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flg.jpg)  "ENGLAND
OVERRUN SWISS SIDE" - Western Daily Press |
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FC Schaffhausen |
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England
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Referee
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Linesmen |
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FC
Schaffhausen
Team |
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Rank |
Swiss Nationalliga B,
team currently bottom of fourteen
teams |
Colours |
tbc |
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Captain |
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Selection |
tbc |
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FC
Schaffhausen
Lineup |
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G |
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2 |
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RB |
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LB |
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4 |
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RHB |
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5 |
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CHB |
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6 |
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LHB |
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7 |
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OR |
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8 |
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IR |
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9 |
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CF |
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10 |
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IL |
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11 |
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OL |
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unused substitutes: |
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2-3-5 |
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Averages: |
Age |
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England
B Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; |
Colours |
probably the 1946 home
uniform -
White collared jerseys, blue shorts, red socks. |
Captain
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Frank Swift |
Manager |
Walter Winterbottom, 35 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946; |
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Trainer: Jesse Carver |
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Party chosen by the Intermediate Selection Committee, headed by Arthur Drewry, on
Sunday, 25 April. Team chosen on Friday, 21 May. |
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England
Lineup |
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FINAL league positions
(1 May) |
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Swift, Frank V. |
34
146 days |
26 December 1913 |
G |
Manchester City FC (FL 10th) |
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2 |
Scott,
Lawrence |
31
29 days |
23 April 1917 |
RB |
Arsenal
FC (FL CHAMPIONS) |
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3 |
Aston, John |
26
262 days |
3 September 1921 |
LB |
Manchester United FC
(FL RU) |
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4 |
Wright, William A. |
24
106 days |
6 February 1924 |
RHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC (FL 5th) |
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5 |
Franklin,
Cornelius |
26
119 days |
24 January 1922 |
CHB |
Stoke
City FC (FL 15th) |
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6 |
Cockburn,
Henry |
26
251 days |
14 September 1921 |
LHB |
Manchester
United FC (FL RU) |
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7 |
Matthews, Stanley |
33
111 days |
1 February 1915 |
OR |
Blackpool FC (FL
9th) |
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Mannion,
Wilfred J. |
30
6 days |
16 May 1918 |
IR |
Middlesbrough
FC (FL 16th) |
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Mortensen, Stanley H. |
26
361 days |
26 May 1921 |
CF |
Blackpool FC (FL
9th) |
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10 |
Pearson, Stanley C. |
29
132 days |
11 January 1919 |
IL |
Manchester
United FC (FL RU) |
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11 |
Langton,
Robert |
28
257 days |
8 September 1918 |
OL |
Blackburn
Rovers FC (FL 21st rel.) |
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unused substitutes: |
Alf Ramsey (Southampton FC (FL2 3rd)),
Jack Howe (Derby County FC (FL 4th)),
Bill Nicholson (Tottenham Hotspur FC
(FL2 8th)),
Tom Finney (Preston North End FC (FL
7th)) and
Tommy Lawton (Notts County FC
(FL3s 6th)). Lawton was suffering with
an injured groin.
Ted Ditchburn (Tottenham Hotspur FC
(FL2 8th)) was a 'stay-at-home' reserve, in case of injury to Swift. |
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2-3-5 |
Swift -
Ramsey, Aston -
Nicholson, Franklin, Wright -
Finney,
Mannion, Mortensen, Pearson, Langton. |
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Averages: |
Age |
28 years 363 days |
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Match Report
by the Western Daily Press, Monday, 24 May 1948 |
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England's soccer team wound up their short
Continental tour at Schaffhausen yesterday by beating the Canton of
Schaffhausen, a Swiss second division side, by six goals to nil.
Scorers were Mortensen (3), Mannion, Pearson and Cockburn.
Arranged primarily as an exhibition match the game did not fully live
up to that description owing to the conditions. Apart from the
sweltering heat, the ground, a school playing area, was small, dry,
bumpy and sloping.
Star of the England team was centre-forward
Mortensen, who netted three goals. Other scorers were Mannion, Pearson
and Cockburn.
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Match Report
as reported in the F.A. Yearbook
1948-49, pages 28 & 29 |
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One of the purposes of the
exhibition match played at Schaffhausen four days later was to
encourage the local townspeople to vote the money for a new stadium.
The need for this was only too apparent, as the match was played on a
school ground which left much to be desired. In spite of this and hard
play by a representative Swiss team, the English side won without
difficulty—this time by six goals to nil.
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Source
Notes |
TheFA.com
Original newspaper reports |
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Rothman's Yearbooks |
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England
Football Online
