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Match
Summary |
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Officials |
Italy |
Type |
England |
Referee
(-) - Alois Beranek
x (-), Austria.
Linesmen -
tbc
"During the interval aircraft swooped over the field, dropping a parachute
carrying gifts from a Swiss firm of watches for the players and officials."
- Monday, 19
May1952, The Derry Journal
The match was marred by
bottles thrown at the English players."
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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Italy
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 3rd |
Colours: |
Blue crew-necked jerseys, white shorts, black socks. |
Capt: |
Silvio Piola |
Manager: |
C. Beretta. Party chosen on Thursday, 1 May 1952. Team chosen on Saturday, 17
May. |
Italy
Lineup |
1 |
Moro, Giuseppe |
31 |
16 January 1921 |
G |
UC
Sampdoria |
7 |
GA |
2 |
Giovannini, Attilio |
27 |
30 July 1924 |
RB |
FC
Internazionale Milano |
10 |
0 |
3 |
Manente, Sergio |
27 |
10 December 1924 |
LB |
Juventus FC |
1 |
0 |
4 |
Mari, Giacomo |
27 |
17 October 1924 |
RHB |
Juventus FC |
5 |
0 |
5 |
Ferrario, Rino |
25 |
7 December 1926 |
CHB |
Juventus FC |
1 |
0 |
6 |
Piccinini, Alberto |
29 |
25 January 1923 |
LHB |
Juventus FC |
4 |
0 |
7 |
Boniperti, Giampiero |
33 |
4 July 1928 |
OR |
Juventus FC |
14 |
2 |
8 |
Pandolfini, Egisto |
26 |
17 February 1926 |
IR |
ACF
Fiorentina |
5 |
2 |
9 |
Piola, Silvio, injured off 75th min. |
38 |
29 September 1913 |
CF |
Novara Calcio SpA |
34 |
30 |
10 |
Amadei, Amedeo |
30 |
26 July 1921 |
IL |
SSC Napoli |
12 |
7 |
11 |
Capello, Gino |
31 |
2 June 1920 |
OL |
Bologna FC 1909 |
9 |
3 |
unused substitute: |
not known |
team notes: |
Piola injured his foot that required him to leave the field from the
75th to 85th minutes. Due to the presence of Piola, this made the
Italian team the oldest England have met post-war, so far. |
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2-3-5 |
Moro - Giovannini, Manenti - Mari, Ferrario, Piccini -
Boniperti, Panolfini, Piola, Amadei, Capello |
Averages: |
Age |
29.5 |
Appearances/Goals |
9.3 |
3.9 |
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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, 26th captaincy |
Manager:
Trainer: Jimmy Trotter (Charlton Athletic FC) |
Walter Winterbottom, 39 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946;
44th match, W 29 - D 8 - L 7 - F 131 - A 51.
Team chosen by Selection Committee
headed by Arthur Oakley, on Wednesday, 14 May 1952. |
England
Lineup |
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Merrick, Gilbert H. |
30 |
26 January 1922 |
G |
Birmingham City FC |
4 |
4 GA |
2 |
Ramsey, Alfred E. |
32 |
22 January 1920 |
RB |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
20 |
1 |
3 |
Garrett, Thomas H. |
25 |
28 February 1927 |
LB |
Blackpool FC |
2 |
0 |
4 |
Wright, William A. |
28 |
6 February 1924 |
RHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC |
41 |
3 |
5 |
Froggatt, Jack |
29 |
17 November 1922 |
CHB |
Portsmouth FC |
6 |
1 |
6 |
Dickinson, James
W. |
27 |
24 April 1925 |
LHB |
Portsmouth
FC |
18 |
0 |
7 |
Finney,
Thomas |
30 |
5 April 1922 |
OR |
Preston
North End FC |
37 |
20 |
8 |
Broadis, Ivan A. |
29 |
18 December 1922 |
IR |
Manchester City FC |
3 |
1 |
9 |
Lofthouse, Nathaniel |
26 |
27 August 1925 |
CF |
Bolton Wanderers FC |
6 |
5 |
10 |
Pearson, Stanley C. |
33 |
11 January 1919 |
IL |
Manchester United FC |
8 |
5 |
11 |
Elliott, William H. |
27 |
20 March 1925 |
OL |
Burnley FC |
1 |
0 |
unused substitutes: |
Ronnie Allen (West Browmich Albion FC),
Eddie Baily (Tottenham Hotspur FC),
Bill Eckersely (Blackburn Rovers FC),
Bill Nicholson (Tottenham Hotspur FC),
Jackie Sewell (Sheffield Wednesday FC) and
Bert Williams (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC). |
team notes: |
Billy Wright equal's Bob Crompton record appearance tally of 41.
Billy Elliott becomes the 75th different player to be fielded by
Winterbottom. |
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2-3-5 |
Merrick - Ramsey, Garrett - Wright, Froggatt, Dickinson
- Finney, Broadis, Lofthouse, Pearson, Elliott |
Averages: |
Age |
28.7 |
Appearances/Goals |
13.3 |
3.2 |
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Match Report
by Mike Payne |
This
first match of England's summer tour turned out to be very disappointing
game with Italy looking the more likely winners. England started well
enough and took the lead after only four minutes with a well-taken goal by
Ivor Broadis. For the next 25 minutes the visitors bombarded the Italian
goal, only to be totally frustrated by an outstanding performance from
goalkeeper Moro.
He
defied all that England could throw at him and made particularly good
saves from Nat Lofthouse and Tom Finney. If England could have added to
their early score in this period of intense pressure then they would
surely have gone on to a convincing victory.
As it was their missed chances enabled Italy
to fight their way back into the game. A minute before half-time Piola
missed a golden opportunity to net an equalizer and England still held
their lead at the break.
Before the change of ends, Italy had shown
their capabilities an din the second half they dominated the game. The
England defenders worked overtime to repel the eager Italians and Billy
Wright and Jack Froggatt were in outstanding form. However, in the 63rd
minute Italy's pressure paid off with Amadei scoring to put his side
level.
For the remainder of the match, urged on by their passionate
crowd, the home side continually pressed forward. England did make one or
two dangerous breakaway raids but neither side could force a winner. For
Piola it was the last chance at international level as he made his 34th
and last appearance. At 39 years old he had been especially recalled for
this game and that missed chance just before half-time ruined the
possibilty of a glorious ending to his career.
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Match Report
by Norman Giller |
Only Billy Wright and Tom Finney remained of
the England team that had conquered Italy 4-0 in Turin in 1948. Ivor
Broadis gave England a fourth minute lead that was cancelled out by a
spectacular solo effort from Amadei in the sixty-third minute. The
idolised centre-forward Piola, who had helped Italy retain the World Cup
in 1938, was recalled for a swansong appearance at the age of thirty-nine.
It ended on a sad note for him when he missed an easy chance for a winner
in front of an empty net. It was the cool heads of Wright and Ramsey that
brought England safely through to a draw when the Italians were
threatening to run riot in the second half.
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Source Notes |
TheFA.com FIGC 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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CG
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