333 vs. Mexico
previous match (25 days)
346 vs. Scotland
 347
405 vs. Mexico |
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Wednesday,
10 May 1961
End-of-Season Friendly Match
England 8 Mexico
0
[4-0]
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♪This
week's Music Charts♪ |
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Empire Stadium, Wembley Park,
Wembley, Middlesex
Kick-off (BST):
3.00pm
Attendance:
'77,000'; |
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[1-0]
Gerry
Hitchens 2 1:30
[2-0]
Bobby Charlton
12
[3-0]
Bobby Robson
23
[4-0]
Bryan Douglas
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[5-0] Ron Flowers penalty 59
[6-0]
Bobby Charlton
62
[7-0]
Bobby Charlton
73 HAT-TRICK
[8-0] Bryan Douglas 85 |
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commentator: Kenneth Wolstenholme |
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  Officials
from Scotland |
England |
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 Saturday, 15 April 1961. |
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England
Lineup |
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two change
from the previous match
(Kevan & Hitchins>Greaves & Smith) |
league position
(15 April) |
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Springett, Ronald D. |
25
292 days |
22 July 1935 |
G |
Sheffield Wednesday FC |
10 |
17ᵍᵃ |
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2 |
Armfield, James C. |
25
231 days |
21 September 1935 |
RB |
Blackpool FC |
14 |
0 |
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5 |
Swan, Peter |
24
214 days |
8 October 1936 |
RHB |
Sheffield Wednesday FC |
9 |
0 |
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6 |
Flowers, Ronald |
26
286 days |
28 July 1934 |
LHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC |
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 |
6 |
0 |
4
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Robson, Robert W. |
28
81 days |
18 February 1933 |
RM |
West Bromwich Albion FC |
13 |
4 |
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10 |
Haynes, John N. |
26
205 days |
17 October 1934 |
IL |
Fulham FC |
42 |
18 |
7
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Douglas, Bryan |
26
348 days |
27 May 1934 |
OR |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
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 |
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 |
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
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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: |
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team notes: |
Jimmy Greaves
is suspended by his
club, Chelsea FC. and Bobby Smith is required by his club, Tottenham Hotspur FC. |
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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 |
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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 Trelles Campos |
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Mexico
Lineup |
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Mota,
Antonio |
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GA |
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Peña, Gustavo |
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RB |
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3 |
Jáuregui, Ignacio |
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LB |
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Cardenas |
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RHB |
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Sepúlveda, Guillermo |
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CHB |
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Portugal, Alfonso |
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LHB |
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7 |
Cárdenas, Raúl |
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OR |
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8 |
Reyes, Salvador |
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IR |
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9 |
González, Carlos |
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CF |
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10 |
Flores, Francisco, off
44thmin. |
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IL |
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11 |
Mercado, Sigifredo |
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OL |
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Mexico Substitutes |
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16 |
Reynoso, Tomás, on 44th min. for Flores |
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unused substitutes: |
- |
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Averages: |
Age |
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Appearances/Goals |
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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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