINA
SASKATOON
EDMONTON
CALGARY
NANAIMO
VICTORIA
VANCOUVER
ALL SAINTS CANADIANS
LETHBRIDGE
WINNIPEG
FORT WILLIAM
TORONTO
MONTREAL
PHILADELPHIA UNIV.
PHILADELPHIA FC
PHILADELPHIA CC
BROOKLYN WANDERERS
PHILADELPHIA GENTS
1-4
2-4
4-2
2-4
2-1
0-1
2-1
1-2
1-2
2-0
1-1
2-1
0-0
1-2
0-1
2-1
5-3
8-1
1-1
7-1
1-1
3-0
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LEWIS

1925 - Germany & Austria Tour  


In April 1925, The club embarked on a brief tour of Germany and Austria, playing four matches over the course of six days. They began in Cologne where the hosts were beaten 4-2.  The Corinthians then travelled up to Hamburg for an Easter Sunday match against the current German champions.  A Creek hat-trick contributed to a comfortable 4-1 win.  The following day, the team travelled to Berlin where they met stronger opposition in a 1-1 draw against Berliner Tennis Club Borussia (better known today as TB Berlin).

After a day of sight-seeing, the touring party departed for Vienna where a huge crowd assembled to greet them at the railway station.  The match itself was witnessed by an enthusiastic crowd of more than 50,000 who saw a picked team of Vienna's best players win 2-0, although this was partly due to the game being played according to some rather odd local rules and the presence of a peculiarly light and undersized football! 

10-Apr             KOLNER BC 1901         4-2
12                     HAMBURGER SV          4-1
13                     TENNIS BORUSSIA       1-1
​16                     VIENNA XI                      0-2



1928 - DENMARK & GERMANY TOUR
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On 4th April 1928, a party of 13 Corinthians set out on tour in Denmark and North Germany. Many were the greetings exchanged with old friends when the Danish capital was safely reached, and the Corinthians were assured that their hosts had profited considerably from their earlier visit and would now give them some hard games. This optimism was thoroughly justified. The first game against Bold Klubben 1903 saw a 1-1 draw, a fitting
result to a hard game, in which defence was much stronger than the attack. Glenister scored for the Corinthians with a magnificent drive from 30 yards out in the first half; but unfortunately Knight was so badly injured after the interval that he had to retire to bed and played no further part on the tour. Against the ten men, the Danes played very good football, and the Corinthians did well to manage the draw. As German was just recovering from a knee injury, an improvised forward line appeared in the second match, this time against old friends Kjobenhavns BK, and although Lowe scored a fine goal, the Corinthians were well beaten 6-3.

After these somewhat unworthy games at Copenhagen, a brief visit was paid to Odense. With no one else available, both Hunter and German had to play. German hardly touched the ball, but once nearly scored a goal by bustling the goal keeper over the line. Hunter, on the other hand, played spendidly, and with Chadder again in fine form, the first victory of the tour was won. In the evening the party went to a play, but as they were unable to understand it; came out after about ten minutes and tried something more easily comprehensible - a circus, held in an enormous tent. By this time the masseur was a busy man - the hard grounds had given everyone slight injuries and, as the Club only had the bare minimum of players on tour, it can easily be understood how gladly the reinforcements were welcomed for the next game at Hannover.

With Ewer and AG Bower strengthening the defence, Chadder was moved up into the forward line to partner Robins, and the Corinthians won a rather poor game, the chief excitement being caused by the news that a German aeroplane, the Bremen, had flown across the Atlantic - the first east-to-west transatlantic flight! From Hannover the tourists proceeded to Hamburg, where they had excellent headquarters opposite the Alster, the famous inland lake. The best match of the tour was undoubtedly the last one against SV Hamburg. The German team all looked extremely fit and included an international centre-forward who really was a first class player. However, the two Bowers at full back were in great form, and the defence refused to yield a goal. The inside forwards, it must be admitted, were weak and as they failed to score, a stern game resulted in a goal less draw. Considering the handicaps of injuries and shortage of players, the side did well to return home after a thoroughly enjoyable tour with a record of two matches won, two drawn and one lost.


06-Apr
8
9
13
15
BOLD KLUBBEN (1903)
KJOBENHAVNS BK
ODENSE BK
HANNOVER 1896
HAMBURGER SV
1-1
3-6
2-1
2-1
0-0
GLENISTER
LOWE,
GERMAN,CHADDER




​1929 - French Tour

Corinthians travelled to France over Easter 1929, arriving in Paris on March 28th.  The following day, they faced Parisian Champions, Club Francais at the Stade Buffalo in Montrouge. A poor performance on a hard surface completely devoid of grass saw the tourists lose 2-1.  The team left immediately after the game to catch the train to the south coast for two matches scheduled in Cannes.

The first of these matches was against AS Cannes who would go on to win the French Cup two years later, and was played in front of a large crowd including Jules Rimet who was then the President of both FIFA and the FFF. This time Corinthians put on a much improved display and ran out 3-2 winners, courtesy of goals by Parker and Creek. The following day they played against a Cannes Select XI, losing 4-2.
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