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"WHAT
A FEAST, ENGLAND!" Sunday Mirror |
Officials
from Ireland |
Wales |
UK ruling on substitutes |
England |
Referee
Thomas
James
Mitchell 45 (28 January 1912), Lurgan, Ulster |
The IFAB introduced the linesman's flag of 'vivid colours' into the Laws of
the Game.
England had seventeen shots on
the Welsh goal in the second half alone |
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Linesmen |
W.G. Strange
Carnmoney |
S. Carswell Belfast |
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Wales Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 30th to 31st |
Colours |
Made by Umbro -
Red continental jerseys with white v-neck collars/cuffs,
white shorts with red side stripe, red socks with
white tops. |
Captain |
Dave Bowen |
Selection |
James Patrick Murphy, 47 (8 August 1910),
appointed 18 October 1956. Team chosen by Selection Committee
on Monday, 7 October |
Wales
Lineup |
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Kelsey, A. John |
27 334 days |
19 November 1929 |
G |
Arsenal FC, England |
16 |
29ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Williams, Stuart G. |
27 102 days |
9 July 1930 |
RB |
West Bromwich Albion FC, England |
7 |
0 |
3 |
Hopkins, Melvyn |
22 346 days |
7 November 1934 |
LB |
Tottenham Hotspur FC, England |
9 |
0 |
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the twentieth own goal scored for England |
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4 |
Harris, William C. |
28 353 days |
31 October 1928 |
RHB |
Middlesbrough FC, England |
5 |
0 |
5 |
Charles, Melvyn |
22 158 days |
14 May 1935 |
CHB |
Swansea Town FC |
11 |
1 |
6 |
Bowen, David L. |
27 134 days |
7 June 1928 |
LHB |
Arsenal FC, England |
7 |
0 |
7 |
Medwin, Terence C. |
25 24 days |
25 September 1932 |
OR |
Tottenham Hotspur FC, England |
10 |
1 |
8 |
Davies, E. Reginald |
28 145 days |
27 May 1929 |
IR |
Newcastle United FC, England |
6 |
0 |
final app
1952-57 |
9 |
Palmer, Desmond F. |
26 26 days |
23 September 1931 |
CF |
Swansea Town FC |
3 |
3 |
final app
1957 |
10 |
Vernon, T.Royston |
20 188 days |
14 April 1937 |
IL |
Blackburn Rovers FC, England |
6 |
1 |
11 |
Jones, Clifford W. |
22 254 days |
7 February 1935 |
OL |
Swansea Town FC |
13 |
2 |
reserve: |
Alan Harrington (Cardiff City FC) |
team changes: |
Ivor Allchurch (Swansea Town FC)
struggled to cement his place in the run-up to this match, he was
originally chosen, and along with Des Palmer, received treatment, but
dropped out on 14th October, initiating a reshuffle. Vernon switching to
inside-left and Reg Davies brought in as a new inside-right. |
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2-3-5 |
Kelsey - Williams, Hopkins - Harris, Charles, Bowen -
Medwin, Davies, Palmer, Vernon, Jones |
Averages: |
Age |
25 years 222
days |
Appearances/Goals |
8.5 |
0.7 |
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England
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 4th to 3rd |
Colours |
The 1954 Umbro
home uniform -
White v-necked short-sleeved continental jerseys, blue shorts, blue
socks with white calf hoop. |
P 22nd of 43, W 14 - D 5 - L 3 - F 63 - A 25. |
Captain |
Billy Wright |
Manager |
Walter Winterbottom, 44 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946; |
rec. 71st of 90, W 43 - D 14 - L 14 - F 184 - A 101. |
Trainer: Harold Shepherdson |
P 89th of 139,
W 56 - D 18 - L 15 - F 258 - A 122,
one abandoned. |
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Team chosen by Selection Committee, headed by Joe Mears, on Thursday, 10 October, in Leeds. |
England
Lineup |
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four changes to the previous match
(Hodgkinson, Hall, Atyeo & Pegg out) |
league positions
(10 October) |
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78 |
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Hopkinson, Edward |
21 355 days |
29 October 1935 |
G |
Bolton Wanderers FC (FL
9th) |
1 |
0ᵍᵃ |
761 |
the 21st Wanderer to
represent England |
762 |
2 |
Howe, Donald |
22
7 days |
12 October 1935 |
RB |
West Bromwich Albion FC (FL
2nd) |
1 |
0 |
the 32nd Albion player to represent
England |
3 |
Byrne, Roger W. |
28 41 days |
8 September 1929 |
LB |
Manchester United FC (FL
4th) |
31 |
0 |
4 |
Clayton, Ronald |
23 75 days |
5 August 1934 |
RHB |
Blackburn Rovers FC (FL2
3rd) |
15 |
0 |
5 |
Wright, William A. |
33 255 days
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6 February 1924
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CHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC (FL
TOP)
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86 |
3 |
most apps
1952-57 world record apps |
6 |
Edwards, Duncan |
21 18 days |
1 October 1936 |
LHB |
Manchester United FC (FL
4th) |
16 |
4 |
763 |
7 |
Douglas, Bryan |
23 145 days |
27 May 1934 |
OR |
Blackburn Rovers FC (FL2
3rd) |
1 |
0 |
the 37th Rover to represent
England |
8 |
Kevan, Derek T. |
22 227 days |
6 March 1935 |
IR |
West Bromwich Albion FC (FL
2nd) |
2 |
1 |
9
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Taylor, Thomas |
25 263 days |
29 January 1932 |
CF |
Manchester United FC (FL
4th) |
17 |
14 |
10
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Haynes, John N. |
23 2 days |
17 October 1934 |
IL |
Fulham FC (FL2
2nd) |
14 |
8 |
the
189th
(56th post-war)
brace scored |
11
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Finney,
Thomas |
35 197 days |
5 April 1922 |
OR |
Preston
North End FC (FL 8th) |
68 |
28 |
reserve: |
Ray Barlow (West Bromwich Albion FC (FL
2nd)) |
team notes: |
Billy Wright extends his record appearance tally, in his record 51st
consecutive match. It was the announcement of Bryan Douglas at
number 7 that effectively ended Stan Matthew's international career. Douglas is
the first different outside-right - other than Matthews or Finney - for
twenty years in a Home Championship match. Of the 38 matches since
Matthews' debut, Matthews has collected 22 appearances and Finney the
remaining 16. |
pre-match notes: |
The first practice session at the Bank of England Sports Ground in
Roehampton was on Monday 14th. Because of the ongoing influenza
pandemic, which had claimed another casualty in Ron Clayton, the FA
drafted in
Johnny Wheeler (Liverpool FC (FL2
4th)) to make up the numbers, as Ray
Barlow needed further treatment to his knee injury. Clayton recovered
before the end of the week and joined his team in Porthcawl. The
practice session on Tuesday 15th was between the senior side and the
under-23 team. |
records: |
This victory equals the post-war record of sixteen matches unbeaten,
set between 1951 and 1953. |
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2-3-5 |
Hopkinson - Howe, Byrne - Clayton, Wright, Edwards -
Douglas, Kevan, Taylor, Haynes, Finney. |
Averages: |
Age |
25 years 179
days |
Appearances/Goals |
22.9 |
4.9 |
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News |
SHEPHERDSON GIVEN TRAINING 'CAP'
HAROLD SHEPHERDSON, 39 year-old ex-Middlesbrough centre-half, will act as
trainer to England's side against Wales in Cardiff next Saturday.
Shepherdson, Middlesbrough's trainer for eight years, wins his first
'cap,' although he has twice trained Football League teams in Scotland.
Since Jimmy Trotter became Charlton's manager just over a year ago England
have not had a regular trainer—a most important position. The F.A.
International Committee have tried out several leading trainers.
As only five international matches are left before the World Cup in June,
the time is drawing near when a regular man must be appointed. Inevitably,
the trainer has considerable influence on the success of the team.
Shepherdson's appointment next week may make him favourite for the job, a
job which can take him to every corner of the world. If he does follow—
Trotter, the F.A. could not have picked a more capable assistant for
team-manager Walter Winterbottom."
- John Camkin, News Chronicle, Saturday,
12 October 1957.
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Match Report
by Mike Payne |
ENGLAND
stretched their unbeaten run to 16 games with this easy victory over the
Welsh in Cardiff. Ironically, it was Wales who were the last team to beat
England, two years earlier, but there was never any chance of a
repeat result this time. Without the likes of John Charles, Tapscott and
Allchurch in their ranks Wales were a pale shadow of their previous sides
and they had little to offer. Indeed, it must be said that this was the
poorest Welsh team for many years.
A gift goal, right
at the beginning, sent England on their way. Johnny Haynes, so often the
instigator of the visitor's attacks, threaded a strong through ball for
Derek Kevan to chase. Hopkins intercepted and turned to roll the ball back
to Kelsey, unaware that his goalkeeper had advanced from his goal. The
ball trickled agonisingly over the line to give England a very fortunate
lead.
The poor start seemed to upset
the Welsh and for long periods there was only one side in it. Tom Finney,
Haynes and Duncan Edwards combined well down the left and repeatedly tore
large holes in the home defence. England should really have finished off
the game i the first half but some scrappy play meant few clear chances
especially as the forwards tended to bunch up. The second goal was long
overdue but when it did come it was a real beauty.
Billy Wright sent a long pass
forward and Tommy Taylor cleverly flicked it to Haynes. The inside-left
took it brilliantly in his stride, advanced a few paces, and then hit a
low, hard shot ito the far corner from the edge of the area. Almost
immediately the half-time whistle blew with only the solid performances of
Hopkins, despite his own-goal, and Bowen keeping the score down to 2-0.
The rain-soaked crowd had little to cheer.
The second half continued with the
same pattern and on 64 minutes England scored the best goal of the match.
Wright found Haynes and once again the schemer-in-chief set up a chance.
This time he sent Finney away. Finney approached the defenders and, as
Haynes made a decoy run outside him, the winger dummied his markers before
cutting inside to hit a screamer into the far corner of Kelsey's net.
Soon afterwards it was 4-0.
Kevan's square pass was again picked up by Haynes and he once more quickly
despatched a firm shot into the corner. It was a clinical piece of
finishing and already the Welsh fans began to sadly drift away from the
stadium knowing their side had been well beaten.
England's three new caps, Eddie
Hopkinson, Don Howe and Bryan Douglas, all had their moments although
Douglas had little chance to shine as most of the England play was
channeled down the left side. To succeed in following the legendary
Stanley Matthews, Douglas would need better service from inside than Kevan
gave him on this occasion.
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Match Report
by Norman Giller |
Wales were in trouble
from the moment early in the game when left-back Mel Hopkins passed the
ball wide of goalkeeper Jack Kelsey and into his own net. Missing the powerful influence of the absent John Charles,
Wales caved in to two goals from Johnny Haynes and a brilliant strike from Tom
Finney. Goalkeeper Eddie Hopkinson, right-back Don Howe and outside-right
Bryan Douglas
- the 'new
Matthews' -
all made impressive
debuts. There was another debutant. Middlesbrough's Harold Shepherdson was
having his first match as trainer, a job he would hold for sixteen years.
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Match Report
as appears in the F.A. Yearbook 1958-59 page 30 |
England included three new caps in
the first of their full Internationals - Hopkinson, Howe, and Douglas, as
goal-keeper, right-back, and outside-right, respectively. The final score
was a fair reflection of the run of play, but it must be stated that Wales
failed to rise to the occasion as they often do in International matches
in Cardiff. England got off to a good start when Hopkins put one through
his own goal after five minutes; Haynes added a second before half-time
with a really superb shot from 25 yards following a pass by Wright. The
England half-back line was always in control of the Welsh side, for whom
only only Kelsey, Bowen, and Jones played up to their best form. It was no
surprise, therefore, when Finney slipped past two Welshmen and shot home
for the third goal. A fourth by Haynes - another drive from outside the
penalty-area - completed the scoring, and set the seal on a fine display
by England, in which Haynes excited.
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In
Other News....
It was on 19 October 1957 that
Celtic retained the
Scottish League Cup by thrashing their great rivals,
Rangers, 7-1 at Hampden Park, Glasgow in the biggest-ever
winning margin in a major British cup final, as well as in
an Old Firm match. This was their first cup-final meeting
and Celtic fans were horrified when they were told that
their five second-half goals could not be shown on
television, because a recording engineer in London where it
was being edited had forgotten to take the protective cap
off the lens of the telerecording camera for the second
half! |
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Source
Notes |
TheFA.com
Original newspaper reports
The Complete Book of the British Charts Wales' Complete Who's Who
since 1946 |
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Rothman's Yearbooks
Mike Payne's England: The Complete Post-War Record
Norman Giller, Football Author |
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