BERLIN, MAY
11
The Association
football match between England and Germany at the Deutsches Stadium here
yesterday ended in a draw, each side scoring three goals. It was an
excellent, clean game, the result being in doubt till the last. Most
unfortunately Marsden, the English left-half was severely hurt,
apparently in a collision with one of the English backs, early in the
game. He played on, but at half-time was unfit to continue. He was taken
to hospital, and the German Football Association is seeing to it that he
has the best care and treatment. The nature of his injury is not clear,
but it is understood that the doctors are satisfied with his condition.
Every inch of the
Stadium was packed with people. The last Anglo-German match, played in
1913, ended in a draw. Yesterday's game, however, was the first in which
11 of England's best had met a German team, and, football having taken a
firm hold of the German imagination, it was the biggest sporting event
of its kind for years. The English team took the offensive and held it
until half-time. In the eighth minute Watson cleverly took the ball past
several defenders and passed near the goal mouth to his inside-left,
Bradford, who shot straight and true...
After 20 minutes
the German forward line broke away and their inside-left, Hoffmann, of
Dresden, who scored all their three goals, equalized with a delightful
shot. England continued to dominate the game, missing shots at goal,
until Bradford again scored with a low, fast shot from 20 yards out, the
best shot in the game...
The absence of
Marsden had thrown the English defence out of balance, and before it had
adjusted itself the Germans had drawn ahead. Hoffmann scored from a
centre and again from a pass from the centre half-back, Leinberger, who
ran the ball through the defence until he was in a good position. Both
shots were swift, and Hibbs had little chance to stop them. With half an
hour to go Germany led by three goals to two...
Jack, at
inside-right, maintained the attack at high pressure, and 12 minutes
before the end equalized after some fine passing in which the English
forward line moved down the field with the ball. As he approached the
goal Jack passed out to Crooks, on the right wing, ran past the German
left back, and received the ball back again from Crooks in the ideal
position for heading into the net--a delightful goal. And that was the
end...
Last night the
representatives of the Football Association were the guests at a dinner
given by the German Football Association. Three members of the teams
which met in the first Anglo-German match 31 years ago were present; J.
Bache, who then played for England and is now the trainer of the
Mannheim Club, and Dr. L. Schricker and another member of the then
German side.
- The Times - Monday 12th
May, 1930
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