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Match
Summary |
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Officials |
West Germany |
Type |
England |
Referee
(black) -
Istv�n
Zsolt
34, (28 June 1921), Budapest, Hungary.
Linesmen -
tbc
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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West
Germany
Team |
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Current World Champions |
Colours: |
White jerseys with black rounded collar/cuffs, black shorts, black socks
with white band. |
Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 5th to 7th |
Capt: |
Fritz Walter |
Manager: |
Joséf Herberger, 59 (28 March 1897), appointed in 1950.
Team chosen on Thursday, 24 May 1956. |
West
Germany
Lineup |
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Herkenrath, Friedrich |
27 |
9 September 1928 |
G |
Rot-Weiss Essen eV |
10 |
20 GA |
2 |
Retter, Erich |
31 |
17 February 1925 |
RB |
VfB
Stuttgart 1893 eV |
14 |
0 |
3 |
Juskowiak, Erich |
29 |
7 September 1926 |
LB |
D�sseldorfer TSv Fortuna 1895 eV |
7 |
2 |
4 |
Schlienz, Robert |
32 |
3 February 1924 |
RHB |
VfB
Stuttgart 1893 eV |
3 |
0 |
5 |
Wewers, Heinz |
28 |
27 July 1927 |
CHB |
Rot-Weiss Essen eV |
2 |
0 |
6 |
Mai, Karl |
27 |
27 July 1928 |
LHB |
Spielvereinigung Greuther F�rth eV |
14 |
1 |
7 |
Waldner, Erwin |
23 |
24 January 1933 |
OR |
VfB
Stuttgart 1893 eV |
7 |
1 |
8 |
Morlock, Maximilian, injured off 40th min. |
31 |
11 May 1925 |
IR |
1. FC Nürnberg VfL eV |
18 |
14 |
9 |
Walter, Ottmar |
32 |
6 March 1924 |
CF |
1. FC Kaiserslautern eV |
16 |
6 |
10 |
Walter, Fritz |
35 |
31 October 1920 |
IL/IR |
1. FC Kaiserslautern eV |
46 |
30 |
11 |
Sch�fer, Hans |
28 |
19 October 1927 |
OL/IL |
1. FC Köln 01/07 eV |
18 |
10 |
West
Germany Substitutes |
scoreline:
West Germany 0 England 1 |
12 |
Pfaff, Alfred, on 40th min. for Morlock |
29 |
16 July 1926 |
OL |
Eintracht Frankfurt eV |
4 |
2 |
result:
West Germany 1 England 3 |
unused
substitutes: |
Heinz
Kubsch (FK Pirmasens), Karl Schmidt (FC Köln), Herbert Erhardt (Spvgg Greuther F�rth),
Helmut Rahn (Rot-Weiss Essen), Werner Liebrich (FC Kaiserslautern)
and Willi
Schr�der (SV Werder Bremen) |
team notes: |
Alfred
Pfaff was the original named outside-left, his place going to
Sch�fer at the last moment. The Walters' are brothers in the oldest
team to play England
since
Italy in 1952. Morlock twisted his ankle in the 30th minute,
and struggled until he was replaced ten minutes later. |
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2-3-5 |
Herkenrath - Retter, Juskowiak - Schlienz, Wewers, Mai -
Waldner, Morlock, O.Walter, F.Walter,
Sch�fer for the second half -
the forward line was Waldner, F.Walter, O.Walter,
Sch�fer, Pfaff |
Averages: |
Age |
29.4 |
Appearances/Goals |
14.1 |
5.7 |
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England
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 6th to 4th |
Colours: |
The 1954 Umbro
away uniform -
Red v-necked short-sleeved continental jerseys, white shorts, red socks with
white tops. |
Capt: |
Billy Wright, 62nd captaincy |
Manager:
Trainer: Jimmy Trotter (Charlton Athletic FC) |
Walter Winterbottom, 43 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946;
80th match, W 49 - D 16 - L 15 - F 230 - A 114,
one abandoned. Team chosen by Selection Committee on Friday, 25 May. |
England
Lineup |
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Matthews, Reginald D. |
23 |
20 December 1932 |
G |
Coventry City FC |
4 |
4 GA |
2 |
Hall, Jeffrey J. |
26 |
7 September 1929 |
RB |
Birmingham
City FC |
9 |
0 |
3 |
Byrne, Roger W. |
26 |
8 September 1929 |
LB |
Manchester United FC |
22 |
0 |
4 |
Clayton, Ronald |
21 |
5 August 1934 |
RHB |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
6 |
0 |
5 |
Wright, William A. |
32 |
6 February 1924 |
CHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC |
77 |
3 |
6 |
Edwards, Duncan |
19 |
1 October 1936 |
LHB |
Manchester United FC |
9 |
1 |
7 |
Astall, Gordon |
28 |
22 September 1927 |
OR |
Birmingham
City FC |
2 |
1 |
8 |
Haynes, John N. |
21 |
17 October 1934 |
IR |
Fulham FC |
8 |
4 |
9 |
Taylor, Thomas |
24 |
29 January 1932 |
CF |
Manchester United FC |
10 |
4 |
10 |
Wilshaw, Dennis J. |
30 |
11 March 1926 |
IL |
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC |
11 |
10 |
11 |
Grainger,
Colin |
22 |
10 June 1933 |
OL |
Sheffield
United FC |
4 |
3 |
unused
substitutes: |
Ray
Wood (Manchester United FC), Tommy Cummings (Burnley FC),
John Atyeo (Bristol City
FC),
Johnny Berry
(Manchester United FC),
Johnny Wheeler and
Nat Lofthouse (both Bolton Wanderers FC) |
team notes: |
Billy Wright extends his record appearance tally, in his record 42nd
consecutive match. England's record in a red shirt up until this
point was
2-1 victory over Argentina in 1951,
3-2 vs.
Austria in 1952,
6-3 vs.
USA in 1953 and then
3-1 vs.
West Germany in 1954. |
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2-3-5 |
Matthews - Hall, Byrne - Cayton, Wright, Edwards -
Astall, Haynes, Taylor, Wilshaw, Grainger. |
Averages: |
Age |
24.7 |
Appearances/Goals |
14.7 |
2.1 |
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Match Report
by Mike Payne |
After
two lacklustre displays England completed their summer tour with a
magnificient victory against the current World Champions West Germany in
Berlin. The visitors produced a superb team performance, just when it
mattered and now they can start to look forward to the 1958 World Cup with
some optimism.
As early as the first 20
seconds it became apparent that England could do well. At that moment
Dennis Wilshaw burst through on to a Johnny Haynes pass to shoot inches
wide. It was an early warning for the Germans and one that they did not
heed. Playing the ball around confidently, England swept forward in search
of goals. They won most of the tackles and supported each other superbly.
In the 25th minute the goal their
early play deserved duly arrived, and what a cracker it was! Colin
Grainger's corner was cleared to be met by Ron Clayton and Morlock
together. As the ball ran loose from their challenge Duncan Edwards
pounced, and with that characteristic power, he swept past three tackles
with consummate ease before crashing an unstoppable shot past Herkenrath's
right hand. The youngster, in that one moment, demonstrated to the world
what an awesome sight he is when he is full flight.
The England
half-backs dominated the German forwards and only a glancing header by
Ottmar Walter forced Reg Matthews into the action. The goalkeeper was more
than equal to the task, though, and produced a marvellous save to keep
England's lead intact.
The visitors could well have added to their
lead and some of their football was quite outstanding. Unfortunately they
could not finish off their fine approach play, although on the half-hour
they came very close. A brilliant six-man attack down the left finally
ended when Tommy Taylor's shot was superbly blocked by Herkenrath and
Grainger's follow up effort struck the 'keeper again with the England fans
already celebrating what they thought would be a certain goal.
But
the Germans held on and just before half-time Morlock stretched to send a
shot just over. In so doing the inside-right injured himself and had to
leave the field to be replaced by Pfaff.
At the half-time whistle,
the many British serviceman in the crowd cheered their team off. They knew
that if England continued to play as well, they would surely be
celebrating a famous victory.
Not unexpectedly West Germany came
hard at England after the restart but Billy Wright and his fellow
defenders were in immaculate form. Jeff Hall and Roger Byrne stifled the
danger from the wingers and when England countered they always looked
likely to score.
In
the 63rd and 69th minutes, England at last made the game safe with two
deadly strikes. Haynes, who started quietly but gradually took control of
the play, threaded a superb pass through for Gordon Astall to collect. The
winger slipped the ball inside to where Grainger showed pace and skill
before shooting home an excellent goal.
Six minutes later came goal
number-three. Taylor, who oozed class in all that he did, worked the ball
in from the right to find Wilshaw. The hard-working Wolves player glanced
it into space and Haynes latched on to it to coolly beat Herkenrath with a
well-placed shot. The England fans were delirious and they made their
presence felt with some tremendous and much appreciated support.
The West Germans, characteristically, never gave up and although three
goals down they pressed forward to put more pressure on England. Reg
Matthews made another fine stop to deny the dangerous Pfaff but was
powerless, five minutes from time, to prevent Fritz Walter from finishing
off a delightful move featuring himself, Mai and Schaeffer. It was to be
the Germans' only consolation and at the final whistle there were jubilant
scenes amongst the visiting fans celebrating a memorable triumph.
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Match Report
by Norman Giller |
This match is remembered as the finest ever
played on the international stage by Duncan Edwards, who was fresh from
helping Manchester United win the League championship. He strode the pitch
like a colossus, scoring a scorcher of a goal from twenty yards in the
twentieth minute and dominating the entire game both in defence and
midfield. Nearly half the 100,000 crowd in the stadium designed by Adolf
Hitler were soldiers from the British-occupied zone of Berlin. They staged
a delighted pitch invasion when second-half goals from Johnny Haynes and
Colin Grainger clinched victory. Fritz Walter, the outstanding German
skipper, scored a fine individual goal for the team he had led to the
World Cup two years earlier. The name of Duncan Edwards was on the lips of
everybody who saw this match. He was phenomenal. There have been few
individual performances to match what he produced in Germany that day. He
tackled like a lion, attacked at every opportunity and topped it all off
with a cracker of a goal. He was still only twenty, and was already a
world-class player. Many of the thousands of British soldiers in the crowd
surrounded him at the final whistle and carried him off. England had
beaten the world champions in their own back yard.
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The
Top Twenty 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, comprising the twelve highest selling
singles of the week, it increased to twenty on Friday, 1 October 1954, and
thirty on Friday, 13 April 1956.
When England beat West Germany, Ronnie Hilton's
No Other Love
was still the best selling single. This chart was published on
Friday, 25 May 1956:-
1. |
(=) |
No Other Love - Ronnie Hilton
(HMV) |
11. |
(12) |
Only You -
Hilltoppers (London) |
2. |
(4) |
A Tear Fell
- Teresa Brewer (Vogue
Coral) |
12. |
(11) |
A Theme From 'The Threepenny Opera' (Mack The Knife)
- Louis Armstrong With His All-Stars (Philips) |
3. |
(2) |
The Poor People Of Paris -
Winifred Atwell (Decca) |
4. |
(7) |
I'll Be Home - Pat Boone
(London) |
13. |
(6) |
It's Almost Tomorrow
- Dreamweavers (Brunswick) |
5. |
(3) |
My September Love
- David Whitfield (Decca) |
14. |
(18) |
Blue Suede Shoes -
Carl Perkins
(London) |
6. |
(5) |
Rock And Roll Waltz -
Kay Starr (HMV) |
15. |
Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)
- Perry Como (HMV) |
7. |
(10) |
Lost John/Stewball
- Lonnie Donegan (Pye Nixa) |
16. |
Blue Suede Shoes -
Elvis Presley
(HMV) |
8. |
(14) |
Heartbreak Hotel -
Elvis Presley (HMV) |
17. |
(13) |
You Can't Be True To Two
- Dave King with The Keynotes (Decca) |
9. |
(8) |
The Happy Whistler
- Don Robertson (Capitol) |
17. |
(15) |
Mountain Greenery -
Mel Torme (Decca) |
10. |
(9) |
Main Title Theme From 'Man
With The Golden Arm'
- Billy May (Capitol) |
19. |
(17) |
Too Young To Go Steady -
Nat 'King' Cole (Capitol) |
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20. |
(19) |
Port Au Prince
-
Winifred Atwell and Frank Chacksfield (Decca) |
♪Most weeks at number one when
England played: Doris
Day and
Frankie Laine five, Ronnie Hilton four, Tony Bennett, Guy Mitchell and Jimmy Young two,
Winifred Atwell, Bill Haley & His Comets, Vera Lynn, Al Martino, Lita Roza,
Stargazers, Tennessee Ernie Ford, David Whitfield and Slim Whitman one each |
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The
Televison Schedule |
B.B.C. ―T.V. |
2.30 Gardening Club.
3.0 Catching of Wild Horses. 3.30 No Man's Land. 5.0 Children
6.0 Germany v. England. 7.15 News Weather. 7.30 In Town
To-night. 8.0 Opportunity Murder. 8.30
Saturday Night Out. 9.15 Ted Ray Show. 10.15 Movie Museum. 10.25
Saturday Night Out. 10.50 News. 10.55 Weather. Close Down. |
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Source Notes |
TheFA.com DFB.de 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 official charts.com
singles chart
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CG
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