SLIM Jim Murray, 22, Wolves centre forward, who has hit nine goals in eight come-back days, saved England's Under-23 side when he crashed in a brilliant eighty-minute equaliser against Young France at the Municpal Stadium. Chunky wing half Maurice Setters sent Ray Parry, who had switched to insight right away in midfield. Greaves switched the ball through the middle for Murray to hammer it in from a narrow angle. But England, who never had the breaks in front of goal, can thank dusky Martinique-born left winger Lucien Cossau for this dramatic draw. Cossau missed three great chances after he had given France the lead in the tenth minute.
   Now team manager Walter Winterbottom has seen ten of England's top forwards score only one goal in less than twenty-four hours, and it looks as though the selectors will have to think again before the clash with Scotland on April 11.
The English defence made few mistakes, except the one that allowed Cossou to give France a simple lead. And Stoke City left back [Tony] Allen showed once again that he is a full England prospect of the very near future. England's luck was out. Right winger Albert Scanlon rapped the crossbar in the first half and Bolton's Ray Parry was twice desperately unlucky after the interval. Inside left Bobby Charlton brought a super save out of keeper Roussel, who really became a national hero three minutes from time when he grabbed a goalbound effort from Jimmy Murray that would have clinched the game for England.
  

Only a well taken goal by Murray a mere nine minutes from the end saved the Young England team from defeat at Lyons. It was a match in which they never got into their stride. In most respects, France were the better team, and took the lead after only seven minutes play, Cossou scoring after a mistake by the English defence. The England wing-halves were unable to gain a grip on the game, though several more chances were missed by the French forwards at half-time. Allen and Scott did well in defence, and Charlton showed his real form in flashes. The French defence was tight, Tylinski and Ferrier being insurmountable barriers.