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Match No. 213 vs. Wales Match No. 215 vs. Scotland Match Results


England National Football Team Match No. 214

England 5 Czechoslovakia [3-2]

Wednesday, 1 December 1937

Match Summary and Report

Match Summary and Report Team Records England Pre-Match Czechoslovakia Pre-Match


 

Match Summary
Status: Friendly match.
Venue: White Hart Lane, Tottenham, London, England, capacity x.
Attendance: 45,879.
Goals: England - Jack Crayston, 10th min.
Czechoslovakia - Antonín Puc, 14th min.
England - Jack Morton, 18th min.
England - Stanley Matthews, 28th min.
Czechoslovakia - Oldrich Nejedlý, 44th min.
England - Stanley Matthews, 57th min.
Czechoslovakia - Josef Zeman, 58th min.
Czechoslovakia - Oldrich Nejedlý, 76th min.
England - Stanley Matthews, 83rd min.
Cautions: Not known.
Expulsions: None.
Officials: Referee - John Langenus, Antwerp, Belgium.
Linesmen - Not known.
Match observer - Not known.
Conditions: -
Miscellany: -
Statistics:

Type

England

Czechoslovakia
Goal Attempts - -
Attempts on Target - -
Hit Bar/Post - -
Corner Kicks Won - -
Offside Calls Against - -
Fouls Conceded - -
Time of Possession - -
Statistics:

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England Team
Ranking:

No official ranking system established; 4th before and 3rd after this match in Elo world ranking;
Colours: White shirts, navy blue shorts, navy blue socks with two white stripes at top.
Coach: None; selection by Football Association International Select Committee.
Captain: Samuel Barkas, 3rd and final captaincy.

England Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
1-Woodley, Victor R. - 28  G Chelsea FC 7 0 1937-39
2-Sproston, Bert - - RB Leeds United AFC 4 0 -
3-Barkas, Samuel - - LB Manchester City FC 5 0 -
4-Crayston, William - - RH Arsenal FC 8 1 -
5-Cullis, Stanley - - CH Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 3 0 -
6-Copping, Wilfred - - LH Arsenal FC 16 0 -
7-Matthews, Stanley 01-Feb-1915 23 OR Stoke City FC 6 5 1934-57
8-Hall, George - - IR Birmingham City FC 4 2 -
9-Mills, George - - CF Chelsea FC 3 3 1934-1938
10-Goulden, Leonard A. - - IL West Ham United FC 5 1 -
11-Morton, John - - OL West Ham United FC 1 1 1937-
Formation:

3-4-3

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Notes: 3-4-3 in the WM alignment with the centre-halfback of the old 2-3-5 formation becoming a centre-back between the fullbacks and with the inside forwards withdrawn (3-2-2-3).
Substitutes: No substitutions permitted at time.

Czechoslovakia Team
Ranking: No official ranking system established; xst before and after this match in the Elo world ranking;
Colours: -
Coach: Josef Tesar,
Captain: -

Czechoslovakia Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
1-Planicka, Frantisek  - - - - - - -
2-Kostalek, Josef  - - - - - - -
3-Daucík, Ferdinand  - - - - - - -
4-Vodicka, Antonín  - - - - - - -
5-Boucek, Jaroslav  - - - - - - -
6-Kolský, Karel  - - - - - - -
7-Ríha, Jan  - - - - - - -
8-Kloz, Frantisek  - - - - - - -
9-Zeman, Josef  - - - - - - -
10-Nejedlý, Oldrich  - - - - - - -
11-Puc, Antonín  - - - - - 34 -
Formation:

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Notes:

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Substitutes: No substitutions permitted at time.

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