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"NO TEST FOR ENGLAND"
Sunday Post |
Officials |
Ireland |
UK ruling on substitutes |
England |
Referee William E. Webb
Glasgow |
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Linesmen
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tbc |
tbc |
Prematch
entertainment provided by the Royal Enniskillen Fusiliers Band |
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Ireland
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 39th to 41st |
Colours |
Green jerseys with white white winged collars,
white shorts, blue socks with green tops. |
"The smart rig worn by the Irish team and 'Special Victory'
football used in the match were supplied by The Athletic Stores Ltd.,
of Wellington Place." - Belfast News-Letter, Monday, 30
September 1946. |
Captain |
Peter Doherty |
Selection |
Selection Committee on Thursday, 19 September 1946. |
Ireland
Lineup |
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Russell, Alexander |
23 253 days |
18 January 1923 |
G |
Linfield FAC |
1 |
7ᵍᵃ |
only app
1946 |
2 |
Gorman, William C. |
35 77 days |
13 July 1911 |
RB |
Brentford FC, England |
1 |
0 |
3 |
Aherne, Thomas |
27 245 days |
26 January 1919 |
LB |
Belfast Celtic FC |
1 |
0 |
also has three appearances with Éire |
4 |
Carey, John J. |
27 217 days |
23 February 1919 |
RHB |
Manchester United FC,
England |
1 |
0 |
also has ten appearances with Éire |
5 |
Vernon, John J. |
28 2 days |
26 September 1918 |
CHB |
Belfast Celtic FC |
1 |
0 |
6 |
Douglas, Joseph P. |
nk |
not known |
LHB |
Belfast Celtic FC |
1 |
0 |
only app
1946 |
7 |
Cochrane,
David A. |
26 45 days |
14 August 1920 |
OR |
Leeds United AFC,
England |
3 |
0 |
8
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McAlinden,
James |
30 271 days |
31 December 1917 |
IR |
Portsmouth FC, England |
3 |
0 |
also has two appearances with Éire |
9 |
McMorran,
Edward J. |
23 26 days |
2 September 1923 |
CF |
Belfast Celtic FC |
1 |
0 |
10 |
Doherty,
Peter D. |
33 115 days |
5 June 1913 |
IL |
Derby County FC, England |
11 |
2 |
11
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Lockhart,
Norman H. |
22 208 days |
4 March 1924 |
OL |
Linfield FAC |
1 |
2 |
reserve: |
Jim Feeney (Linfield FAC) |
team notes: |
West Bromwich Albion FC's Dave Walsh was the original chosen
centre-forward, his place going to Eddie McMorran, after a knee injury
in a club match forced his withdrawal. |
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2-3-5 |
Russell - Gorman, Aherne - Carey, Vernon, Douglas -
Cochrane, McAlinden, McMorran, Doherty, Lockhart. |
Averages: |
Age |
27
years 221 days¹⁰ |
Appearances/GoalsAppearances/Goals |
2.3 |
0.1 |
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England
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 4th to 5th |
Colours |
The 1946 home
uniform -
White collared jerseys, blue shorts, red socks.
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first of eighteen, W 1 - D 0 - L 0 - F 7 - A 2. |
Captain |
George Hardwick |
Manager |
Walter Winterbottom, 33 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946; |
first of 13, W 1 - D 0 - L 0 - F 7 - A
2. |
Masseuse: Walter Max |
first
match of 139, W 1 - D 0 - L 0 - F 7 - A 2. |
Team chosen by Selection Committee headed by Arthur Drewry on Wednesday, 18
September, following trial match between FA XI and Combined XI in
Nottingham. |
England
Lineup |
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ten changes to the previous match
(only Lawton remains) |
league position (18th September) |
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69 |
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Swift, Frank V. |
32 276 days |
26 December 1913 |
G |
Manchester City FC (FL2 3rd) |
1 |
2ᵍᵃ |
655 |
15th City player to represent England |
656 |
2 |
Scott,
Lawrence |
29 158 days |
23 April 1917 |
RB |
Arsenal FC
(FL 16th) |
1 |
0 |
19th
Arsenal player to represent England |
657 |
3 |
Hardwick,
George F.M. |
26 238 days |
2 February 1920 |
LB |
Middlesbrough
FC (FL
7th) |
1 |
0 |
14th/15th Boro player to represent England |
658 |
4 |
Wright, William A. |
22 234 days |
6 February 1924 |
RHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC
(FL 17th) |
1 |
0 |
18th
Wanderer to represent England |
659 |
5 |
Franklin,
Cornelius |
24 247 days |
24 January 1922 |
CHB |
Stoke
City FC
(FL 14th) |
1 |
0 |
15th City player to represent England |
660 |
6 |
Cockburn,
Henry |
25 14 days |
14 September 1921 |
LHB |
Manchester
United FC
(FL TOP) |
1 |
0 |
7th United player to represent England |
661 |
7
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Finney,
Thomas |
24 176 days |
5 April 1922 |
OR |
Preston
North End FC
(FL 9th) |
1 |
1 |
12th Northender to represent England |
8
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Carter,
Horatio S. |
32 281 days |
21 December 1913 |
IR |
Derby County FC
(FL 18th) |
7 |
3 |
9 years & 168 days after his last app,
26th County player |
9
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Lawton, Thomas |
26 357 days |
6 October 1919 |
CF |
Chelsea FC
(FL 11th) |
9 |
7 |
7 years & 127 days after his last app,
14th Chelsea player |
662 |
10 |
Mannion,
Wilfred J. |
28 135 days |
16 May 1918 |
IL |
Middlesbrough
FC (FL
7th) |
1 |
3 |
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the 134th (first
post-war) brace,
the 38th (first post-war)
hattrick scored |
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14th/15th Boro player to represent England |
663 |
11
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Langton,
Robert |
28 20 days |
8 September 1918 |
OL |
Blackburn
Rovers FC
(FL 6th) |
1 |
1 |
34th Rover to represent England |
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reserves: |
Don Welsh
(Charlton Athletic FC
(FL 13th)),
Eddie Shimwell
(Sheffield United FC
(FL 15th)).
Johnny Hancocks
(Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
(FL 17th))
replaced Tom Finney. |
team changes: |
Stanley Matthews
(Stoke City FC
(FL 14th)) was selected for the starting eleven, but had to withdraw
through injury and was replaced by Tom Finney from the reserves on 23
September. |
records: |
Wilf Mannion is the first debutant to score a hat-trick since
George Mills in October 1937. The eleventh to do so overall. |
"The England team arrived in
Belfast by boat from Liverpool
[via Euston Station, London], and went at once to the Slieve Donard
Hotel, Newcastle, which will be their headquarters until Saturday" -
Belfast News-Letter, Friday, 27 September 1946. |
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2-3-5 |
Swift -
Scott, Hardwick -
Wright, Franklin, Cockburn -
Finney,
Carter, Lawton, Mannion, Langton. |
Averages: |
Age |
27 years 187
days |
Appearances/Goals |
2.3 |
0.7 |
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News |
"W.
Winterbottom may act as the F.A. team manager. "Wing Commander W.
Winterbottom, a former player with Manchester United and director of
physical fitness at the Air Ministry during the war, has been appointed a
member of the Football Association staff. His primary duties will concern
the direction and extension of the coaching and instructional work of the
English F.A. While he has not been appointed as England team manager, he
will take charge of teams at the discretion of the International Selection
Committee, and if so directed, will decide tactics.". -
Yorkshire Post, Tuesday, 9 July 1946
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"ENGLAND
SHOCK THE I.F.A"
"The Emergency Committee of the Irish
Football Association held a special meeting in Belfast to consider a
letter from the Football Association stating that their International
Committee wanted assurance that only players born in Northern Ireland
would be selected for the international match against England at Windsor
Park on Saturday, September 28. The I.F.A. Committee did not announce
their decision, but it is understood that they are to inform the Football
Association that they see no reason why such an assurance should be given.
The information given to the Press was: "We have drafted a reply which is
being sent to the Football Association. A copy will be issued to the Press
on Thursday afternoon. At the Liverpool Conference of 1923 the IFA was
given international status and the Eire Association dominion status. Under
this agreement the IFA had the right to select any Irish-born player
attached to an English or Scottish club and the Eire Association was only
permitted to call upon Eire-born players". -
Belfast News-Letter, Wednesday, 18
September 1946
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Match Report
by Mike Payne |
A RECORD
57,000 people attended the first official full Home International
football match since 1939 and the huge swirling crowd threatened to
cancel the game as the spectators spilled on to the pitch.
Thankfully, common sense and good humour prevailed and order was
restored in time for the kick-off.
The match
got off to a sensational start with England taking the lead in the
first minute. George Hardwick sent the ball into the Irish
penalty area and after Ahearne had made a weak attempt at a
clearance, Raich Carter pounced to open the scoring.
Although
Ireland tried desperately to recover they could not stop the eager
England forwards. In
the seventh minute it was 2-0. Henry Cockburn found Tommy
Lawton with a lovely pass and the centre-forward fond some space
brilliantly to set up and easy goal for Wilf Mannion. Middlesbrough's Mannion scored again before half-time after Lawton's
ferocious shot rebounded off the crossbar and England went in with a
commanding lead.
Carter and Mannion continued to perform brilliantly after the break to
completely destroy Ireland's already shattered defences. Time
and again their fine passing set up more goal chances. Within
15 minutes England had scored two more goals through Tom Finney and
Mannion, who thus completed his hat-trick.
Finney was
doing just as he pleased on the right wing and by this time Mannion
and Carter were walking through the demoralised Irish ranks.
Lockhart gave the eerily silent crowd something to cheer with a goal
from the left, but Lawton and then Bobby Langton underlined
England's superiority with goals six and seven. Just before
the end Lockhart gave the Irish another consolation goal but it was
a very dejected set of green-shirted footballers who left the field
at the final whistle.
England's
display had been very impressive and Carter's link up with Finney
was outstanding, much better than at anytime with Stanley Matthews;
Mannion's performance was also memorable.
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Match Report
by Norman Giller |
Raich Carter
scored in the first minute of what was a memorable match for Middlesbrough
team-mates Wilf Mannion and George Hardwick. Mannion illuminated his debut
with a hat-trick, and Hardwick was made skipper in his first official
international. He was to make thirteen successive appearances for England, all
as captain. There was a record Windsor Park crowd of 57,000 for this first Home
International match since 1939. England were 3-0 up at half-time. This was
England's first game under the stewardship of Walter Winterbottom, a former
Manchester United centre-half who was a university-educated intellectual whose
depth of knowledge about the tactics and techniques of the game were
unequalled. He was shackled and stifled by a team selection system that put
all the responsibility on his shoulders but most of the power in the hands of
amateur selectors. Winterbottom was lucky if he got his players together a day
before an international match, and often they would arrive just a few hours
before the kick-off. It was nothing unusual for England team-mates to meet
each other for the first time in the dressing-room shortly before going out to
play. |
In Other News....
It was on 27 September 1946 that the British test pilot,
Geoffrey de Havilland Junior, son of the famous aircraft
designer, was killed when his experimental jet-propelled
plane exploded in mid-air near Shearness.
His younger brother had also been killed on a test flight, three years
earlier. |
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Source Notes |
TheFA.com
Original newspaper reports
Rothman's Yearbooks
Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats
(for programme image too)
Northern Ireland's Footballing History
Mike Payne's England: The Complete Post-War Record |
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Paul Agnew's Finney: A
Football Legend
Norman Giller's Billy Wright: A Hero for
All Seasons
Douglas Lamming's
Forgotten Caps:
England Football Internationals of Two World Wars &
English Football Internationalists' Who's Who
Tommy Lawton's My Twenty Years of Soccer
David Miller's Stanley Matthews: The Authorized
Biography
Nick Varley's Golden Boy: A Biography of Wilf Mannion |
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