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Match
Summary |
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Officials
from England |
Argentina |
Type |
England |
Referee
(black) -
Arthur Edward Ellis
38 (8 July 1914), Halifax, Yorkshire.
Linesmen -
A. Bradley and
J. Lyndis (??)
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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Argentina
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 1st |
Colours: |
Sky blue and white broad striped v-necked jerseys, black shorts, pale blue socks |
Capt: |
Eliseo Mouri�o |
Manager: |
Guillermo Antonio St�bile, 48 (17 January
1905) Team announced 90 minutes before the match. |
Argentina
Lineup |
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Musimessa, Julio E. |
28 |
9 July 1924 |
G |
Club Atlético Boca Juniors |
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GA |
2 |
Dellacha, Pedro R. |
26 |
9 July 1926 |
RB |
Racing Club |
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3 |
Garc�a Pérez, Jos� |
31 |
3 December 1921 |
LB |
Racing Club |
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4 |
Lombardo, Juan Francisco |
27 |
11 July 1925 |
RHB |
Club Atlético Boca Juniors |
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5 |
Mouri�o Oyarbide, Eliseo V. |
25 |
3 June 1927 |
CHB |
Club Atlético Boca Juniors |
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6 |
Guti�rrez Bonomo, Ernesto |
25 |
9 November 1927 |
LHB |
Racing Club |
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7 |
Micheli, Rodolfo J. |
23 |
24 April 1930 |
OR |
Club Atlético Independiente |
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8 |
Cecconato, Jos� Carlos |
23 |
27 January 1930 |
IR |
Club Atlético Independiente |
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9 |
Lacasa, Carlos |
27 |
2 May 1926 |
CF |
Club Atlético Independiente |
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10 |
Grillo, Ernesto J. |
23 |
1 October 1929 |
IL |
Club Atlético Independiente |
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11 |
Cruz, Osvaldo H. |
21 |
29 May 1931 |
OL |
Club Atlético Independiente |
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unused
substitutes: |
- |
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2-3-5 |
Musimessa - Dellacha, Garc�a Pérez - Lombardo, Mouri�o,
Guti�rrez - Micheli, Cicconato, Lacasia,
Grillo, Cruz |
Averages: |
Age |
25.4 |
Appearances/Goals |
- |
- |
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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, black socks
with white tops. |
Capt: |
Billy Wright, 33rd captaincy |
Manager:
Trainer: Jimmy Trotter (Charlton Athletic FC) |
Walter Winterbottom, 40 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946;
51st match, W 33 - D 11 - L 7 - F 151 - A 59,
inc. one abandoned.
Party
chosen by Selection Committee headed by Harold Shentall, on Monday, 13 April 1953.
Team chosen on Saturday, 16 May 1953. |
England
Lineup |
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Merrick, Gilbert H. |
31 |
26 January 1922 |
G |
Birmingham City FC |
11 |
12ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Ramsey, Alfred E. |
33 |
22 January 1920 |
RB |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
27 |
1 |
3 |
Eckersley, William |
27 |
16 July 1925 |
LB |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
10 |
0 |
4 |
Wright, William A. |
29 |
6 February 1924 |
RHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC |
48 |
3 |
5 |
Johnston, Harry |
33 |
26 September 1919 |
CHB |
Blackpool FC |
4 |
0 |
6 |
Dickinson, James
W. |
28 |
24 April 1925 |
LHB |
Portsmouth
FC |
25 |
0 |
7 |
Finney,
Thomas |
31 |
5 April 1922 |
OR |
Preston
North End FC |
44 |
21 |
8 |
Broadis, Ivan A. |
30 |
18 December 1922 |
IR |
Manchester City FC |
5 |
3 |
9 |
Lofthouse, Nathaniel |
27 |
27 August 1925 |
CF |
Bolton Wanderers FC |
13 |
14 |
10 |
Taylor, Thomas |
21 |
29 January 1932 |
IL |
Manchester United FC |
1 |
0 |
11 |
Berry, R. John |
26 |
1 June 1926 |
OL |
Manchester United FC |
1 |
0 |
unused
substitutes: |
Ted Ditchburn (Tottenham Hotspur FC),
Tommy Garrett (Blackpool FC),
Malcolm Barrass (West Bromwich Albion FC),
Ray Barlow (West Bromwich Albion FC),
Roy Bentley (Chelsea FC) and
Redfern Froggatt (Sheffield Wednesday FC). |
team notes: |
Billy Wright extends his record appearance tally, he also equals the
UK appearance record, shared with Wales' Billy Meredith. Tommy
Taylor and Johnny Berry become the 68th and 69th players used by
Winterbottom. |
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2-3-5 |
Merrick
- Ramsey, Eckersley - Wright, Johnston, Dickinson - Finney,
Broadis, Lofthouse, Taylor, Berry. |
Averages: |
Age |
28.7 |
Appearances/Goals |
17.2 |
3.8 |
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Match Report
by Mike Payne |
The
summer tour of 1953 saw England venture to far off lands of South America
but in their first match they experienced a monsoon! Torrential rain
forced the referee to end proceedings in the 25th minute after the pitch
became unplayable.
The England officials tried desperately to
rearrange the game, asking if they could replay it in the next three days.
Unfortunately, their Argentine counterparts would not agree, stating that
the pitch 'would not be ready for at least five days'. So, England moved
on to Chile.
For two England debutants, Tommy Taylor and
Johnny Berry, it had certainly been a memorable first game but, for all
the wrong reasons!
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Match Report
by Norman Giller |
The pitch became waterlogged
following a cloudburst and British referee Arthur Ellis, up to his ankles in
water, had no alternative but to abandon the game. Three days earlier an
Argentinean X1 had beaten an FA X1 3-1 in an unofficial international watched
by a crowd of 120,000 including Juan Peron and his wife, Eva. The selectors
had to wait to see if the new left wing partnership of Manchester United
team-mates Tommy Taylor and Johnny Berry would work at international level.
Referee Arthur Ellis, later to make a name for himself in television's 'It's
A Knockout', was quite a joker. As he signalled for the teams to return to the
dressing-rooms, he said to Billy Wright, "If we stay out any longer we'll
need lifeboats!" The pitch just disappeared under a lake of water, and
England's kit was so wet that the players needed help from the training
staff to strip off.
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The
Top Twelve UK Music Chart
by New Musical Express |
On Friday, 15 November 1952, The
New Musical Express
published the first ever singles chart in the UK. However, when England
played Argentina, Frankie Laine's I Believe was the best selling
single. When the chart of Friday, 15 May 1953 was published, there were
four surviving songs from the last chart when England played:-
1. |
(=) |
I Believe
-
Frankie Laine
(Philips) |
7. |
(6) |
She
Wears Red Feathers - Guy Mitchell (Colombia) |
2. |
(=) |
Pretend
- Nat 'King' Cole
(Capitol) |
(5) |
(How
Much Is) That Doggie In The Window
-
Lita Roza
(Decca) |
3. |
(=) |
Pretty
Little Black Eyed Susie
- Guy Mitchell
(Colombia) |
8. |
(11) |
Side By Side
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Kay Starr (Capitol) |
4. |
(7) |
Downhearted
- Eddie Fisher (HMV) |
9. |
(10) |
In
A Golden Coach
(There's
A Heart Of Gold)
- Billy Cotton & His Band
(Decca) |
5. |
(9) |
Tell
Me A Story
-
Jimmy Boyd
& Frankie Laine (Philips) |
10. |
(8) |
Somebody
Stole My Gal - Johnnie
Ray (Philips) |
6. |
(4) |
Oh
Happy Day - Johnston Brothers (Decca) |
11. |
Hold
Me Thrill Me Kiss Me
- Muriel Smith
(Philips) |
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12. |
Terry's Theme From 'Limelight'
-
Ron Goodwin (Parlophone) |
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Coronation Rag
-
Winifred Atwell (Decca) |
♪Most weeks at number one when England played: Frankie
Laine, Al Martino and Lita Roza..... one each |
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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)
Norman Giller, Football Author Neil Warwick, John
Kutner & Tony Brown's The Complete Book of the British Charts
(Omnibus Press, 2004)
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CG
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