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DEFEAT FOR ENGLAND"
News Chronicle |
  Officials |
France |
FIFA ruling on substitutes |
England Party |
Referee
Alleen
Belgium |
The
Continental ruling of allowing two substitutes to replace injured players
prior to the 44th minute, and a goalkeeper at any time, is in place. |
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France
Espoirs
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; |
Colours: |
probably
Blue collared jerseys, white shorts, red socks. |
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Capt: |
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Manager: |
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France
Lineup |
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Remetter, François |
23
298 days |
8 August 1928 |
G |
FC Metz |
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2 |
le Maitre |
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RB |
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3 |
Colliot |
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LB |
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4
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Gaulon |
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RHB |
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5 |
Poitevin |
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CHB |
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6
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Domingo |
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LHB |
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7
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Kopov, Roger |
20 |
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OR |
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8 |
Dereuddre |
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IR |
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9
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Cesari |
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CF |
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10
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Piantoni, Roger |
20
148 days |
26 December 1931 |
IL |
FC Nancy |
11
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Curyl |
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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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Appearances/Goals |
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England
B Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; |
Colours: |
The
1949 home uniform -
White collared jerseys, blue shorts, red socks with white
tops. |
Capt:
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Joe Kennedy
first, W 0 - D 0 - L 1 - F 1 - A 7.³
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Manager: |
Thomas
James Whittaker
MBE, 53 (21 July 1898), appointed B team manager 4
March 1952 for three matches, released from the March/April match, also manager of
Arsenal FC;
only B match, W 0 - D 0 - L 1 - F 1 - A 7. |
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Trainer: Billy Wright (Portsmouth FC) |
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Team chosen by the
Intermediate Selection Committee headed, by Harold Shentall, on
Friday, 25 April 1952. |
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England
Lineup |
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Gregory, Ernest |
30
194 days |
10 November 1921 |
G |
West Ham United FC |
1 |
7ᵍᵃ |
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only B app
1952 |
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2 |
Gunter, Philip E. |
20
137 days |
6 January 1932 |
RB |
Portsmouth FC |
1 |
0 |
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only B app
1952 |
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3 |
Wicks, Stanley M. |
23
316 days |
11 July 1928 |
LB |
Reading FC |
1 |
0 |
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only B app
1952 |
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4 |
Wheeler, John E. |
23
301 days |
26 July 1928 |
RHB |
Bolton Wanderers FC |
2 |
0 |
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5 |
Kennedy, Joseph P. |
26
189 days |
15 November 1925 |
CHB |
West Bromwich Albion FC |
1 |
0 |
6
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Barlow, Raymond J. |
25
279 days |
17 August 1926 |
LHB |
West Bromwich Albion FC |
1 |
1 |
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only B app
1952 |
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7 |
Astall, Gordon |
24
243 days |
22 September 1927 |
OR |
Plymouth Argyle FC |
1 |
0 |
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only B app
1952 |
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8 |
Foster, Robert J. |
22
308 days |
19 July 1929 |
IR |
Preston North End FC |
1 |
0 |
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only B app
1952 |
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9 |
Grant, Wilfred |
31
293 days |
3 August 1920 |
CF |
Cardiff City FC |
1 |
0 |
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only B app
1952 |
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10 |
Shannon, Leslie |
26
71 days |
12 March 1926 |
IL |
Burnley FC |
1 |
0 |
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11 |
Hawksworth, Derek |
24
311 days |
16 July 1927 |
OL |
Sheffield United FC |
1 |
0 |
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only B app
1952 |
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unused substitutes: |
Sid
Owen (Luton Town FC), Bryan Edwards (Bolton Wanderers FC) |
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team notes: |
Gunter replaced Charlie Rutter (Cardiff City FC), who was still
suffering with the knee injury he received in the
B match against
Netherlands in March. Foster replaced his teammate Derek Lewis
(Preston North End FC), both on Tuesday, 13 May. |
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2-3-5 |
Middleton -
Scott, Wright -
Tyalor, Crosland, Watson
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Payne, Quigley, Lewis, Pye, Mullen
notes: after an hours play, Pye and Lewis
swapped positions. |
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Averages: |
Age |
23 years
57 days |
Appearances/Goals |
1.1 |
0.0 |
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youngest England B side
so far |
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Match Reports |
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"7-1 eclipse for England
"LE HAVRE. Thursday. —
England's B team was beaten 7—1 by France's B team this evening—the
highest score ever recorded against England in international professional
football.
The crowd jeered the England team. A member of the F.A.
Council said: "Our performance was disgraceful." "
- Daily News
"England "B" outplayed
— FRENCH GAIN 7—1 TRIUMPH
"FRANCE ESPOIR (French
Hopefuls) dominated an England "B" team in a Soccer match, played at Le
Havre yesterday, and won by seven goals to one.
"Playing a fast lively
game, the French side took full advantage of some weak defence by the
England side.
"The French superiority was clearly established before
half-time, when they gained a 3—0 lead. Curyl opened the account of
6min., Cesari adding a second 5min. later, and Piantoni going through
6min. from the interval.
"Gregory, in the England goal, found himself
in difficulties against the sharp shooting French forwards.
"France
continued their hard attacking game in the second half, adding to their
score in the fifty-fourth minute when Gaulon scored from a free-kick.
Six minutes later Barlow, England's left-half, scored his side's solitary
goal during one of England's rare attacking movements.
France put on
three more goals through Domingo (seventy-fourth min.), Piantoni
(seventy-sixth min.) and Kopa (eighty-ninth min.)." - Bradford
Observer
"Lively forwards rout
'B' team
— FRANCE 7 ENGLAND 1
"LE HAVRE. Thursday.—France Espoir (French
Hopefuls) gave England's "B" team a severe drubbing here tonight and with
a little luck might have had more goals to show for their superiority. By
clever, precise and swiftly made passes they bewildered the England
defenders who were often drawn out of position.
"Taking advantage of bad
marking and weak covering, the French team established a clear superiority
before half-time when they were three goals ahead. In each instance the
scorer was in an unmarked position and Gregory in the England goal found
himself in difficulties against the sharp-shooting French forwards.
"France continued their hard attacking game in the second half. Their
fourth goal came direct from a free kick and the other three followed at
regular intervals. England had a few periods of attack, but their forwards
were not clever enough to penetrate a sound defence and their goal scorer
was Barlow, the half-back, whose goal came between France's fourth and
fifth."
- Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer
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