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Saturday, 18 April 1970
Home International Championship 1969-70 (75th) Match

Wales 1 England 1 [1-0]
 

 

Match Summary
Wales Squad
England Squad

Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff, Glamorgan
Attendance: 50,000;
Kick-off: 3.00pm BST

Wales - Dick Krzywicki (40)
England - Franny Lee (71)
Results 1965-1970

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Match Summary

Officials

Wales

Type

England

Referee (-) - Thomas Wharton
x (-), Clarkston.

Linesmen - Drew McCririck, Kilmarnock, and Finlay Guild, Glasgow

  Goal Attempts  
  Attempts on Target  
  Hit Bar/Post  
  Corner Kicks Won  
  Offside Calls Against  
  Fouls Conceded  
  Possession  

Wales Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 44th to 40th
Colours: Made by Umbro - Red crew necked jerseys, red shorts, and red socks.
Capt:   Manager: David Bowen
Wales Lineup
  Millington, Anthony H.     G     GA
2 Rodrigues, Peter J.     RB      
3 Thomas, Roderick J.     LB      
4 Hennessey, W. Terence     RHB      
5 England, H. Michael     CHB      
6 Powell, David     LHB      
7 Krzywicki, Ryszard L.     OR      
8 Durban, W. Alan     IR      
9 Davies, Ronald T.     CF      
10 Moore, Graham 29 7 March 1941 IL   18 1
11 Rees, Ronald R.     OL      
unused substitutes: -
 
- -

Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

England Team

 
Current World Champions Colours: The 1965 Umbro home uniform - White crew necked jerseys, blue shorts, white socks.

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 1st
Capt: Bobby Moore, 59th captaincy Manager: Sir Alfred Ernest Ramsey, 50 (22 January 1920), appointed 25 October 1962, effective part-time 31 December, full from May 1963.
75th match, W 47 - D 18 - L 10 - F 159 - A 73.
England Lineup
  Banks, Gordon 32   G Stoke City FC 55 49ᵍᵃ
2 Wright, Thomas J. 25 21 October 1944 RB Everton FC 9 0
3 Hughes, Emlyn W. 22   LB Liverpool FC 4 0
4 Mullery, Alan P. 28 23 November 1941 RM Tottenham Hotspur FC 23 0
5 Labone, Brian 30 23 January 1940 CB Everton FC 20 0
6 Moore, Robert F.C. 29 12 April 1941 CB West Ham United FC 76 2
7 Lee, Francis H. 25 29 April 1944 RF Manchester City FC 12 5
8 Ball, Alan J. 24   RCM Everton FC 38 6
9 Charlton, Robert 32   LCM Manchester United FC 99 47
most goals 1968-70
10 Hurst, Geoffrey C. 28   LF West Ham United FC 34 19
11 Peters, Martin S. 26 8 November 1943 LM Tottenham Hotspur FC 34 11
unused substitutes: -
team notes: Manager Alf Ramsey also played against Wales three times between 1950 and 1952. He was the captain in 1950.
 
4-4-2 Banks -
Wright, Labone, Moore, Hughes -
Mullery, Ball, Charlton, Peters -
Lee, Hurst

Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

    Match Report by Mike Payne

 

    Match Report by Norman Giller

Sir Alf Ramsey was shaping his tactics for the coming defence of the World Cup, and had settled on a 4-4-2 formation with Francis Lee and Geoff Hurst as the two front runners supported from midfield by Alan Mullery, Alan Ball, Bobby Charlton and Martin Peters. There was press criticism of the system after England had struggled to hold Wales, Lee salvaging a draw with a spectacular solo goal after Dick Krzywicki had given the Welsh a well-deserved lead.  Sir Alf said later that he was satisfied with the performance. 'Everything we do now is with Mexico in mind,' he said. 'We must adapt the way we play for the conditions we will meet out there.'

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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