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"CHESSBOARD
GOAL PUT ENGLAND IN WINNING WAY"
Daily Herald |
Officials |
Norway |
FIFA ruling on substitutes |
England Party |
Referee
John
Erik Andersson
41
(25 June 1907), Trollhättan, Sweden |
Teams presented to King Haakon VII and Crown Prince Olaf.
The FIFA ruling of allowing a substitute to replace an injured player prior to the 44th minute, and a goalkeeper at any time, is in place.
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Linesmen |
tbc |
tbc |
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Norway
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 31st to 34th |
Colours |
Probably red and white |
Captain |
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Selection |
Uttakskomitë |
Norway
Lineup |
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Torgensen, Torgeir |
26 69 days |
10 March 1923 |
G |
IL Viking |
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2 |
Spydevold, Björn A. |
30 252 days |
8 September 1918 |
RB |
Fredrikstad FK |
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the seventeenth own goal scored for England |
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3 |
Karlsen, Harry Boye A. |
29 65 days |
14 March 1920 |
LB |
Örn Horten |
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4 |
Svenssen, O.
Thorbjörn |
25 26 days |
22 April 1924 |
RHB |
Sandefjord BK |
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5 |
Andersen, Knut |
22 302 days |
20 July 1927 |
CHB |
Skeid Fotball |
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6 |
Andersen, Odd |
28 353 days |
30 May 1920 |
LHB |
Fredrikstad FK |
1 |
0 |
only app
1949 |
7 |
Arnesen, Trygve |
33 158 days |
11 December 1915 |
OR |
Vålerengens IF |
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8 |
Thoresen, Gunnar N. |
28 301 days |
21 July 1920 |
IR |
Larvik T |
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9
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Andresen, Willy |
24 109 days |
29 January 1925 |
CF |
Sarpsborg FK |
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10 |
Nordahl, Hans |
31 19 days |
29 April 1918 |
IL |
Skeid Fotball |
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11 |
Dahlen, Gunnar M. |
31 20 days |
28 April 1918 |
OL |
Freidig |
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3 |
unused substitutes: |
not known |
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2-3-5 |
Torgensen - Spydevold, Karlsen - K.Andersen,
Svenssen, O.Anderssen - Arnesen, Thorsen,
Andersen, Nordahl, Dahlen. |
Averages: |
Age |
28 years 87
days |
Appearances/Goals |
- |
- |
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England
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 5th |
Colours |
The 1949 home
uniform -
White collared jerseys, blue shorts, black socks with white
tops.
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P 3 of 43, W 1 - D 0 - L 2 - F 6 - A 7. |
Captain |
Billy Wright
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Manager |
Walter Winterbottom, 36 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946; |
6th of 90, W 4 - D 0 - L 2 - F 19 - A
9. |
Trainer: Jimmy Trotter (Charlton Athletic FC) |
P 21st
of 139, W 15 - D 3 - L 3 - F 72 - A 21. |
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Party chosen by Selection Committee headed by Arthur Drewry,
on Monday, 2 May, team chosen on Monday, 16 May. |
England
Lineup |
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six changes
to the previous match (Ditchburn,
Shimwell, Cockburn, Bentley, Rowley & Langton out) |
FINAL league positions
(7 May) |
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Swift, Frank V. |
35 143 days |
26 December 1913 |
G |
Manchester City FC (FL
7th) |
19 |
18ᵍᵃ |
final app
1946-49 |
683 |
2 |
Ellerington, William |
25 322 days |
30 June 1923 |
RB |
Southampton FC (FL2 third) |
1 |
0 |
twelfth Southampton player to represent
England |
3 |
Aston, John |
27 167 days |
3 September 1921 |
LB |
Manchester United FC (FL
RU) |
6 |
0 |
4 |
Wright, William A. |
25 101 days |
6 February 1924 |
RHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC (FL 6th) |
21 |
0 |
5 |
Franklin,
Cornelius |
27 114 days |
24 January 1922 |
CHB |
Stoke
City FC (FL
11th) |
21 |
0 |
684 |
6 |
Dickinson, James W. |
24 24 days |
24 April 1925 |
LHB |
Portsmouth FC (FL
CHAMPIONS) |
1 |
0 |
seventh Portsmouth player to represent
England |
7
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Finney,
Thomas |
27 43 days |
5 April 1922 |
OR |
Preston
North End FC (FL
21st rel.) |
17 |
14 |
685 |
8
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Morris, John |
25 233 days |
27 September 1923 |
IR |
Derby County FC (FL
3rd) |
1 |
1 |
the 29th County player to represent
England |
9 |
Mortensen, Stanley H. |
27 357 days |
26 May 1921 |
CF |
Blackpool FC (FL
16th) |
12 |
14 |
10
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Mannion,
Wilfred
J. |
30 2 days |
16 May 1918 |
IL |
Middlesbrough FC (FL
19th) |
14 |
8 |
11
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Mullen, James |
26 132 days |
6 January 1923 |
OL |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC (FL 6th) |
2 |
1 |
unused substitute: |
Dennis Wilshaw (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
(FL 6th)) |
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2-3-5 |
Swift - Ellerington, Aston - Wright,
Franklin, Dickinson -
Finney,
Morris, Mortensen, Mannion, Mullen. |
Averages: |
Age |
27 years 226
days |
Appearances/Goals |
10.5 |
3.2 |
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Match Report by
Mike Payne |
Under
overcast skies and with one or two sharp downpours of rain, England
continued their tour by beating Norway easily. However, although it was a
clear win, it was far from convincing.
It only took six minutes for England to take the lead.
Billy Wright sent a crossfield pass towards Johnny Morris, who guided it
on to Jimmy Mullen for the winger to score with a crisp left-foot shot.
After taking command so early it seemed only a question of how many goals
England would score. Unfortunately, for most of the rest of the first half
all the visiting players tended to overdo the ball skills and as a result
showed little finishing power. Morris was making an enterprising debut,
though, and quickly struck up a good partnership with Wilf Mannion. Tom
Finney and Mullen however were not at their best and they were both guilty
of dallying too long before shooting.
Norway worked hard and after
30 minutes produced their best move of the match. It gave the England
defence a few awkward moments before they eventually cleared the danger.
With seven minutes of the half remaining. England produced a thrilling
goal.
A superb move involving Wright, Morris, Mannion, Stan
Mortensen and Finney ended with the latter shooting home to score a
beauty. From then on it was largely an exhibition game for England,
although there were still a few question-marks over certain positions.
Both Frank Swift and Bill Ellerington looked uncomfortable and some felt
that they had seen the last of 'Big Swifty', who had graced the
goalkeeping position for so long.
Wright, Neil Franklin and Jimmy
Dickinson looked powerful enough, though, and Dickinson certainly seemed
the perfect foil for Wright in the midfield.
With eight minutes of
the second half gone, W.Andresen headed a centre from Arnesen on to the
bar but quickly latched on to the rebound to shoot past Swift. This opened
the game up considerably for a few minutes and England were forced back as
Norway pressed for an equaliser. Twice Thorsen caused Swift to fumble the
ball but England escaped and the fight-back was short-lived. In fact the
visitors soon increased their lead when Spydevold had the misfortune to
divert a long job by Mannion wide of his own goalkeeper.
With 20
minutes of the game remaining, man of the match Morris gained his reward
for a fine display with a piece of high speed thinking as he shot home
over a crowd of players into the unguarded net.
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Match Report by
Norman Giller |
Frank Swift, one of the all-time great
goalkeepers, made his farewell appearance in a comfortable canter against
the amateurs of Norway. Derby inside-right Johnny Morris scored on his
England debut. Much of England's play was of the exhibition variety, with
Finney and Mannion parading their skill. Southampton right-back Billy
Ellerington won the first of his two caps, and Jimmy Dickinson, Pompey's
Mr. Consistent, started his run of 48 England appearances. Wright,
Franklin and Dickinson constituted as solid a looking half-back line as
has appeared in England jerseys since the days of Britton, Cullis and
Mercer. They had an iron grip on the Norwegian forwards, and Wright found
time to prompt the attack with penetrating passes.
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Match Report
appears in the F.A. Yearbook 1949-50, page 26 |
Typically English weather greeted the arrival of the 'A' team in Oslo, as
it was raining in torrents when the aircraft touched down. The match
against Norway took place on May 18th. Several changes were made from the
side that lost to Sweden. England's first goal came in the fifth minute
from Mullen's left foot on a pass from Mannion. Finney got the second goal
after a beautiful movement. Wright began it, putting through to Mannion
who transferred the ball to Finney who rattled the net with a stinging
drive. The Norwegians reduced the deficit five minutes after the
interval, centre-forward Willy Andersen netting from the rebound after the
inside-right had hit the crossbar. There was now a struggle for
ascendancy, although England were obviously masters of the situation.
England got her third goal as a result of a defensive error. The
goalkeeper slipped as the right-back, Spydevold, pushed the ball back to
him and it travelled on into the net. England's fourth goal was also
purely the result of a defensive error. The Norwegian goalkeeper came out
of his goal too soon and allowed Morris to put the ball neatly wide of his
reach into the net.
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In
Other News....
It was on 18 May 1949 that the House of Lords approved the signing
of the North Atlantic Treaty and the creation of NATO,
acknowledging that the lack of cooperation of the Soviet Union
since the war and its insistence in furthering its own influence
to the detriment of other nations had led inevitably to this new
collective defence organisation of twelve states to maintain the
future peace. |
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Source Notes |
TheFA.com
Original newspaper reports |
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Rothman's Yearbooks
Mike Payne's England: The Complete Post-War Record
Norman Giller, Football Author |
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