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Saturday,
19 May 1951
Festival of Britain Celebration Match
England 5
Portugal 2
[2-1]
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originally scheduled for 16 May 1951 the England vs.
Belgium fixture was due to be played on this day. |
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Goodison Park, Goodison Road, Walton, Liverpool,
Lancashire
Kick-off (BST):
3.00pm
Attendance:
52,686;
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England kicked-off |
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[1-0]
Bill
Nicholson 1
0:16-30
Liverpool Echo records
sixteen seconds, FA Yearbook states 19.seconds,
other media 30
a 20-yard left-footed shot with his first touch into top
corner, Stan Pearson headed on a Metcalfe pass
[2-1] Jackie
Milburn 11
'put
through by
Stan Pearson, outpaced Felix and hit a low drive to the
bottom corner' |
[1-1] Patalino 2 1:20
Argus records fifteen
seconds after
'A crossfield pass from Albano
was taken to the line by Travacos and his centre headed into the
goalmouth by David found Patalino ideally placed to shoot.' |
12.0
Leslie Baker
12.30 Cricket
1.35 Dudley Savage 2.0 Band
2.45 Cricket 3.15 Orchestra
3.45 England v. Portugal
4.45 Cricket 5.0 Excerpts
from 'Lights Out' 5.30 Jazz for Moderns
6.0 Cricket 6.45 Can I Help
You? |
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[3-2] Tom Finney 75
'Finney
took a throw in on near touchline, the ball went to Alf Ramsey,
who pushed it back and Finney's left-foot centre swung straight into
the goal.'
[4-2] Jackie
Milburn 78 'Hassall
header booked for the net was blocked by Virgilio, Milburn nipped in
and drove the ball fiercely' [5-2]
Harold Hassall
89 'Tom
Finney, with a mazy run and beautiful ball control baffled and
beat off three challengers. He lured Ernesto from his goal and smartly
crossed for Hassall to score' |
[2-2]
Albano 50-55
'Williams expected Ramsey to pass back.
It came too late and Albano nipped in to score' |
second-half live on the Radio Light Programme -
Commentator: tbc |
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"FINNEY
MADE ENGLAND WAKE UP!"
Sunday Mirror |
Officials |
England |
FIFA ruling on substitutes |
Portugal |
Referee (black)
Ludovicus Andreas Maria Baert
47 (29 December 1903), Ghent,
Belgium |
The
Continental ruling of allowing two substitutes to replace injured players
prior to the 44th minute, and a goalkeeper at any time, is in place. |
red flag
Linesmen
yellow flag |
C. Gibson England |
Paulo de Oliveira
Portugal |
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England
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 4th |
Colours |
The 1949 home
uniform -
White collared jerseys, blue shorts, black socks with white
tops.
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P 18th of 43, W 12 - D 1 - L 5 - F
53 - A 28. |
Captain |
Alf Ramsey |
Manager |
Walter Winterbottom, 38 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946; |
3rd of three, P 3 - W 2 - D 1 - L 0 - F 11 - A 6. |
trainer: Harry Cooke (Everton FC) |
P 38th of 139, W 27 - D 4 - L 7 - F 121 - A 44. |
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Team chosen by Selection Committee headed by Arthur Drewry, on 9 May following the Argentina match. |
England
Lineup |
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two changes
to the previous match
(Nicholson & Pearson>Wright & Mortensen) |
league position
(30 April) |
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Williams, Bert F. |
31
108 days |
31 January 1920 |
G |
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
(FL 14th) |
16 |
21ᵍᵃ |
2
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Ramsey, Alfred E. |
31
117 days |
22 January 1920 |
RB |
Tottenham Hotspur FC
(FL CHAMPIONS) |
14 |
0 |
3 |
Eckersley, William |
25 307 days |
16 July 1925 |
LB |
Blackburn Rovers FC
(FL2 6th) |
5 |
0 |
706 |
4
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Nicholson, William E. |
32 113 days |
26 January 1919 |
RHB |
Tottenham Hotspur FC
(FL CHAMPIONS) |
1 |
1 |
twentieth Hotspur player to represent
England |
only app
1951 |
5 |
Taylor, James G. |
33 195 days |
5 November 1917 |
CHB |
Fulham FC
(FL 16th) |
2 |
0 |
final app
1951 |
6 |
Cockburn,
Henry |
29 247 days |
14 September 1921 |
LHB |
Manchester
United FC (FL RU) |
12 |
0 |
7
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Finney,
Thomas |
29
44 days |
5 April 1922 |
OR |
Preston
North End FC (FL2
Winners) |
32 |
20 |
the fifth player to reach the 20-goal
milestone (4yrs 223dys) |
8
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Pearson, Stanley C. |
32
128 days |
11 January 1919 |
IR |
Manchester United FC
(FL RU) |
6 |
3 |
9
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Milburn, John E.T. |
27 8 days |
11 May 1924 |
CF |
Newcastle United FC
(FL 6th) |
11 |
10 |
the
156th (23rd post-war) brace scored |
10
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Hassall, Harold W. |
22 76 days |
4 March 1929 |
IL |
Huddersfield Town AFC
(FL 18th) |
3 |
2 |
11 |
Metcalfe, Victor |
29 105 days |
3 February 1922 |
OL |
Huddersfield Town AFC
(FL 18th) |
2 |
0 |
final app
1951 |
unused substitutes: |
Gil Merrick (Birmingham City FC
(FL2 3rd)),
Ernie Taylor (Newcastle United FC
(FL 6th))
and
Ray Barlow (West Bromwich Albion FC
(FL 15th)) |
team changes: |
Again,
Finney replaced original choice
Stan Matthews'
(Blackpool FC (FL 3rd)) right-sided position, Metcalfe
was drafted in from Netherlands, where he was on a club tour, into the vacant outside-left slot on
Thursday, 17 May. Matthews was still suffering with the
foot injury. |
goalscoring records: |
Two players share the honour of being the top goalscorer for this
season, Eddie Baily and Jackie Milburn, for the second time, both
scoring three goals in four matches. |
Prior to the match, England were set-up in Southport,
making full use of the Haig Avenue ground for training purposes. |
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2-3-5 |
Williams - Ramsey, Eckersley - Nicholson, Taylor,
Cockburn - Finney, Pearson, Milburn, Hassall, Metcalfe. |
Averages: |
Age |
29
years 178
days |
Appearances/Goals |
9.5 |
2.8 |
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Portugal
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 28th to 30th |
Colours |
Maroon jerseys, white shorts, black socks |
Captain |
Francisco Ferreira |
Manager |
João Joaquim Tavares da Silva, 47 (29 November 1903), team chosen on Thursday, 17 May 1951 |
Portugal
Lineup |
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do
Oliveira, Ernesto Nogueira |
29 295 days |
28 July 1921 |
G |
Atlético Clube de Portugal |
5 |
16ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Marques Mendes, Virgílio |
23 183 days |
17 November 1927 |
RB |
FC do
Porto |
9 |
0 |
3 |
das Neves,
Serafim |
30 263 days |
29 August 1920 |
LB |
CF Os Belenenses |
15 |
0 |
4 |
Ribeiro Canário, Carlos Augusto |
33 98 days |
10 February 1918 |
RHB |
Sporting Club de Portugal |
10 |
0 |
final app
1948-51 |
5 |
Assunção Antunes, Félix |
28 156 days |
14 December 1922 |
CHB |
Sport Lisboa e Benfica |
10 |
0 |
6 |
Ferreira, Francisco |
31 269 days |
23 August 1919 |
LHB |
Sport Lisboa e Benfica |
24 |
0 |
7
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Patalino, injured off
36th min. |
28 324 days |
29 June 1922 |
OR |
CF O Elvas |
3 |
2 |
Demétrio, Domingos Carrilho |
final app
1949-51 |
8 |
Barreto Travassos, José António |
25 86 days |
22 February 1926 |
IR |
Sporting Club de Portugal |
19 |
4 |
9
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Ben David, Henrique de Sena |
24 165 days |
5 December 1926 in
Cape Verde |
CF |
Atlético Clube de Portugal |
4 |
3 |
10 |
do Amaral Caiado, Fernando Augusto
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26 78 days |
2 March 1925 |
IL |
Boavista FC |
4 |
0 |
11
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Narciso Pereira, Albano |
28 149 days |
21 December 1922 |
OL |
Sporting Club de Portugal |
11 |
3 |
Portugal Substitute |
scoreline:
England 2 Portugal 1 |
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Gomes, Carlos Martinho, on 36th min. for Patalino |
24 213 days |
18 October 1926 |
OR |
Atlético Clube de Portugal |
2 |
0 |
final app
1951 |
result:
England 5 Portugal 2 |
unused
substitutes: |
not known |
team changes: |
Patalino replaced Carlos Martinho at
outside-right. |
team notes: |
Some media states Virgílio was born in 1926, but the
FPF state 1927. |
Prior to this match, the Portuguese team were
staying in New Brighton, and using the Goodison Park ground to train
on. |
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2-3-5 |
Oliviero
- Virgílio, Serafim - Canário, Félix, Ferreira - Patalino
(Carlos Martinho), Travassos, Ben David, Caiado, Albano. |
Averages: |
Age |
28
years 90
days |
Appearances/Goals |
10.4 |
0.9 |
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Match Report by
Mike Payne |
England brought the Festival
of Britain football programme to a close with a spectacular finish to a
game evenly contested for 75 minutes.
Nearly 53,000 people
packed into Goodison Park and they were soon on their feet cheering a
first-minute goal for England. Only 19 seconds had gone on the stop-watch
when a close passing movement straight from the kick-off enabled Henry
Cockburn, Vic Metcalf and Stan Pearson to give Billy Nicholson a dream
debut when he scored with a magnificent 18-yard shot with his first touch.
This
would have knocked the stuffing out of most sides but within a minute
Portugal drew level. A counter-thrust by Caiado, Travasos and David set up
the chance for Patalino to shoot past Williams. It had been a remarkable
opening and ten minutes later the dashing Jackie Milburn, who had a fine
game, put England back in the lead with a swift low shot after receiving a
pass from Pearson.
That lead lasted until just after half-time.
Hesitancy between Alf Ramsey and Jim Taylor allowed Albano slip the ball
past Bert Williams to once again level the scores. This really set the
game alight and with the Portuguese tails well and truly up they began to
ask severe questions of the English defence.
Then suddenly with 15
minutes left the England side changed completely. Gone was the tired and
lethargic look. It was replaced by the much more normal look of the
England team. They then proceeded to produce an appropriate festival of
goals to end the match.
Tom Finney, in one of his most devastating
moods, scored the decisive and killer goal in the 76th minute. It came
with a superb swerving left-foot shot from the touch-line. It really was a
match-winning goal and it finally broke the stubborn resistance of the
brave Portuguese. The goals that followed from Milburn and Hassall were
mere formalities and simply entertained the crowd still further. In the
end the extra power of the English team finally saw off another
continental challenge.
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Match Report by
Norman Giller |
For the only time in his
career, Billy Wright was dropped because of loss of form. Bill Nicholson
took over in the No 4 shirt, and had the distinction of scoring with his
first kick in international football in what was to prove his only match
for England. Portugal were a goal down in twenty seconds and level a
minute later in a blistering start to the match. Jackie Milburn restored
England's lead in the eleventh minute. Alf Ramsey, skippering the side for
a third time, mishit a back pass that let Portugal in for a second
equaliser soon after half-time. Tom Finney then took over and ran the
Portuguese into such dizzy array that at the after-match banquet their
entire team stood and toasted "Mr. Finney, the Master."
He
scored a magnificent solo goal, and then laid on goals for Milburn and Harold
Hassall.
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Match Report
as appears in the F.A. Yearbook 1951-52, page 25 |
In the last International of the season, played at Goodison Park, Everton,
on, May 19th, England beat Portugal by 5 goals to 2. Up to a quarter of an
hour from the end, the score was still level at 2-2, and once again a
storming finish was required to give England victory. The match started
sensationally. Within 19 seconds, a finely co-ordinated movement between
Cockburn, Metcalfe and Pearson straight from the kick-off gave Nicholson
his opportunity to score a magnificent goal from 18 yards out. Such a blow
might have taken the spirit out of many sides, but within a minute
Patalino, taking advantage of a lightning move by Caiado, Travacos and
David, had put Portugal level. Ten minutes later Milburn scored again for
England, but the lead was needlessly thrown away shortly after half-time
when Albano, taking advantage of a mistake by the English defence, slipped
the ball past Williams. Portugal now attacked strongly, and with clever
ball control gave England some anxious moments. Then, with the end near,
England suddenly found their form. Finney decided the issue with a
brilliant left-foot shot from the touchline, and in a burst of inspiration
Milburn and Hassall brought England's total of goals to five. England had
finished the season with their unbeaten home record still intact.
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In
Other News....
It was on 18 May 1951 that 29-year-old Arthur Whybrow of
Southend was charged with the attempted murder of his wife,
Betty by running a concealed cable through the wall into the
bathroom to electrocute her via a metal soap dish, while she
was having a bath. He claimed that the wire was to be used as
an earth for a wireless set, but his wife, and mother of his
three children, revealed that she had recently discovered that
he had been seeing a 16-year-old girl behind her back. Four
weeks later, he was found guilty and sentenced to ten years in
prison. |
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A team of players from clubs in south Wales defeated an
Irish League XI 2-0 at Swansea as part of the Festival of
Britain celebrations, whilst the Football Association's
touring squad beat New South Wales, 8-1 in Sydney. |
Source Notes |
TheFA.com
Original newspaper reports
FPF.pt
ZeroZero.pt |
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Rothman's Yearbooks
Mike Payne's England: The Complete Post-War Record
Norman Giller, Football Author |
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