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Wednesday,
10 May 1961
End-of-Season Friendly Match
England 8 Mexico
0
[4-0]
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Empire Stadium, Wembley Park,
Wembley, Middlesex
Kick-off (BST):
3.00pm
Attendance:
'77,000'; '77,010';
Receipts:
'£31,750' |
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Johnny Haynes won the toss |
Carlos González
kicked off |
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[1-0]
Gerry
Hitchens 2
1:21
'picked up a pass from Bobby
Charlton, who had beaten three in a great run, Hitchens beat two
and hit a long swerving acute shot from the
left wing'
[2-0]
Bobby Charlton
volley
11
'a vicious right-footed 12-yard
volley after Gerry Hitchens caught the ball on the goalline and
clipped in a perfect pass'
[3-0]
Bobby Robson
22
'another well-hit smash from a
Gerry Hitchens header'
[4-0]
Bryan Douglas
44
'slipped through by an
unselfish pass from Bobby
Charlton' |
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2.0
News 2.05 Science and Life: Schools
2.25 Wednesday Magazine: with David Jacobs
2.55
Football: England vs. Mexico.
4.45 Watch
with Mother: The Flowerpot Men 5.0 Bengo; The
Long Way Home; Film Club 6.0 News. |
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[4-0] Johnny Haynes strike hits the
crossbar 57
[5-0] Ron Flowers
penalty 60
'casually steered the ball home'
(Hitchens
fouled)
[6-0]
Bobby Charlton
62
'smashed the ball home after
Hitchens had been sent tumbling by the combined challenge of three
defenders after a great run'
[7-0]
Bobby Charlton
76 HAT-TRICK
'following
neat work and a pass by Bryan Douglas'
[8-0] Bryan Douglas 89
'afrom a clever Bobby Charlton pull-back' |
[7-0] Salvadore Reyes shot hits the post
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commentator: Kenneth Wolstenholme |
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 flg.jpg) "MEXICAN
MASSACRE!"
Daily Mirror |
  Officials
from Scotland |
England Party |
FIFA ruling on substitutes |
Mexico |
Referee
(black)
Robert
Holley Davidson
Airdrie |
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Linesmen |
John Dearie
East Kilbride |
Ronald Gordon
Glasgow |
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England
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 6th to 5th |
Colours |
The 1959 Bukta
home uniform -
White v-necked short-sleeved continental jerseys, blue shorts, white
socks with red/white/blue tops. |
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P twelfth of 38, W 7 - D 2 - L 3 - F 47 - A 20. |
Captain |
Johnny Haynes |
Manager |
Walter Winterbottom, 48 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946; |
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8th of 22, W 6 - D 0 - L 2 - F 40 - A 13. |
Trainer: Harold Shepherdson |
P 121st of 139,
W 69 - D 28 - L 24 - F 347 - A 175,
one abandoned. |
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The team chosen by the Selection
Committee, headed by Joe Richards,
on Satuday, 15 April 1961. |
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England
Lineup |
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two change
from the previous match
(Kevan & Hitchins>Greaves & Smith) |
league positions
(15 April) |
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Springett, Ronald D. |
25
292 days |
22 July 1935 |
G |
Sheffield Wednesday FC
(FL 2nd) |
10 |
17ᵍᵃ |
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2 |
Armfield, James C. |
25
231 days |
21 September 1935 |
RB |
Blackpool FC
(FL 20th) |
14 |
0 |
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5 |
Swan, Peter |
24
214 days |
8 October 1936 |
RHB |
Sheffield Wednesday FC
(FL 2nd) |
9 |
0 |
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6 |
Flowers, Ronald |
26
286 days |
28 July 1934 |
LHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC
(FL 3rd) |
21 |
3
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22nd
successful penalty kick (38th overall) |
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3 |
McNeil, Michael |
21
92 days |
7 February 1940 |
LB |
Middlesbrough FC
(FL2 5th) |
6 |
0 |
4
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Robson, Robert W. |
28
81 days |
18 February 1933 |
RM |
West Bromwich Albion FC
(FL 11th) |
13 |
4 |
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10 |
Haynes, John N. |
26
205 days |
17 October 1934 |
LM |
Fulham FC
(FL 18th) |
42 |
18 |
7
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Douglas, Bryan |
26
348 days |
27 May 1934 |
OR |
Blackburn Rovers FC
(FL 7th) |
20 |
7 |
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the 209th (76th post-war) brace scored |
the 35th
player to reach the 20-app milestone |
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8 |
Kevan, Derek T. |
24
65 days |
6 March 1935 |
RF |
West Bromwich Albion FC
(FL 11th) |
14 |
8 |
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final app
1957-61 |
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795 |
9
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Hitchens,
Gerald A. |
26
214 days |
8
October 1934 |
LF |
Aston Villa FC
(FL 8th) |
1 |
1 |
11
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Charlton, Robert |
23
211 days
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11
October 1937 |
OL
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Manchester United FC
(FL 6th)
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24
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21
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the 208th (75th post-war) brace,
the 56th
(19th post-war) hattrick scored |
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unused substitutes: |
Alan Hodgkinson (Sheffield United FC
(FL2 2nd)),
John Angus (Burnley FC
(FL 5th)),
Stan Anderson (Sunderland AFC
(FL2 6th)),
Brian Miller (Burnley FC
(FL 5th)),
George Eastham (Arsenal FC
(FL 9th)),
John Connolly (Burnley FC
(FL 5th)). |
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team notes: |
Derek Kevan was recalled on 7 May to replace the suspended Jimmy
Greaves (Chelsea FC
(FL 13th)). Then on 9 May, Bobby Smith (Tottenham Hotspur
FC
(FL TOP)) had to withdraw to manage his injury and was replaced by Gerry
Hitchens. |
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hattrick notes: |
Charlton's hattrick is the sixth by England under the twin towers.
England have scored four hattricks in a season for only the third
time, the others being in 1907-08 and 1946-47. |
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records: |
For the second time,
first since 1908-09, England have won their first six matches in a
season.
For the first time since 1908, England have scored 39 goals
in a single season, and they ended the match with forty goals. |
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4-2-4 |
Springett -
Armfield, Swan, Flowers, McNeil -
Robson,
Haynes -
Douglas, Greaves, Smith, Charlton |
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Averages: |
Age |
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Appearances/Goals |
15.8 |
4.9 |
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Mexico
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 12th to 17th |
Colours |
Pale green jersey with white v-neck collar/cuffs with red trim,
white shorts, green socks. |
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Captain |
Raúl Cárdenas |
Manager |
Ignacio Trélles Campos,
44 (31 July 1916) |
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P seventeenth match of 106, W 7 - D 4 - L 6 - F 35 - A 28. |
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Mexico
Lineup |
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Mota
Romero,
Antonio José |
22
x days |
26 January 1939 |
G |
CD
Oro |
2 |
9ᵍᵃ |
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2 |
Peña Velasco, Gustavo |
18
x days |
22 November 1942 |
RB |
CD
Oro |
6 |
0 |
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3 |
Sepúlveda Rodríguez, Guillermo |
26
x days |
29 November 1934 |
CB |
CD
Guadalajara |
9 |
0 |
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4 |
Jáuregui Diaz, Ignacio |
22
x days |
31 July 1938 |
LB |
Atlas FC |
11 |
0 |
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5 |
Cardenas de la Vega, Raúl |
32
x days |
30 October 1928 |
RHB |
CA Zacatepec |
23 |
3 |
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6 |
Portugal Díaz, Alfonso |
27
x days |
21 January 1934 |
LHB |
CF
América |
16 |
0 |
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7 |
del Águila Estrella, Alfredo |
26
x days |
3 January 1935 |
OR |
DC
Toluca |
17 |
2 |
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8 |
Reyes Monteon, Salvador |
24
x days |
20 September 1936 |
IR |
CD
Guadalajara |
25 |
6 |
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9 |
González
Cabrera, Carlos |
26
x days |
12 April 1935 |
CF |
Atlas FC |
10 |
4 |
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final app
1956-61 |
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10 |
Flores Córdoba, Francisco, off 39th min. |
35
x days |
12 February 1926 |
IL |
CD Guadalajara |
11 |
5 |
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11 |
Mercado Luna, Sigifredo |
27
x days |
31 August 1933 |
OL |
CD
Toluca |
14 |
6 |
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Mexico Substitutes |
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scoreline:
England 3 Mexico 0 |
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16 |
Reynoso Juárez, Tomás, on 39th min. for Flores |
25
x days |
12 December 1935 |
IL |
ID
Necaxa |
7 |
5 |
1 |
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2 |
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scoreline:
England 8 Mexico 0 |
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unused substitutes: |
Antonio Carbajal (goalkeeper and team captain);
Eduardo González Palmer & Crescencio Gutiérrez (centre-forwards),
Antonio Jasso & Guillermo Ortíz
(inside-lefts), Florentino Quintanar (outside-left). |
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team notes: |
The team trained at Middlesex Sports Ground, Sudbury Hill, prior to
the match.
The Mexican team were on $200 per man to win the match. |
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3-2-5 |
Mota -
Peña, Sepúlveda, Jáuregui -
Cardenas, Portugal -
del Águila, Reyes, González, Flores (Reynoso),
Mercado. |
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Averages: |
Age |
- |
Appearances/Goals |
13.1 |
2.4 |
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Match Report
by Mike Payne |
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Match Report
by Norman Giller |
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Bobby Smith was injured and Jimmy Greaves suspended by Chelsea (for refusing
to go on a club tour to Israel on the eve of his move to AC Milan), but the goal floodgates were still kicked open by
England. Gerry Hitchens made a sensational start to his England career,
scoring with his first shot after just 90 seconds. Bobby Charlton, a blond
bombshell on the left wing, hammered his first international
hat-trick as England took their goals tally to an
astonishing forty in six matches. Derek Kevan played in place of Greaves, and
missed three gilt-edged scoring opportunities. The question on many lips was,
"How many goals would whizkid Jimmy Greaves have helped himself to against
the overwhelmed Mexican defence?"
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 Source Notes |
TheFA.com
Original newspaper reports
Rothman's Yearbooks
Mike Payne's England: The Complete Post-War Record
(Breedon Books Publishing Company, Derby, U.K., 1993)
Norman Giller, Football Author
Drew Herbertson, Scottish FA historian
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