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246 vs. Sweden
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248 vs. France

Wednesday, 18 May 1949
End-of-Season Continental Tour Match

Netherlands A 0 England 4 [0-0]
 

 

Match Summary
Netherlands Party
England Party

Olympisch Stadion, Stadionbuurt, Amsterdam, North Holland
Attendance: 60,000; Kick-off: tbc BST

England - John Rowley (hit the ball hard from a Bentley pass 59, tricked three men then beat the keeper 64, rebound after Gibson's shot hit the cross bar 82 hattrick), Eric Parsons (keeper misjudges the centre 65)
B Team Results

? won the toss, ? kicked-off. ? minutes (? & ?).
 

Match Summary

Officials

Netherlands

Type

England
Referee (-) - Charles Adolphe Delasalle
51 (8 December 1897), France.

Linesmen - tbc

The Continental ruling of allowing a substitute to replace an injured player prior to the 44th minute, and a goalkeeper at any time, is in place.

  Goal Attempts
  Attempts on Target  
  Hit Bar/Post  
  Corner Kicks Won  
  Offside Calls Against  
  Fouls Conceded  
  Possession  

Netherlands Team
 

Rank:

 No official ranking system established; Colours: Probably orange
Capt:   Manager:  
Netherlands Lineup
  de Munck, Frans 26 20 August 1922 G Siitardse Boys
2 Everse, Jan 27 8 May 1922 RB Neptunus
3 van Bun, Jeu 30 10 December 1918 LB Maastrichtse Voetbal Vereniging
4 van Schijndel, Jan 22 4 March 1927 RHB Schiedamse Voetbal Vereniging
5 Terlouw, Rinus 26 16 June 1922 CHB DCV
6 Stoffelen, Joop 28 23 January 1921 LHB Amsterdamsche FC Ajax
7 van Overbeek, Piet 22 6 May 1926 OR Bossche Voetbal Vereniging
8 Wilkes, Servaas 25 13 October 1923 IR RFC Xerxes
9 Lenstra, Abe 28 27 November 1920 CF SC Heerenveen
10 Timmermans, Theo 23 4 January 1926 IL ADO
11 de Harder, J. Lambertus 29 14 January 1920 OL FC des Girondins de Bordeaux, France

reserves:

 -
 
2-3-5 De Munck -
Everse, Van Bun -
Van Schijndel, Terlouw, Stoffelen -
Overbeek, Wilkes, Lenstra, Timmermans, De Harder

Averages:

 Age - Appearances/Goals--

 

England B Team
 

Rank:

 No official ranking system established; Colours: probably the 1949 home uniform - White collared jerseys, blue shorts, black socks with white tops.
Capt: Leon Leuty Manager:
Trainer: Jesse Carver (Millwall FC)		 Walter Winterbottom, 36 (31 March 1913), appointed director of coaching on 8 July 1946, and team manager in May 1947;
fourth B match, W 3 - D 1 - L 0 - F 13 - A 1.
Party chosen by Selection Committee headed by Arthur Drewry, on Monday, 2 May 1949, team chosen on Monday, 16 May.
England Lineup
  Ditchburn, Edwin G. 27 24 October 1921 G Tottenham Hotspur FC 1 0 GA
2 Jones, William H. 28 13 May 1921 RB Liverpool FC 1 0
3 Westwood, Eric 31 25 September 1917 LB Manchester City FC 2 0
4 Harrison, Walter 26 16 January 1923 RHB Leicester City FC 2 0
5 Leuty, Leon 28 23 October 1920 CHB

Derby County FC

 2 0
6 Cockburn, Henry 27 14 September 1921 LHB

Manchester United FC

 1 0
7 Parsons, Eric G. 25 9 November 1923 OR West Ham United FC 2 1
8 Gibson, Colin G. 25 16 August 1923 IR Aston Villa FC 1 0
9 Bentley, T.F. Roy 25 17 May 1924 CF Chelsea FC 1 0
10
 Rowley, John F. 30 7 October 1918 IL Manchester United FC 1 3
11 Langton, Robert 30 8 September 1918 OL

Preston North End FC

 3 0

reserves:

 Bill Nicholson (Tottenham Hotspur FC) and Eddie Shimwell (Blackpool FC)
 
2-3-5 Ditchburn -
Jones, Westwood -
Harrison, Leuty, Cockburn -
Parsons, Gibson, Bentley, Rowley, Langton.

Averages:

 Age 27.5 Appearances/Goals 1.6 0.0

 

Source Notes

TheFA.com
Voetbalstats.nl
Original newspaper reports
Rothman's Yearbooks
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