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"ENGLAND PAY DEARLY FOR SOCCER
VICTORY"
Sunday Mirror |
Officials |
England |
FIFA ruling on substitutes |
France |
Referee (black)
Louis
Andre Baert
43 (29 December 1903),
Ghent, Belgium. |
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Linesmen |
Mr.
G. Clark London |
Monsieur
Boes France |
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England
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 4th |
Colours |
The 1946 home
uniform -
White collared jerseys, blue shorts, black socks with white
tops.
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P 6th of eighteen, W 5 - D 1 - L 0 - F 23 - A 5. |
Captain |
George Hardwick |
Manager |
Walter Winterbottom, 34 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946; |
6th of 13, W 5 - D 1 - L 0 - F 23 - A 5. |
P 6th
of 139, W 5 - D 1 - L 0 - F 23 - A 5. |
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Team chosen by Selection Committee headed by Arthur Drewry
following the match on 12 April at Wembley. |
England
Lineup |
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three changes to the previous match
(Lowe, Finney & Langton>Johnston, Matthews & Mullen) |
league position (12 April) |
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Swift, Frank V. |
33 128 days |
26 December 1913 |
G |
Manchester City FC (FL2 TOP) |
6 |
5ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Scott,
Lawrence |
30 10 days |
23 April 1917 |
RB |
Arsenal
FC (FL 15th) |
6 |
0 |
3 |
Hardwick,
George F.M., injured 60th
min. |
27 90 days |
2 February 1920 |
LB |
Middlesbrough FC (FL 7th) |
6 |
0 |
4 |
Wright, William A. |
23 86 days |
6 February 1924 |
RHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC (FL TOP) |
6 |
0 |
5 |
Franklin,
Cornelius |
25
99 days |
24 January 1922 |
CHB |
Stoke
City FC (FL 4th) |
6 |
0 |
666 |
6
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Lowe, Edward |
21 296 days |
11 July 1925 |
LHB |
Aston Villa FC
(FL 8th) |
1 |
0 |
42nd
Villa player to represent England |
7
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Finney,
Thomas |
25 28 days |
5 April 1922 |
OR |
Preston
North End FC (FL 6th) |
5 |
4 |
8
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Carter,
Horatio S. |
33 133 days |
21 December 1913 |
IR |
Derby County FC
(FL 14th) |
12 |
7 |
9
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Lawton, Thomas |
27 209 days |
6 October 1919 |
CF |
Chelsea FC
(FL 13th) |
14 |
12 |
10
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Mannion,
Wilfred J. |
28 352 days |
16 May 1918 |
IL |
Middlesbrough
FC (FL 7th) |
6 |
7 |
11 |
Langton,
Robert |
28 237 days |
8 September 1918 |
OL |
Blackburn
Rovers FC (FL 18th) |
5 |
1 |
unused substitutes: |
Phil Taylor (Liverpool FC (FL 5th)) and
Stan Mortensen (Blackpool FC (FL 3rd)). |
team changes: |
Amateur
Peter Kippax
(Burnley FC (FL2 2nd)) was the original outside-left, he
withdrew from the side on Tuesday, 29 April because of him suffering
from influenza. His initial replacement
Jimmy Mullen (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC) withdrew on 1 May after
his club required his services. Bobby Langton was drafted in as a
third replacement. |
team notes: |
"Half an hour from the finish skipper
Hardwick sustained an injury to his left knee." "Lawton was another
casualty, He had four stitches in a cut over his eye after a collision
with Gregoire, French centre-half, who 'collected' five stitches." -
The Sunday Mirror, 4 May 1947 |
records: |
England have won their last thirteen home friendly matches, extending
the record that began back in 1923 |
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2-3-5 |
Swift -
Scott, Hardwick -
Wright, Franklin, Lowe -
Finney,
Carter, Lawton, Mannion, Langton. |
Averages: |
Age |
27
years 253 days |
Appearances/Goals |
6.6 |
2.5 |
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France
Team |
|
Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 27th |
Colours |
Light blue jerseys with collars, white shorts, red socks |
Captain |
Oscar Heisserer |
Selection |
Selection Committee headed by Gaston Barreau on
Monday 28 April 1947. |
France
Lineup |
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Darui, Julien |
31 76 days |
16 February 1916
in Luxembourg |
G |
CO
Roubaix-Tourcoing |
15 |
26ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Swiatek, Jean |
24 143 days |
11 December 1921
in Poland |
RB |
FC des Girondins de Bordeaux |
4 |
0 |
3 |
Marche, Roger |
23 59 days |
5 March 1924 |
LB |
Stade de
Reims |
2 |
0 |
4 |
Cuissard, Antoine |
22 288 days |
19 July 1924 |
RHB/ CHB |
FC de
Lorient |
6 |
0 |
5 |
Grégoire, Jean, injured |
24 280 days |
27 July 1922 |
CHB /OR |
Stade français |
1 |
0 |
6 |
Prouff, Jean |
27 233 days |
12 September 1919 |
LHB |
Stade de
Rennes |
6 |
1 |
7 |
Vaast, Ernest |
24 187 days |
28 October 1922 |
OR |
RC de Paris |
9 |
6 |
8 |
Heisserer, Oscar |
32 289 days |
18 July 1914 in Schirrhein, Germany |
IR |
RC de
Strasbourg |
21 |
8 |
9 |
Bongiorni, Emile |
26 45 days |
19 March 1921 |
CF |
RC de Paris |
3 |
1 |
10 |
Tempowski, Boleslav |
25 337 days |
31 May 1921 in Poland |
IL |
Lille Olympique SC |
1 |
0 |
only app 1947 |
11 |
Lechantre, Jean |
25 79 days |
13 February 1922
in Belgium |
OL |
Lille Olympique SC |
1 |
0 |
unused substitutes: |
Jacques
Favre (Rennes) and Roger Gabet (RC de Paris) |
team changes: |
Original centre-half, Swiatek replaced Strasbourg's
Segundo Pascual at
right-back. Reserve Jean Grégoire took up the vacant centre-half position.
Tempowski also replaced the original choice inside-left, Lille's
Baratte. |
The French appearance tallies also include matches played during the
war, considered by The FA as unofficial war internationals. |
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2-3-5 |
Darui - Swiatek, Marche - Cuissard, Grégoire
(Cuissard), Pouff - Vaast (Grégoire),
Heisserer, Bongiorni, Tempowski, Lechantre.
notes: Grégoire was injured during the
second half and spent his time on the wing. |
Averages: |
Age |
26 years 118
days |
Appearances/Goals |
6.3 |
1.5 |
youngest post-war opposition so far |
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Match Report
by Mike Payne |
FRANCE
were totally outclassed by England in an interesting international
at Highbury, home of Arsenal FC. The
fact that the visitors held out until after half-time was mainly due
to Da Rui's acrobatics in the French goal.
England were soon pressing forward and
enjoyed virtually all the possession in the first 45 minutes. They
tended to spoil their approach play, though, by over elaborating
in midfield. This gave the French the time to regroup in defence
and the visitors did this well.
Da Rui saved well from Tommy
Lawton and Tom Finney from England's best efforts of the half,
whilst France's only worthwhile shot flew over Frank Swift's
crossbar from Lechantre. It was remarkable that the scoreline was
still blank at the break, as England had been so much on top.
After the interval, however, England were much more sensible
about their passing. Raich Carter and Wilf Mannion began to
release the ball much earlier and holes soon began to appear in
the rear French rearguard.
After 51 minutes, the
breakthrough arrived. A sparkling move involving high-speed
passing between Bobby Langton, Carter, Lawton and Mannion ended
with Finney taking the final pass in his stride to shoot home a
fine goal. It was significant that not one Frenchman had touched
the ball in 50 yards.
France hit back briefly when
Tempowski forced Swift into a full-length save, but Mannion soon
underlined England's superiority with a second goal. Swiatek made
a poor clearance and the England number-ten expertly lobbed the
ball over the goalkeeper and into the net.
Fifteen minutes
from the end, Lowe, on a satisfying debut, capped a fine second
half for his team by selling the whole French defence a dummy
before putting Carter through with a glorious pass for England's
third goal.
By this time France were all at sea and only
some desperate tackling prevented further goals. Once again, a
European challenge had failed on English soil.
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Match Report
by Norman Giller |
The
selectors continued to dither over whether to play Matthews or Finney. The
Preston plumber got the nod this time, making his mark with the first goal in
a 3-0 canter against a French team whistled and jeered for their shirt-pulling
and spoiling tactics. Wilf Mannion scored the second goal with a delightful
lob over French goalkeeper Da Rui, who had kept a blank sheet in the first
half with a series of spectacular and unconventional saves. Eddie Lowe, making
his debut at left-half, sent three defenders the wrong way with an outrageous
dummy before passing the ball into the path of Raich Carter, who coolly
slotted home England's third goal.
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Source Notes |
TheFA.com
Original newspaper reports FFF.fr
Allezlesbleus.free.fr |
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Rothman's Yearbooks Mike Payne's England: The Complete Post-War Record
Norman Giller, Football Author
British Pathé |
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