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"IS
IT WORTH IT?"
Daily Mirror |
Officials |
United States |
FIFA ruling on substitutes |
England
Party |
Referee
(black/white thin stripes) Sam
Max Galinsky
42 (5 November 1910), Glasgow, Scotland. |
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.
British Commonwealth ex-servicemen took part in a
Coronation pageant and march past before this match. Vice-Admiral E. Rollo
Mainguy, chief of the Canadian Naval Staff, was invited to take the salute.
This is the first International match at the Yankee Baseball Stadium,
and the first England match to be played under floodlights. The pitch was
only three-quarters covered with grass, the shale baseball infield occupying
a large area near one goalpost. |
Linesmen (according to New
York Times) |
Jim McLean |
Jim Stephenson |
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United States
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 40th to 42nd |
Colours |
"The Americans wore white shirts
[blue wing collars], blue shorts and red stockings." |
Captain |
Walt Bahr |
Manager |
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United States
Lineup |
|
Moore, Cecil William Joseph |
27 157 days |
2 January 1926 in Belfast,
Ireland |
G |
New York Americans |
1 |
6ᵍᵃ |
one Ireland Appearance
(vs. Wales, March 1949) |
only app
1953 |
2 |
Milne, Robert Storey Simpson Turnbull |
32 42 days |
27 April 1921 in Falkirk, Scotland |
RB |
New York Americans |
1 |
0 |
only app
1953 |
3 |
Keough, Harold Joseph |
25 205 days |
15 November 1927 |
LB |
St. Louis Kutis FC |
8 |
0 |
4 |
Springthorpe, Terence Alfred |
29 186 days |
4 December 1923
in Draycott, Derbyshire |
RHB |
New York Americans and Coventry City FC, England |
1 |
0 |
5 |
Decker, Rolf Ludwig |
24 105 days |
23 February 1929 in
Frankfurt, Germany |
CHB |
Brooklyn Hakoah |
1 |
0 |
6 |
Bahr, Walter A. |
26
68 days |
1 April 1927 |
LHB |
Philadelphia Nationals |
12 |
1 |
7 |
Schultz, Thomas Donald,
injured off 30th min. with an ankle injury. |
19 194 days |
26 November 1933 |
OR |
St. Louis Kutis FC |
1 |
0 |
only app
1953 |
8 |
Connelly, William Walsh |
24
221 days |
30 October 1928 in Falkirk,
Scotland |
IR |
BrookHatton |
1 |
0 |
only app
1953 |
9 |
Athineos, George Sotirios |
29 174 days |
16 December 1923 |
CF |
Eintracht |
1 |
1 |
Αθηναίος,
Γιώργος |
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12th
penalty against scored
(22nd overall) |
only app
1953 |
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10 |
McLauglin, Bernard J. |
25
59 days |
10 April 1928 |
IL |
Philadelphia Nationals |
8 |
1 |
11 |
Chacurian, Efraín |
29 106 days |
22 February 1924
in Córdoba, Argentina |
OL |
Swiss FC |
1 |
0 |
United States Substitute |
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Decker, Otto F., on 30th min. for Schultz |
22 262 days |
19 September 1930
in Frankfurt, Germany |
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Brooklyn Hakoah |
1 |
2 |
only app
1953 |
unused substitutes: |
Malina, Baxter, Wolanin |
team notes: |
This was United States first match in fourteen months. Terry Springthorpe was still on the retained list by Coventry City. He
left for New York in 1951 and had had requested naturalisation papers
from the US Government. But City still held his contract. Not since the immediate post-war era,
when Scotland played seven debutants, have so many debutants took to
the field. The Decker's were brothers. |
records: |
Otto Decker becomes the first scoring substitute
against England. And the first (and last) time since
Sweden in
May 1949 that two players have scored on their debuts against
England. As well as the first (and last) time since Scotland in
March 1873 that two players scored on their debuts against England and
never played for their country again. |
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2-3-5 |
Moore - Milne, Keogh - Springthorpe, R.Dekker,
Bahr - Schultz (O.Dekker),
Connelly, Athineos, McLaughlin, Chachurian |
Averages:
(starting)
(finishing) |
Age |
26
years 239 days
26 years 345
days |
Appearances/Goals |
3.3 |
0.2 |
least experienced opposing post-war
team so far |
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England
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 4th |
Colours |
The 1952 away
uniform -
Red collared jerseys, white shorts, red socks.
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P second of two, W 2 - D 0 - L 0 - F
9 - A 5. |
Captain |
Billy Wright
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Manager |
Walter Winterbottom, 40 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946; |
record 36th of 90 W 22 - D 7 - L 7 - F 90 - A 46. |
Trainer: Jimmy Trotter (Charlton Athletic FC) |
P 54th of 139h, W 35 - D 11 - L 8 - F 160 - A 65,
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, 6 June. |
England
Lineup |
|
three
changes
to the previous match
(Ditchburn & Froggatts>Merrick, Taylor & Berry) |
league position (FINAL)
(13 April>2 May) |
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Ditchburn, Edwin G. |
31 227 days |
24 October 1921 |
G |
Tottenham Hotspur FC
(FL 10th>=) |
3 |
6ᵍᵃ |
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16th keeper to face a penalty kick |
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2 |
Ramsey, Alfred E. |
33 137 days |
22 January 1920 |
RB |
Tottenham Hotspur FC
(FL 10th>=) |
30 |
1 |
sixth, oldest and quickest so far to the
30-app
milestone |
3 |
Eckersley, William |
27 327 days |
16 July 1925 |
LB |
Blackburn Rovers FC (FL2 8th>9th) |
13 |
0 |
4 |
Wright, William A. |
29 122 days |
6 February 1924 |
RHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC (FL TOP>3rd) |
51 |
3 |
most apps 1952-53 |
5 |
Johnston, Harry |
33 255 days |
26 September 1919 |
CHB |
Blackpool FC
(FL 7th>=) |
7 |
0 |
6 |
Dickinson, James
W. |
28 45 days |
24 April 1925 |
LHB |
Portsmouth
FC (FL 13th>15th) |
28 |
0 |
7
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Finney,
Thomas |
31 64 days |
5 April 1922 |
OR |
Preston
North End FC
(FL 2nd>RU) |
47 |
23 |
the
166th (33rd post-war) brace scored |
8
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Broadis, Ivan A. |
30 172 days |
18 December 1922 |
IR |
Manchester City FC
(FL 18th>20th) |
8 |
4 |
9
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Lofthouse, Nathaniel |
27 285 days |
27 August 1925 |
CF |
Bolton Wanderers FC
(FL 12th>14th) |
16 |
17 |
the
165th (32nd post-war) brace scored |
oldest youngest player
so far |
10
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Froggatt, Redfern |
28 289 days |
23 August 1924 |
IL |
Sheffield Wednesday FC (FL 20th>18th) |
4 |
2 |
final app
1952-53 |
11 |
Froggatt, Jack |
30 203 days |
17 November 1922 |
OL |
Portsmouth FC (FL
13th>15th) |
13 |
2 |
final app
1949-53 |
unused substitutes: |
Gil Merrick (Birmingham City FC (FL2
9th>6th)),
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)),
Tommy Taylor &
Johnny Berry (both Manchester United FC
(FL 8th>=)). |
team notes: |
Redfern and Jack Froggatt are cousins. The crew of the RMS Queen Mary were in
attendance, and carried the players from the pitch shoulder-high.
Billy Wright was not only an old team-mate of US' Terry Springthorpe,
but they shared lodgings together before he came to the States. |
appearance notes: |
Nat Lofthouse is again the youngest player of
the eleven starting the match, for a fourth match this season, thus breaking a record
he set in April, by 51
days. Lofthouse is currently the oldest youngest player that has
played for any England team. |
goalscoring records: |
Nat Lofthouse, for the second successive season, ends the season as
top goalscorer, scoring eight goals in eight matches. |
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2-3-5 |
Ditchburn - Ramsey, Eckersley - Wright, Johnston,
Dickinson - Finney, Broadis, Lofthouse, R.Froggatt,
J.Froggatt. |
Averages: |
Age |
30 years 94
days |
Appearances/Goals |
20.0 |
4.2 |
oldest post-war team so far |
most experienced post war team so far |
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Match Report by
Mike Payne |
The
last match of England's 1953 summer tour was scheduled to be played on
Sunday the 7th of June but due to a spell of torrential rain, the game was
postponed. It was rearranged for the following night and was played under
the floodlights of the Yankee Stadium. This was a new experience for the
England players and may have something to do with the fact that they took
so long to break down a stubborn home defence.
There were shades
of the infamous 1950 World Cup game between the two sides as England,
always far superior in technique and skills, missed chance after chance.
Goalkeeper Moore worked overtime and the American goal led a charmed
life. Finally though with two minutes of the first-half left Ivor Broadis
broke the deadlock by hooking home a pass from Tom Finney.
The second half was a
different story as England relaxed to play some controlled football.
Within minutes of the restart Nat Lofthouse scored number two and Finney
quickly added a third to build up a commanding lead. The Americans gamely
fought on and their side, which included several players who had had
English League experience, pulled a goal back when the lively substitute
O.Decker, who came on for the injured Schultz, shot past Ted Ditchburn.
That goal came in the 61st minute but a minute later Lofthouse scored
again to quash the fightback, or at least, so England thought.
To everyone's
astonishment the referee then gave the USA another chance by awarding them
a penalty for a highly dubious handball against Harry Johnstone. Atheneos
converted the gift and three minutes later O. Decker scored again to really
set the game alight.
But England were in no
mood to allow a repeat of that 1950 fiasco and they quickly regained
control. Finney, who had been much more direct in this half, scored
England's fifth goal and with ten minutes to go Redfern Froggatt sealed
victory with number six.
The tour of the
Americas had certainly been an eventful trip with many things learned. It
was an experience that the players would never forget.
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Match Report by
Norman Giller |
This first full soccer international staged in
New York was arranged to mark the Queen's Coronation six days earlier. It
was the first international match that England had ever played under
floodlights
The
freak rain followed England from South America and a storm forced a 24-hour
postponement. Then, under the floodlights at the Yankee Stadium, England -
with Tom Finney running riot - avenged the 1-0 World Cup defeat with a
comfortable victory in front of a 7,271 crowd. England missed a shoal of
chances before Ivor Broadis gave them the lead two minutes before half-time.
They quickly went 3-0 clear with goals early in the second half from Finney
and Lofthouse. The Americans battled back with the help of a dubious penalty,
but another goal each from Lofthouse and Finney followed by a sixth goal from
Redfern Froggat underlined England's supremacy in a match in which they
could and should have reached double figures. At last, Billy Wright exorcised
the ghosts that had haunted him ever since England's humiliating 1-0 World
Cup defeat by the USA in Brazil in 1950. He played like a man possessed,
determined not to suffer the same embarrassment. This time England outshone
the Yankee Stadium floodlights, and Billy's beam at the final whistle signalled his great satisfaction. The press described England as avenging
their World Cup defeat by the USA, but it was empty revenge because
it was a pretty meaningless match that attracted very little interest in New
York. There was a ghostly atmosphere in the Yankee Stadium with the seven
thousands fans 'lost' in that vast arena. Terry Springthorpe, who had
played for Wolves under Billy Wright's captaincy when winning the 1949 FA
Cup final, was in defence for the USA.
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Match Report
as appears in the F.A. Yearbook 1953-54, page 24 |
One of
the smallest crowds ever to watch an England International side stood
thinly around the huge Yankee Stadium in New York for the last match of
the tour against U.S.A. Playing under floodlights and perhaps over-anxious
to avenge their sensational defeat at Belo Horizonte in the World Cup in
1950, the England players missed many chances before Broadis eventually
found the net two minutes before half-time. After the interval the games
came freely; Finney (2), Lofthouse (2) and Froggatt (R.) scoring. For the
U.S.A., Dekker (2) and Atheneos replied.
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In
Other News....
It was on 8 June 1953 that Scotland Yard requested that the
River Thames be drained between Teddington Lock and Richmond
Weir in an attempt to find clothing and a weapon, following
the murders of two teenage girls, Christine Reed and Barbara
Songhurst, just over a week earlier. 22-year-old Alfred
Whiteway was hanged, six months later, for the vicious rape
and murder of the girls on the towpath. |
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Source Notes |
TheFA.com
Original newspaper reports
Official matchday programme 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 St. Louis
Soccer Hall of Fame Cris Freddi |
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