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Wednesday,
13 May
1959
End of season Summer Tour of South America Match
Brazil 2 England 0
[2-0]
"Wednesday has been declared a
public holiday in Brazil!" |
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Estádio
Municipal, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
Kick-off (local): 3.30pm
7.30pm
BST
The English delegation had requested a later kick-off because of the
afternoon heat. The request was turned down. Attendance:
'estimated at
150,000'; '151,000'; '200,000' |
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Brazil kicked off |
Billy Wright won the toss |
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[1-0] Julinho 2
'Brilliant Pelé whipped out a low
pass to Canhoteiro who flashed the ball into the goalmouth.'
[1-0] Julinho strike hits the post 9 [2-0] Henrique
28 'Four baffled
bewildered defenders lay dumbstruck as Julinho went past them
and a pinpoint pass whistled into the goalmouth.'
Julinho was offside when he received the
ball |
[2-0] Bobby Charlton 30-yd strike hits the crossbar
41 |
England took a twenty-minute half-time break, reappearing five minutes
after the Brazilians |
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[2-0] Gilmar pushed Haynes shot onto the post
70 |
No T.V. or radio coverage |
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"A HELICOPTER landed in the
centre of the field just thirty minutes before kick off [and
out pranced the Vice-President of Brazil]. A LOUSDPEAKER
announcement appealed to fans not to use bad language if they
happened to be sitting next to a señorita. BALLOONS, six feet
across, were sent up. Then they were set on fire, scattering
hot debris on the stadium and even into the fringe of the
crowd. A PLANE zoomed low trailing a cigarette advertisement.
As the teams trotted on hundreds of fireworks rocketed over
the pitch. It sounded like a battle." - Thursday,
14 May 1959, Daily Mirror [Daily Herald] |
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"ENGLAND
DOWN—BUT NOT DISGRACED" Daily Mirror |
Officials |
Brazil |
FIFA ruling on substitutes |
England Party |
Referee
Juan
Regis
Brozzi
37 (8 March 1922), Villa Ballester,
Argentina |
Prior to the match, Billy Wright received the Belfort Duarte Diploma
and a gold medal, Brazil's highest sports honour. Only the third man to
receive the award.
Both teams could make
two substitutions (one goalkeeper) before the 44th min. |
Linesmen |
tbc
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tbc
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Brazil Team |
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Current World Champions |
Colours |
Yellow
jerseys with lime green collars/cuffs, light blue shorts
with white side
stripe, white socks with two narrow yellow and lime green stripes
at top. |
Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 1st |
Captain |
Nílton Santos |
Manager |
Vicente Ítalo
Feola, 49 (20 November 1909) Team
announced on Sunday, 10 May |
eighteenth match, W 13 - D 5 - L 0 - F 48 - A 143. |
Brazil
Lineup |
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Gilmar |
28
293 days |
22 August 1930 |
G |
SC Corinthians Paulista |
41 |
40ᵍᵃ |
dos Santos Neves, Gylmar |
4 |
Nílton Santos |
33
362 days |
16 May 1925 |
LB |
Botafogo FR |
54 |
2 |
dos
Santos,
Nílton |
2 |
Djalma Santos |
30
75 days |
27 February 1929 |
RB |
Associaçã o Portuguesa de Desportos |
53 |
1 |
Pereira Dias dos Santos, Djalma |
5 |
Sani, Dino |
26
355 days |
23 May 1932 |
RHB |
São
Paulo FC |
9 |
0 |
3 |
Bellini, Hilderado Luiz. |
28 341 days |
7 June 1930 |
CHB |
CR Vasco da Gama |
20 |
0 |
6 |
Peçanha de Carvalho, Orlando,
off 43rd min. |
23 235 days |
20 September 1935 |
LHB |
CR Vasco da Gama |
13 |
0 |
7
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Julinho |
29 288 days |
29 July 1929 |
OR |
SE Palmeiras |
18 |
11 |
Botelho, Júlio |
8 |
Didi |
30 217 days |
8 October 1928 |
IR |
Botafogo FR |
54 |
18 |
Pereira, Waldyr |
9
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Frade,
Henrique |
24 283 days |
3 August 1934 |
CF |
CR do Flamengo |
3 |
1 |
10 |
Pelé |
28 202 days |
23 October 1940 |
IL |
Santos FC |
16 |
19 |
Atantes do Nascimento, Edson |
11
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Canhoteiro |
26
231 days |
24 September 1932 |
OL |
São
Paulo FC |
14 |
1 |
Ribamar de Oliveira, José
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Brazil Substitutes |
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Formiga, Chico, on 43rd min. for Orlando Peçanha |
28 183 days |
11 November 1930 |
CHB |
SE Palmeiras |
17 |
0 |
Ferreira de Aguar, Francisco |
reserves: |
tbc |
team changes: |
Vicente Feola had 22 players at his disposal. Garrincha was
apparently the original inside-right, his place going to Julinho
when the team was named thirty minutes before kick-off. |
team notes: |
Many of
the newspaper articles the following day report the players in the
position traditionally assigned to their shirt number. But the
Brazilians had a different number system. |
World Cup Champions notes: |
Brazil beat Sweden in Stockholm on 29 June 1958 to become the reigning
World Champions, there are seven surviving members of that team in this
fixture, Bellini, Didi, Gilmar, Orlando, Pelé,
Djalma Santos and Nílton Santos. |
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2-3-5 |
Gilmar
- Djalma Santos, Nílton Santos - Bellini,
Orlando (Formiga), Sani - Julinho, Didi, Henrique, Pelé, Canhoteiro |
Averages:
(start) (finish) |
Age |
27
years 194 days
27 years 356
days |
Appearances/Goals |
26.8 |
4.6 |
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England
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 4th |
Colours |
The 1954 Umbro
home shirt -
White v-necked short-sleeved continental jerseys, white shorts, red
socks with white calf hoop. |
P 37th of 43, W 18 - D 12 - L 7 - F 92 - A 49. |
Captain |
Billy Wright |
Manager |
Walter Winterbottom, 46 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946; |
rec. 87th of 90, W 48 - D 21 - L 18 - F 214 - A 125. |
Trainer: Harold Shepherdson |
P 105th of 139,
W 61 - D 25 - L 19 - F 288 - A 146,
one abandoned. |
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Team chosen by Selection Committee, headed by Joe Mears, on
Sunday, 10 May. |
England
Lineup |
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two changes
to the previous match
(Armfield & Deeley>Shaw & Bradley) |
league position
(20 April) |
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Hopkinson, Edward |
23
196 days |
29 October 1935 |
G |
Bolton Wanderers FC
(FL 4th) |
9 |
13ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Howe, Donald |
23
213 days |
12 October 1935 |
RB |
West Bromwich Albion FC
(FL 8th) |
17 |
0 |
778 |
3 |
Armfield, James C. |
23
234 days |
21 September 1935 |
LB |
Blackpool FC
(FL 6th) |
1 |
0 |
the tenth Blackpool player to
represent England |
4 |
Clayton, Ronald |
24 281 days |
5 August 1934 |
RHB |
Blackburn Rovers FC
(FL 9th) |
27 |
0 |
5 |
Wright, William A. |
35 96 days |
6 February 1924 |
CHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC (FL TOP) |
102 |
3 |
most apps
1952-59 |
6 |
Flowers, Ronald |
24 289 days |
28 July 1934 |
LHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC (FL TOP) |
5 |
0 |
779 |
7 |
Deeley, Norman V. |
25 164 days |
30 November 1933 |
OR |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC (FL TOP) |
1 |
0 |
the 28th Wanderer to
represent England |
8 |
Broadbent, Peter F. |
25 363 days |
15 May 1933 |
IR |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC (FL TOP) |
6 |
2 |
9 |
Charlton, Robert |
21 214 days |
11 October 1937 |
CF |
Manchester United FC
(FL 2nd) |
9 |
8 |
10 |
Haynes, John N. |
24 208 days |
17 October 1934 |
IL |
Fulham FC
(FL2 2nd) |
29 |
12 |
11 |
Holden, A. Douglas |
28
227 days |
28 September 1930 |
OL |
Bolton Wanderers FC
(FL 4th) |
3 |
0 |
reserves: |
Ron Baynham (Luton Town FC (FL 18th)),
Graham Shaw (Sheffield United FC
(FL2 3rd)),
Roy Gratrix (Blackpool FC
(FL 6th)),
Wilf McGuinness &
Warren Bradley (both Manchester United FC
(FL 2nd)),
Jimmy Greaves (Chelsea FC (FL 13th)),
Derek Kevan (West Bromwich Albion FC
(FL 8th)). |
team notes: |
Billy Wright extends his record appearance tally, in his record 67th
consecutive match. |
records: |
England's ninth fixture against the
World Cup Champions, W 5 - D 1 - L
3 - F 20 - A 14. |
post-match notes: |
"At the reception after the match, all the England players
were handed a scroll of paper with an inscription stating that each of
us now owned an acre of land somewhere in the rainforests, courtesy of
the Brazilian FA. We were also given an aquamarine stone." -
Jimmy Armfield, Right Back To The Beginning |
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2-3-5 |
Hopkinson - Howe, Armfield - Clayton, Wright, Flowers -
Deeley, Broadbent, Charlton, Haynes, Holden. |
Averages: |
Age |
25 years 227
days |
Appearances/Goals |
19.0 |
2.3 |
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Match Report
by Mike Payne |
A DULL overcast day gave England a much
better chance of a result when they took on the reigning World Champions,
Brazil in the magnificent Maracanã Stadium. The usual hot baking sun had
relented just in time for this, the first of four tour games of the
Americas.
Brazil made a late change, bringing in Julinho
in place of the legendary Garrincha. It was a controversial choice but one
that was entirely vindicated after only three minutes play. For it was at
that moment that Julinho opened the scoring after splendid approach play
by Canhoteiro and Henrique down the left. The goal had come before England
even had time to settle and it took them until the eighth minute to manage
their first attack.
Brazil showed
plenty of the magical skills now so world famous and their build up was a
joy to watch. The huge crowd were soon cheering their favourites
passionately and Julinho earned more applause when another good effort
struck the England post.
England, slow and
ragged, only managed the occasional raid. Peter Broadbent and Norman
Deeley both shot over, but their attacks were rare and Brazil emphasised
their superiority with a second goal on 28 minutes. Julinho was again
prominent in the move and his dazzling skill spread-eagled the England
defence. Eventually his pass inside found Henrique completely unmarked and
the centre-forward easily beat Eddie Hopkinson from close range.
The visitors managed two other efforts before the break: in the 37th
minute when Johnny Haynes failed to get any real power behind his shot;
four minutes later, Bobby Charlton hit a typical long-range effort which
crashed against Gilmar's post. To complete an eventful end to the half,
apparently uninjured, to be replaced by Fidelis in the 43rd minute.
An incredible miss by Pelé in the 53rd minute, when he
shot wide of an open goal, kept England in the game, but the visitors
continually outplayed and even when they mounted a rare attack, they were
thwarted by the strong Brazilian defence. The full-back pairing of Nilton
Santos was particularly impressive.
On the hour, Haynes put in a
worthy attempt, only to be foiled by a marvellous save by Gilmar. That
shot ended one of the few good moves by England.
As the game
petered out, the floodlights came on. The crowd had by now lost interest
in the game as the result was not in question, but in the 73rd minute a
fierce tackle by Ronnie Clayton on Pelé ended with the Brazilian star
being carried off. Pelé returned to the action after a couple of minutes
but the Blackburn Rovers player again incurred the wrath of the spectators
after another fearsome challenge, this time on Canhoteiro.
Towards
the end, England showed some improvement, although it was mainly due to
the Brazilians easing off. Nevertheless, Haynes was unlucky to see another
good drive pushed on to a post by Gilmar. This stung Brazil into more
urgency and in the final minutes, Julinho, twice, and Canhoteiro put in
shots that fizzed past Hopkinson's posts. At the end of the day England,
although fighting hard, were well beaten.
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Match Report
by Norman Giller |
England's first match
of a four-game summer tour was a minor test against the new world
champions in front of 185,000 screaming fans in the Maracanã Stadium in
Rio.
Bobby Charlton and Johnny Haynes rapped shots against the post after
England had gone 2-0 down to early goals against a Brazilian team that
featured both Didi and Pelé in a rare appearance together. Blackpool's
Jimmy Armfield was given a chasing he will not forget by Julinho in what
was a baptism of fire for the Blackpool defender. He was called in to
partner Don Howe in an out-of-club position at left-back. Norman Deeley,
small, direct Wolves winger, was the fifth player to wear the number seven
shirt since the departure of the one and only Tom Finney. Goalkeeper Eddie
Hopkinson saved two certain goals from Pele, but could do nothing to stop
a thunderbolt from Julinho, who had been picked in preference to the great
Garrincha. As Eddie Hopkinson lay on the ground after being beaten all
ends up by Julinho's shot, a posse of Brazilian radio commentators rushed
on to the pitch to try to interview him. It is
just as well that they
could not translate his direct comments delivered in Lancastrian tones!
England were well and truly beaten by the world champions and did well to keep
their score down to just two goals. Didi and Pelé together was just about the
most potent combination that any team in the world could put together. Ronnie
Clayton clattered into Pelé with a tackle that led to the king being carried
off on a stretcher for treatment. He soon came back, but for the rest of the
game Clayton's life was made hell by the Brazilians fans who would not
forgive him for hurting their idol. Shortly before he was carried off Pelé
missed a sitter right in front of an open goal. He was human, after all.
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Match Report
as appears in the F.A. Yearbook 1959-60 page 35 |
The opening match of England's tour
of the Americas was played in cloudy, oppressive conditions before a crowd
of 160,000. Within two minutes Brazil, World Cup holders, were in the
lead, when Julinho scored. Little was seen of England's attack, but the
defence held out until the half-hour, when Henrique put Brazil further
ahead after an opening had been made by Julinho. England fought harder in
the second half, and Charlton and Haynes hit the Brazilian woodwork, but
there could be no doubts that Brazil were the better side. Their
ball-control was too much for our players, while for England, Clayton,
Wright, and Flowers continued to make a strong-tackling half-back line,
and Hopkinson made several fine saves.
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Inter-Cities
Fairs Cup quarter-final second leg:
Belgrade 4 Chelsea 1
Stadion
Jugoslovenska narodna armija, Beograd
(10,000)
Petaković
3, Mihajlović
42, 86, Kostić
65
~
Brabrook
51 |
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The Belgrade representative side knocked out Chelsea, 4-2 on
aggregate, but lost to the eventual winners, Barcelona, in the
following season's semi-finals.
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European Cup
semi-final second leg:
Stade de Reims 3 Young Boys 0
Parc
des Princes, Paris
(35,898)
Piantoni
41,
72, Penverne
47 |
European Cup semi-final play-off:
Atlético Madrid 1 Real Madrid 2
Estadio
La Romareda, Zaragoza
(20,000)
Collar
18
~
Di Stéfano
16, Puskás
42 |
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Reims won 3-1 on aggregate
against their Swiss opponents to set up a chance for revenge
against their conquerors in the first final, three years
earlier, but Real Madrid would continue their domination with
their fourth consecutive European title. |
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In
Other News....
It was on 13 May 1959
that a warrant was issued for the arrest of 27-year-old art
teacher, Kevin Treacy, following the disappearance of his
former pupil, eleven-year-old Tony Stephens from Earl
Shilton in Leicestershire. It took 15 months to find the
pair, but they had seemingly absconded abroad together
through France, Italy, Austria and Germany, using false
passports, with the intention of recruiting boy scouts from
across Europe into a religious Crusaders movement. When they
were finally brought back home, Treacy was sentenced to 18
months in prison for kidnapping the boy, who returned to his
family in good health, apparently none the worse for the
experience and with no sign of having been abused. |
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Source
Notes |
TheFA.com
Original newspaper reports
The Complete Book of the British Charts
André do Nascimento Pereira |
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Rothman's Yearbooks
Mike Payne's England: The Complete Post-War Record
Norman Giller, Football Author |
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