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Wednesday,
10 November 1948
Home International Championship 1948-49
(54th) Match
England 1
Wales 0
[1-0]
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Match
Summary
England Party
Wales
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Villa Park, Trinity Road, Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire
Kick-off (GMT):
2.30pm.
Attendance:
68,700;
Receipts: £18,377. |
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unknown kicked-off |
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[1-0] Tom Finney 39
a left-footed shot from Milburn who
passed on a Matthews free-kick. |
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 second
half live on the Radio Light Programme - Commentator:
Kenneth Wolstenholme
"This is the first international I
ever commentated on and although my memory is faded, what a forward
line: Matthews, Mortensen, Milburn, Shackleton and Finney!"
- Kenneth Wolstenholme. |
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Match
Summary |
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  Officials |
England |
Type |
Wales |
Referee
(-) - John A.
Mowat
x (-), Rutherglen.
Linesmen -
R.L. Aldridge, Birmingham (red flag), and
R.E. Jones, Welshpool (blue flag)
No substitutes permitted, as per UK ruling.
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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 2nd |
Colours: |
The 1946 home
uniform -
White collared jerseys, blue shorts, black socks with white tops. |
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Capt: |
Billy Wright, second captaincy |
Manager: |
Walter Winterbottom, 35 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946;
17th
match, W 13 - D 3 - L 1 - F 60 - A 14.
Team chosen by Selection Committee headed by Arthur Drewry, on Wednesday, 27
October 1948 following the FA XI vs. RAF XI trial match at Highbury. |
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England
Lineup |
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Swift, Frank V. |
34 |
26 December 1913 |
G |
Manchester City FC |
17 |
14ᵍᵃ |
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2 |
Scott,
Lawrence, injured off 25th min. |
31 |
23 April 1917 |
RB |
Arsenal
FC |
17 |
0 |
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3 |
Aston, John |
27 |
3 September 1921 |
LB |
Manchester United FC |
2 |
0 |
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4 |
Ward, V. Timothy |
31 |
16 September 1917 |
RHB
/RB |
Derby County FC |
2 |
0 |
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5 |
Franklin,
Cornelius |
26 |
24 January 1922 |
CHB |
Stoke
City FC |
17 |
0 |
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6 |
Wright, William A. |
24 |
6 February 1924 |
LHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC |
17 |
0 |
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7 |
Matthews, Stanley |
33 |
1 February 1915 |
OR |
Blackpool FC |
28 |
10 |
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8 |
Mortensen, Stanley H. |
27 |
26 May 1921 |
IR/
RHB |
Blackpool FC |
9 |
14 |
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9 |
Milburn, John E.T. |
24 |
11 May 1924 |
CF |
Newcastle United FC |
2 |
1 |
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10 |
Shackleton, Leonard F. |
26 |
3 May 1922 |
IL |
Sunderland AFC |
2 |
0 |
11 |
Finney,
Thomas |
26 |
5 April 1922 |
OL |
Preston
North End FC |
14 |
12 |
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reserve: |
Leon Leuty (Derby County FC) |
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team notes: |
"Scott...was not England's only
casualty. Swift was barged into and thereafter limped, Mortensen was
bruised but played a wholehearted game as inside right-cum-right half,
Milburn and Shackleton each took hard knocks which left them shaky."
- Thursday, 11 November 1948, Yorkshire Post & Leeds Intelligencer
The England team were based in Droitwich and trained on
Worcester City FC's ground. |
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2-3-5 |
Swift -
Scott
(Ward), Aston -
Ward (Mortensen), Franklin, Wright -
Matthews,
Mortensen, Milburn, Shackleton, Finney.
notes: Ward went to right-back when Scott
left the field, Mortensen then also dropped back |
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Averages: |
Age |
28.1 |
Appearances/Goals |
11.5 |
3.2 |
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 Wales
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 16th |
Colours: |
Made by Umbro -
Red jerseys with white collars, white shorts, red socks
with white tops. |
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Capt: |
Wally Barnes |
Manager: |
Team chosen by the Selection Committee, led by the secretary, Herbert
Powell, on Monday, 1 November 1948. |
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Wales
Lineup |
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Hughes, William Arthur |
29 |
2 February 1919 |
G |
Blackburn Rovers FC, England |
1 |
1ᵍᵃ |
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2 |
Barnes, Wallace |
28 |
16 January 1920 |
RB |
Arsenal FC, England |
5 |
0 |
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3 |
Sherwood, Alfred T. |
24 |
13 November 1923 |
LB |
Cardiff City FC |
6 |
0 |
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4 |
Paul, Roy |
28 |
18 April 1920 |
RHB |
Swansea Town FC |
2 |
0 |
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5 |
Jones, Thomas G. |
31 |
12 October 1917 |
CHB |
Everton FC, England |
10 |
0 |
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6 |
Burgess, W.A.
Ronald |
31 |
9 April 1917 |
LHB |
Tottenham Hotspur FC, England |
7 |
0 |
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7 |
Jones, W.
Ernest A. |
27 |
12 November 1920 |
OR |
Tottenham Hotspur FC, England |
4 |
0 |
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8 |
Powell, Aubrey |
30 |
19 April 1918 |
IR |
Everton FC, England |
6 |
0 |
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9 |
Ford, Trevor |
25 |
1 October 1923 |
CF |
Aston Villa FC, England |
6 |
3 |
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10 |
Morris, William |
30 |
30 July 1918 |
IL |
Burnley FC, England |
2 |
0 |
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11 |
Clarke, Royston J. |
23 |
1 June 1925 |
OL |
Manchester City FC, England |
1 |
0 |
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reserve: |
Ivor Powell (Queen's Park Rangers FC). |
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team notes: |
Original named inside-left Billy Rees (Cardiff City FC) was replaced
by Morris on Saturday, 6 November 1948, because of injury.
The
Welsh team were based in Leamington Spa and trained on the Lockheed
Sports Ground. |
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2-3-5 |
Hughes -
Barnes, Sherwood -
Paul, T.Jones,
Burgess -
E.Jones, Powell, Ford, Morris, Clarke. |
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Averages: |
Age |
27.8 |
Appearances/Goals |
4.5 |
0.2 |
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Match Report by Mike Payne |
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 In a
disappointing match at Villa Park, neither side reached a particularly
high standard of play. True, England were disorganised when they were
reduced to ten men after 25 minutes when Laurie Scott suffered a ligament injury
in his right knee, but they never really got into their usual rhythm.
After the injury, Stan Mortensen went back to right-half and Tim Ward
replaced Scott at full-back. It seemed a wrong decision by England as they
badly missed Mortensen's qualities up front. Wales, meanwhile, never
really impressed. They showed plenty of typical Welsh fervour but their
limitations were there for all to see. The fact that England won with ten
men says it all.
The vital goal came after 39 minutes. Jackie Milburn, lively
throughout, made a strong run down the middle and, as he was desperarely
challenged by the Welsh defenders, the ball ran loose to Tom Finney and
the winger did the rest, giving Hughes no chance. Before the goal, Ford
missed two excellent chances for Wales; had he taken one of them, it might
have been a different story.
In the second half, Wales' attacks
usually petered out on the edge of the England penalty area, although they
had a good deal of the game. England were relying on Milburn, Matthews and
Finney to breakaway and relieve the pressure. Billy Wright and Neil
Franklin had storming games in the heart of the England defence and
comfortably held a poor Welsh attack.
Near the end, England fans
had their hearts in their mouths as Frank Swift missed two crosses in
quick succession but the luck went the way of England and they held on to
their lead.
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Match Report
by Norman Giller |
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A crowd of
68,750 gathered at Villa Park for this mid-week Home International match.
Laurie Scott limped off with a damaged knee ligament in the twenty-fifth
minute and the ten men of England became disorganised as Tim Ward switched to
right-back and Stan Mortensen to right-half. Tom Finney scored the only goal
of a drab game on the hour after a typical sprint-speed run from Jackie
Milburn had ripped open the Welsh defence. BBC television cameras were at the
match and a commentator called Kenneth Wolstenholme made his debut at the
microphone. Some people thought it was all beginning. It was now!
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 Source Notes |
TheFA.com
Original newspaper reports
Rothman's Yearbooks
Mike Payne's England: The Complete Post-War Record (Breedon Books Publishing Company, Derby, U.K., 1993)
Norman Giller, Football Author
Wales' Complete Who's Who
since 1946 (Sutton Publishing Ltd, Stroud,
U.K., 2004)
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