"HEARTS
OF OAK" Daily Mirror |
Officials |
England |
FIFA ruling on substitutes |
Czechoslovakia |
Referee
Albert Alsteen
42 (13 August 1916), Woluwe, Belgium |
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yellow flag
Linesmen
red flag |
Leonard Clifford Howes
44 (28 March 1914) Great Yarmouth |
Gordon Dillon Roper
40 (11 May 1918) Newmarket |
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England
Intermediate Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; |
Colours |
The 1954 Umbro
away uniform -
Red v-necked short-sleeved continental jerseys, white shorts, red
socks with white tops. |
Captain |
Jimmy Armfield |
Manager |
Walter Winterbottom, 45 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946; |
2nd, W 2 -
D 0 - L 0 - F 7 - A 1. |
Trainer: Ron Greenwood (Arsenal FC) |
14th of sixteen intermediate matches, W 10 -
D 2 - L 2 - F 43 - A 15. |
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Team chosen by the Intermediate Selection Committee, headed by Frank
Adams, on Monday, 29 September. |
England
Lineup |
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unchanged
from the previous U23 match |
league position
(29 September) |
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Hodgkinson, Alan |
22
60 days |
16 August 1936 |
G |
Sheffield United FC
(FL2 6th) |
7 |
6ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Armfield, James |
23 24 days |
21 September 1935 |
RB |
Blackpool FC (FL 7th) |
4 |
0 |
3 |
Allen, Anthony |
18
322 days |
27 November 1939 |
LB |
Stoke City FC (FL2
5th) |
2 |
0 |
4 |
Setters, Maurice E. |
21
303 days |
16 December 1936 |
RHB |
West
Bromwich Albion FC (FL 8th) |
6 |
0 |
5 |
Scott, Melyvn Douglas |
18 19 days |
26 September 1939 |
CHB |
Chelsea FC (FL 4th) |
2 |
0 |
6 |
McGuinness, Wilfred |
20 355 days |
25 October 1937 |
LHB |
Manchester United FC
(FL 6th) |
2 |
0 |
7 |
Brabrook, Peter |
20
341 days |
8 November 1937 |
OR |
Chelsea FC (FL 4th) |
5 |
1 |
8
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Greaves, James P. |
18
237 days |
20 February 1940 |
IR |
Chelsea FC (FL 4th) |
6 |
7 |
=most goals
1958 |
9
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Baker, Joseph H. |
18
90 days |
17 July 1940 |
CF |
Hibernian FC, Scotland
(SL 8th) |
2 |
0 |
10
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Charlton, Robert |
21 3 days |
11 October 1937 |
IL |
Manchester United FC
(FL 6th) |
2 |
5 |
11
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Scanlon, Albert Joseph |
23 4 days |
10 October 1935 |
OL |
Manchester United FC
(FL 6th) |
2 |
0 |
reserves: |
Tony Macedo (Fulham FC (FL2 TOP)), Alan Williams (Bristol City FC
(FL2 3rd)) and
Ray Parry
(Bolton Wanderers FC (FL 3rd))...
Parry was replaced with
Jimmy Murray (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC (FL
9th)) on 10th October because of
an injury. Murray then received his own injury, and he was replaced
with
Peter Dobing (Blackburn Rovers FC
(FL 13th)) on 13th October. |
team notes: |
The International Selection Committee were in attendance at this
match, looking at any last minute alterations to their Senior team to
face Russia next week. |
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2-3-5 |
Hodgkinson - Armfield, Allen - Setters, Scott,
McGuinness -
Brabrook, Greaves, Baker, Charlton, Scanlon. |
Averages: |
Age |
20 years 260 days |
Appearances/Goals |
3.7 |
0.9 |
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Czechoslovakia
Intermediate Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; |
Colours |
'The Czechs, wearing the white' jerseys, red shorts, and blue stockings |
Captain |
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Selection |
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Czechoslovakia
Lineup |
1 |
Holes, Júliuš |
19
211 days |
18 March 1939 |
G |
DŠO Dynamo Žilina |
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2 |
Lála, Jan |
20
35 days |
10 September 1938 |
RB |
VTJ Dukla Pardubice |
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4 |
Stary |
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LB |
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16 |
Kos |
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RHB |
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3 |
Horváth, Alexander |
19
291 days |
28 December 1938 |
CHB |
DŠO Dynamo Žilina |
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4 |
Jarábek, Stanislav |
19
300 days |
19 December 1938 |
LHB |
VTJ Dukla Pardubice |
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7 |
Pospíchal, Tomáš |
22
111 days |
26 June 1936 |
OR |
DSO Baník Ostrava |
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8 |
Obert, Jozef, injured off
37th min. |
20
284 days |
4 January 1938 |
IR |
Ruda Hvĕzda Brno |
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9 |
Scherer, Adolf |
20
193 days |
5 May 1938 |
CF |
TJ ČH Bratislava |
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10 |
Molnar, Pavol |
22
244 days |
13 February 1936 |
IL |
TJ ČH Bratislava |
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11 |
Koiš, Ľudovít |
23
67 days |
9 August 1935 |
OL |
FC
Spartak Trnava |
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Czechoslovakia
Substitute |
scoreline:
England 2 Czechoslovakia 0 |
12 |
Korinek, on 37th min. for Obert |
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result:
England 3 Czechoslovakia 0 |
unused substitutes: |
not known |
pre-match notes: |
The Czechs were given a civic reception in Norwich on Tuesday, 14th.
The team then 'put in a spell of training
under floodlights at a ground on the outskirts of the city' |
team notes: |
Kos was a last moment replacement for original left-half, Andrej
Kvašñák |
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2-3-5 |
Holes - Stary, Lala - Jarábek, Horváth, Kos - Pospíchal, Obert
(Korinek), Scherer, Molnar, Koiš |
Averages: |
Age |
20 years 355 days⁹ |
Appearances/Goals |
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Match Report
by Bill Holden, Daily Mirror, Thursday,
16 October 1958 |
ENGLAND'S
Selectors meet tomorrow to pick the team to play Russia at Wembley next
Wednesday—and the success of the Under-3 team hear tonight should leave
them with no problems. The nimble Czechs with their guile and skill were a
tremendously difficult handful for the England youngsters.
But these lads,
playing in unfamiliar red shirts, were boys with the hearts and craft of
men. Three of them, left half Wilf McGuinness; outside right Peter
Brabrook and inside left Bobby Charlton, have already been in the full
England side and I believe they will keep their places.
The selectors are looking
for a deputy for injured Tommy Banks. Tonight, Tony Allen, fair-haired
Stoke City left back, only eighteen, showed that he can safely be given
the job.
Unhappily there can be no room in the
full England side for right half Maurice Setters, a dynamo of energy and
inspiration. He was great, and if he had any fault, it was in trying to do
too much work. Once the Czechs' initial thrusts had been blunted, it was
only a matter of how long it would take England to go ahead. In the fifth
minute Brabrook went on a great sprint down the right wing and his cross
was clutched by the 'keeper at the foot of the post. Then Charlton
brilliantly manoeuvred an opening for centre forward Joe Baker, but he was
too slow to grasp it. The thirteenth minute was fatal for the Czechs,
Setters sent inside right Jimmy Greaves streaking through. He flipped the
ball to Charlton as the inside man yelled 'yes' and Mr. Dynamite Charlton
blasted it in. Another Charlton thunderbolt was saved just as it was
screaming inside the post, and he created another chance which Baker
failed to take. Yet, in the thirty-third minute, Baker, the weak link of
the England attack, harassed goalkeeper Holes and centre half Horváth into
losing possession. Baker flicked a square pass for
Greaves to hit the ball into an empty net. Again Charlton,
writing his name in flame, juggled through. But as the 'keeper catapulted
across the goal Charlton's shot flashed inches wide. Promptly the Czechs
brought on a substitute, Korinek, to replace Obert with the obvious job of
helping to mark Charlton. It made little difference. In the first five
minutes after the interval England forced four corners. The Czechs, still
slick and dangerous were tamed every time by the England defence.
Allen earned roars of applause for his cool work. In
the sixty-third minute Charlton hammered in England's third. He created an
attack which the Czechs could never properly clear, and with the ball
bobbing about the penalty area as if it were in a pin-table machine.
Charlton first-timed it from the edge of the box—a shot that the 'keeper
never even saw. On the one occasion that the Czechs managed to cut through
the England defence Scherer shot wide. Baker, who improved and increased
his pace as the game went on, came close to scoring in the 71st minute,
but it was not his night. Put through perfectly by
Scanlon nine minutes from the end, he slipped and missed his kick with
only the keeper to beat. Next when Baker went through
brilliantly by himself, Charlton was not quick enough to run onto his
pass. But these are minor quibbles. Baker undoubtedly fits in with this
attack and will match the best. THE FUTURE OF
ENGLISH SOCCER LOOKS BRIGHTER.
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Match Report
as appears in the F.A. Yearbook 1959-60 page 32 |
England, fielding the same Under-23
side that beat Poland, were again successful in this match at Norwich.
This time their opponents fought hard all the way, and the match
maintained its interest to the end. A move after a quarter-of-an-hour by
Setters and Greaves gave Charlton the chance to put England ahead, and
Greaves made it two before the interval after good work by Baker. In the
second half Charlton scored a third after Scanlon had hit the post. Once
again, Charlton stood out as the completer footballer, and he was well
supported by Allen, Scott, Greaves and Scanlon. The Czech team tackled
hard and cleanly, and were perhaps a little unlucky not to score.
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Source Notes |
Official matchday
programme FA Yearbook 1959-60 |
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Rothman's Yearbooks
Original newspaper reports |
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