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Match
Summary |
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Officials |
Uruguay |
Type |
England |
Referee
(black) -
Arthur Edward Ellis
38 (8 July 1914), Halifax, Yorkshire.
Linesmen -
tbc
Another 'minor' match preceded this game, serving as a
curtain raiser.
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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Uruguay
Team |
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Current World Champions |
Colours: |
Sky blue jerseys with white v-necked collar/cuffs, black shorts,
black socks with white tops. |
Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 7th |
Capt: |
Matias Gonz�les |
Manager: |
Juan L�pez Fontana, 45 (15 March 1908), also coach at Club Atl�tico Pe�arol,
appointed 1949. |
Uruguay
Lineup |
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M�spoli Arbelvide, Roque
G. |
35 |
12 October 1917 |
G |
Club Atl�tico Pe�arol |
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GA |
2 |
Gonz�les, Mat�as |
27 |
6 August 1925 |
RB |
Club Atl�tico Cerro |
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3 |
Martínez
Carreras, W�lliam R. |
25 |
13 January 1928 |
LB |
Rampla Juniors FC |
9 |
0 |
4 |
Rodríguez Andrade,
V�ctor
P. |
26 |
2 May 1927 |
RHB |
Club Atl�tico Pe�arol |
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5 |
Carbello, N�stor
E. |
24 |
3 February 1929 |
CHB |
Club Nacional de Football |
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6 |
Cruz, Luis A. |
28 |
28 April 1925 |
LHB |
Club Nacional de Football |
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7 |
Abbadie Gismero, Julio
C. |
22 |
7 September 1930 |
OR |
Club Atl�tico Pe�arol |
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8 |
Schiaffino, Juan A. |
27 |
28 July 1925 |
IR |
Club Atl�tico Pe�arol |
12 |
4 |
9 |
M�guez
Ant�n, Omar �scar |
25 |
5 December 1927 |
CF |
Club Atl�tico Pe�arol |
14 |
12 |
10 |
Pérez
Guti�rrez, Julio G. |
26 |
19 June 1926 |
IL |
Club Nacional de Football |
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11 |
Cabrera, Juan Carlos |
nk |
nk |
OL |
Rampla Juniors |
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unused
substitutes: |
- |
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2-3-5 |
M�spoli -
Gonz�les, Martínez -
Rodríguez Andrade, Carbello,
Cruz - Abbadie, Schiaffino,
M�guez,
Pérez, Carbrera. |
Averages: |
Age |
26.5 |
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, 35th 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;
53rd match, W 34 - D 11 - L 8 - F 154 - A 62,
inc. one abandoned.
Party
chosen by Selection Committee headed by Harold Shentall, on Monday, 13 April 1953.
Team chosen on Saturday, 30 May. |
England
Lineup |
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Merrick, Gilbert H. |
31 |
26 January 1922 |
G |
Birmingham City FC |
13 |
15 GA |
2 |
Ramsey, Alfred E. |
33 |
22 January 1920 |
RB |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
29 |
1 |
3 |
Eckersley, William |
27 |
16 July 1925 |
LB |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
12 |
0 |
4 |
Wright, William A. |
29 |
6 February 1924 |
RHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC |
50 |
3 |
5 |
Johnston, Harry |
33 |
26 September 1919 |
CHB |
Blackpool FC |
6 |
0 |
6 |
Dickinson, James
W. |
28 |
24 April 1925 |
LHB |
Portsmouth
FC |
27 |
0 |
7 |
Finney,
Thomas |
31 |
5 April 1922 |
OR |
Preston
North End FC |
46 |
21 |
8 |
Broadis, Ivan A. |
30 |
18 December 1922 |
IR |
Manchester City FC |
7 |
3 |
9 |
Lofthouse, Nathaniel |
27 |
27 August 1925 |
CF |
Bolton Wanderers FC |
15 |
15 |
10 |
Taylor, Thomas |
21 |
29 January 1932 |
IL |
Manchester United FC |
3 |
2 |
11 |
Berry, R. John |
26 |
1 June 1926 |
OL |
Manchester United FC |
3 |
0 |
unused
substitutes: |
Ted Ditchburn (Tottenham Hotspur FC),
Tommy Garrett (Blackpool FC),
Ray Barlow (West Bromwich Albion FC),
Roy Bentley (Chelsea FC) and
Jack Froggatt (Portsmouth FC). |
team notes: |
Billy Wright extends his record appearance tally, becoming the first
British player to reach fifty appearances. For only
the
second time post-war, England have fielded an unchanged side for
three matches in a row. |
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2-3-5 |
Merrick
- Ramsey, Eckersley - Wright, Johnston, Dickinson - Finney,
Broadis, Lofthouse, Taylor, Berry. |
Averages: |
Age |
28.7 |
Appearances/Goals |
19.2 |
4.0 |
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Match Report
by Mike Payne |
England faced a formidable
match on the last leg of their South American tour when they took on the
current World Champions, Uruguay. Having won the trophy in 1950 they were
now eagerly building a side to defend it in Switzerland the following year
and emphasised their power.
England were
desperately unlucky before the match. After the Chile game many of the
party were struck down by stomach upsets and some of the players looked
barely fit enough to play. Nevertheless they battled bravely and to only
lose by the odd goal in three was no disgrace.
Uruguay
took the lead after 27 minutes. Abbadie cut in from the right wing to fire
low, hard and accurately from 20 yards leaving Gil Merrick well beaten.
The crowd went wild with delight and firworks were let off all around the
stadium, a frighteningly new experience for some of the younger players of
this England team.
The England team was
always struggling and never really got going. Nat Lofthouse, especially,
was a pale shadow of his normal self. Having said that England did have
their moments. Tommy Taylor and Tom Finney almost got through and Uruguay
occasionally had to hang on desperately to their lead. England had no luck
at all especially when both Lofthouse and Ivor Broadis hit the inside of
the Uruguayans' upright with shots that deserved a better reward.
In the 60th minute,
Uruguay stretched their lead. Cabrera, out on left, centred perfectly for
M�guez to head wide of the despairing Merrick. Five minutes later Abbadie
missed a sitter, shooting over from close range.
At this stage Uruguay
were in control, continually beating England for possession. But all
credit to the tiring visitors as they refused to give up and they gained
some deserved consolation in the last minute when Taylor pulled a goal
back.
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Match Report
by Norman Giller |
World champions Uruguay turned on an
exhibition against the old masters, and might have trebled their score but
for being over elaborate with dazzling approach play. Abbadie gave Uruguay
the lead in the twenty-seventh minute, and clever centre-forward M�guez
made it 2-0 on the hour. Nat Lofthouse and Ivor Broadis struck the
woodwork and Tommy Taylor scored in the closing moments after an Alf
Ramsey shot had been blocked. It was a spirited fight back by England
after they had struggled to hold the world champions in a one-sided first
half. M�guez, a master of ball control and as crafty as a monkey, led the
entire England defence a dance. Billy Wright, winning his 50th cap, played him as
well as any defender could do, but several times was left tackling his shadow.
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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 Uruguay, Frankie Laine's I Believe
was the best selling single for the third week in a row. When the chart of
Friday, 29 May 1953 was published, there were ten surviving songs from the
last chart when England played:-
1. |
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I Believe
-
Frankie Laine
(Philips) |
8. |
(9) |
In
A Golden Coach
(There's
A Heart Of Gold)
- Billy Cotton & His Band
(Decca) |
2. |
(=) |
Pretend
- Nat 'King' Cole
(Capitol) |
9. |
(5) |
Tell Me A Story
- Jimmy Boyd & Frankie
Laine (Philips) |
3. |
(10) |
Terry's Theme
From 'Limelight'
- Frank
Chacksfield (Decca) |
10. |
The Song From The Moulin Rouge
-
Mantovani (Decca) |
4. |
(3) |
Downhearted
-
Eddie Fisher (HMV) |
11. |
(=) |
Terry's Theme From 'Limelight'
- Ron
Goodwin (Parlophone) |
5. |
(4) |
Pretty
Little Black Eyed Susie
- Guy Mitchell
(Colombia) |
12. |
(re) |
Somebody Stole My Gal - Johnnie Ray (Philips) |
6. |
(7) |
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me
- Muriel Smith
(Philips) |
12. |
(re) |
Coronation Rag
-
Winifred Atwell
(Decca) |
7. |
(6) |
I'm Walking Behind You
- Eddie Fisher with Sally Sweetland (HMV) |
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♪Most weeks at number one when England
played: Frankie Laine
three weeks, and Al Martino and Lita Roza one each |
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Source Notes |
TheFA.com Original newspaper reports Rothman's Yearbooks
RSSSF Uruguay
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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