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Thursday, 26 May 1927
 End-of-Season Tour Friendly Match

France 0 England 6 [0-2]
 

 Match Summary
France Party
England Party

Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris
Attendance: 25,000; Kick-off: tbc

England - George Brown (4, 50), Bill Dean (24, 75), Andre Rollet (own goal 55), Arthur Rigby (87)
There is confusion as to whether Brown or Rigby scored twice. The Sporting Life, L'Equipe 1984-85 and Rothman's favour Brown. The Guardian, L'Echo des Sports, Gamage's and Granidge's suggest Rigby.
Results 1919-30

? won the toss, ? kicked-off.
 

Match Summary

Officials

France

Type

England
Referee - Henri Maeck
Belgium

Linesmen - not known
  

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France Team
 

Rank:

 No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 33rd to 35th		 Colours: Pale blue shirts and white shorts
Capt: François Hugues Selectors: Chosen by a Selection Committee
France Lineup
  Thépot, Aléxis 20 30 July 1906 G Armoricaine de Brest 1 6ᵍᵃ
  Wallet, Urbain 27 4 July 1899 RB Amiens AC 10 0
  Rollet, André 21 8 October 1905 LB FEC Levallois 3 0
the thirteenth own goal scored for England
     
  Dauphin, Robert 22 5 February 1905 RH Stade Française 6 0
  Hugues, François 29 13 August 1896 CH Lyon Olympique 24 1
  Wild, Jacques 21 20 October 1905 LH Stade Française 4 0
  Langiller, Marcel 18 2 June 1908 OR CA Paris 2 0
  Lieb, Guillaume 23 13 February 1904 IR Lyon Olympique 9 0
  Sottiault, Julien, off 70th min. 22 9 September 1904 CF US Saint-Thomas 4 1
  Taisne, Georges 23 13 April 1904 IL Amiens AC 2 2
  Gallay, Maurice 24 25 December 1902
in Switzerland		 OL Olympique de Marseille 7 1

reserves:

 reserves not known

team notes:

 France ended the match with ten mean after Sottiault had to retire with a muscle tear.
 
2-3-5 Thépot -
Wallet, Rollet -
Dauphin, Hugues, Wild -
Langiller, Lieb, Sottiault, Taisne, Gallay.

Averages:

 Age 22.7 Appearances/Goals 5.6 0.4

 

England Team
 

Rank:

 No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 9th to 8th		 Colours: The 1923 uniform - White collared jerseys and dark club shorts
Capt: Jack Hill, third captaincy Selectors:
In charge: G.T. Wagstaffe Simmons		 The fourteen-man FA International Selection Committee, on Friday, 15 April 1927.
123rd match, W 80 - D 25 - L 18 - F 380 - A 128.
England Lineup
  Brown, John H. 28 19 March 1899 G The Wednesday FC 5 7ᵍᵃ
  Goodall, F. Roy 24 31 December 1902 RB Huddersfield Town FC 5 0
  Jones, Herbert 30 3 December 1896 LB Blackburn Rovers FC 4 0
  Edwards, Willis 24 28 April 1903 RH Leeds United AFC 8 0
  Hill, John H. 30 2 March 1897 CH Burnley FC 6 0
  Bishop, Sidney M. 27 10 February 1900 LH Leicester City FC 4 1
final app 1927
  Hulme, Joseph H.A. 22 26 August 1904 OR The Arsenal FC 3 1
Brown, George 23 22 June 1903 IR Huddersfield Town AFC 6 4
Dean, William R. 20 22 January 1907 CF Everton FC 5 12
Rigby, Arthur 26 7 June 1900 IL Blackburn Rovers FC 4 3
  Page, Louis A. 28 27 March 1899 OL Burnley FC 5 1

reserves:

 Fred Kean (The Wednesday FC) and Bob Kelly (Huddersfield Town FC)
 
2-3-5 Brown -
Goodall, Jones -
Edwards, Hill, Bishop -
Hulme, Brown, Dean, Rigby, Page

Averages:

 Age 25.6 Appearances/Goals 5.0 1.6

 

    Match Report

IN OTHER NEWS...

It was on 27 May 1927 that the United Kingdom severed diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union following the discovery of "military espionage and subversive activities" being performed on behalf of the Soviet government. The Soviet Embassy in London was given ten days to close and its staff to withdraw from the UK. Relations were restored, two years later, under the new Labour government.

Source Notes

TheFA.com
FFF.Fr
AllezLesBleus.Fr
Rothmans
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