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"Yes,
Uruguay ARE world champions"
Daily Record |
Officials |
Uruguay |
UK 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.
Another 'minor' match preceded this game, serving as a
curtain raiser. |
Linesmen |
tbc |
tbc |
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Uruguay
Team |
|
Current World Champions |
Colours |
Sky blue jerseys with white v-necked collar/cuffs,
black shorts, black socks with white tops. |
Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 7th |
Captain |
Matias Gonzáles |
Manager |
Juan López Fontana, 45 (15 March 1908), also coach at CA Peñarol,
appointed 1949. |
Uruguay
Lineup |
|
Máspoli Arbelvide,
Roque
G. |
35
231 days |
12 October 1917 |
G |
CA Peñarol |
28 |
0 |
2 |
Gonzáles, Matías |
27
298 days |
6 August 1925 |
RB |
Club Atlético Cerro |
29 |
0 |
3 |
Martínez
Carreras, Wílliam R. |
25
138 days |
13 January 1928 |
LB |
Rampla Juniors FC |
9 |
0 |
4 |
Rodríguez Andrade,
Víctor
P. |
26
29 days |
2 May 1927 |
RHB |
CA Peñarol |
19 |
0 |
5 |
Carbello, Néstor
E. |
24
117 days |
3 February 1929 |
CHB |
Club Nacional de Football |
6 |
0 |
6 |
Cruz, Luis A. |
28
33 days |
28 April 1925 |
LHB |
Club Nacional de Football |
5 |
0 |
7
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Abbadie Gismero, Julio
C. |
22
266 days |
7 September 1930 |
OR |
CA Peñarol |
6 |
5 |
8 |
Schiaffino, Juan A. |
27
307 days |
28 July 1925 |
IR |
CA Peñarol |
12 |
4 |
9
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Míguez
Antón, Omar Óscar |
25
177 days |
5 December 1927 |
CF |
CA Peñarol |
14 |
12 |
10 |
Pérez
Gutiérrez, Julio G. |
26
346 days |
19 June 1926 |
IL |
Club Nacional de Football |
16 |
6 |
11
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Cabrera, Juan Carlos |
nk |
nk |
OL |
Rampla Juniors |
1 |
0 |
only app
1953 |
unused
substitutes: |
Luis Radiche |
team changes: |
Juan Carlos Cabrera was a late replacement. |
World Cup Champions notes: |
Uruguay beat
Brazil in Rio de Janeiro on 16 July 1950 to become
the reigning World Champions, there are six surviving members
of that team in this fixture,
Andrade, González,
Máspoli,
Míguez,
Pérez
and Schiaffino. |
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2-3-5 |
Máspoli -
Gonzáles, Martínez -
Rodríguez Andrade, Carbello,
Cruz - Abbadie, Schiaffino,
Míguez,
Pérez, Cabrera. |
Averages: |
Age |
27 years 14 days¹⁰ |
Appearances/Goals |
13.2 |
2.3 |
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England
Team |
|
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. |
P 32nd of 43, W 18 - D 8 - L 6 - F 83 - A 44. |
Captain |
Billy Wright |
Manager |
Walter Winterbottom, 40 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946; |
record 35th of 90, W 21 - D 7 - L 7 - F 84 - A 43. |
Trainer: Jimmy Trotter (Charlton Athletic FC) |
P 53rd of 139, W 34 - D 11 - L 8 - F 154 - A 62,
inc. one abandoned. |
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³ |
Party chosen by Selection Committee headed by Harold Shentall, on Monday, 13
April. Team chosen on Saturday, 30 May. |
England
Lineup |
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unchanged
from the previous two matches (for a
second time post-war) |
league position
(FINAL)
(13 April>2 May) |
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Merrick, Gilbert H. |
31
125 days |
26 January 1922 |
G |
Birmingham City FC
(FL2 9th>6th) |
13 |
15ᵍᵃ |
2
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Ramsey, Alfred E. |
33
129 days |
22 January 1920 |
RB |
Tottenham Hotspur FC
(FL 10th>=) |
29 |
1 |
3 |
Eckersley, William |
27
319 days |
16 July 1925 |
LB |
Blackburn Rovers FC (FL2 8th>9th) |
12 |
0 |
4 |
Wright, William A. |
29
114 days |
6 February 1924 |
RHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC (FL TOP>3rd) |
50 |
3 |
most apps 1952-53 |
5 |
Johnston, Harry |
33
244 days |
26 September 1919 |
CHB |
Blackpool FC (FL
7th>=) |
6 |
0 |
6 |
Dickinson, James
W. |
28
37 days |
24 April 1925 |
LHB |
Portsmouth
FC (FL 13th>15th) |
27 |
0 |
7 |
Finney,
Thomas |
31
56 days |
5 April 1922 |
OR |
Preston
North End FC
(FL 2nd>RU) |
46 |
21 |
8 |
Broadis, Ivan A. |
30
161 days |
18 December 1922 |
IR |
Manchester City FC
(FL 18th>20th) |
7 |
3 |
9 |
Lofthouse, Nathaniel |
27
274 days |
27 August 1925 |
CF |
Bolton Wanderers FC
(FL 12th>14th) |
15 |
15 |
10
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Taylor, Thomas |
21
122 days |
29 January 1932 |
IL |
Manchester United FC (FL 8th>=) |
3 |
2 |
11 |
Berry, R. John |
26
364 days |
1 June 1926 |
OL |
Manchester United FC
(FL 8th>=) |
3 |
0 |
unused
substitutes: |
Ted Ditchburn (Tottenham Hotspur FC
(FL 10th>=)),
Tommy Garrett (Blackpool FC (FL 7th>=)),
Ray Barlow (West Bromwich Albion FC
(FL 5th>4th)),
Roy Bentley (Chelsea FC (FL 21st>19th)) and
Jack Froggatt (Portsmouth FC (FL
13th>15th)). |
records: |
This defeat ends a record run of sixteen matches unbeaten, starting
back in May 1951. Falling just short of the record of twenty matches
without less between 1908 and 1909. It also ends a run of ten
matches unbeaten on a Sunday, which included seven victories. England's fifth fixture
against the
World Cup Champions, W 3 - D 1 - L
1 - F 12 - A 6. |
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2-3-5 |
Merrick
- Ramsey, Eckersley - Wright, Johnston, Dickinson - Finney,
Broadis, Lofthouse, Taylor, Berry. |
Averages: |
Age |
29 years 77
days |
Appearances/Goals |
19.2 |
4.0 |
most experienced post-war team
so far |
"The F.A. presented the Uruguayan players with wallets and F.A.
pins, but the Uruguayans gave nothing to the English players." |
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Match Report by
Mike Payne |
England faced a formidable
match on the last leg of their South American tour when they took on the
current World Champions, Uruguay. Having won the trophy in 1950 they were
now eagerly building a side to defend it in Switzerland the following year
and emphasised their power.
England were
desperately unlucky before the match. After the Chile game many of the
party were struck down by stomach upsets and some of the players looked
barely fit enough to play. Nevertheless they battled bravely and to only
lose by the odd goal in three was no disgrace.
Uruguay
took the lead after 27 minutes. Abbadie cut in from the right wing to fire
low, hard and accurately from 20 yards leaving Gil Merrick well beaten.
The crowd went wild with delight and fireworks were let off all around the
stadium, a frighteningly new experience for some of the younger players of
this England team.
The England team was
always struggling and never really got going. Nat Lofthouse, especially,
was a pale shadow of his normal self. Having said that England did have
their moments. Tommy Taylor and Tom Finney almost got through and Uruguay
occasionally had to hang on desperately to their lead. England had no luck
at all especially when both Lofthouse and Ivor Broadis hit the inside of
the Uruguayans' upright with shots that deserved a better reward.
In the 60th minute,
Uruguay stretched their lead. Cabrera, out on left, centred perfectly for
Míguez to head wide of the despairing Merrick. Five minutes later Abbadie
missed a sitter, shooting over from close range.
At this stage Uruguay
were in control, continually beating England for possession. But all
credit to the tiring visitors as they refused to give up and they gained
some deserved consolation in the last minute when Taylor pulled a goal
back.
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Match Report by
Norman Giller |
World champions Uruguay turned on an
exhibition against the old masters, and might have trebled their score but
for being over elaborate with dazzling approach play. Abbadie gave Uruguay
the lead in the twenty-seventh minute, and clever centre-forward Míguez
made it 2-0 on the hour. Nat Lofthouse and Ivor Broadis struck the
woodwork and Tommy Taylor scored in the closing moments after an Alf
Ramsey shot had been blocked. It was a spirited fight back by England
after they had struggled to hold the world champions in a one-sided first
half. Míguez, a master of ball control and as crafty as a monkey, led the
entire England defence a dance. Billy Wright, winning his 50th cap, played him as
well as any defender could do, but several times was left tackling his shadow.
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Match Report
as appears in the F.A. Yearbook 1953-54, pages 23-24 |
Although some of the players were
taken sick after the game with Chile, England again fielded an unchanged
team against World Cup champions at Montevideo a week later. Uruguay
deserved their narrow win against visitors playing below form, though the
England players dominated the early stages and made it a keen battle.
Clearly England were up against perhaps the best team they had ever met;
every man being fit, fast and strong, and the whole side switching swiftly
from defence to attack. Right-half Andrade was a magnificent wing-half and
the forward line was brilliant, moving the ball in bouts of short passing
at incredible speed over the hard lumpy surface. During the opening
minutes an unlucky shot from Lofthouse hit the inside of both posts before
curling out of goal into the arms of Maspoli. Lofthouse in particular
appeared still unfit, and as Broadis and Taylor were also not at their
best, the England attack seldom got going. After 27 minutes Abbadie cut
in and shot accurately and hard from 20 yards to beat Merrick. In the
second half England fought back until another shot (this time from Broadis)
again hit the inside of a post. Immediately Uruguay scored a second goal;
Cabrera crossed a perfect ball for Miguez to head home from close in. In
the last minute Taylor scored for England but it was too late.
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In
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Source Notes |
TheFA.com AUF.org.uy
Original newspaper reports
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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