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Match
Summary |
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Officials |
France |
Type |
England |
Referee
(black) -
Karel Louis van der Meer
43 (29 July 1905), Den Haag, Netherlands.
Linesmen -
tbc
Attended by the British Foreign Minister, Ernest Bevin.
The FIFA ruling of allowing a substitute to replace an injured player prior to the 44th minute, and a goalkeeper at any time, is in place. |
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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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France
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 22nd |
Colours: |
Blue jerseys with buttoned-up collars, white shorts, red socks. |
Capt: |
Albert Batteux |
Manager:
Trainer: Paul Baron |
Team chosen by the Selection Committee. |
France
Lineup |
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Vignal, Ren� |
22 |
12 August 1926 |
G |
RC de Paris |
3 |
9 ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Grillon, Andr� |
27 |
1 November 1921 |
RB |
Stade fran�ais-Red Star |
10 |
0 |
3 |
Salva, Marcel |
26 |
1 October 1922 in Algeria |
LB |
RC de Paris |
9 |
0 |
4 |
Jonquet, Robert |
24 |
3 May 1925 |
RHB |
Stade de Reims |
4 |
0 |
5 |
Hon, Louis |
24 |
11 September 1924 |
CHB |
Stade fran�ais-Red Star |
6 |
0 |
6 |
Mindonnet, Roger |
24 |
24 December 1924 |
LHB |
OGC Nice Côte d'Azur |
2 |
0 |
7 |
Gabet, Roger |
25 |
12 December 1923 |
OR |
RC de Paris |
3 |
0 |
8 |
Cuissard, Antoine |
24 |
19 July 1924 |
IR |
AS de Saint-Étienne Loire |
17 |
1 |
9 |
Quenolle, Roger |
23 |
19 July 1925 |
CF |
RC de Paris |
1 |
0 |
10 |
Batteux, Albert |
29 |
2 July 1919 |
IL |
Stade de Reims |
6 |
1 |
11 |
Moreel, Georges |
24 |
22 July 1924 |
OL |
RC de Paris |
1 |
1 |
unused substitutes: |
Paul Sinibaldi (Stade de Reims), Pierre Sinibaldi (Stade de Reims) and Jean Lechantre
(Lille OSC) |
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2-3-5 |
Vignal - Grillom, Salva - Jouquet, Hon, Mindonnet -
Gabet, Guissard, Quenelle, Batteux, Moreel. |
Averages: |
Age |
24.7 |
Appearances/Goals |
5.6 |
0.1 |
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England
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 5th to 3rd |
Colours: |
The 1949 home
uniform -
White collared jerseys, blue shorts, black socks with white
tops. |
Capt: |
Billy Wright, seventh captaincy |
Manager: |
Walter Winterbottom, 36 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946;
22nd
match, W 16 - D 3 - L 3 - F 75 - A 22.
Party chosen by Selection Committee headed by Arthur Drewry, team chosen on
Friday, 20 May. |
England
Lineup |
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Williams, Bert F. |
29 |
31 January 1920 |
G |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC |
1 |
1ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Ellerington, William |
25 |
30 June 1923 |
RB |
Southampton FC |
2 |
0 |
3 |
Aston, John |
27 |
3 September 1921 |
LB |
Manchester United FC |
7 |
0 |
4 |
Wright, William A. |
25 |
6 February 1924 |
RHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC |
22 |
1 |
5 |
Franklin,
Cornelius |
27 |
24 January 1922 |
CHB |
Stoke
City FC |
22 |
0 |
6 |
Dickinson, James W. |
24 |
24 April 1925 |
LHB |
Portsmouth FC |
2 |
0 |
7 |
Finney,
Thomas |
27 |
5 April 1922 |
OR |
Preston
North End FC |
18 |
14 |
8  |
Morris, John |
25 |
27 September 1923 |
IR |
Derby County FC |
2 |
3 |
9 |
Rowley, John F. |
30 |
7 October 1918 |
CF |
Manchester United FC |
3 |
1 |
10 |
Mannion,
Wilfred
J. |
31 |
16 May 1918 |
IL |
Middlesbrough FC |
15 |
8 |
11 |
Mullen, James |
26 |
6 January 1923 |
OL |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC |
3 |
1 |
unused substitutes: |
Bill Jones (Liverpool FC),
Stan Mortensen (Blackpool FC),
Dennis Wilshaw (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC) |
team notes: |
Billy Wright is the first captain to score since David Jack did so on
10 May 1930 against Germany. He also becomes the first non-forward to
score post-war. |
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2-3-5 |
Williams - Ellerington, Aston - Wright,
Franklin, Dickinson -
Finney,
Morris, Rowley, Mannion, Mullen. |
Averages: |
Age |
26.9 |
Appearances/Goals |
8.8 |
2.3 |
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Match Report
by Mike Payne |
England completed their summer tour with a spendid win in Paris,
recovering from a disastrous start. On a very hot, sunnay afternoon and on
a pitch like concrete, the visitors made a terrible start. Within 30
seconds France were ahead. A couple of mistakes by Bert
Williams and Neil Franklin let moreel in to score. It was a real
danger-thrust to the heart for England and it inspired the passionate
crowd of over 61,000 people.
A lesser
team would have crumbled under such pressure but as it was the England
players knuckled down and fought back magnificently. Overcoming some
fierce 'continental tackling' they gradually got to grips with the
midfield battle.
It took only
eight minutes for them to find an equalizer. Johnny Morris found Jimmy
Dickinson with a neat flick. Dickinson then sent Jack Rowley clear down
the left with a lovely through-ball. When the cross came over fast and low
into the box, there was Morris, up with the attack, to finish off the move
he had started back in his own half.
It was a memorable goal and
for the next 15 minutes fast counter-attacking by both sides, a feature of
the match, tested the defences as each team strove for the upper hand.
Dickinson was an inspiration with a powerful display and Williams also did
well, especially considering his shaky start. After 26 minutes England
snatched the lead.
Morris, Jimmy Mullen, Wilf Mannion and Rowley
all took part in a fine move down the left flank. At the end of it, Rowley
placed a pass diagonally into space some 12 yards from goal. Suddenly,
from nowhere, came Billy Wright speeding in to shoot past Vignal. Shortly
afterwards the goalkeeper made a superb save from Morris as England ended
the half in a much better frame of mind than they had started it.
France fought hard for a 20-minute spell at the start of the second half.
They strung together some excellent moves and Moreel missed one particular
good chance. But by now England were looking much more solid with Franklin
in complete command. With Morris and, especially, Mannion dominating the
midfield England always looked capable of scoring again and this they did
with four minutes to go, when Morris put the result beyond doubt.
Tom Finney, who had been the best forward on view with his play doing as
much as anyone to open up the French defence, was in great form and
Rowley, too was impressive and he added life to the centre of the attack.
Altogether it was a very satisfying result for England.
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Match Report
by Norman Giller |
Making his debut in the England goal, Wolves custodian Bert 'The Cat'
Williams was beaten after just 28 seconds by an instant goal from French
debutant Georges Moreel. The match was played under a boiling sun and on a
Colombes Stadium pitch as hard as concrete. Billy Wright made it a match
to remember in the twenty-sixth minute by scoring his first international
goal. It was the first goal scored for England by a non-forward since the
war. Johnny Morris netted twice, including a late victory-clinching goal
in the eighty-sixth minute that silenced the 61,500 shirt-sleeved Parisian
spectators.
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Source Notes |
TheFA.com FFF.fr
Allezlesbleus.free.fr 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
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