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Match
Summary |
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Officials |
England |
Type |
West Germany |
Referee
(-) - Vincenzo
Orlandini
x (-), Italy.
Linesmen -
Benjamin Mervyn
Griffiths, Wales and
Charles Edward
Faultless, Scotland
The Guest of Honours are The Rt Hon Sir
Robert Anthony
Eden KG MC MP, British Foreign Secretary, and his wife, Clarissa.
A
presentation was made to Tom Finney at the evenings' banquet by the Football
Association. It was an illuminated address to mark fifty international
appearances.
The FIFA ruling of allowing a substitute to replace an injured player prior to the 44th minute, and a goalkeeper at any time, is in place.
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Goal Attempts |
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Attempts on Target |
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Hit Bar/Post |
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Corner Kicks Won |
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Offside Calls Against |
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Fouls Conceded |
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Possession |
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England
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 5th |
Colours: |
The 1954 Umbro
away uniform -
Red v-necked short-sleeved continental jerseys, white shorts, red socks with
white tops. |
Capt: |
Billy Wright, 49th captaincy |
Manager: |
Walter Winterbottom, 41 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946;
67th match, W 42 - D 13 - L 12 - F 195 - A 98,
one abandoned. Team chosen by Selection Committee, on Sunday, 28 November. |
England
Lineup |
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Williams, Bert F. |
34 304 dys |
31 January 1920 |
G |
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC |
19 |
25 GA |
2 |
Staniforth, Ronald |
30 232 dys |
13 April 1924 |
RB |
Huddersfield Town AFC |
8 |
0 |
3 |
Byrne, Roger W. |
25 84 dys |
8 September 1929 |
LB |
Manchester United FC |
9 |
0 |
4 |
Phillips, Leonard H. |
32 81 dys |
11 September 1922 |
RHB |
Portsmouth FC |
3 |
0 |
5 |
Wright, William A. |
30 298 dys |
6 February 1924 |
CHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC |
64 |
3 |
6 |
Slater, William J. |
27 216 dys |
29 April 1927 |
LHB |
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC |
2 |
0 |
7 |
Matthews, Stanley |
39 303 dys |
1 February 1915 |
OR |
Blackpool FC |
41 |
10 |
8 |
Bentley,
T.F. Roy |
30 198 dys |
17 May 1924 |
IR |
Chelsea
FC |
10 |
7 |
9 |
Allen, Ronald |
25 320 dys |
15 January 1929 |
CF |
West Bromwich Albion FC |
5 |
1 |
10 |
Shackleton, Leonard F. |
32 212 dys |
3 May 1922 |
IL |
Sunderland AFC |
5 |
1 |
11 |
Finney,
Thomas |
32 240 dys |
5 April 1922 |
OL |
Preston
North End FC |
55 |
24 |
unused substitutes: |
Ray Wood (Manchester United FC),
Joe Kennedy (West Bromwich Albion FC),
Bill McGarry (Huddersfield Town AFC) and
Dennis Wilshaw (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC). |
team notes: |
Billy Wright extends his record appearance tally. This is the
oldest post-war team England have fielded. |
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2-3-5 |
Williams - Staniforth, Byrne - Phillips, Wright, Slater
- Mathhews, Bentley, Allen, Shackleton, Finney |
Averages: |
Age |
30.5 (226.2 days) |
Appearances/Goals |
20.1 |
4.0 |
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West
Germany
Team |
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Current World Champions |
Colours: |
White collared jerseys with black lace-up collar/cuffs, black shorts, black socks
with white tops. |
Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 3rd to 4th |
Capt: |
Jupp Posipal |
Manager: |
Joséf Herberger, 57 (28 March 1897), appointed in 1950.
Team chosen on Thursday, 25 November 1954, with a final announcement made on
Sunday, 28 November. |
West
Germany
Lineup |
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Herkenrath, Friedrich |
26 |
9 September 1928 |
G |
Rot-Weiss Essen |
2 |
5 GA |
2 |
Posipal, Joséf |
27 |
20 June 1927 in Logoj, Romania |
RB |
Hamburger SV eV |
24 |
1 |
3 |
Kohlmeyer, Werner |
30 |
19 April 1924 |
LB |
1.FC Kaiserslautern |
21 |
0 |
4 |
Erhardt, Herbert |
24 |
6 July 1930 |
RHB |
Spielvereinigung Greuther F�rth eV |
4 |
0 |
5 |
Liebrich, Werner |
27 |
18 January 1927 |
CHB |
1.FC Kaiserslautern |
10 |
0 |
6 |
Harpers, Gerhard |
26 |
12 March 1928 |
LHB |
SV 1912 Sodingen |
2 |
0 |
7 |
Kaufhold, Gerhard |
25 |
2 December 1928 |
OR |
Offenbacher FC Kickers 1901 eV |
1 |
0 |
8 |
Pfeiffer, Michael |
29 |
19 July 1925 |
IR |
Aachener TSv Alemannia 1900 eV |
1 |
0 |
9 |
Seeler, Uwe |
18 |
5 November 1936 |
CF |
Hamburger SV eV |
2 |
0 |
10 |
Derwall, Joséf |
27 |
10 March 1927 |
IL |
D�sseldorfer TSv Fortuna 1895 eV |
1 |
0 |
11 |
Beck, Alfred |
29 |
12 April 1925 |
OL |
FC St Pauli von 1910 eV |
1 |
1 |
unused substitutes: |
Heinz Kubsch (Fk 03 Pirmasens), Jakob Miltz (TuS Neuendorf), Erwin
Waldner (VfB Stuttgart) and Berti Krauss (Offenbacher FC Kickers
1901). Rest of original squad: Karl-Heinz Metzner (Hessen Kessel),
Rudi Hoffmann (Sv Viktoria 1901 Aschaffenburg) and Hans Sch�fer (1.FC.Köln). |
team notes: |
The Germans named an 18-man party and trained at Groenberg, in the
foothills of the Vogelberg Mountains, forty miles north of Frankfurt,
playing practice matches against Offenbach Kickers. Of the team that won the World Cup, Rahn, Morlock and Ottmar Walter
were suffering with jaundice. Eckel has a broken leg, and Maj had a
liver complaint. The team were due to train at Fulham's Craven Cottage
prior to the match, but the ground was unfit, and they trained at a
firm's playing field in Barnes instead. Both Karlsruher's uncapped
Kurt Sommerlatt (right-half) and
Köln's Jupp R�hrig
(inside-left) were in the original line-up. Herberger then included
the uncapped 25-year-old Gerhard Kaufhold as his outside-right in the
team announced on 28 November, Kaufhold was a member of the
Offenbacher Kickers team that beat the German probables the week
before. |
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2-3-5 |
Herkenrath - Posipal, Kohlmeyer - Sommerlatt, Liebrich,
Harpers - Kaufhold, Pfeiffer, Seeler,
Derwall, Beck |
Averages: |
Age |
26.2 |
Appearances/Goals |
6.3 |
0.1 |
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Match Report
by Mike Payne |
England,
in front of a full house (and again the 100,000 crowd broke the receipts
record by paying �51,716), entertained West Germany at Wembley. The
Germans, who were now World Champions thanks to their memorable win over
Hungary in the summer of 1954, had never won in England and again they
went home empty-handed. The Germans fielded only three players that had
appeared in the World Cup Final, but none the less still proved formidable
opposition.
The heavy storms of the
previous few days had given way to a lovely sunny, cloudless sky. The
Wembley surface was pretty sodden but the ball playing forwards of England
revelled in the conditions. Nobody more so than the evergreen Stanley
Matthews. He was once again superb. It was hard to imagine that when he
made his debut against Germany in 1935, the current German centre-forward,
Uwe Seeler, had not even been born.
England were quickly into their stride and
Kerkenrath was soon in action. Time and time again he denied England with
thrilling saves. Twice Tom Finney had shots blocked and Ronnie Allen also
saw the same fate befall two of his efforts.
Finally, though, the
pressure told. In the 27th minute more good work by the lively Allen set
Matthews on his way. When the winger's centre reached the far post, Roy
Bentley carried on where he had left off against Wales by scoring with
another fine header.
Play was almost totally confined to the
German half. Liebrich was oustanding, as he was in that memorable Final
against Hungary, and it was solely due to him that the Germans were held
together. Bert Williams was called upon to make a superb point-blank save
from Seeler, but generally the English 'keeper was merely a spectator for
long spells. With Len Phillips and Len Shackleton showing up very well,
England continued with their forceful play until half-time and the measure
of their lead did them no justice at all.
Deservedly, within three
minutes of the restart, England went 2-0 ahead. Shackleton chipped a
lovely ball over the German defence for Finney to run on to. Again his run
was blocked by Herkenrath's brave dive but this time the ball ran loose
for Allen to follow up and score. At this stage England's wingers were
outstanding. Matthews once again carved trails of wreckage down the right
flank and set up chance after chance. Finney, meanwhile, preferred to cut
inside to create havoc. Unfortunately, England failed to capitalise on
their superiority. They should have had many goals as the new-look German
line-up understandably lacked cohesion.
Shackleton produced one
dazzling moment when he set off on a tremendous dribble that took him
through the whole German defence, bringing the crowd to its feet. He then
dribbled around Herkenrath, only to push the ball too far forward at the
vital moment and it ran out of play. It would have been a stupendous goal;
as it was, it still brought a huge roar of approval from the spectators.
England, by now, were coasting. Their play became sloppy due to their
dominance and the Germans, typically, made them pay for their casualness
by suddenly pulling a goal back. Only 15 minutes remained when Seeler, who
for once beat the majestic Billy Wright, passed the ball to Beck, who
calmly beat Williams with a low shot.
This succeeded in waking
England up again and although for a few seconds Germany threatened, the
match was finally settled in the 80th minute. A brilliant reverse pass by
Allen gave Shackleton a half-chance and as Herkenrath came to challenge,
the Sunderland star produced the perfect chip to score a delightful third
goal. Other chances were missed by England in the remaining minutes and
Matthews continued, to the end, to be the scourge of the German defenders.
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Match Report
by Norman Giller |
The 100,000 crowd for this Wednesday afternoon
match against the world champions broke the Wembley receipts record by
paying £51,716 to watch a classic encounter. With Stanley Matthews
running the German defenders into dizzy disarray, England took the lead in
the twenty-seventh minute when Roy Bentley headed in a pin-pointed centre
from the Maestro. Ronnie Allen made it 2-0 three minutes after half-time
following neat combination work between Finney and Len Shackleton. The
Germans pulled back to 2-1 through Beck before Shackleton, the Clown
Prince, clinched a memorable victory in the eightieth minute with an
impudent chip shot as the goalkeeper came racing towards him. Shack had
thrilled the crowd throughout the match with his tricks, but he was too
much an individualist for the taste of the selectors and never played for
England again after a paltry five caps. It remains a mystery to many
people why Len Shackleton did not win a cupboardful of caps. He just
refused to conform. Shack upset the selectors with a book published in
1955 in which a chapter headed 'The Average Director's Knowledge of
Football' was left completely blank. Most of the England selectors were
club directors. With his ability, he should have won dozens of caps but he
just could not bring himself to toe the line. At least he could say he
went out at the very top, because his brilliant goal made sure that
England toppled the new world champions. The Germans included only three
of the team that won the trophy in Switzerland as they started rebuilding
ready for their defence of the World Cup in 1958.
Len Shackleton became a
respected football writer after his retirement, and reminiscing in the press
box one day he regaled colleagues with this story that captures the times in
which he played: "After scoring what I considered one of my finest ever
goals to help England beat world champions Germany at Wembley, I was handed a
third-class rail ticket for the overnight sleeper back to Sunderland. I said
to the Bowler Hat handing me the ticket, 'Couldn't you raise enough money
for a first-class ticket?' The FA official said that all the first-class
tickets had been sold. When I got to King's Cross I had no trouble transferring
to first-class because there was plenty of space, and I was happy to pay the
five pounds difference out of my own pocket. By the time I'd paid tax and
expenses, I was left with just £20 out of my £50 match fee. The Wembley
receipts for the match were over £50,000, but we footballers who had drawn
the crowd and the money were considered third-class citizens by those
blinkered fools who ran the Football Association."
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Match Report
by Glen Isherwood |
West
Germany had won the World Cup five months earlier with a surprise victory
over the mighty Hungarians in Berne but only three members of their
winning team were to play at Wembley.
England
had reached the quarter-finals where they lost to Uruguay in Basle. This
was the first meeting between England and West Germany. They had met a
united Germany three times before the war.
The
red-shirted England side took the lead after 27 minutes. Matthews crossed
and Roy Bentley headed in at the far post. They increased their lead just
after half-time.
Herkenrath saved at the feet of Finney but Ronnie
Allen scored from the rebound. Seeler provided Alfred Beck with a pass and
he shot past Williams to reduce the arrears with a quarter of an hour
left. But then Allen passed to Len Shackleton, who drew Heckenrath before
delivering an exquisite chip over the 'keeper's head and into the net.
England won by the same scoreline in Berlin in
1956. West Germany finished fourth in their defence of the World Cup in
1958 in Sweden and had lost to England again by the time they returned to
England in 1956.
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The
Top Twenty UK Music Chart
by New Musical Express |
On
Friday, 15 November 1952, The New Musical Express published the first ever singles chart in the UK,
comprising the twelve highest selling singles of the week, it increased to
twenty on Friday, 1 October 1954. When England beat West Germany,
Rosemary Clooney's This Ole House
was the best selling single. The chart was published on Friday, 26
November 1954:-
1. |
(2) |
This Ole House -
Rosemary Clooney (Philips) |
11. |
(5) |
If I Give My Heart To You
- Doris Day With The Mellomen (Philips) |
2. |
(=) |
My Son My Son - Vera Lynn (Decca) |
12. |
(8) |
Cara Mia - David Whitfield
with Mantovani & His Orchestra (Decca) |
3. |
(4) |
If I Give My Heart To You
- Joan Regan (Decca) |
13. |
(=) |
There Must Be A Reason - Frankie
Laine (Philips) |
4. |
(1) |
Hold My Hand - Don Cornell (Vogue) |
14. |
(12) |
Little Things Mean A Lot
- Kitty Kallen (Brunswick) |
5. |
(7) |
Smile - Nat 'King' Cole
(Capitol) |
(16) |
I Need You Now -
Eddie Fisher (HMV) |
6. |
(11) |
Santo Natale - David
Whitfield (Decca) |
(re) |
Lets Have A Party
- Winifred Atwell (Philips) |
7. |
(9) |
No One But You - Billy
Eckstine (MGM) |
17. |
I Still Believe - Ronnie Hilton
(HMV) |
8. |
(6) |
This Ole House - Billie
Anthony (Columbia) |
18. |
(17) |
Sh-Boom -
Crew Cuts (Mercury) |
9. |
Lets Have Another Party
- Winifred Atwell (Philips) |
19. |
(15) |
Sh-Boom -
Stan Freberg With The Toads
(Capitol) |
10. |
(=) |
Rain Rain Rain - Frankie Laine
& The Four Lads (Philips) |
20. |
(19) |
How Do You Speak To An Angel -
Dean Martin (Capitol) |
♪Most weeks at number one when
England played:
Doris Day and
Frankie Laine five, Guy Mitchell two, Rosemary Clooney, Vera Lynn, Al Martino, Lita Roza,
Stargazers and
David Whitfield one each. |
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Source Notes |
TheFA.com DFB.de Original newspaper reports Rothman's Yearbooks
Mike Payne's England: The Complete Post-War Record
(Breedon Books Publishing Company, Derby, U.K., 1993)
Glen Isherwood's Wembley: The Complete Record (SportsBooks Ltd,
2006)
Norman Giller, Football Author officialcharts.com singles chart
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CG
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