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Match
Summary |
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Officials
from France |
England |
Type |
Yugoslavia |
Referee
(-) - E.Harzic
x (-).
Linesmen -
M.Lequesne (flame flag) and
P.Schwinte (orange flag).
Outfield substitutes permitted up until the 44th minute for injured players.
The Goalkeeper maybe replaced at any time.
The teams were presented
to the Lord Mayor of London.
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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, 65th captaincy |
Manager: |
Walter Winterbottom, 43 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946;
83rd match, W 51 - D 17 - L 15 - F 237 - A 116,
one abandoned. Team chosen by Selection Committee on Thursday, 22 November. |
England
Lineup |
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Ditchburn, Edwin G. |
35 |
24 October 1921 |
G |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
5 |
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2 |
Hall, Jeffrey J. |
27 |
7 September 1929 |
RB |
Birmingham
City FC |
12 |
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3 |
Byrne, Roger W. |
27 |
8 September 1929 |
LB |
Manchester United FC |
25 |
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4 |
Clayton, Ronald |
22 |
5 August 1934 |
RHB |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
9 |
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5 |
Wright, William A. |
32 |
6 February 1924 |
CHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC |
80 |
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6 |
Dickinson, James
W. |
31 |
24 April 1925 |
LHB |
Portsmouth
FC |
47 |
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7 |
Matthews, Stanley |
41 |
1 February 1915 |
OR |
Blackpool FC |
50 |
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8 |
Brooks, John |
24 355 days |
23 December 1931 |
IR |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
2 |
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9 |
Finney,
Thomas |
34 |
5 April 1922 |
CF |
Preston
North End FC |
62 |
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10 |
Haynes, John N., injured off 35th min. |
22 |
17 October 1934 |
IL |
Fulham FC |
10 |
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11 |
Blunstone, Frank |
22 |
17 October 1934 |
OL |
Chelsea
FC |
5 |
0 |
final app
1954-56 |
England Substitutes |
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Taylor, Thomas, on 35th min. for Haynes |
24
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29 January 1932 |
CF
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Manchester United FC
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12
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11 |
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1 |
"Taylor, in an un-numbered shirt" |
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unused substitutes: |
Ray Wood (Manchester United),
Duncan Edwards (Manchester United FC) and
Don Howe (West Bromwich Albion FC) |
team notes: |
Billy Wright extends his record appearance tally, in his record 45th
consecutive match. "Johnny
Haynes was injured in the 35th minute, damaging a leg as he was
tackled in the penalty area. At first Edwards slipped off his
tracksuit but after discussion among the reserves, Winterbottom sent
on Taylor."
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records: |
Not
since the 1920's have England failed to convert four penalty kicks in
a row. England win a record eighth match
in a row at Wembley, extending their tally. It also extends their
record sequence of eight matches unbeaten at the stadium. |
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Averages: |
Age |
- |
Appearances/Goals |
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Yugoslavia
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 9th |
Colours: |
"The blue
shirted Yugoslavs".
...white shorts, red socks. |
Capt: |
Ivan Horvat |
Manager: |
Aleksandar Tirnanić 60th match, although many were as
part of a Selection Committee |
Yugoslavia
Lineup |
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Beara, Vladimir |
28 |
2 November 1928 |
G |
Fk Crvena zvezda |
46 |
61ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Belin, Bruno |
25 |
16 January 1929 |
RB |
Fk Partizan |
16 |
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3 |
Stanković, Branko |
35 |
31 October 1921 |
LB |
Fk Crvena zvezda |
61 |
3 |
4 |
Tasić, Lazar |
25 |
5 April 1931 |
RHB |
Fk Crvena Zvezda |
7 |
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5 |
Horvat, Ivan |
24 |
16 July 1926 |
CHB |
nk
Dinamo Zagreb |
60 |
0 |
6 |
Božkov, Vujadin |
25 |
16 May 1931 |
LHB |
Fk Vojvodina |
44 |
0 |
7 |
Rajkovm, Zdravko |
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OR |
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20 |
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8 |
Čonč, Vladimir |
28 |
13 January 1928 |
IR |
Fk Dinamo |
1 |
0 |
9 |
Toplak, Ivan |
22 |
21 September 1931 |
CF |
NK Odred |
1 |
0 |
10 |
Vukas. Bernard |
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IL |
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56 |
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11 |
Zebec, Branko |
27 |
17 May 1929 |
OL |
Fk Partizan |
39 |
9 |
reserves: |
- |
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- |
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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 |
Johnny Haynes was heavily tackled by Yugoslav
right-back Belin in the thirtieth minute, and was unable to continue. It
had been agreed beforehand that substitutes would be allowed in the case
of injury and Tommy Taylor came on in place of the limping Fulham player.
England had taken a thirteenth minute lead when Johnny Brooks fired the
ball high into the net after taking a neat pass from Haynes. England
dominated throughout the second half and Taylor scored twice, while his
Manchester United team-mate Roger Byrne had a penalty saved by world-class
Yugoslav goalkeeper Vladimir Beara. Stanley Matthews ran the Yugoslav
left-back into such a state of confusion that he finally resorted to rugby
tackling him in a bid to stop his dribbling runs. England would have had
half a dozen goals but for the magnificent goalkeeping of Beara. The
Yugoslavs had no idea how to contain Stanley Matthews, and after he had
been rugby tackled he said "For a minute I thought the game had been
switched to Twickenham."
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Source Notes |
TheFA.com
Reprezentacija.rs 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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