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Wednesday,
17 November 1937
Home International Championship 1937-38
(50th) Match
England 2 Wales 1
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Match
Summary
England Party
Wales Party |
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Ayresome
Park, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire
Attendance:
30,608;
Receipts: £2,353; Kick-off:
2.30pm GMT |
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Wales -
Eddie
Perry (lobbed Woodley from outside the penalty area 18)
England - Stan Matthews (outwitted
Hughes and took the ball to the goalline and crossed the ball hitting
Mills and followed up forcing it through 28),
Willie Hall (left-footed low shot from a
perfect Brook pass 59)
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Results 1930-39 |
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England won the toss, Wales
kicked-off. |
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Match
Summary |
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 Officials |
England |
Type |
Wales |
Referee
- William
E. Webb
Scotland
Linesmen - A Meadows, North
Riding, and
not known
The match followed the draw for the first round of the FA Cup.
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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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flg.jpg) England
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
4th |
Colours: |
The 1935 home
uniform -
White collared jerseys, navy blue shorts, black socks topped with
two white hoops |
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Capt: |
Sam Barkas, second captaincy |
Selectors: |
The
fourteen-man FA International Selection Committee, following a trial match, on
Thursday, 11 November 1937.
180th match, W 115 - D 30 - L 35 - F 539 - A 204. |
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England
Lineup |
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Woodley, Victor R. |
27 |
26 February 1910 |
G |
Chelsea FC |
6 |
5 GA |
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2 |
Sproston, Bert |
22 |
22 June 1915 |
RB |
Leeds United AFC |
3 |
0 |
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3 |
Barkas, Samuel |
27 |
29 December 1909 |
LB |
Manchester City FC |
4 |
0 |
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4 |
Crayston, W. John |
27 |
9 October 1910 |
RH |
Arsenal FC |
7 |
0 |
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5 |
Cullis, Stanley |
21 |
25 October 1916 |
CH |
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC |
2 |
0 |
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6 |
Copping, Wilfred |
30 |
17 August 1907 |
LH |
Arsenal FC |
15 |
0 |
7 |
Matthews, Stanley |
22 |
1 February 1915 |
OR |
Stoke City FC |
5 |
2 |
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8 |
Hall, G.
William |
25 |
12 March 1912 |
IR |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
3 |
2 |
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9 |
Mills, George R. |
28 |
29 December 1908 |
CF |
Chelsea FC |
2 |
3 |
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10 |
Goulden, Leonard A. |
25 |
9 July 1912 |
IL |
West Ham United FC |
4 |
1 |
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11 |
Brook, Eric F. |
29 |
27 November 1907 |
OL |
Manchester City FC |
18 |
10 |
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reserves: |
Ken Willingham (Huddersfield Town FC) and
Ray Bowden (Newcastle United FC) |
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2-3-5 |
Woodley -
Sproston, Barkas -
Crayston, Cullis, Copping -
Matthews, Hall, Mills, Goulden, Brook. |
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Averages: |
Age |
25.7 |
Appearances/Goals |
6.3 |
1.4 |
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 Wales
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
12th to 13th |
Colours: |
Made by St. Margaret's -
Red shirts with white collars, white shorts, red socks |
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Capt: |
Bert Turner |
Selectors:
Trainer:
Gibson (Birmingham FC) |
Team
selection chosen by Committee, following the Scottish match, on 30 October
1937, it was not announced until Thursday, 11 November. |
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Wales
Lineup |
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Gray, Albert |
37 |
23 September 1900 |
G |
Chester FC, England |
23 |
45
GA |
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Turner, Herbert G. |
28 |
19 June 1909 |
RB |
Charlton Athletic FC, England |
5 |
0 |
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3 |
Hughes, William M. |
29 |
6 March 1918 |
LB |
Birmingham FC, England |
2 |
0 |
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4 |
Murphy, James P. |
25 |
8 August 1910 |
RH |
West Bromwich Albion FC, England |
15 |
0 |
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Hanford, Harold |
30 |
9 October 1907 |
CH |
Sheffield Wednesday FC, England |
6 |
0 |
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Richards, David T. |
30 |
31 October 1906 |
LH |
Birmingham FC, England |
18 |
0 |
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7 |
Hopkins, Idris M. |
27 |
11 October 1910 |
OR |
Brentford FC, England |
8 |
1 |
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Jones, Leslie J. |
26 |
1 July 1911 |
IR |
Arsenal FC, England |
8 |
0 |
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9 |
Perry, Edwin |
28 |
19 January 1909 |
CF |
Doncaster Rovers FC, England |
2 |
1 |
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10 |
Jones, Brynmor |
25 |
14 February 1912 |
IL |
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, England |
9 |
3 |
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11 |
Morris, Seymour |
24 |
15 February 1913 |
OL |
Birmingham FC, England |
4 |
2 |
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reserves: |
reserves not known |
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2-3-5 |
Gray -
Turner, Hughes -
Murphy, Hanford, Richards -
Hopkins, L.Jones, Perry, B.Jones,
Morris. |
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Averages: |
Age |
28.1 |
Appearances/Goals |
9.1 |
0.5 |
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Match Report |
 England
beat Wales at Middlesbrough yesterday by two goals to one. It was not a
match outstanding for the quality of the football--although some clever
things were done from time to time--but there was plenty of excitement
in it and a crowd of over 30,000 people had plenty to interest it. Wales
scored first, and although they went on fighting to the last whistle, as
Welsh sides have a habit of doing, their best football fell a little
below the best that England could produce...
...Then came the Welsh goal, and
although Perry's credit sheet is not overcrowded the fullest marks go
down to him for it. Morris placed the ball nicely into the centre, as
indeed he usually did, the English defence was momentarily open, and
Perry had a fraction of time to get the ball under control and shoot. He
used that fraction to the best possible advantage, and Woodley, coming
out forlornly from his goal was beaten by a hard-hit rising shot which
went just under the bar...
...Once again Matthews beat his
man and took the ball up to the goal line. This time he placed it gently
into the goalmouth and followed it up, and whether he or Mills actually
put in through is of little importance...
...and then after 12 minutes G.
W. Hall scored what proved to be the winning goal. Goulden took the ball
about half the length of the field, and then unluckily lost it at the
moment he was about to shoot. It was not properly cleared, however, and
went out to Brook. Brook returned it to Hall, and Hall from the
inside-left position shot with a perfection of timing and placing. - The Times -
Thursday 18th November, 1937
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NO NUMBERING |
Scotland alone of the home countries are still adamant
against the numbering of players. England and Ireland teams were
numbered at Belfast, and Wales have now agreed to a similar course
when they meet England at Middlesbrough on November 17. -
30 October 1937
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Football
League |
Division Three (South) Cup second round matches played on 17 November 1937:
Bristol Rovers put five goals without reply past Crystal
Palace, whilst Swindon Town had a 2-0 win over Exeter City.
IN OTHER NEWS...
It was on 16 November 1937 that the Air-Raid Precautions Bill was
passed in the House of Commons, vigorously supported by Winston
Churchill, though there was concern about the cost to local authorities
of building air-raid shelters in towns and cities.
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Source Notes |
Welsh Football Data Archive
Original newspaper reports
Rothmans Yearbooks
FA Yearbooks 1950-60
Ancestry.com
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