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210 vs. Sweden
211
212 vs.
Ireland |
Thursday,
20 May 1937
Finnish F.A. 30th Year Celebration Match
Finland 0
England 8
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Match
Summary
Finland Party
England Party |
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Töölön
pallokenttä,
Töölö, Helsinki
Attendance:
9,533, of which 8,758 paid;
Kick-off: tbc
due to be played at Helsingin Olympiastadion, but the
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England -
Alf Kirchen (6), Joe Payne
(set up by Kirchen 27, 56), Freddie Steele
(put through by Kirchen 36, 53), Joe Johnson
(dribbled around the back 44), Ken Willingham (75),
Jackie Robinson (87) |
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Results 1930-39 |
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? won the toss, ?
kicked-off. |
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Match
Summary |
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 Officials |
Finland |
Type |
England |
Referee -
Rudolf Eklöw
33 (15 January 1904), Sweden
Linesmen - Herbert
N. Mee,
Nottingham, and not known
England wore Party numbers worn on the back of the shirts for the third
time.
Attended by and introduced to Finnish President, M. Kyosti Kallic, Prime
Minister, Prof. A.K. Cajander, the Minister of Defence, T.M. Snow, the
British Minister, Gunnar Baerlund, the Finnish heavyweight boxer, and
Paavo Nurmi, the famous runner.
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Goal Attempts |
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Attempts on Target |
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Hit Bar/Post |
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Corner Kicks Won |
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Offside Calls Against |
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Fouls Conceded |
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Possession |
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 Finland
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
49th to 50th |
Colours: |
Blue laced up shirts with white collar, white shorts |
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Capt: |
Kaarlo Oksanen |
Selectors: |
Ferdinand Fabra, 30 (8 October 1906 in Prussia) |
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Finland
Lineup |
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Salminen, Paavo E. |
25 |
19 November 1911 |
G |
Helsingin Toverit |
5 |
19 GA |
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Karjagin, Frans M. |
27 |
11 June 1909 |
RB |
Helsingfors
IFK |
39 |
0 |
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Oksanen, Kaarlo W. |
27 |
11 January 1909 |
LB |
Helsingin PS |
37 |
0 |
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Lahti, Eino A. |
22 |
18 May 1915 |
RH |
Vaasan PS |
3 |
0 |
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Pyy, Armas A. |
24 |
7 May 1913 |
CH |
Helsingin JK |
1 |
0 |
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Rinne, Antero |
23 |
7 August 1913 |
LH |
Helsingin JK |
5 |
0 |
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Virtanen, Paavo |
21 |
3 November 1915 |
OR |
Helsingin PS |
2 |
0 |
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Weckström, Kurt G. |
25 |
4 December 1911 |
IR |
Helsingin JK |
16 |
7 |
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Lehtonen, Aatos E. |
23 |
15 February 1914 |
CF |
Helsingin JK |
5 |
1 |
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Larvo, Pentii K.I. |
29 |
22 December 1907 |
IL |
Helsingin PS |
30 |
4 |
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Kylmälä, Yrjö |
25 |
20 September 1911 |
OL |
Helsingin Toverit |
5 |
2 |
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reserves: |
Viljo Halme, V. Lestinen, Pentii Larvo and Eino Kilpi. |
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team notes: |
Helsingfor IFK's Ernst Grönlund was the original inside-left, but
because of his injury, he was compelled to withdraw, his place going
to reserve Larvo, and Captain L. Lehtinen was on the outside, but
because of illness, Kylmälä taking his place. |
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2-3-5 |
Salminen -
Karjagin, Oksanen -
Lahti, Pyy, Rinne -
Virtanen, Weckström, H.Lehtonen, Larvo, Kylmälä |
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Averages: |
Age |
24.6 |
Appearances/Goals |
13.5 |
1.2 |
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flg.jpg) England
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
6th to 5th |
Colours: |
The 1935 home
uniform -
White collared jerseys, navy blue shorts, black socks topped with
two white hoops |
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Capt: |
George Male, sixth captaincy |
Selectors:
In charge: Frederick W. Rinder
Attendant: Tom
Whittaker |
The
fourteen-man FA International Selection Committee selected a sixteen man
Party on 26 April 1937, team chosen two days before the match.
178th match, W 113 - D 30 - L 35 - F 532 - A 202. |
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England
Lineup |
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1 |
Woodley, Victor R. |
27 |
26 February 1910 |
G |
Chelsea FC |
4 |
3 GA |
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2 |
Male,
C. George
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27 |
8 May 1910 |
RB |
Arsenal FC |
16 |
0 |
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4 |
Hapgood, Edris A. |
28 |
24 September 1908 |
LB |
Arsenal FC |
19 |
0 |
8 |
Willingham,
C. Kenneth |
24 |
1 December 1912 |
RH |
Huddersfield Town AFC |
1 |
1 |
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7 |
Betmead, Harry |
25 |
11 April 1912 |
CH |
Grimsby Town FC |
1 |
0 |
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6 |
Copping, Wilfred |
29 |
17 August 1907 |
LH |
Arsenal FC |
13 |
0 |
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Kirchen, Alfred J. |
24 |
26 April 1913 |
OR |
Arsenal FC |
3 |
2 |
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15 |
Robinson, John |
19 |
10 August 1917 |
IR |
Sheffield Wednesday FC |
1 |
1 |
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14 |
Payne, Joseph |
23 |
17 January 1914 |
CF |
Luton Town FC |
1 |
2 |
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16 |
Steele, Frederick C. |
21 |
6 May 1916 |
IL |
Stoke City FC |
6 |
8 |
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12 |
Johnson, Joseph A. |
26 |
4 April 1911 |
OL |
Stoke City AFC |
5 |
2 |
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reserves: |
3-Ted Catlin (Sheffield Wednesday FC),
5-Cliff Britton (Everton FC),
9-Alf
Young (Huddersfield Town FC), 10-Tom Galley (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC,
injured),
11-Len Goulden (West Ham United FC) |
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team notes: |
Hapgood had replaced Manchester City FC's
Sam Barkas on 27 April. Betmead was then invited
to join on 29 April, he replaced West Bromwich Albion FC's
Teddy Sandford, who had been struggling with a knee injury.
Stoke City FC's
Stanley Matthews was
also part of the original sixteen-man party, he withdrew and his place went to Kirchen on 5 May.
The
England team were due back home on early Monday, 24 May, but fog
delayed their departure, so they arrived back on Wednesday or
Thursday. |
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2-3-5 |
Woodley -
Male, Hapgood -
Willingham, Betmead, Copping -
Kirchen, Kirchen, Robinson, Steele, Johnson. |
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Averages: |
Age |
24.8 |
Appearances/Goals |
6.4 |
0.7 |
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Match Report
HELSINKI, May 20.--The English team concluded their tour of
Scandinavia with a comfortable victory of eight goals to none over
Finland, at the old Olympic Stadium here to-night. In all three
matches England, once they had assumed the mastery, showed how the
game should be played and have altogether scored 18 goals to none.
Steele, whose play has been outstanding, scored two more goals
to-day, making his total seven. Payne, who did quite well at
centre-forward, but without the class of Steele, scored two, and
Kirchen, Johnson, Willingham, and Robinson one each.--Reuter.
- The Times - Friday 21st May, 1937
SCANDINAVIAN TOUR |
F.A. Players Numbered in Matches
Only a few friends and relations saw the departure yesterday [11 May]
of the London group of the F.A. team to tour Scandinavia. Among those
accompanying the party were Mr. [Stanley] F. Rous, secretary of the
F.A.; Mr. [Henry] J. Huband, the treasurer; and Mr. George Allison,
manager of Arsenal. The rest of the team joined their colleagues in
the North.
Mr. [Stanley] F. Rous said, "All the
players are fit and well and looking forward keenly to the trip. In
all matches the players will be numbered." - Yorkshire
Post, Wednesday, 12 May 1937
IN OTHER NEWS...
It was on 20 May 1937 that a 31-year-old bricklayer called Albert
Boddy stood trial for the murder of 36-year-old Mrs May Godby, a woman
that he had professed his love for. They had disagreed whilst playing
darts in a public house in High Wycombe, two months earlier. Boddy left
the pub and returned with a borrowed shotgun, shooting her in the face.
He insisted that it was an accident and that he was showing her that he
was going to go poaching with it when it fired and killed her. Boddy
claimed that he did not know that it was loaded. On the second day of
the trial, he was found not guilty of murder, but sentenced to three
years in prison for manslaughter.
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Source Notes |
Finland FA
TheFA.com
Rothman's
Original newspaper reports
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