Match Summary

Belgium Team

England Team

The English Association football team to-day fulfilled the first of their postponed Continental engagements, defeating Belgium by five goals to three. Osborne, the Tottenham centre-forward, scored the first goal of the match for the tourists, but Belgium retaliated with great vigour, and Thys was not long in putting his side on level terms. England returned to the attack, but found the home defence very sound, and play was transferred to the other end, where Raymond Braine put Belgium ahead, following a mistake by the English right back. The visitors, however, took up the offence in earnest and Carter brought the scores level. The Belgian, Braine, then beat the English goalkeeper with a shot which first struck the bar. After Carter had scored an off-side goal, which was disallowed, Osborne equalised for England from a centre from the left wing. Some fine work by Ashmore resulted in a strong Belgian attack failing, and immediately afterwards the visiting forwards cleverly eluded the home defence to give England the lead. With only a few minutes to time, the Englishmen put the result beyond doubt by adding a fifth goal. The victory was celebrated by the singing of the British National Anthem, after which the Belgians were cheered  for their very sporting game. - The Manchester Guardian - Tuesday 25th May, 1926

IN OTHER NEWS...

It was on 24 May 1926 that the National Association of Head Teachers proposed that the school leaving age should be raised from fourteen to sixteen years, but it would be another 21 years before it was raised to fifteen years and then it was finally raised to sixteen in 1972.

Source Notes

TheFA.com
Belgianfootball.be
Rothmans Yearbooks
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