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"ENGLAND
FORCE THREE 'LEEKS' AT NINIAN" Sports Argus |
Officials |
Wales |
UK ruling on substitutes |
England |
Referee James M.
Martin
Angus Hotel, Blairgowrie |
11 |
goal-kicks |
12 |
11 |
corners |
5 |
Linesmen |
5 |
fouls |
5 |
William Thomas
Strainge 46 (11 June 1901), Bristol |
D.A. Williams
Aberbargoed |
17 |
throw-ins |
27 |
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Wales
Team |
|
Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 16th to 17th |
Colours |
Made by Umbro -
Red jerseys with white collars,
white shorts with red side strip, red socks
with white tops. |
Captain |
Ron Burgess |
Selection |
Selection Committee on Tuesday, 7 October 1947. |
Wales
Lineup |
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Sidlow, Cyril |
31 326 days |
26 November 1915 |
G |
Liverpool FC, England |
3 |
7ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Lambert, Raymond |
25 92 days |
18 July 1922 |
RB |
Liverpool FC, England |
2 |
0 |
3 |
Barnes, Wallace |
27 275 days |
16 January 1920 |
LB |
Arsenal FC, England |
1 |
0 |
4 |
Powell, Ivor V. |
31 105 days |
5 July 1916 |
RHB |
Queen's Park Rangers FC, England |
2 |
0 |
5 |
Jones, Thomas G. |
30 6 days |
12 October 1917 |
CHB |
Everton FC, England |
7 |
0 |
6 |
Burgess, W.A.
Ronald |
30 192 days |
9 April 1917 |
LHB |
Tottenham Hotspur FC, England |
4 |
0 |
7 |
Thomas, D.
Sidney |
27 340 days |
12 November 1919 |
OR |
Fulham FC, England |
1 |
0 |
8 |
Powell, Aubrey |
29 182 days |
19 April 1918 |
IR |
Leeds United AFC, England |
3 |
0 |
9 |
Lowrie, George |
27 303 days |
19 December 1919 |
CF |
Coventry City FC, England |
1 |
0 |
10 |
Jones, Brynmor |
35 246 days |
14 February 1912 |
IL |
Arsenal FC, England |
16 |
4 |
11 |
Edwards, George |
26 320 days |
2 December 1920 |
OL |
Birmingham City FC, England |
4 |
0 |
reserves: |
Alf Sherwood (Cardiff City). |
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2-3-5 |
Sidlow - Lambert, Barnes - I.Powell,
TG.Jones, Burgess - Thomas, A.Powell,
Lowrie, B.Jones, Edwards. |
Averages: |
Age |
29
years 186 days |
Appearances/Goals |
4.0 |
0.4 |
oldest post-war opposition so far |
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England
Team |
|
Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 4th to 3rd |
Colours |
The 1946 home
uniform -
White collared jerseys, blue shorts, black socks with white
tops.
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P 10th of eighteen, W 8 - D 1 - L 1 - F 41 - A 8. |
Captain |
George Hardwick |
Manager |
Walter Winterbottom, 34 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946; |
10th
of 13, W 8 - D 1 - L 1 - F 41 - A 8. |
P10th of 139, W 8 - D 1 - L 1 - F 41 - A 8. |
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Team chosen by Selection Committee headed by Arthur Drewry, on Monday, 6
October. |
England
Lineup |
|
one change to the previous match
(Taylor>Ward) |
league position
(6 October) |
|
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Swift, Frank V. |
33 296 days |
26 December 1913 |
G |
Manchester City FC (FL 4th) |
10 |
8ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Scott,
Lawrence, injured second half |
30 178 days |
23 April 1917 |
RB |
Arsenal
FC (FL TOP) |
10 |
0 |
3 |
Hardwick,
George F.M. |
27 258 days |
2 February 1920 |
LB |
Middlesbrough FC
(FL 6th) |
10 |
0 |
669 |
4 |
Taylor, Philip H. |
30 30 days |
18 September 1917 |
RHB |
Liverpool FC
(FL 15th) |
1 |
0 |
13th Liverpool player to represent England |
5 |
Franklin,
Cornelius |
25
267 days |
24 January 1922 |
CHB |
Stoke
City FC (FL 20th) |
10 |
0 |
6 |
Wright, William A. |
23 254 days |
6 February 1924 |
LHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC (FL 4th) |
10 |
0 |
7
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Matthews, Stanley |
32 259 days |
1 February 1915 |
OR |
Blackpool FC
(FL 3rd) |
22 |
9 |
8
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Mortensen, Stanley H., injured second half |
26 145 days |
26 May 1921 |
IR |
Blackpool FC
(FL 3rd) |
3 |
6 |
9
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Lawton, Thomas |
28 12 days |
6 October 1919 |
CF |
Chelsea FC
(FL 7th) |
18 |
19 |
10
|
Mannion,
Wilfred J. |
29 155 days |
16 May 1918 |
IL |
Middlesbrough FC
(FL 6th) |
10 |
7 |
11
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Finney,
Thomas |
25 196 days |
5 April 1922 |
OL |
Preston
North End FC (FL
2nd) |
8 |
8 |
reserve: |
Tim Ward (Derby County FC (FL 11th)) |
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2-3-5 |
Swift -
Scott, Hardwick -
Taylor,
Franklin, Wright -
Matthews,
Mortensen, Lawton, Mannion, Finney. |
Averages: |
Age |
28
years 188 days |
Appearances/Goals |
10.2 |
4.2 |
oldest post-war team so far |
most experienced post-war team so far |
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Match Report
by Mike Payne |
It
was case of 'genius defeating talent' when these two sides met in
1947. The match was decided in the first 15 minutes as the England
side put together some superb football to score three times.
After only 30 seconds, the
Welsh goalkeeper Cyril Sidlow had parried a fierce shot from Stan
Mortensen and then saved Tommy Lawton's follow-up header.
England were
moving brilliantly. Stanley Matthews and Tom Finney were already
casting their spells down the wings and after six minutes they took
the lead. A fine quick-passing movement sent a ball from Phil Taylor
to Matthews, to Wilf Mannion and on to Finney, who scored with his
left foot. Finney had failed to score in only one of his
internationals so far, a marvellous testament to his finishing skills.
After 11 minutes, Matthews left Barnes in a daze before laying on
goal number-two for Mortensen. That was bad enough for Wales, but all
too soon their defence was again caught flat-footed. Matthews and
Mannion had Jones and Barnes in a right old tangle before Mannion's
diagonal pass found Lawton travelling at speed. Sidlow probably no
more than heard the centre-forward's shot as it whizzed passed him.
There might have been more goals for England before half-time as they
had the Welsh defence running in circles.
The second half was
much more evenly contested as England, with Mortensen and Scott both
suffering from pulled muscles, eased up. Lawton and Mortensen shot
wide for England and as Wales fought back, Lowrie missed a good chance
close in and Aubrey Powell twice forced Frank Swift into diving saves.
With Taylor having a fine debut and Billy Wright outstanding,
Wales could find little change from the English defence. Ronnie
Burgess had a good game but Ray Lambert and Walley Barnes had a torrid
time. Right until the end, that man Matthews was leaving a trail of
red shirts in his wake as England registered their first win on Welsh
soil for 13 years.
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Match Report
by Norman Giller |
Stanley Matthews continued
where he had left off against Belgium in this first Home
Championship match of the 1947-48 season. Wales brought in
Arsenal's redoubtable defender Walley Barnes for his debut, and
gave him the thankless task of marking Matthews. "Stanley ran me
dizzy," admitted Barnes, who later became captain of Wales.
England were 3-0 up inside the first fifteen minutes, with
Matthews running riot on the right wing. Liverpool right-half Phil
Taylor came in for his debut as the England selectors continued to
fiddle with the line-up. England might have won more convincingly
but for both Laurie Scott and Stan Mortensen pulling muscles. This
was in the days before substitutes, and so England had two players
hobbling through the second-half and had to close the game down.
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Match Report
as reported in the F.A. Yearbook 1948-49, page 22 |
With the
exception of Ward, replaced at right-half by Taylor (Liverpool),
the same team [that beat Belgium last
month] defeated Wales at Cardiff on Oct, 18 in one of the
most extraordinary games ever played at Ninian Park. Within the
first quarter of an hour England's three goals had all been
scored, almost before the crowd could realise it, and there was no
further score by either side for the rest of the match. The first
of the three came after six minutes, when a movement by
Matthews—Mannion—Taylor—Finney allowed the last-named to make a
left-footed shot into the net. After five further minutes a
brilliant piece of trickery by Matthews put Mortensen in
possession for a successful cross-goal shot. A few minutes
afterwards Matthews and Mannion together wove a dazzling web round
the Welsh halfback line and Lawton, receiving it from Mannion,
sent the ball past Sidlow at lightning speed. After the
interval Wales opened a series of attacks which led to four
corners in as many minutes, and for a time Swift was comparatively
hard-pressed, particularly by A. Powell. A further series of
corners for Wales followed later, but nothing came of them.
England gave the impression throughout of being invincible; had
Mortensen not pulled a muscle in the first half, it is probable
that the score would have been higher.
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In
Other News....
It
was on
17 October 1947 that a
treaty was signed in Downing Street, granting independence
to Burma, following 124 years of British rule. Three months
later, the British flag was lowered in Rangoon and the Union
of Burma was formed. |
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Source Notes |
TheFA.com
Original newspaper reports Statistics come
from the 'Sunday Mirror' Wales' Complete Who's Who
since 1946 |
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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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