This was the tenth meeting between these two old adversaries and West Germany were still searching for their first victory. At the final whistle they were still searching as England produced a marvellous defensive display, coupled with a superb goal to clinch a well-deserved win.

With Jimmy Greaves dropping out in the morning, Alf Ramsey brought in two new caps. Mick Jones of Leeds and Derek Temple of Everton came in to give the attack a slightly odd look about it.

But under the clear sky, England were quickly into their stride. After only two minutes, Mick Jones had the ball in the German net. Unfortunately for Jones and England, the referee had spotted another player in an offside position and the goal was disallowed. Then Jones continued his spectacular start by taking a fine pass from Alan Ball and forcing Tilkowski, in the German goal, into a brilliant leaping tip-over save.

England sustained their fine opening and in the 35th minute they went ahead. Temple, who had already shown great promise, beat his full-back and ran to the by-line. He pulled the ball back accurately to Terry Paine, who made no mistake from seven yards out. It was a goal of superb quality and richly deserved.

The Germans, as they so often do, hit back at once and Krämer headed against the crossbar. But the England players were calmed by the immaculate display of their skipper Bobby Moore. Once again he was in superb form and he marshalled his defenders brilliantly. Alongside him was the massive presence of the giant Jack Charlton. The Leeds United player was simply magnificent and in only his fourth international he proved beyond doubt that he would play a major role in England's World Cup preparations.

To top all this defensive quality, Gordon Banks had probably his best game in an England jersey and the Germans just could not find a way round this impregnable defensive barrier.

The second half saw the Germans throw everything at the England defence in a bid to salvage the game. But Moore stood firm, ably supported by his co-defenders. The full-backs were also in top form and in the midfield the recalled George Eastham worked tirelessly. It was all inspiring stuff.

The 67,000 crowd did their best to encourage their team and the roar was, at times, deafening, but the nearest they came to an equalizer was when Krämer hit a good shot which struck a post. But England remained calm under this intense pressure and stuck rigidly to their task. In the end they held on to their lead, drawing generous applause from the appreciative crowd.

The red-shirted Englishmen can be justifiably proud of their display and they now travelled to Sweden, hoping to complete the tour on an even higher note.
  

Derek Temple, Everton's flying winger, was called into England's injury-weakened side for what was his only cap. It was his surging run and cross that laid on the winning goal for Terry Paine in the thirty-seventh minute. Alf Ramsey experimented with a variation of a 4-3-3 formation, with Mick Jones leading the attack for the first time. This was the tenth meeting between the Germans and England and Germany were still seeking their first victory. A bit of old Fleet Street comment here in a way of explanation. There was a small group of football writers on the national newspapers (Brian Glanville, Geoffrey Green, David Miller, Clive Toye, Ken Jones and Brian James chief among them) who battled with their sports editors to get teams laid out in the newspapers in the new style of play. For instance, this team should read: Banks; Cohen Charlton, Moore, Wilson; Ball, Eastham Flowers; Paine, Jones, Temple. But the old school sports editors would not stand for it. 'Our readers will not accept the player in the number three jersey coming fifth in the line-up,' they would argue. So right up until recent times the player in the number three jersey would appear third in the line-up, even though there would be a back four of a right back, two central defenders and a left-back; and the number four or six player would invariably play in midfield. So most newspapers and their readers were stuck in the sand of the old days of 2-3-5, and it was a very slow process before fans were educated in the understanding of the new systems. Not Fleet Street's finest hour.
  

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
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