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Match
Summary |
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 Officials |
Switzerland |
Type |
England |
Referee - Dr. Peco Joseph Bauwens
51
(24 December 1886), Germany
Linesmen -
not known
"The match was started in the novel way of dropping the ball from an
aeroplane, which, after circling round, swooped down on the field. The pilot
was a deadly shot, and the ball fell accurately in the centre of the field."
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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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 Switzerland
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
32nd to 31st |
Colours: |
probably red shirts and white shorts |
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Capt: |
Sevi Minelli |
Selectors: |
Karl Rappen, selected the team on Monday, 16 May 1938. |
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Switzerland
Lineup |
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Huber, Wilhelm |
24 |
17 December 1913 |
G |
Grasshopper Club |
8 |
17 GA |
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Minelli, Severino |
28 |
6 September 1909 |
RB |
Grasshopper Club |
61 |
0 |
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Lehmann, August |
29 |
26 January 1909 |
LB |
Grasshopper Club |
14 |
2 |
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Springer, Hermann |
29 |
4 December 1908 |
RH |
Grasshopper Club |
16 |
1 |
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Vernati, Sirio |
31 |
12 May 1907 |
CH |
Grasshopper Club |
17 |
0 |
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Lörtscher, Ernest |
25 |
15 March 1913 |
LH |
Servette FC de Genève |
17 |
0 |
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Amadò, Lauro |
26 |
3 March 1912 |
OR |
FC Lugano |
13 |
4 |
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Walaschek, Eugène |
21 |
20 June 1916 |
IR |
Servette FC de Genève |
9 |
2 |
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Bickel, Alfred |
20 |
12 May 1918 |
CF |
Grasshopper Club |
17 |
5 |
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Abegglen, André |
27 |
7 March 1909 |
IL |
Servette FC de Genève |
38 |
25 |
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Aeby, Georges |
24 |
21 September 1913 |
OL |
Servette FC de Genève |
17 |
6 |
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reserves: |
reserves not known |
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team notes: |
The first team selection had Hans Rauch at centre-half, instead of his
clubmate Vernati. |
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2-3-5 |
Huber -
Minelli, Lehmann -
Springer,
Vernati, Lörtscher -
V, Walaschek, Bickel, Abegglen, Aeby |
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Averages: |
Age |
25.8 |
Appearances/Goals |
20.6 |
3.9 |
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flg.jpg) England
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating
4th 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: |
Eddie Hapgood,
thirteenth
captaincy. |
Selectors:
Trainer:
Tom Whittaker |
The
fourteen-man FA International Selection Committee, Party selected on
Saturday, 30 April 1938, team chosen Tuesday, 17 May 1938.
184th match, W 117 - D 30 - L 37 - F 551 - A 214. |
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England
Lineup (no numbers worn) |
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Woodley, Victor R. |
28 |
26 February 1910 |
G |
Chelsea FC |
10 |
15 GA |
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Sproston, Bert |
22 |
22 June 1915 |
RB |
Leeds United AFC |
7 |
0 |
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Hapgood, Edris A. |
29 |
24 September 1908 |
LB |
Arsenal FC |
22 |
0 |
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Willingham,
C. Kenneth |
25 |
1 December 1912 |
RH |
Huddersfield Town AFC |
4 |
1 |
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Young, Alfred |
32 |
4 November 1905 |
CH |
Huddersfield Town AFC |
7 |
0 |
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Welsh, Donald |
27 |
25 February 1911 |
LH |
Charlton Athletic FC |
2 |
0 |
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Matthews, Stanley |
23 |
1 February 1915 |
OR |
Stoke City FC |
9 |
6 |
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Robinson, John |
20 |
10 August 1917 |
IR |
Sheffield Wednesday FC |
3 |
3 |
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Broome, Frank H. |
22 |
11 June 1915 |
CF |
Aston Villa FC |
2 |
1 |
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Goulden, Leonard A. |
25 |
9 July 1912 |
IL |
West Ham United FC |
7 |
2 |
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Bastin, Clifford S. |
26 |
14 March 1912 |
OL |
Arsenal FC |
20 |
11 |
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eighth penalty kick scored |
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reserves: |
Arthur Bateman (Brentford AFC),
Stan Cullis (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC),
Willie Hall (Tottenham Hotspur FC, withdrawn) and
Harry Clifton (Newcastle United FC).
Ted Drake (Arsenal FC)
replaced Hall on 6 May. |
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team notes: |
In the team selected on 17 May, Drake had replaced Broome at centre-forward. |
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2-3-5 |
Woodley -
Sproston, Hapgood -
Willingham, Young, Welsh -
Matthews,
Robinson, Broome, Goulden, Bastin |
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Averages: |
Age |
25.4 |
Appearances/Goals |
8.5 |
2.1 |
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Match Report |
HARDTURM STADIUM, ZURICH, MAY 21
England were beaten by Switzerland's
semi-professional side by two goals to one here to-day. There was no
doubt about the merit of the Swiss win ; their victory was well
deserved.
England played poorly, collectively and individually,
and were nothing like as good as against Germany. Switzerland, on the
other hand, played well together as a team and their forwards were
always troubling the English defence.--Reuter. - The Times -
Monday 23rd May, 1938
IN OTHER NEWS...
It was on 22 May 1938 that investigations continued into the mysterious
death of 56-year-old farmer, William Murfitt, who had been poisoned,
five days earlier, by cyanide being added into his daily salts. His
previous affair with another farmer's wife complicated the inquiries,
and no-one was ever charged with his murder, but it was, almost
certainly, the work of Mary Chandler, the
housekeeper and lover of the farmer who lived closest to Murfitt, at
Risby, near Bury St Edmunds. Chandler had a string of offences going
back many years. Murfitt and his wife were due to give evidence against
her in a trial over the theft of a fur coat, and Chandler was afraid
that her conviction would end her relationship with her lover, who had
changed his will in her favour, and had also given her the alibi that
kept the police from prosecuting her for the murder.
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 Source Notes |
TheFA.com
original newspaper
reports
FA Yearbooks - various
FIFA.com/players
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