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125 vs. Scotland
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127 vs. Ireland

Saturday, 21 May 1921
End-of-Season Tour Friendly Match

Belgium 0 England 2 [0-1]
Belgium is the seventh nation visited by England

 

Match Summary
Belgium Party

England Party

Stade du Daring Club de Bruxelles, Sint-Jans Molenbeek, Bruxelles
Attendance: 25,000;
Kick-off: tbc

England - Charlie Buchan (33), Harry Chambers (76)
England missed penalty - penalty taker not known (unknown time)
Results 1919-30

? won the toss, ? kicked-off.

 

Match Summary

Officials

Belgium

Type

England

Referee - Johannes Mutters
32 (19 February 1889), Netherlands

Linesmen - not known

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  Possession  

Belgium Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 3rd to 5th
Colours: Probably Black shirts, black shorts and black socks
Capt: Joseph Musch Selectors: William Sturrock Maxwell, 45 (21 September 1875 in Arbroath, Scotland)
Belgium Lineup
  de Bie, Jan 29 9 May 1892 G Racing Club de Bruxelles 5 7ᵍᵃ
  Swartenbroeks, Armand J.A.A. 28 30 June 1892 RB Daring Club de Bruxelles Societe Royale 15 0
  Verbeeck, Oscar 29 6 August 1891 LB Union Saint-Gilloise 8 0
  Musch, Joseph B. 27 12 October 1893 RH Union Saint-Gilloise 19 3
  Fierens, Andréas J. 23 8 February 1898 CH Beerschot AC 4 0
  Vandenhouten, Guillaume 25 12 October 1895 LH Racing Club de Bruxelles 1 0
  van Hege, Louis 32 8 May 1889 OR Union Saint-Gilloise 7 3
  Coppée, Robert 26 22 April 1895 IR Union Saint-Gilloise 6 2
  Dogaer, François 23 6 July 1897 CF Racing Club de Malines 3 0
  Larnoe, A. Henri 24 18 May 1897 IL Beerschot AC 5 2
  Michel, Georges 23 29 April 1898 OL Léopold Club de Bruxelles 6 1

reserves:

reserves not known
Coach Willie Maxwell played for Scotland against England in 1898.
 
2-3-5 de Bie -
Swartenbroeks, Verbeeck -
Musch, Fierens, Vandenhouten -
van Hege, Coppée, Dogaer, Larnoe, Michel

Averages:

Age 26.3 Appearances/Goals 7.2 1.0

 

England Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 9th to 8th
Colours: The 1903 uniform - White collared jerseys and dark club shorts
Capt: Ephraim Longworth, first captaincy Selectors: The fourteen-man FA International Selection Committee, on Friday, 22 April 1921.
93rd match, W 64 - D 17 - L 12 - F 301 - A 86.
England Lineup
    Baker, B. Howard 29 13 February 1892 G Everton FC & Corinthians FC 1 0ᵍᵃ
 
    Fort, John 33 15 April 1888 RB Millwall Athletic FC 1 0
only app 1921
  Longworth, Ephraim 33 2 October 1887 LB Liverpool FC 2 0
    Read, Albert 28 30 March 1893 RH Tufnell Park FC 1 0
only app 1921
  Wilson, George 29 14 January 1892 CH The Wednesday FC 3 0
    Barton, Percival A. 28 20 January 1893 LH Birmingham FC 1 0
    Rawlings, Archibald 29 2 October 1891 OR Preston North End FC 1 0
only app 1921
    Seed, James M. 26 25 March 1895 IR Tottenham Hotspur FC 1 0
Buchan, Charles M. 29 22 September 1891 CF Sunderland AFC 4 3
Chambers, Henry 24 17 November 1896 IL Liverpool FC 3 1
    Harrison, George 28 18 July 1892 OL Everton FC 1 0

reserves:

Bill Voisey (Millwall Athletic FC) and Lt. Jackie Hegan (Dublin Fusiliers).

penalty kick notes:

Some textbooks name Jud Harrison as the player who missed the twice taken penalty kick against Jan de Bie at an unknown time. However, no English reporters covered the match, and Dutch/Belgian reports only state the kick was taken twice, but not by whom. The name of Harrison came from a now dubious source.
 
2-3-5 Baker -
Fort, Longworth -
Read, Wilson, Barton -
Rawlings, Seed, Buchan, Chambers, Harrison.

Averages:

Age 28.8 Appearances/Goals 1.7 0.2

 

    Match Report

IN OTHER NEWS...

It was on 21 May 1921 that the inquest into the death of Horace McNeil of Shepherd's Bush was opened. Four men had appeared at his house at 10:15 at night and asked to see his son-in-law, who was in the Royal Irish Constabulary. When told that he lived in Ireland, the man was shot. Out of fear, neighbours refused to give evidence and the murder was one of several doorstep attacks on the same night believed to have been perpetrated by Sinn F�in, either by members, or supporters of the party fighting for Irish independence. The murder remained unsolved.

Source Notes

TheFA.com
Belgianfootball.be

Original newspaper reports
Rothmans Yearbooks
Textbelgium/teams
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