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Match
Summary |
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Officials
from Scotland |
England |
Type |
Scotland |
Referee
(red) - George Mitchell
x (-), Falkirk.
Linesmen -
Ian C.
Inglis, Edinburgh, and
William H.
Quinn, Dumfries.
Teams presented to the HRH Duke of Gloucester.
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 4th |
Colours: |
The 1949 home
uniform -
White collared jerseys, blue shorts, red socks. |
Capt: |
Billy Wright, nineteenth captaincy |
Manager: |
Walter Winterbottom, 38 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946;
36th match, W 25 - D 4 - L 7 - F 114 - A 41;
Team chosen by Selection Committee headed by Arthur Drewry on
Friday, 6 April 1951. |
England
Lineup |
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Williams, Bert F. |
31 |
31 January 1920 |
G |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC |
14 |
18ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Ramsey, Alfred E. |
31 |
22 January 1920 |
RB |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
12 |
0 |
3 |
Eckersley, William |
25 |
16 July 1925 |
LB |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
3 |
0 |
4 |
Johnston, Harry |
31 |
26 September 1919 |
RHB |
Blackpool FC |
3 |
0 |
5 |
Froggatt, Jack |
28 |
17 November 1922 |
CHB |
Portsmouth FC |
3 |
1 |
6 |
Wright, William A. |
27 |
6 February 1924 |
RHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC |
34 |
3 |
7 |
Matthews, Stanley |
36 |
1 February 1915 |
OR |
Blackpool FC |
33 |
10 |
8 |
Mannion,
Wilfred J., injured off 11th min. |
32 |
16 May 1918 |
IR |
Middlesbrough FC |
25 |
11 |
9 |
Mortensen, Stanley H. |
29 |
26 May 1921 |
CF |
Blackpool FC |
22 |
20 |
10 |
Hassall, Harold W. |
22 |
4 March 1929 |
IL/CF |
Huddersfield Town AFC |
1 |
1 |
11 |
Finney,
Thomas |
29 |
5 April 1922 |
OL/IR |
Preston
North End FC |
30 |
19 |
reserves: |
Henry Cockburn (Manchester United FC) and
Jackie Milburn (Newcastle United FC) |
team notes: |
Wilf Mannion was stretchered off with a fractured cheekbone,
sustained in an aerial challenge with Billy Liddell. He went straight
to hospital, accompanied by the manager, leaving Billy Wright to make
the team changes. In choosing
Jack Froggatt as centre-half, he becomes the first player since Jimmy
Crabtree in 1900, to play for his country in two different areas of
the pitch (distinct from positions). This is England's most
experienced post-war team so far. |
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2-3-5 |
Williams - Ramsey, Eckersley - Johnston, Froggatt,
Wright - Matthews, Mannion (Finney),
Mortensen, Hassall, Finney |
Averages: |
Age |
29.2 |
Appearances/Goals |
16.4 |
5.7 |
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Scotland
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 8th to 5th |
Colours: |
blue jerseys with
white collars,
white shorts, blue socks with white/blue tops. |
Capt: |
George Young |
Manager: |
The Scottish Football Association
Selection Committee, chosen on Monday, 2 April 1951 |
Scotland
Lineup |
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Cowan, James C. |
24 |
16 June 1926 |
G |
Greenock Morton FC |
16 |
18ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Young, George L. |
28 |
27 October 1922 |
RB |
Rangers FC |
24 |
0 |
3 |
Cox, Samuel R. |
27 |
13 April 1924 |
LB |
Rangers FC |
10 |
0 |
4 |
Evans, Robert |
23 |
16 July 1927 |
RHB |
The Celtic FC |
10 |
0 |
5 |
Woodburn, William A. |
31 |
8 August 1919 |
CHB |
Rangers FC |
16 |
0 |
6 |
Redpath, William Y. |
28 |
8 August 1922 |
LHB |
Motherwell FC |
3 |
0 |
7 |
Waddell, William |
30 |
7 March 1921 |
OR |
Rangers FC |
9 |
5 |
8 |
Johnstone, Robert |
21 |
7 September 1929 |
IR |
Hibernian FC |
1 |
1 |
9 |
Reilly, Lawrance |
22 |
28 October 1928 |
CF |
Hibernian FC |
9 |
5 |
10 |
Steel, William |
27 |
1 May 1923 |
IL |
Dundee FC |
21 |
11 |
11 |
Liddell, William B. |
29 |
10 January 1922 |
OL |
Liverpool FC, England |
14 |
4 |
reserves: |
Travelling reserves are McNaught (Raith Rovers FC) and James Mason (Third
Lanark FC). Full team of reserves are George Farm (Blackpool FC);
Lapsley (St.Mirren FC) and McNaught (Raith Rovers FC); Frank Brennan
(Newcastle United FC) and Redpath; Billy Liddell (Liverpool FC) and
James Mason (Third Lanark FC); Hamilton
(Aberdeen FC); Allan Brown (Blackpool FC) and Bobby Mitchell (Newcastle United
FC). |
team notes: |
Original choice left-half, Blackpool FC's Allan Brown was replaced by
Redpath, on Saturday, 7 April. Brown was injured in his team's league
match against Huddersfield Town AFC, suffering a knee injury. |
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2-3-5 |
Cowan - Young, Cox - Evans, Woodburn, Redpath -
Waddell, Johnstone, Reilly, Steel, Liddell |
Averages: |
Age |
26.4 |
Appearances/Goals |
12.1 |
2.1 |
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Match Report
by Mike Payne |
Scotland
once again scored a famous victory on the hallowed turf of Wembley to win
the Home International Championship but both sides came out of this
magnificent match with a great deal of credit, especially since England
spent 80 minutes playing with only ten men.
Unbeaten at Wembley
in the Championship since 1934, Scotland began the game purposefully and
were already imposing their skills before Wilf Mannion left the arena with
a fractured cheekbone. He had been involved in an aerial duel with Liddell
on 11 minutes and went off in agony. Bert Williams had already twice saved
brilliantly from Johnstone and the limitations of the shaky England
defence were soon showing up. After Mannion's loss England looked
understandably disjointed as they struggled to reorganise.
Scotland began to play
on Jack Froggatt who did not have the happiest of games at centre-half.
The other defenders also struggled and for once even Billy Wright was not
on his game. But England did have one quality in abundance and that was
courage. Then ten men fought manfully and the and the marvellous skills of
Tom Finney, Stanley Matthews, Stan Mortensen and Harold Hassall made sure
that Scotland would not have things all their own way.
Scotland increased the pressure
though and Williams had to save well from Liddell. Johnstone then missed
two more clear chances before, on 26 minutes, and totally out of the blue,
England took the lead. It was a gem of a goal too. Alf Ramsey and Harry
Johnstone began the move by combining to find Finney out on the right. The
winger showed controlled dribbling skills before passing to Mortensen. He,
in turn, pulled the ball square to Hassall who conjured up some sheer
inspiration to deceive Young and shoot a glorious angled drive into the
roof of the Scottish net.
It seemed like 1949 in reverse, but with
33 minutes gone Johnstone gained a further chance for Scotland when good
work by Reilly and Liddell opened up a gap for the inside-right to score.
For a short time after the interval England were down to nine men
whilst Mortensen had treatment for a facial injury, but he soon returned
to the action. Shortly though, it was Scotland who swept into a decisive
lead. In the space of seven minutes they scored twice. First a glorious
passing movement between Evans, Johnstone and Reilly ended with the
centre-forward making it 2-1 by beating Froggatt and picking his spot. The
Williams tragically dropped a long cross by Steel, and Liddell, with a low
shot, fired the ball into the unguarded net.
All over? Not a bit of
it! Driven on by the stylish Johnston, Finney, Matthews, Mortensen and
Hassell, England captured the last half-hour with some superlative play.
It brought the Wembley crowd to a crescendo of noise and passion and it
almost brought the Scots to their knees.
On 80 minutes, a passing
duet between Finney and Mortensen ended with Finney streaking clear to lob
a superb goal over the advancing Cowan to make it 3-2. Matthews tormented
Cox. Finney all but got through again and then Mortensen, taking a pass
from Hassall, shot inches wide raising a puff of chalk as it went past the
post. The desperate Scots almost conceded a penalty when Mortensen was
bundled over unceremoniously, but then, amongst the excitement the referee
blew the final whistle on an extraordinary afternoon.
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Match Report
by Norman Giller |
Wilf Mannion was carried
off with a fractured cheekbone in the eleventh minute. With Walter
Winterbottom accompanying Mannion to hospital, skipper Billy Wright took
the decision to switch Finney to the right to partner Matthews and the two
wing wizards often made the Scottish defenders think they were seeing
double. The ten men of England made the Scots battle all the way after
debutant Harold Hassall had given them a twenty-fifth minute lead. Hibs
partners Bobby Johnstone and Lawrie Reilly netted for Scotland and then
the barnstorming Billy Liddell made it 3-1. England, who had briefly been
down to nine men after Stan Mortensen had been knocked out, refused to
give in and Tom Finney conjured a goal. But the Scots held on for a
deserved victory against the Auld Enemy.
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Match Report
by Glen Isherwood |
Once again, both England, the reigning British
Champions, and Scotland had beaten both Northern Ireland and Wales and
were set to decide the Championship between them. England were still
suffering from their first round exit from their first World Cup in Brazil
the previous year which included a humiliating defeat at the hands of the
USA. Scotland had not been beaten at Wembley in the British Championship
since 1934.
England were down to ten
men from the 11th minute when Mannion went off injured but took the lead
when Harold Hassall took a pass from Mortensen and shot past Cowan, the
hero of 1949.
Bobby
Johnstone put Scotland level from a pass by Reilly.
England were in
deep trouble at the start of the second half as Mortensen was suffering
from a first half collision nad did not re-appear after the interval. The
Scots began to take advantage of the nine men and within two minutes Steel
supplied Lawrie Reilly who turned and shot Scotland into the lead.
Mortensen then came back on and England found new inspiration to
attack. Scotland soaked up the pressure, however, and increased their lead
when Reilly robbed Williams of the ball from a Steel cross leaving Billy
Liddell to score the third. England continued to battle and pulled one
back when Tom Finney took a pass from Mortensen and lobbed Cowan. They
could not muster another and Scotland were British Champions for the
second time in three years.
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Source Notes |
TheFA.com LondonHearts.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
Drew Herbertson, Scottish FA historian
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