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Match
Summary |
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Officials |
Chile |
Type |
England |
Referee
(black) Arthur
Edward Ellis
38 (8 July 1914), Halifax, Yorkshire.
Linesmen -
tbc
Also in attendance was the Chilean President Ibanez.
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.
The half-time interval was at least twenty minutes long.
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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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Chile
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 15th to 17th |
Colours: |
Red collared jerseys, blue shorts, white socks. |
Capt: |
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Manager: |
Luis Tirado Gordillo, 47 (4 April 1906) |
Chile
Lineup |
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Livingstone Pohlhammer, Serjio R. |
33 |
26 March 1920 |
G |
Club Deportivo Universidad Cat�lica |
44 |
GA |
2 |
�lvarez Jim�nez,
Manuel |
25 |
23 May 1928 |
RB |
Club Deportivo Universidad Cat�lica |
13 |
0 |
3 |
N��ez Gajardo, Rogelio |
26 |
6 March 1927 |
LB |
Club Social Deportivo Colo-Colo |
1 |
0 |
4 |
Cort�s Alba, S. Ramiro |
24 |
27 April 1931 |
LHB |
Audax Italiano La Florida SADP |
12 |
0 |
5 |
Far�as Barraza, Arturo |
25 |
1 September 1927 |
CHB |
Club Social Deportivo Colo-Colo |
19 |
0 |
6 |
Rojas Rojas, Carlos R. |
24 |
2 October 1928 |
RHB |
Club Unión Espa�ola SADP |
13 |
1 |
7 |
�lvarez Pérez, Sergio |
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OR |
Everton de Vi�a del Mar SADP |
1 |
0 |
8 |
Cremaschi Oyarz�n, Atilio |
30 |
8 March 1923 |
IR |
Club Unión Espa�ola SADP |
25 |
10 |
9 |
Mel�ndez Brito, Ren�
O. |
24 |
29 December 1928 |
CF |
Everton de Vi�a del Mar SADP |
13 |
2 |
10 |
Mu�oz Mu�oz,
Manuel |
25 |
28 April 1928 |
IL |
Club Social Deportivo Colo-Colo |
8 |
2 |
11 |
Díaz Zambrano,
Guillermo E. |
22 |
29 December 1930 |
OL |
Club de Deportes Santiago Wanderers |
11 |
3 |
unused substitutes: |
- |
team notes: |
The Chilean team ended the first half with nine men, after two players
apparently fainted. Keeping in mind the trickery of the Buenos Aires
substitution over a week ago, the referee called 'play on!'. One was
forced to reappear for the second half, whereas the other, Carlis
Rojas, waited until an England attack before appearing.... that attack
resulted in England's first goal. |
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2-3-5 |
Livingstone - M.�lvarez,
N��ez - Cort�s, Far�as, Rojas -
S.�lvarez, Cresmaschi,
Mel�ndez, Mu�oz,
Díaz. |
Averages: |
Age |
25.8 |
Appearances/Goals |
14.5 |
1.5 |
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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-sleeeved jerseys, blue shorts, black socks
with white tops. |
Capt: |
Billy Wright, 34th 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;
52nd match, W 34 - D 11 - L 7 - F 153 - A 60,
inc. one abandoned.
Party
chosen by Selection Committee headed by Harold Shentall, on Monday, 13 April 1953.
Team chosen on Friday, 22 May 1953. |
England
Lineup |
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Merrick, Gilbert H. |
31 |
26 January 1922 |
G |
Birmingham City FC |
12 |
13ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Ramsey, Alfred E. |
33 |
22 January 1920 |
RB |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
28 |
1 |
3 |
Eckersley, William |
27 |
16 July 1925 |
LB |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
11 |
0 |
4 |
Wright, William A. |
29 |
6 February 1924 |
RHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC |
49 |
3 |
5 |
Johnston, Harry |
33 |
26 September 1919 |
CHB |
Blackpool FC |
5 |
0 |
6 |
Dickinson, James
W. |
28 |
24 April 1925 |
LHB |
Portsmouth
FC |
26 |
0 |
7 |
Finney,
Thomas |
31 |
5 April 1922 |
OR |
Preston
North End FC |
45 |
21 |
8 |
Broadis, Ivan A. |
30 |
18 December 1922 |
IR |
Manchester City FC |
6 |
3 |
9 |
Lofthouse, Nathaniel |
27 |
27 August 1925 |
CF |
Bolton Wanderers FC |
14 |
15 |
10 |
Taylor, Thomas |
21 |
29 January 1932 |
IL |
Manchester United FC |
2 |
1 |
11 |
Berry, R. John |
26 |
1 June 1926 |
OL |
Manchester United FC |
2 |
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),
Redfern Froggatt (Sheffield Wednesday FC) and
Jack Froggatt (Portsmouth FC). |
team notes: |
Billy Wright extends his record appearance tally, he also overtakes
the UK appearance record, previously held by Wales' Billy Meredith.
For only the sixth time post-war, England have fielded an unchanged
side, for the second time this season. |
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2-3-5 |
Merrick
- Ramsey, Eckersley - Wright, Johnston, Dickinson - Finney,
Broadis, Lofthouse, Taylor, Berry. |
Averages: |
Age |
28.7 |
Appearances/Goals |
18.2 |
3.8 |
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Match Report
by Mike Payne |
Fully two hours before the
start of this eagerly awaited clash, 70,000 people were packed into the
National Stadium, Santiago to see their favourites take on the mighty
England.
As anticipated, Chile began well as their
crowd got behind them but there was little punch in their attack. England,
on the other hand, were dangerous on the break, although the blank
scoresheet at half-time reflected a poorish game.
Chile had Rojas injured before the
interval and he did not reappear immediately when the game restarted. He
had still not appeared when, in the 48th minute, Tommy Taylor opened his
England scoring account to give his team the lead.
Rojas then came back on the field
but after 68 minutes, England increased their lead with a goal by Nat
Lofthouse. Chile came back and, with 12 minutes to go, Rojas completed an
eventful match for him by pulling a goal back. His shot took a deflection
of Alf Ramsey leaving Gil Merrick helpless.
There were no more real scares for
England before the end and they were able to celebrate a good victory.
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Match Report
by Norman Giller |
Tommy Taylor's first goal for
England in the forty-eighth minute was a freak. His intended cross was
turned into the net by Chilean goalkeeper Livingstone-Eves, who was the
son of a Scot. Nat Lofthouse scored the second decisive goal after one of
a dozen thrusting runs by Finney, and three minutes later he headed
another Finney cross against the bar. The Chileans scored their only goal
seven minutes from the end when a Rojas shot was deflected wide of the
diving Gil Merrick.
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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 Chile, Frankie Laine's I Believe
was the best selling single. When the chart of Friday, 22 May 1953 was
published, there were ten surviving songs from the last chart when England
played:-
1. |
(=) |
I Believe
-
Frankie Laine
(Philips) |
7. |
(9) |
In
A Golden Coach
(There's
A Heart Of Gold)
- Billy Cotton & His Band
(Decca) |
2. |
(=) |
Pretend
- Nat 'King' Cole
(Capitol) |
(11) |
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me
- Muriel Smith
(Philips) |
3. |
(4) |
Downhearted
-
Eddie Fisher (HMV) |
8. |
(6) |
Oh Happy Day -
Johnston
Brothers (Decca) |
4. |
(3) |
Pretty
Little Black Eyed Susie
- Guy Mitchell
(Colombia) |
9. |
(7) |
(How Much Is) That
Doggie In The Window -
Lita Roza (Decca) |
5. |
(=) |
Tell
Me A Story
-
Jimmy Boyd
& Frankie Laine (Philips) |
10. |
Terry's Theme From 'Limelight'
- Frank
Chacksfield (Decca) |
6. |
I'm
Walking Behind You - Eddie Fisher with Sally
Sweetland (HMV) |
11. |
(12) |
Terry's Theme From 'Limelight'
-
Ron Goodwin
(Parlophone) |
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12. |
(7) |
She
Wears Red Feathers -
Guy Mitchell (Colombia) |
♪Most weeks at number one when England
played: Frankie Laine
two, and Al Martino and Lita Roza one each |
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Source Notes |
TheFA.com partidosdelaroja.blogspot.co.uk Original newspaper reports Rothman's Yearbooks
Mike Payne's England: The Complete Post-War Record
(Breedon Books Publishing Company, Derby, U.K., 1993)
Edgardo Marin's La Roja De Todos (1985)
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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