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Match
Summary |
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Officials
from Wales |
England |
Type |
Scotland |
Referee
(-) - Benjamin Mervyn Griffiths
x (-), Abertillery,
Monmouthshire.
Linesmen - F. Owen and F.
Roberts
Teams presented to HRH Prince Philip. Also in attendance was Prime Minister
Clement Attlee.
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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England
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 3rd |
Colours: |
The 1949 home
uniform -
White collared jerseys, blue shorts, red socks. |
Capt: |
Billy Wright, fourth captaincy |
Manager:
Trainer: Jimmy Trotter (Charlton Athletic FC) |
Walter Winterbottom, 36 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946;
19th
match, W 14 - D 3 - L 2 - F 67 - A 17.
Team chosen by Selection Committee headed by Arthur Drewry on
Wednesday, 30 March 1949. |
England
Lineup |
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Swift, Frank V. |
35 |
26 December 1913 |
G |
Manchester City FC |
18 |
17ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Aston, John |
27 |
3 September 1921 |
RB |
Manchester United FC |
4 |
0 |
3 |
Howe, John R. |
33 |
7 October 1915 |
LB |
Derby County FC |
3 |
0 |
4 |
Wright, William A. |
25 |
6 February 1924 |
RHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC |
19 |
0 |
5 |
Franklin,
Cornelius |
27 |
24 January 1922 |
CHB |
Stoke
City FC |
19 |
0 |
6 |
Cockburn,
Henry |
27 |
14 September 1921 |
LHB |
Manchester
United FC |
9 |
0 |
7 |
Matthews, Stanley |
34 |
1 February 1915 |
OR |
Blackpool FC |
30 |
10 |
8 |
Mortensen, Stanley H. |
27 |
26 May 1921 |
IR |
Blackpool FC |
10 |
14 |
9 |
Milburn, John E.T. |
24 |
11 May 1924 |
CF |
Newcastle United FC |
4 |
3 |
10 |
Pearson, Stanley C. |
30 |
11 January 1919 |
IL |
Manchester
United FC |
3 |
1 |
11 |
Finney,
Thomas |
27 |
5 April 1922 |
OL |
Preston
North End FC |
15 |
12 |
reserves: |
Leon Leuty (Derby County),
Roy Bentley (Chelsea). |
team notes: |
This is England's first post-war home defeat, despite fielding a
record-equalling oldest post-war team. |
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2-3-5 |
Swift - Aston, Howe - Wright, Franklin, Cockburn -
Matthews,
Mortensen, Milburn, Pearson, Finney. |
Averages: |
Age |
28.7 |
Appearances/Goals |
12.2 |
3.5 |
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Scotland
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 13th to 10th |
Colours: |
Blue jerseys with
white collars,
white shorts, blue socks with red tops. |
Capt: |
George Young |
Manager:
Trainer: Alex Dowdells (The Celtic FC) |
The Scottish Football Association
Selection Committee, chose team on Wednesday, 30 March 1949. |
Scotland
Lineup |
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Cowan, James C. |
22 |
16 June 1926 |
G |
Greenock Morton FC |
5 |
7ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Young, George L. |
26 |
27 October 1922 |
RB |
Rangers FC |
13 |
0 |
3 |
Cox, Samuel R. |
24 |
13 April 1924 |
LB |
Rangers FC |
2 |
0 |
4 |
Evans, Robert |
21 |
16 July 1927 |
RHB |
The Celtic FC |
3 |
0 |
5 |
Woodburn, William A. |
29 |
8 August 1919 |
CHB |
Rangers FC |
6 |
0 |
6 |
Aitken, George G.M. |
23 |
28 May 1925 |
LHB |
East Fife FC |
1 |
0 |
7 |
Waddell, William |
28 |
7 March 1921 |
OR |
Rangers FC |
5 |
3 |
8 |
Mason, James |
29 |
18 June 1919 |
IR |
Third Lanark FC |
3 |
2 |
9 |
Houliston, William |
28 |
4 April 1921 |
CF |
Queen of the South FC |
2 |
2 |
10 |
Steel, William |
25 |
1 May 1923 |
IL |
Derby County FC, England |
10 |
4 |
11 |
Reilly, Lawrance |
20 |
28 October 1928 |
OL |
Hibernian FC |
2 |
1 |
reserves: |
Travelling reserves are Telfer (St. Mirren FC) and Thornton (Rangers FC). Full team of reserves are Brown (Rangers FC);
Govan (Hibernian FC) and Young (Rangers FC); Telfer and Ian McColl
(Rangers FC); Jimmy Delaney (Manchester United FC) and Orr (Greenock
Morton FC); Thornton; Billy Liddell (Liverpool
FC); |
team notes: |
This is the youngest team England have faced post-war, so far. |
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2-3-5 |
Cowan - Young, Cox - Evans, Woodburn, Aitken -
Waddell, Mason, Houliston, Steel, Reilly |
Averages: |
Age |
25.0 |
Appearances/Goals |
4.7 |
0.8 |
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Match Report
by Mike Payne |
England
lost their first Home International since the war in a game watched by
nearly 100,000 people. Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh joined
the spectators under blue skies and a warm April sun.
For the first 25 minutes England tore into the Scottish defence with some
brilliant football. Unfortunately, they found Cowan in unbeatable form and
the goalkeeper virtually too England on single-handedly in this spell. Two
saves from Stan Mortensen will live long in the memory as he continually
kept Scotland in the match.
At the end of that period of England pressure, Cowan blocked Stan
Pearson's shot after Tom Finney had centred. Mortensen followed up to
flash the rebound towards the empty net, only to see Cox come from nowhere
to clear from the goal-line. Twice Jackie Milburn went close and Cowan
then saved brilliantly again, this time from Mortensen.
That final
save brought England's superiority to an end and the Scots then hit back
hard. On 29 minutes they took the lead. A throw-in by Houliston found
Steel, who gave Reilly a clever pass which took John Aston out of the
game. Reilly's cross was met by Mason and it was 1-0 as the ball went in
off the far post.
After the interval Scotland inspired by the goal,
were a changed side. Now moving quickly and effectively they were winning
all of the loose balls and most of the tackles. Only Neil Franklin stood
firm for England as Steel and Mason took control of the game.
In
the first 15 minutes of the second-half, Scotland scored two more goals to
virtually settle the result. Swift inter-passing between Mason and Steel
found Houliston. The centre-forward back-heeled out of a ruck of English
defenders and Steel was left with the easy task of walking the ball into
the net. When Reilly headed home Waddell's perfect cross a few minutes
later, the England defence was again caught flat-footed.
The home
side, devastated by these two goals, manfully tried to fight back and in
the last quarter of an hour came close to sensationally saving the game.
Milburn pulled one goal back when he diverted a Mortensen shot and then
Stanley Matthews saw a goalbound shot blocked by Milburn. Finally, in a
rousing finish, a Pearson header hit the bar.
Over all, Scotland
had deserved their win, but had it not been for the superb early work of
Cowan, then it might have been a different story.
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Match Report
by Norman Giller |
The
selectors decided to make five changes in the team that beat Switzerland
6-0. With Derby County dynamo Billy Steel at his most potent, Scotland
tore into England after Scottish goalkeeper Jimmy Cowan had almost played
England on his own in the opening twenty minutes. Jimmy Mason, Steel and
Lawrie Reilly put the Scots on the way to the Home Championship before
Milburn snatched a consolation goal. Scotland's goalkeeper Jimmy Cowan was
rightly hailed as the hero because of a string of wonderful saves in the
first twenty minutes, but the real match winner for the Scots was their
left-back Sammy Cox. He usually played as a wing-half and everybody
expected Stanley Matthews to give him a roasting. But Sammy cleverly cut
Stanley out of the game by intercepting many of the passes meant for the
Maestro.
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Match Report
by Glen Isherwood |
Both England, the reigning British Champions, and Scotland had won both
their previous matches. For England a point would give them their fifth
successive peacetime Championship. Scotland had not beaten England since
1938 and had not won the Championship outright since 1936.
For the first 25 minutes it was all England, but the Scotland
goalkeeper Jimmy Cowan made save after save to keep them out. Then
Scotland struck. Reilly crossed and Jimmy Mason flicked the ball just wide
of Swift to give the Scots a surprise lead. With an hour's play gone
Scotland were, incredibly, three goals up. First. Billy Steel put
Houliston through. Swift was slow in coming off his line but Aston managed
to stab the ball away from the attacker before he could shoot only for
Steel to net the attempted clearance. Then a Waddell cross was headed in
by Lawrie Reilly. England finally got a goal back in the last 15 minutes
when Finney laid the ball back for Mortensen whose shot was turned in by
Jackie Milburn.
England regained the Championship the following
year and qualified for their first World Cup in the process. Scotland
finished runners-up after losing 1-0 to England at Hampden Park.
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Source Notes |
TheFA.com London Hearts.com Original newspaper reports Rothman's Yearbooks
Mike Payne's England: The Complete Post-War Record (Breedon Books Publishing Company, Derby, U.K., 1993)
Glen Isherwood's Wembley: The Complete Record
(SportsBooks Limited, Cheltenham, U.K., 2006)
Norman Giller, Football Author
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