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Match
Summary |
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Officials
from Scotland |
England |
Type |
Wales |
Referee
(-) - H.Phillips
x (-).
Linesmen -
J.McNiven (flame flag) and
H.G. Rutherford (orange flag)
"It was ten men against eleven for 62
minutes. It was nine men against eleven for eight minutes. It as ten against
ten for the last 29 minutes But without Kelsey in goal it was an unfair
contest for 78 minutes." - The Daily Herald, Thursday, 15
November 1956
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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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England
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 4th |
Colours: |
The 1954 Umbro
home uniform -
White v-necked short-sleeved continental jerseys, blue shorts, black
socks with white tops. |
Capt: |
Billy Wright, 64th captaincy |
Manager:
Trainer: Moore (Aston Villa) |
Walter Winterbottom, 43 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946;
82nd match, W 50 - D 17 - L 15 - F 234 - A 116,
one abandoned. Team chosen by Selection Committee on Monday, 5 November |
Winterbottom's tenth victory at the Empire Stadium |
England
Lineup |
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Ditchburn, Edwin G. |
35 |
24 October 1921 |
G |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
4 |
7 GA |
2 |
Hall, Jeffrey J. |
27 |
7 September 1929 |
RB |
Birmingham
City FC |
11 |
0 |
3 |
Byrne, Roger W. |
27 |
8 September 1929 |
LB |
Manchester United FC |
24 |
0 |
4 |
Clayton, Ronald |
22 |
5 August 1934 |
RHB |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
8 |
0 |
5 |
Wright, William A. |
32 |
6 February 1924 |
CHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC |
79 |
3 |
6 |
Dickinson, James
W. |
31 |
24 April 1925 |
LHB |
Portsmouth
FC |
46 |
0 |
7 |
Matthews, Stanley |
41 |
1 February 1915 |
OR |
Blackpool FC |
49 |
11 |
8 |
Brooks, John |
24 327 days |
23 December 1931 |
IR |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
1 |
1 |
9 |
Finney,
Thomas |
34 |
5 April 1922 |
CF |
Preston
North End FC |
61 |
27 |
10 |
Haynes, John N. |
22 |
17 October 1934 |
IL |
Fulham FC |
9 |
5 |
11 |
Grainger,
Colin, injured off 61st min. |
23 |
10 June 1933 |
OL |
Sheffield
United FC |
6 |
3 |
reserves: |
originally
Jimmy Dickinson (Portsmouth). He was replaced with Tony Marchi (Tottenham
Hotspur). |
team notes: |
Duncan Edwards was the original named left-half. An injury meant
his place going
to Dickinson on Monday, 13th. The team trained at Hendon on the
Monday, and at Highbury on the Tuesday. Colin Grainger twisted his leg and broke his right
ankle and was carried off in
the seventieth minute. Billy Wright extends his record appearance tally, in his record 44th
consecutive match. Walter Winterbottom's fiftieth victory. |
records: |
England win a record seventh match in a row at Wembley, extending
their tally. It also beats a record sequence of seven matches unbeaten at
the stadium, beating the previous record created in 1953. |
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2-5-3 |
Ditchburn - Hall, Byrne - Clayton, Wright, Dickinson -
Matthews, Brooks, Finney, Haynes, Grainger |
Averages: |
Age |
- |
Appearances/Goals |
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- |
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Wales
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 30th |
Colours: |
Made by Umbro -
Red jerseys with white collars/cuffs, white shorts with red side stripe, red socks
with white tops. |
Capt: |
Alf Sherwood |
Manager: |
"Wales have once again named J.P.
[Jimmy] Murphy, Manchester United, as team manager."
Team selected on Monday, 5 November |
Wales
Lineup |
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Kelsey, A. John, injured 12th min.
off 16th min. |
26 |
19 November 1929 |
G |
Arsenal FC, England |
11 |
21
GA |
2 |
Sherwood, Alfred T. |
33 |
13 November 1923 |
RB/G |
Newport County FC |
41 |
0 |
3 |
Hopkins |
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LB |
Tottenham Hotspur FC, England |
41 |
0 |
4 |
Harrington |
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RHB/RB |
Cardiff City FC |
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5 |
Daniel, W. Raymond |
28 |
2 November 1928 |
CHB |
Sunderland
AFC, England |
19 |
0 |
6 |
Sullivan, Derrick |
26 |
10 August 1930 |
LHB |
Cardiff City FC |
8 |
0 |
7 |
Medwin, Terence C. |
24 |
25 September 1932 |
OR |
Tottenham Hotspur FC, England |
5 |
1 |
8 |
Charles, Melvyn, injured off 43rd min. |
21 |
14 May 1935 |
IR/RHB |
Swansea Town FC |
5 |
0 |
9 |
Charles, W.
John |
24 |
27 December 1931 |
CF |
Leeds United AFC, England |
19 |
11 |
10 |
Allchurch, Ivor J. |
26 |
16 December 1929 |
IL |
Swansea Town FC |
27 |
8 |
11 |
Jones, Clifford W. |
21 |
7 February 1935 |
OL |
Swansea Town FC |
7 |
1 |
reserves: |
Derek
Tapscott (Arsenal) |
team notes: |
The Welsh team were training in Byfleet in the build-up to this match. Jack Kelsey was injured in a collision with Tom Finney in the twelfth
minute and was stretchered off the field after receiving attention for
four minutes. Alf Sherwood deputised. Mel Charles was taken to the
dressing room in the 42nd minute after receiving a blow by the
ball in the stomach by Johnny Haynes. Both players returned to the field shortly in the
second-half. Kelsey at outside-left, and Mel Charles as an
ineffective. Kelsey was off again in the 70th minute, alongside
Grainger.. |
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2-3-5 |
Kelsey - Sherwood, Hopkins - Harrington, Daniel,
Sullivan - Medwin, M.Charles, J.Charles, Allchurch,
Jones
notes: When Kelsey was injured, Sherwood replaced him in goal, with
Harrington and M.Charles each dropping back a position. |
Averages: |
Age |
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Appearances/Goals |
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Match Report
by Mike Payne |
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Match Report
by Norman Giller |
This Home
Championship match was wrecked by an injury to Welsh goalkeeper Jack
Kelsey, who was carried off after being knocked out diving at the feet of
Tom Finney. The incident came while the Welsh supporters were celebrating
an eighth minute goal from John Charles, who rose above Billy Wright's
challenge to head in an Ivor Allchurch corner. Right-back Alf Sherwood
took over in the Welsh goal, and from then on England were dominant
despite the stirring efforts of John Charles to turn the tide. Second-half
goals from Johnny Haynes, debutant Johnny Brooks and the versatile Tom
Finney at centre-forward gave England an undistinguished victory. This was
England's seventh successive win at Wembley. The subject of whether
substitutes should be allowed
was again a major talking point. Wales started full of fire and were
obviously going to give England a difficult afternoon, but then the injury to
goalkeeper Jack Kelsey robbed them of their rhythm. They also had Mel Charles
as a hobbling passenger for much of the match, and we were handicapped by
injuries to Colin Grainger and Johnny Haynes. It would have made sense to at
least allow substitute goalkeepers, but the powers-that-be refused to follow
the lead of the Continental clubs who were using substitutes more and more. It
would be another nine years before they at last saw sense and allowed
substitutes.
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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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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
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CG
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