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Match
Summary |
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Officials |
USA |
Type |
England |
Referee
(black) - Sam Galin
x (-), Glasgow, Scotland.
Linesmen -
W. Rose and E.
Mercantino
British Commonwealth ex-Serviceman took part in a
Coronation pageant and march past before this match. vice-Admiral E. Rollo
Mainguy, chief of the Canadian Naval Staff, was invited to take the salute.
This is the first International match at the Yankee Baseball Stadium,
and the first England match to be played under floodlights. The pitch was
only three-quarters covered with grass, the shale baseball infield occupying
a large area near one goalpost.
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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USA
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 40th to 42nd |
Colours: |
"The Americans wore white shirts, blue shorts and red stockings." |
Capt: |
Walt Bahr |
Manager: |
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USA
Lineup |
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Moore, Cecil W. |
27 |
2 January 1926 born in Belfast |
G |
New York Americans |
1 |
6 ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Milne, Robert |
32 |
27 April 1921 born in Camelon,
Falkirk |
RB |
New York Americans |
1 |
0 |
3 |
Keough, Harry J. |
25 |
15 November 1927 |
LB |
St. Louis Kutis FC |
8 |
0 |
4 |
Springthorpe, Terance A. |
29 |
4 December 1923
born in Draycott, Derbyshire |
RHB |
New York Americans and Coventry City FC, England |
1 |
0 |
5 |
Decker, Rolf |
nk |
nk born in Germany |
CHB |
Brooklyn Hakoah |
1 |
0 |
6 |
Bahr, Walter A. |
26 |
1 April 1927 |
LHB |
Philadelphia Nationals |
12 |
1 |
7 |
Schultz, Tom, off 30th min. |
nk |
nk |
OR |
St. Louis Kutis FC |
1 |
0 |
8 |
Connelly, William |
nk |
nk |
IR |
BrookHatton |
1 |
0 |
9 |
Athineos, George
Αθηναίος,
Γιώργος |
29 |
16 December 1923 |
CF |
Eintracht |
1 |
2 |
10 |
McLauglin, Bernard J. |
25 |
10 April 1928 |
IL |
Philadelphia Nationals |
8 |
1 |
11 |
Chachurian, Efrain |
29 |
22 February 1924 C�rdoba, Argentina |
OL |
Swiss FC |
1 |
0 |
USA Substitutes |
scoreline:
USA 0 England 0 |
1?  |
Decker, Otto, on 30th min. for Schultz |
22 |
19 September 1930 |
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Brooklyn Hakoah |
1 |
2 |
result:
USA 3 England 6 |
unused substitutes: |
Malina, Baxter, Wolanin |
team notes: |
This was USA's first match in fourteen months. Terry Springthorpe was still on the retained list by Coventry City. He
left for New York in 1951 and had had requested naturalisation papers
from the US Government. But City still held his contract.
Goalkeeper Moore played for Ireland against Wales in March 1949. The
Decker's were brothers. Otto becomes the first scoring substitute
against England. And the first time since
Sweden in
May 1949 that two players have scored on their debuts against
England. Not since the immediate post-war era,
when Scotland played six debutants, have so many debutants took to
the field, thus making this the least experienced post-war team
England have faced so far. |
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2-3-5 |
Moore - Milne, Keogh - Springthorpe, R.Dekker,
Bahr - Schultz (O.Dekker),
Connelly, Athineos, McLaughlin, Chachurian |
Averages: |
Age |
- |
Appearances/Goals |
3.3 |
0.2 |
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England
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 4th |
Colours: |
The 1952 away
uniform -
Red jerseys, white shorts, red socks. |
Capt: |
Billy Wright, 36th 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;
54th match, W 35 - D 11 - L 8 - F 160 - A 65,
inc. one abandoned. Party chosen by Selection Committee headed by
Harold Shentall, on Monday, 13 April 1953. Team chosen on Saturday, 6 June. |
England
Lineup |
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Ditchburn, Edwin G. |
31 227 days |
24 October 1921 |
G |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
3 |
6ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Ramsey, Alfred E. |
33 137 days |
22 January 1920 |
RB |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
30 |
1 |
3 |
Eckersley, William |
27 327 days |
16 July 1925 |
LB |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
13 |
0 |
4 |
Wright, William A. |
29 122 days |
6 February 1924 |
RHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC |
51 |
3 |
5 |
Johnston, Harry |
33 255 days |
26 September 1919 |
CHB |
Blackpool FC |
7 |
0 |
6 |
Dickinson, James
W. |
28 45 days |
24 April 1925 |
LHB |
Portsmouth
FC |
28 |
0 |
7  |
Finney,
Thomas |
31 64 days |
5 April 1922 |
OR |
Preston
North End FC |
47 |
23 |
8 |
Broadis, Ivan A. |
30 172 days |
18 December 1922 |
IR |
Manchester City FC |
8 |
4 |
9  |
Lofthouse, Nathaniel |
27 285 days |
27 August 1925 |
CF |
Bolton Wanderers FC |
16 |
17 |
10 |
Froggatt, Redfern |
28 289 days |
23 August 1924 |
IL |
Sheffield Wednesday FC |
4 |
2 |
11 |
Froggatt, Jack |
30 203 days |
17 November 1922 |
CHB |
Portsmouth FC |
13 |
2 |
unused substitutes: |
Gil Merrick (Birmingham City FC),
Tommy Garrett (Blackpool FC),
Malcolm Barrass (West Bromwich Albion FC),
Ray Barlow (West Bromwich Albion FC),
Roy Bentley (Chelsea FC),
Tommy Taylor (Sheffield Wednesday FC) and
Johnny Berry (Portsmouth FC). |
team notes: |
Billy Wright extends his record appearance tally.
Alf Ramsey
becomes the oldest player to reach thirty appearances and the quickest
to do so, shaving ten days off Finney's record. However, he is only
the sixth player to reach the milestone. It still makes this the
oldest and most experienced post-war team so far.
The Froggatt's are cousins. The crew of the RMS Queen Mary were in
attendance, and carried the players from the pitch shoulder-high |
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2-3-5 |
Ditchburn - Ramsey, Eckersley - Wright, Johnston,
Dickinson - Finney, Broadis, Lofthouse, R.Froggatt,
J.Froggatt. |
Averages: |
Age |
29.7
(193 days) |
Appearances/Goals |
20.0 |
4.2 |
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Match Report
by Mike Payne |
The
last match of England's 1953 summer tour was scheduled to be played on
Sunday the 7th of June but due to a spell of torrential rain, the game was
postponed. It was rearranged for the following night and was played under
the floodlights of the Yankee Stadium. This was a new experience for the
England players and may have something to do with the fact that they took
so long to break down a stubborn home defence.
There were shades
of the infamous 1950 World Cup game between the two sides as England,
always far superior in technique and skills, missed chance after chance.
Goalkeeper Moore worlked overtime and the American goal led a charmed
life. Finally though with two minutes of the first-half left Ivor Broadis
broke the deadlock by hooking home a pass from Tom Finney.
The second half was a
different story as England relaxed to play some controlled football.
Within minutes of the restart Nat Lofthouse scored number two and Finney
quickly added a third to build up a commanding lead. The Americans gamely
fought on and their side, which included several players who had had
English League experience, pulled a goal back when the lively substitute
O.Decker, who came on for the injured Schultz, shot past Ted Ditchburn.
That goal came in the 61st minute but a minute later Lofthouse scored
again to quash the fightback, or at least, so England thought.
To everyone's
astonishment the referee then gave the USA another chance by awarding them
a penalty for a highly dubious handball against Harry Johnstone. Atheneos
converted the gift and three minutes later O.Decker scored again to really
set the game alight.
But England were in no
mood to allow a repeat of that 1950 fiasco and they quickly regained
control. Finney, who had been much more direct in this half, scored
England's fifth goal and with ten minutes to go Redfern Froggatt sealed
victory with number six.
The tour of the
Americas had certainly been an eventful trip with many things learned. It
was an experience that the players would never forget.
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Match Report
by Norman Giller |
This first full soccer international staged in
New York was arranged to mark the Queen's Coronation six days earlier. It
was the first international match that England had ever played under
floodlights
The
freak rain followed England from South America and a storm forced a 24-hour
postponement. Then, under the floodlights at the Yankee Stadium, England -
with Tom Finney running riot - avenged the 1-0 World Cup defeat with a
comfortable victory in front of a 7,271 crowd. England missed a shoal of
chances before Ivor Broadis gave them the lead two minutes before half-time.
They quickly went 3-0 clear with goals early in the second half from Finney
and Lofthouse. The Americans battled back with the help of a dubious penalty,
but another goal each from Lofthouse and Finney followed by a sixth goal from
Redfern Froggat underlined England's supremacy in a match in which they
could and should have reached double figures. At last, Billy Wright exorcised
the ghosts that had haunted him ever since England's humiliating 1-0 World
Cup defeat by the USA in Brazil in 1950. He played like a man possessed,
determined not to suffer the same embarrassment. This time England outshone
the Yankee Stadium floodlights, and Billy's beam at the final whistle
signalled his great satisfaction. The press described England as avenging
their World Cup defeat by the United States, but it was empty revenge because
it was a pretty meaningless match that attracted very little interest in New
York. There was a ghostly atmosphere in the Yankee Stadium with the seven
thousands fans 'lost' in that vast arena. Terry Springthorpe, who had
played for Wolves under Billy Wright's captaincy when winning the 1949 FA
Cup final, was in defence for the United States.
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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
beat the USA, Frankie Laine's I Believe
was the best selling single for the fourth week in a row. When the chart
of Friday, 5 June 1953 was published, there were twelve surviving songs
from the last chart when England played:-
1. |
(=) |
I Believe
-
Frankie
Laine (Philips) |
7. |
In
A Golden Coach
(There's
A Heart Of Gold)
- Dickie
Valentine
(Decca) |
2. |
(3) |
Terry's Theme From 'Limelight'
-
Frank Chacksfield (Decca) |
8. |
(10) |
The Song From The Moulin Rouge
-
Mantovani (Decca) |
3. |
(4) |
Downhearted
- Eddie Fisher (HMV) |
9. |
(5) |
Pretty Little Black Eyed Susie
- Guy Mitchell (Colombia) |
(8) |
In
A Golden Coach
(There's
A Heart Of Gold)
- Billy
Cotton & His Band
(Decca) |
10. |
(11) |
Terry's Theme From 'Limelight'
-
Ron Goodwin (Parlophone) |
4. |
(6) |
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me
- Muriel Smith
(Philips) |
11. |
(9) |
Tell Me A Story
- Jimmy Boyd & Frankie
Laine (Philips) |
(2) |
Pretend
-
Nat 'King'
Cole (Capitol) |
12. |
The
Windsor Waltz
- Vera Lynn (Decca) |
5. |
(12) |
Coronation Rag
-
Winifred Atwell
(Decca) |
I'm Walking Behind You
- Dorothy Squires (Polygon) |
6. |
(7) |
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 four, Guy Mitchell two, Al Martino and Lita Roza one
each |
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Source Notes |
"ENGLAND TO MEET U.S.
TEAM "The F.A. Council, meeting in London yesterday, announced that an
international match will be played against U.S.A. in New York after the
F.A. tour of South America next May. England will thus have an opportunity
to gain revenge for their surprising World Cup defeat by America last
season. During the F.A.'s tour England will meet Argentine, Uruguay and
Chile in full internationals and a F.A. XI will also oppose an Argentine
XI. Peru asked to be included in the tour agenda but it was not found
possible to fit in a match with them." -
Tuesday, 30 September 1952, Northern Daily Mail
TheFA.com Original newspaper reports Official
match programme 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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