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Match
Summary |
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Officials
from Belgium |
England |
Type |
Portugal |
Referee
(-) - Louis Baert
x (-).
Linesmen - C. Gibson, England
(red flag) and P. de Oliveira,
Portugal (yellow flag)
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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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, black socks
with white tops. |
Capt: |
Alf Ramsey, third captaincy |
Manager: |
Walter Winterbottom, 38 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946;
38th match, W 27 - D 4 - L 7 - F 121 - A 44.
Team chosen by Selection Committee headed by Arthur Drewry, on 9 May 1951
following the Argentina match. |
England
Lineup |
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Williams, Bert F. |
31 |
31 January 1920 |
G |
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC |
16 |
21 GA |
2 |
Ramsey, Alfred E. |
31 |
22 January 1920 |
RB |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
14 |
0 |
3 |
Eckersley, William |
25 |
16 July 1925 |
LB |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
5 |
0 |
4 |
Nicholson, William E. |
32 |
26 January 1919 |
RHB |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
1 |
1 |
5 |
Taylor, James G. |
33 |
5 November 1917 |
CHB |
Fulham FC |
2 |
0 |
6 |
Cockburn,
Henry |
29 |
14 September 1921 |
LHB |
Manchester
United FC |
12 |
0 |
7 |
Finney,
Thomas |
29 |
5 April 1922 |
OR |
Preston
North End FC |
32 |
20 |
8 |
Pearson, Stanley C. |
32 |
11 January 1919 |
IR |
Manchester United FC |
6 |
3 |
9  |
Milburn, John E.T. |
27 |
11 May 1924 |
CF |
Newcastle United FC |
11 |
10 |
10 |
Hassall, Harold W. |
22 |
4 March 1929 |
IL |
Huddersfield Town AFC |
3 |
2 |
11 |
Metcalfe, victor |
29 |
3 February 1922 |
OL |
Huddersfield Town AFC |
2 |
0 |
unused substitutes: |
Gil Merrick (Birmingham City FC),
Ernie Taylor (Newcastle United FC)
and
Ray Barlow (West Bromwich Albion FC) |
team notes: |
Again,
Finney replaced original choice Blackpool FC's
Stan Matthews' right-sided position, Metcalfe
was drafted in from Netherlands, where he was on a club tour, into the vacant outside-left slot on
Thursday, 17 May. Matthews was still suffering with the
foot injury. Prior to the match, England were set-up in Southport,
making full use of the Haig Avenure ground for training purposes. |
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2-3-5 |
Williams - Ramsey, Eckersley - Nicholson, Taylor,
Cockburn - Finney, Pearson, Milburn, Hassall, Metcalfe. |
Averages: |
Age |
29.1 |
Appearances/Goals |
9.5 |
2.8 |
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Portugal
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 28th to 30th |
Colours: |
Maroon jerseys, white shorts, black socks |
Capt: |
Francisco Ferreira |
Manager: |
Jo�o Joaquim Tavares da Silva, 47 (29 November 1903), team chosen on Thursday, 17 May 1951 |
Portugal
Lineup |
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do
Oliveira, Ernesto Nogueira |
29 |
28 July 1921 |
G |
Atl�tico Clube de Portugal |
5 |
16
GA |
2 |
Marques Mendes, Virg�lio |
23 |
17 November 1927 |
RB |
FC do
Porto |
9 |
0 |
3 |
das Neves,
Serafim |
30 |
29 August 1920 |
LB |
CF Os Belenenses |
15 |
0 |
4 |
Ribeiro Can�rio, Carlos Augusto |
33 |
10 February 1918 |
RHB |
Sporting Club de Portugal |
10 |
0 |
5 |
Assun��o Antunes, F�lix |
28 |
14 December 1922 |
CHB |
Sport Lisboa e Benfica |
10 |
0 |
6 |
Ferreira, Francisco |
31 |
23 August 1919 |
LHB |
Sport Lisboa e Benfica |
24 |
0 |
7 |
Patalinho, injured off 40th min.
Dem�trio, Domingos Carrilho |
28 |
29 June 1922 |
OR |
CF O Elvas |
3 |
2 |
8 |
Barreto Travassos, Jos� Ant�nio |
25 |
22 February 1926 |
IR |
Sporting Club de Portugal |
19 |
4 |
9 |
Ben David, Henrique de Sena |
24 |
5 December 1926 in
Cape Verde |
CF |
Atl�tico Clube de Portugal |
4 |
3 |
10 |
do Amaral Caiado, Fernando Augusto
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26 |
2 March 1925 |
IL |
Boavista FC |
4 |
0 |
11 |
Narciso Pereira, Albano |
28 |
21 December 1922 |
OL |
Sporting Club de Portugal |
11 |
3 |
Portugal Substitutes |
scoreline:
England 2 Portugal 1 |
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Gomes, Carlos Martinho, on 40th min. for Patalino |
24 |
18 October 1926 |
OR |
Atl�tico Clube de Portugal |
2 |
0 |
result:
England 5 Portugal 2 |
unused
substitutes: |
not known |
team notes: |
Patalino replaced Carlos Martinho at
outside-right. Prior to this match, the Portuguese team were
staying in New Brighton, and using the Goodison Park ground to train
on. |
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2-3-5 |
Oliviero
- Virg�lio, Serafim - Can�rio, F�lix, Ferreira - Patalino
(Carlos Martinho), Travassos, Ben David, Caiado, Albano. |
Averages: |
Age |
27.7 |
Appearances/Goals |
10.4 |
0.9 |
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Match Report
by Mike Payne |
England brought the Festival
of Britain football programme to a close with a spectacular finish to a
game evenly contested for 75 minutes.
Nearly 53,000 people
packed into Goodison Park and they were soon on their feet cheering a
first-minute goal for England. Only 19 seconds had gone on the stop-watch
when a close passing movement straight from the kick-off enabled Henry
Cockburn, vić Metcalf and Stan Pearson to give Billy Nicholson a dream
debut when he scored with a magnificent 18-yard shot with his first touch.
This
would have knocked the stuffing out of most sides but within a minute
Portugal drew level. A counter-thrust by Caiado, Trava�os and David set up
the chance for Patalino to shoot past Williams. It had been a remarkable
opening and ten minutes later the dashing Jackie Milburn, who had a fine
game, put England back in the lead with a swift low shot after receibing a
pass from Pearson.
That lead lasted until just after half-time.
Hesitancy between Alf Ramsey and Jim Taylor allowed Albano slip the ball
past Bert Williams to once again level the scores. This really set the
game alight and with the Portuguese tails well and truly up they began to
ask severe questions of the English defence.
Then suddenly with 15
minutes left the England side changed completely. Gone was the tired and
lethargic look. It was replaced by the much more normal look of the
England team. They then proceeded to produce an appropriate festival of
goals to end the match.
Tom Finney, in one of his most devastating
moods, scored the decisive and killer goal in the 76th minute. It came
with a superb swerving left-foot shot from the touch-line. It really was a
match-winning goal and it finally broke the stubborn resistance of the
brave Portuguese. The goals that followed from Milburn and Hassall were
mere formalities and simply entertained the crowd still further. In the
end the extra power of the English team finally saw off another
continental challenge.
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Match Report
by Norman Giller |
For the only time in his
career, Billy Wright was dropped because of loss of form. Bill Nicholson
took over in the No 4 shirt, and had the distinction of scoring with his
first kick in international football in what was to prove his only match
for England. Portugal were a goal down in twenty seconds and level a
minute later in a blistering start to the match. Jackie Milburn restored
England's lead in the eleventh minute. Alf Ramsey, skippering the side for
a third time, mishit a back pass that let Portugal in for a second
equaliser soon after half-time. Tom Finney then took over and ran the
Portuguese into such dizzy array that at the after-match banquet their
entire team stood and toasted "Mr. Finney, the Master." He
scored a magnificent solo goal, and then laid on goals for Milburn and Harold
Hassall.
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Source Notes |
TheFA.com FPF.pt
ZeroZero.pt 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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