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Tuesday, 15 May 1973
Home International Championship 1972-73 (78th) Match

England 3 Wales 0 [2-0]
 

 

Match Summary
England Squad
Wales Squad

Empire Stadium, Wembley, Brent, Greater London
Attendance: 38,000;
Kick-off: 7.45pm BST

England - Martin Chivers (right footed volley 23), Mick Channon (hard shot after receiving then dribbling the ball from the halfway line 32), Martin Peters (74)
 
Results 1970-1975

? kicked-off. ? minutes (? & ?).

 

Match Summary

Officials from Scotland

England

Type

Wales

Referee (-) - John W. Paterson
x (-), Lanarkshire.

Linesmen - M. Delaney and A.D. Fleming.

Teams presented to Air Marshal Sir John Rowlands, G.C., K.B.E., (F.A. Hon. vice-President).

  Goal Attempts  
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England Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 3rd
Colours: The 1965 Umbro home uniform - White crew necked jerseys, blue shorts, white socks.
Capt: Bobby Moore, 84th captaincy Manager: Sir Alfred Ernest Ramsey, 53 (22 January 1920), appointed 25 October 1962, effective part-time 31 December, full from May 1963.
104th match, W 66 - D 24 - L 14 - F 212 - A 90.
Ramsey (27) has broken Winterbottom's record (26) for matches won as manager at Empire Stadium.
England Lineup
1 Shilton, Peter L. 23  18 September 1949 G Leicester City FC 8 5ᵍᵃ
2 Storey, Peter E. 27 7 September 1945 RB Arsenal FC 14 0
3 Hughes, Emlyn W. 25 28 August 1947 LB Liverpool FC 22 1
4 Bell, Colin 27 26 February 1946 RHB Manchester City FC 26 4
5 McFarland, Roy L. 25 5 April 1948 CHB Derby County FC 14 0
6 Moore, Robert F.C. 32 12 April 1941 LHB West Ham United FC 102 2
7 Ball, Alan J. 28
3 days
12 May 1945 OR Arsenal FC 62 8
8 Channon, Michael R. 24 28 November 1948 IR Southampton FC 4 2
9 Chivers, Martin H. 28
18 days
27 April 1945 CF Tottenham Hotspur FC 17 11
10 Clarke, Allan J. 26 31 July 1946 IL Leeds United AFC 8 6
11 Peters, Martin S. 29 8 November 1943 OL Tottenham Hotspur FC 57 19

unused substitutes:

12-Ray Clemence, 13-David Nish, 14-Tony Currie, 15-Kevin Keegan, 16-Malcolm Macdonald.

team notes:

Manager Alf Ramsey also played against Wales three times between 1950 and 1952. He was the captain in 1950.
 
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Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

Wales Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 41st to 40th
Colours: Made by Umbro - Red round necked jerseys, white shorts with red side trim, red socks.
Capt: Mike England Manager: David Bowen
Wales Lineup
  Phillips, T.J.S. John   7 July 1951
in Shrewsbury, England
G     GA
2 Rodrigues, Peter J.   21 January 1944 RB      
3 Thomas, Roderick J.   11 January 1947 LB      
4 Hockey, Trevor   1 May 1943
in Keighley, England
RHB      
5 England, H. Michael, off   2 December 1941 CHB      
6 Roberts, John G.   11 September 1946 LHB      
7 James, Leighton   16 February 1953 OR      
8 Mahoney, John F.   20 September 1946 IR      
9 Toshack, John B.   22 March 1949 CF      
10 Page, Malcolm E., off   5 February 1947 IL      
11 Evans, Brian C.   2 December 1942 OL      
Wales Substitutes
14 Roberts, David F., on for England   26 November 1949
in Southampton, England
       
12 Emanuel, John, on for Page   5 April 1948        

unused substitutes:

13-Tony Millington, 15-Wyn Davies, 16-O'Sullivan.
 
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Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

    Match Report by Mike Payne

 

    Match Report by Norman Giller

England scored three goals and had two others disallowed as they pulled the Welsh defence apart in this Home Championship match. Allan Clarke did not get his name on the scoresheet, but he was the outstanding player on the pitch as he combined neatly with Mike Channon and Martin Chivers. It was England's first victory at Wembley for two years.  Martin Peters saved the best until last, scoring with a swerving shot from twenty yards after neatly combining with Channon and Clarke to make an opening.

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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CG