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"ENGLAND
END TOUR WITH A PARIS WIN"
Daily Mirror |
Officials |
France |
FIFA ruling on substitutes |
England Party |
Referee
(black)
Karel Louis van der Meer
43 (29 July 1905), Den Haag, Netherlands. |
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. |
Linesmen |
tbc |
tbc |
Attended by the British Foreign Minister, Ernest Bevin. |
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France
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 22nd |
Colours |
Blue jerseys with buttoned-up collars, white
shorts, red socks. |
Captain |
Albert Batteux |
Selection |
Selection Committee. |
Trainer: Paul Baron |
France
Lineup |
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Vignal, René |
22 283 days |
12 August 1926 |
G |
RC de Paris |
3 |
9ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Grillon, André |
27 202 days |
1 November 1921 |
RB |
Stade français-Red Star |
10 |
0 |
3 |
Salva, Marcel |
26 233 days |
1 October 1922 in Algeria |
LB |
RC de Paris |
9 |
0 |
4 |
Jonquet, Robert |
24 19 days |
3 May 1925 |
RHB |
Stade de Reims |
4 |
0 |
5 |
Hon, Louis |
24 253 days |
11 September 1924 |
CHB |
Stade français-Red Star |
6 |
0 |
6 |
Mindonnet, Roger |
24 149 days |
24 December 1924 |
LHB |
OGC Nice Côte d'Azur |
2 |
0 |
7 |
Gabet, Roger |
25 161 days |
12 December 1923 |
OR |
RC de Paris |
3 |
0 |
final app
1949 |
8 |
Cuissard, Antoine |
24 307 days |
19 July 1924 |
IR |
AS de Saint-Étienne Loire |
17 |
1 |
9 |
Quenolle, Roger |
23 307 days |
19 July 1925 |
CF |
RC de Paris |
1 |
0 |
10 |
Batteux, Albert |
29 324 days |
2 July 1919 |
IL |
Stade de Reims |
6 |
1 |
11
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Moreel, Georges |
24 304 days |
22 July 1924 |
OL |
RC de Paris |
1 |
1 |
only app
1949 |
unused substitutes: |
Paul Sinibaldi (Stade de Reims), Pierre Sinibaldi (Stade de Reims) and Jean Lechantre
(Lille OSC) |
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2-3-5 |
Vignal - Grillom, Salva - Jouquet, Hon, Mindonnet -
Gabet, Guissard, Quenelle, Batteux, Moreel. |
Averages: |
Age |
25 years 200 days |
Appearances/Goals |
5.6 |
0.1 |
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England
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 5th to 3rd |
Colours |
The 1949 home
uniform -
White collared jerseys, blue shorts, black socks with white
tops.
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P 4th of 43, W 2 - D 0 - L 2 - F 9 - A 8. |
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; |
7th of 90, W 5 - D 0 - L 2 - F 22 - A
10. |
Trainer: Jimmy Trotter (Charlton Athletic FC) |
P 22nd
of 139, W 16 - D 3 - L 3 - F 75 - A 22. |
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Party chosen by Selection Committee headed by Arthur Drewry, team chosen on
Friday, 20 May. |
England
Lineup |
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two changes
to the previous match (Williams
& Rowley>Swift & Mortensen out) |
FINAL league positions
(7 May) |
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71 |
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Williams, Bert F. |
29 111 days |
31 January 1920 |
G |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC (FL 6th) |
1 |
1ᵍᵃ |
686 |
the 21st Wanderer to represent
England |
2 |
Ellerington, William |
25 326 days |
30 June 1923 |
RB |
Southampton FC (FL2 third) |
2 |
0 |
final app
1949 |
3 |
Aston, John |
27 171 days |
3 September 1921 |
LB |
Manchester United FC (FL
RU) |
7 |
0 |
4
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Wright, William A. |
25 105 days |
6 February 1924 |
RHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC (FL 6th) |
22 |
1 |
first non-forward to score post-war. |
5 |
Franklin,
Cornelius |
27 118 days |
24 January 1922 |
CHB |
Stoke
City FC (FL
11th) |
22 |
0 |
6 |
Dickinson, James W. |
24 28 days |
24 April 1925 |
LHB |
Portsmouth FC (FL
CHAMPIONS) |
2 |
0 |
7 |
Finney,
Thomas |
27 47 days |
5 April 1922 |
OR |
Preston
North End FC (FL
21st rel.) |
18 |
14 |
8
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Morris, John |
25 237 days |
27 September 1923 |
IR |
Derby County FC (FL
3rd) |
2 |
3 |
the
147th (14th post-war)
brace scored |
9
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Rowley, John F. |
30 227 days |
7 October 1918 |
CF |
Manchester United FC (FL
RU) |
3 |
1 |
10 |
Mannion,
Wilfred
J. |
31 6 days |
16 May 1918 |
IL |
Middlesbrough FC (FL
19th) |
15 |
8 |
11 |
Mullen, James |
26 136 days |
6 January 1923 |
OL |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC (FL 6th) |
3 |
1 |
unused substitutes: |
Bill Jones (Liverpool FC (FL
12th)),
Stan Mortensen (Blackpool FC (FL
16th)),
Dennis Wilshaw (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
(FL 6th)) |
records: |
For the third time, England have played eight
matches in a season. |
captain
records: |
Billy Wright is the first captain to score since May 1939. |
goalscoring records: |
For the first time post-war, there are four England
players recorded as the season's top goalscoerers, all with three
goals each. Stan Mortensen, top goalscorer for the second consecutive
season, played in five matches, Jackie Milburn in four, Tom Finney in
six and Johnny Morris in just two matches. |
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2-3-5 |
Williams - Ellerington, Aston - Wright,
Franklin, Dickinson -
Finney,
Morris, Rowley, Mannion, Mullen. |
Averages: |
Age |
27 years 109
days |
Appearances/Goals |
8.8 |
2.3 |
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Match Report by
Mike Payne |
England completed their summer tour with a splendid win in Paris,
recovering from a disastrous start. On a very hot, sunny afternoon and on
a pitch like concrete, the visitors made a terrible start. Within 30
seconds France were ahead. A couple of mistakes by Bert
Williams and Neil Franklin let Moreel in to score. It was a real
danger-thrust to the heart for England and it inspired the passionate
crowd of over 61,000 people.
A lesser
team would have crumbled under such pressure but as it was the England
players knuckled down and fought back magnificently. Overcoming some
fierce 'continental tackling' they gradually got to grips with the
midfield battle.
It took only
eight minutes for them to find an equaliser. Johnny Morris found Jimmy
Dickinson with a neat flick. Dickinson then sent Jack Rowley clear down
the left with a lovely through-ball. When the cross came over fast and low
into the box, there was Morris, up with the attack, to finish off the move
he had started back in his own half.
It was a memorable goal and
for the next 15 minutes fast counter-attacking by both sides, a feature of
the match, tested the defences as each team strove for the upper hand.
Dickinson was an inspiration with a powerful display and Williams also did
well, especially considering his shaky start. After 26 minutes England
snatched the lead.
Morris, Jimmy Mullen, Wilf Mannion and Rowley
all took part in a fine move down the left flank. At the end of it, Rowley
placed a pass diagonally into space some 12 yards from goal. Suddenly,
from nowhere, came Billy Wright speeding in to shoot past Vignal. Shortly
afterwards the goalkeeper made a superb save from Morris as England ended
the half in a much better frame of mind than they had started it.
France fought hard for a 20-minute spell at the start of the second half.
They strung together some excellent moves and Moreel missed one particular
good chance. But by now England were looking much more solid with Franklin
in complete command. With Morris and, especially, Mannion dominating the
midfield England always looked capable of scoring again and this they did
with four minutes to go, when Morris put the result beyond doubt.
Tom Finney, who had been the best forward on view with his play doing as
much as anyone to open up the French defence, was in great form and
Rowley, too was impressive and he added life to the centre of the attack.
Altogether it was a very satisfying result for England.
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Match Report by
Norman Giller |
Making his debut in the England goal, Wolves custodian Bert 'The Cat'
Williams was beaten after just 28 seconds by an instant goal from French
debutant Georges Moreel. The match was played under a boiling sun and on a
Colombes Stadium pitch as hard as concrete. Billy Wright made it a match
to remember in the twenty-sixth minute by scoring his first international
goal. It was the first goal scored for England by a non-forward since the
war. Johnny Morris netted twice, including a late victory-clinching goal
in the eighty-sixth minute that silenced the 61,500 shirt-sleeved Parisian
spectators.
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Match Report
as appears in the F.A. Yearbook 1949-50, pages 26 & 27 |
The final match of the tour, against France, was played on Sunday, May
22nd, in the famous Colombes Stadium, in Paris. The game began
with a shock, for France got a 'gift' goal thirty-three seconds from
kick-off, which is believed to be the quickest goal ever scored against
England. It happened as a result of Williams misjudging a bouncing ball,
coupled with the opportunism of the French left-winger who quickly had the
ball into the net. It said much for the Englishmen that they refused to
allow this upset to rattle them and it was not long before they equalised
with a goal by Morris. It was now anyone's game, but within three
minutes England took the lead. Mannion began the movement, which was
continued by Rowley, who put the ball through to an open space for
England's captain, Wright, to rush up and score before the goalkeeper had
time to move. France went quickly into the attack on the resumption,
but missed some golden opportunities owing to weak finishing. It was not
until just before the end that another goal came, through Morris, who
completed a useful pass from Rowley. This settled the issue by 3 goals to
1.
The tour ended on Tuesday, May 24th, when the party flew back to
London. It had been a strenuous time, but the effort had been worth while.
As the British Minister to Finland, Mr Oswald Scott modestly told the
team, they had been able, by their play and sportsmanship. to do more for
international relationships in one afternoon than he was able to do as a
Minister in a whole year.
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In
Other News....
It was on 22 May 1949 that 57-year-old, James Forrestal, who had
resigned as the first United States Secretary of Defense, two
months earlier, was killed when he fell from a 16th-floor window
at the National Naval Medical Center in Maryland, where he was
being treated for severe depression.
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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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