"England
in Soccer wash-out"
Charlie Buchan, Daily News |
Officials |
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FIFA ruling on substitutes |
England
Party |
Referee
(black)
Arthur
Edward Ellis
38 (8 July 1914), Halifax, Yorkshire |
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.
"The score was 0-0, and
the game 22 minutes old when referee Arthur Ellis stopped play. Twelve
minutes after the game had been suspended, referee Ellis and his two
linesmen inspected the pitch. It took them only a minute to decide that the
match was "off."" |
Linesmen |
Alwyn Bradley
30 (30 September 1922), Tupton |
Ronald Lynch 33 (16 November
1919), Blackburn |
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Argentina
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 1st |
Colours |
Sky blue and white broad striped v-necked jerseys, black shorts, pale blue socks |
Captain |
Eliseo Mouriño |
Manager |
Guillermo Antonio Stábile, 48 (17 January
1905) Team announced 90 minutes before the match. |
Argentina
Lineup |
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Musimessa, Julio E. |
28
312 days |
9 July 1924 |
G |
Club Atlético Boca Juniors |
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2 |
Dellacha, Pedro R. |
26
312 days |
9 July 1926 |
RB |
Racing Club |
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3 |
García Pérez, José |
31
165 days |
3 December 1921 |
LB |
Racing Club |
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4 |
Lombardo, Juan Francisco |
27
310 days |
11 July 1925 |
RHB |
Club Atlético Boca Juniors |
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5 |
Mouriño Oyarbide, Eliseo V. |
25
348 days |
3 June 1927 |
CHB |
Club Atlético Boca Juniors |
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6 |
Gutiárrez Bonomo, Ernesto |
25
189 days |
9 November 1927 |
LHB |
Racing Club |
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7 |
Micheli, Rodolfo J. |
23
23 days |
24 April 1930 |
OR |
Club Atlético Independiente |
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8 |
Cecconato, José Carlos |
23
110 days |
27 January 1930 |
IR |
Club Atlético Independiente |
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9 |
Lacasa, Carlos |
27
15 days |
2 May 1926 |
CF |
Club Atlético Independiente |
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10 |
Grillo, Ernesto J. |
23
228 days |
1 October 1929 |
IL |
Club Atlético Independiente |
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11 |
Cruz, Osvaldo H. |
21
354 days |
29 May 1931 |
OL |
Club Atlético Independiente |
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unused
substitutes: |
Norberto Méndez (Racing Club) |
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2-3-5 |
Musimessa - Dellacha, García Pérez - Lombardo, Mouriño,
Gutiárrez - Micheli, Cicconato, Lacasia,
Grillo, Cruz |
Averages: |
Age |
25 years 349
days |
Appearances/Goals |
- |
- |
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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 short-sleeved jerseys, blue shorts, black socks
with white tops.
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P thirtieth of 43, W 17 - D 8 - L 5 - F 80 - A 41. |
Captain |
Billy Wright |
Manager |
Walter Winterbottom, 40 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946; |
record 33rd of 90, W 20 - D 7 - L 6 - F 81 - A 40. |
Trainer: Jimmy Trotter (Charlton Athletic FC) |
P 51st of 139, W 33 - D 11 - L 7 - F 151 - A 59,
inc. one abandoned. |
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Party chosen by Selection Committee headed by Harold Shentall, on Monday, 13 April.
Team chosen on Saturday, 16 May. |
England
Lineup |
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four
changes
to the previous match
(Eckersley, Barrass & Froggatt's out) |
league position (FINAL)
(13 April>2 May) |
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Merrick, Gilbert H. |
31
111 days |
26 January 1922 |
G |
Birmingham City FC
(FL2 9th>6th) |
11 |
12ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Ramsey, Alfred E. |
33
115 days |
22 January 1920 |
RB |
Tottenham Hotspur FC
(FL 10th>=) |
27 |
1 |
3 |
Eckersley, William |
27
305 days |
16 July 1925 |
LB |
Blackburn Rovers FC (FL2 8th>9th) |
10 |
0 |
4 |
Wright, William A. |
29
100 days |
6 February 1924 |
RHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC (FL TOP>3rd) |
48 |
3 |
most apps 1952-53 |
5 |
Johnston, Harry |
33
230 days |
26 September 1919 |
CHB |
Blackpool FC (FL
7th>=) |
4 |
0 |
6 |
Dickinson, James
W. |
28
23 days |
24 April 1925 |
LHB |
Portsmouth
FC (FL 13th>15th) |
25 |
0 |
7 |
Finney,
Thomas |
31
42 days |
5 April 1922 |
OR |
Preston
North End FC
(FL 2nd>RU) |
44 |
21 |
8 |
Broadis, Ivan A. |
30
147 days |
18 December 1922 |
IR |
Manchester City FC
(FL 18th>20th) |
5 |
3 |
9 |
Lofthouse, Nathaniel |
27
260 days |
27 August 1925 |
CF |
Bolton Wanderers FC
(FL 12th>14th) |
13 |
14 |
719 |
10 |
Taylor, Thomas |
21
108 days |
29 January 1932 |
IL |
Manchester United FC (FL 8th>=) |
1 |
0 |
the 12th/13th United players to represent
England |
720 |
11 |
Berry, R. John |
26
350 days |
1 June 1926 |
OL |
Manchester United FC (FL 8th>=) |
1 |
0 |
the 12th/13th United players to represent
England |
unused
substitutes: |
Ted Ditchburn (Tottenham Hotspur FC
(FL 10th>=)),
Tommy Garrett (Blackpool FC (FL 7th>=)),
Malcolm Barrass (Bolton Wanderers FC
(FL 12th>14th)),
Ray Barlow (West Bromwich Albion FC
(FL 5th)>4th),
Roy Bentley (Chelsea FC (FL 21st>19th)) and
Redfern Froggatt (Sheffield Wednesday FC
(FL 20th>18th)). |
team notes: |
Billy Wright also equals the
UK appearance record, shared with Wales' Billy Meredith. Tommy
Taylor and Johnny Berry become the 68th and 69th players used by
Winterbottom. |
records: |
As the game was suspended, then abandoned, and caps were awarded and
appearances counted towards the players' tallies, then this match will
be recorded as a scoreless draw. It means that this draw extends
the post-war unbeaten record to fifteen games without loss. |
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2-3-5 |
Merrick
- Ramsey, Eckersley - Wright, Johnston, Dickinson - Finney,
Broadis, Lofthouse, Taylor, Berry. |
Averages: |
Age |
29
years 63 days |
Appearances/Goals |
17.2 |
3.8 |
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Match Report by
Mike Payne |
The
summer tour of 1953 saw England venture to far off lands of South America
but in their first match they experienced a monsoon! Torrential rain
forced the referee to end proceedings in the 25th minute after the pitch
became unplayable.
The England officials tried desperately to
rearrange the game, asking if they could replay it in the next three days.
Unfortunately, their Argentine counterparts would not agree, stating that
the pitch 'would not be ready for at least five days'. So, England moved
on to Chile.
For two England debutants, Tommy Taylor and
Johnny Berry, it had certainly been a memorable first game but, for all
the wrong reasons!
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Match Report by
Charlie Buchan, Daily News |
The
soccer match between England and Argentina was abandoned after 22 minutes
here today with the score 0—0. A heavy thunderstorm had flooded the pitch.
Officials are hoping to arrange a replay
within two or three days, but I hope they will decide against it.
Another match would be loaded with dynamite from the little we saw today.
Some of the Argentinian tackling was desperate in their determination to
win, and England's players were indignant. Nat Lofthouse and Ivor Broadis,
the England forwards, were punched and penalty-kicks might have been given
when Tommy Taylor and
Lofthouse were brought down. Our players had as much chance of showing
ability as the police had of finding a bomb when they searched my
typewriter on entering the ground.
The referee, Mr. Arthur Ellis,
of Halifax, started the game before 80,000 people. Then down came the
rain, driving president Peron from the presidential box near the touchline
to a small enclosure at the back of the stand.
Mr. Ellis called the
players off and abandoned the match.
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Match Report by
Norman Giller |
The pitch became waterlogged
following a cloudburst and British referee Arthur Ellis, up to his ankles in
water, had no alternative but to abandon the game. Three days earlier an
Argentinean XI had beaten an FA XI 3-1 in an unofficial international watched
by a crowd of 120,000 including Juan Peron and his wife, Eva. The selectors
had to wait to see if the new left wing partnership of Manchester United
team-mates Tommy Taylor and Johnny Berry would work at international level.
Referee Arthur Ellis, later to make a name for himself in television's 'It's
A Knockout', was quite a joker. As he signalled for the teams to return to the
dressing-rooms, he said to Billy Wright, "If we stay out any longer we'll
need lifeboats!" The pitch just disappeared under a lake of water, and
England's kit was so wet that the players needed help from the training
staff to strip off.
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Match Report
as appears in the F.A. Yearbook 1953-54, pages 22-23 |
THE SOUTH AMERICAN TOUR. For the
exacting tour of South America the 11 that drew with Scotland were
augmented by Ditchburn, Garrett, Johnston, Barlow, Bentley, Berry and
Taylor. Smith later withdrew because of injury and was replaced by
Eckersley, and after his brilliant display in the Cup-Final, Matthews was
also asked to join the party but had to refuse through unfitness.
Unfortunately
a heavy thunderstorm broke over the 100,000 spectators 90 minutes before
the start of the match. The pitch was waterlogged, and dribbling and
accurate passing became impossible. And when referee Arthur Ellis
abandoned the match the breeze was noticeably rippling the surface of the
water. Although, as would be expected, the England players had the best
of it, the fantastic conditions produced too much tension for a
satisfactory football match.
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In
Other News....
It was on 16 May 1953 that a doctor gave evidence to
magistrates in Blackpool that 79-year-old Sarah Ricketts had
been well on the day before she died, the previous month.
Her housekeeper, Louisa Merrifield, 46, was convicted of her
murder by rat poison, three months later, and was hanged in
September. She had earlier convinced Sarah to change her
will and then boasted to friends that the woman would soon
be dead. Louisa's husband, seventy-year-old, Alfred,
meanwhile, who also lived at the house, was cleared of the
murder, but still inherited the bungalow until the old
lady's daughters contested it and gained five-sixths of it.
In later years, Alfred made money from the crime with a
waxwork effigy of the pair, and happily fronted a sideshow
where he talked about the murder. |
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Source Notes |
TheFA.com
Original newspaper reports
La Nación
The Complete Book of the British Charts |
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Rothman's Yearbooks
Mike Payne's England: The Complete Post-War Record
Norman Giller, Football Author |
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