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Match
Summary |
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Officials |
Ireland |
Type |
England |
Referee
(-) - George Mitchell
x (-), Falkirk.
Linesmen -
tbc
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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Ireland
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 41st to 42nd |
Colours: |
Made by Athletic Stores -
Green collared jerseys with white collars, white shorts, blue socks. |
Capt: |
Jackie Vernon |
Manager: |
Team Selection by Committee, on Tuesday, 26 September |
Ireland
Lineup |
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Kelly, Hugh R. |
31 |
17 August 1919 |
G |
Southampton FC, England |
3 |
13 ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Gallogly, Charles |
31 |
16 June 1919 |
RB |
Huddersfield Town AFC, England |
1 |
0 |
3 |
McMichael, Alfred |
23 |
1 October 1927 |
LB |
Newcastle United FC, England |
3 |
0 |
4 |
Blanchflower, R.
Dennis |
24 |
10 February 1926 |
RHB |
Barnsley FC, England |
3 |
0 |
5 |
Vernon, John
J. |
32 |
26 September 1918 |
CHB |
West Bromwich Albion FC, England |
12 |
0 |
6 |
Cush, Wilbur |
22 |
10 June 1928 |
LHB |
Glenavon FC |
1 |
0 |
7 |
Campbell, John P. |
27 |
28 June 1923 |
OR |
Fulham FC, England |
1 |
0 |
8 |
Crossan, Edward |
24 |
17 November 1925 |
IR |
Blackburn Rovers FC, England |
2 |
0 |
9 |
McMorran,
Edward J. |
27 |
2 September 1923 |
CF |
Barnsley FC, England |
2 |
1 |
10 |
Brennan, Robert A. |
25 |
14 March 1925 |
IL |
Fulham FC, England |
5 |
1 |
11 |
McKenna, John |
24 |
6 June 1926 |
OL |
Huddersfield Town AFC, England |
4 |
0 |
reserves: |
George McKnight (Blackpool FC, England) |
team notes: |
The Celtic FC's Fallon, the only Eire-born player in the team, was the
original right-back, his place going to Gallogly on 29 September. |
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2-3-5 |
Kelly - Gallogly, McMichael - Blanchflower, Vernon,
Cush - Campbell, Crossan, McMorrian, Brennan, McKenna. |
Averages: |
Age |
26.4 |
Appearances/Goals |
3.4 |
0.1 |
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England
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 4th |
Colours: |
The 1949 home
uniform -
White collared short-sleeved jerseys, blue shorts, red socks. |
Capt: |
Billy Wright, eighteenth captaincy |
Manager:
Trainer: Bert Shelley (Liverpool FC) |
Walter Winterbottom, 37 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946;
33rd match, W 24 - D 3 - L 6 - F 106 - A 34.
Team chosen by Selection Committee headed by Arthur Drewry
on Thursday, 21 September 1950. |
England
Lineup |
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Williams, Bert F. |
30
249 dys |
31 January 1920 |
G |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC |
11 |
11ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Ramsey, Alfred E. |
30
258 dys |
22 January 1920 |
RB |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
9 |
0 |
3 |
Aston, John |
29
34 dys |
3 September 1921 |
LB |
Manchester United FC |
17 |
0 |
4 |
Wright, William A. |
26
243 dys |
6 February 1924 |
RHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC |
33 |
3 |
5 |
Chilton, Allenby |
32
21 dys |
16 September 1918 |
CHB |
Manchester United FC |
1 |
0 |
6 |
Dickinson, James W. |
25
166 dys |
24 April 1925 |
LHB |
Portsmouth
FC |
11 |
0 |
7 |
Matthews, Stanley |
35
248 dys |
1 February 1915 |
OR |
Blackpool FC |
32 |
10 |
8 |
Mannion,
Wilfred J. |
32
144 dys |
16 May 1918 |
IR |
Middlesbrough FC |
22 |
10 |
9 |
Lee, John |
29
337 dys |
4 November 1920 |
CF |
Derby County FC |
1 |
1 |
10  |
Baily, Edward F. |
25
62 dys |
6 August 1925 |
IL |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
2 |
2 |
11 |
Langton,
Robert |
32
29 dys |
8 September 1918 |
OL |
Bolton Wanderers FC |
11 |
1 |
reserves: |
Jackie Milburn (Newcastle United FC) and Tommy Cummings (Burnley
FC) |
team notes: |
Aston replaced original choice left-back
Bill Eckersley (Blackburn Rovers FC) on 2 October. Then
Tom Finney (Preston North End) withdrew from the team on 4 October because of an ankle
injury. Langton was invited to take up the vacant position. This is Billy Wright's record 33rd consecutive appearance.
This is also England's oldest post-war team. |
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2-3-5 |
Williams - Ramsey, Aston - Wright, Chilton, Dickinson -
Matthews, Mannion, Lee, Baily, Langton |
Averages: |
Age |
29.545
(163 days) |
Appearances/Goals |
13.6 |
2.1 |
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Match Report
by Mike Payne
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Four
missed chances in the first 30 minutes cost Northern Ireland dearly in a
game that was never as clear cut as the score suggests. If the Irish had
not squandered those chances the story might have been different.
In that first half-hour, Ireland, urged on by
their traditional passion and dedicated followers, put the England defence
under extreme pressure. The visitors made a very tentative opening and
McMorran twice missed with the simplest of headers from point-blank range.
Soon afterwards Campbell and Crossan also failed to hit the target from
clear positions.
The crisis passed as
England gradually clawed themselves into the game. They started to search
for openings in the Irish defence. Vernon, Cush and McMichael were
outstanding for them and although the balance of attacks were now swinging
England's way the Irish battled for everything.
The conditions were
a little bit different from England's previous match, against Spain in the
World Cup, and the cold October wind blowing down from Mount Colin brought
some drizzle with it. The half seemed destined to end goalless but just
before half-time the sun came out and with it England broke the deadlock
by conjuring up a goal.
Not surprisingly the
move developed down the left wing where Bobby Langton was giving Galloghy
a torrid time. A swift inter-change with Eddie Baily set up the chance
which the inside-left took gratefully, shooting past Kelly's left hand.
The lead gave England time to rethink during the interval and they came
out with a new strategy and a new determination. Suddenly Wilf Mannion
became the focal point of their improvement.
The 63rd minute saw
a decisive moment at both ends. First the referee refused an appeal for
hands against Alf Ramsey, and then, 60 seconds later, following a swift
counter-attack, Kelly failed to clear Baily's lob into the goalmouth and
Jack Lee pounced to head the loose ball into the net.
Everyone thought
that that was the end, but Ireland refused to lie down. Within six minutes
the issue was wide open again as they pulled a goal back.
McMorran, an eager
beaver all afternoon, chased a long clearance down wind and beat Allenby
Chilton to the ball and shot on the turn to flick it over the advancing
Bert Williams. Urged on by their crowd, the Irish threw wverything at
England and McMorran was unlucky with a shot that skimmed the bar.
England, however,
met the challange bravely. Inspired by the powerful Jimmy Dickinson, Billy
Wright and Ramsey they weathered the storm and began to mount psoitive
raids. Stanley Matthews came into the game at last and gradually the Irish
began to wilt.
In the last five minutes, England scored two
more goals. First Wright shot home through a crowd of players following a
corner by Langton, and within a minute of that goal, Baily scored the best
goal of the match with a clever hooked shot.
The match, although
full of incident, has never reached the high standards of most
internationals but England's performance was nonetheless satisfactory.
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Match Report
by Norman Giller
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Eddie Baily, more noted for
his skilful scheming, scored two goals and big Jackie Lee, a
Leicestershire cricketer, marked his only international with a goal.
Northern Ireland were chasing an equaliser with the score at 2-1 when
England scored twice in the last five minutes. Billy Wright netted his
third and final goal for England with a shot that went into the net
through a forest of legs, and Baily finished the Irish off with a superbly
executed hook shot. Manchester United centre-half Allenby Chilton had to
wait until he was thirty-two for this first cap as the selectors continued
to hunt for a successor to Neil Franklin.
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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)
Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats
Norman Giller, Football Author
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