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Match
Summary |
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Officials |
Denmark |
Type |
England |
Referee
(-) - tbc
x (-).
Linesmen -
tbc
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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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Denmark
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 34th to 39th |
Colours: |
Red jerseys, white shorts, black socks |
Capt: |
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Manager: |
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Denmark
Lineup |
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G |
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GA |
2 |
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RB |
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3 |
Nielsen, Verner |
26 |
14 May 1931 |
LB |
Akademisk Boldklub |
12 |
0 |
4 |
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RHB |
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5 |
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CHB |
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6 |
Olesen, Jørgen |
33 |
21 January 1924 |
LHB |
Aarhus Gymnastikforening |
25 |
2 |
7 |
Hansen, Jørgen |
25 |
24 December 1931 |
OR |
Næstved Idrætsforening |
13 |
1 |
8 |
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IR |
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9 |
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CF |
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10 |
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IL |
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11 |
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OL |
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Denmark Substitutes |
1 |
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reserves: |
- |
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- |
- |
Averages: |
Age |
- |
Appearances/Goals |
- |
- |
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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,
red
socks with white tops. |
Capt: |
Billy Wright, 69th captaincy |
Manager: |
Walter Winterbottom, 44 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946;
87th match, W 55 - D 17 - L 15 - F 253 - A 121,
one abandoned. Team chosen by Selection Committee. |
England
Lineup |
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Hodgkinson, Alan |
20 |
16 August 1936 |
G |
Sheffield United FC |
3 |
3 GA |
2 |
Hall, Jeffrey J. |
27 |
7 September 1929 |
RB |
Birmingham
City FC |
16 |
0 |
3 |
Byrne, Roger W. |
27 |
8 September 1929 |
LB |
Manchester United FC |
29 |
0 |
4 |
Clayton, Ronald |
22 |
5 August 1934 |
RHB |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
13 |
0 |
5 |
Wright, William A. |
33 |
6 February 1924 |
CHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC |
84 |
3 |
6 |
Edwards, Duncan |
20 |
1 October 1936 |
LHB |
Manchester United FC |
14 |
4 |
7 |
Matthews, Stanley |
42 |
1 February 1915 |
OR |
Blackpool FC |
54 |
11 |
8 |
Atyeo,
P. John W. |
25 |
7 February 1932 |
IR |
Bristol
City FC |
5 |
4 |
9  |
Taylor, Thomas |
25 |
29 January 1932 |
CF |
Manchester United FC |
15 |
14 |
10 |
Haynes, John N. |
22 |
17 October 1934 |
IL |
Fulham FC |
12 |
6 |
11 |
Finney,
Thomas |
35 |
5 April 1922 |
OL |
Preston
North End FC |
66 |
27 |
England Substitutes |
1 |
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reserves: |
- |
team notes: |
Billy Wright extends his record appearance tally, in his record 49th
consecutive match. |
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Averages: |
Age |
- |
Appearances/Goals |
- |
- |
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Match Report
by Mike Payne |
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Match Report
by Norman Giller |
This World Cup qualifier was to prove the
international swansong of 'Mr Football' Stanley Matthews, who was retired
from the world stage at the age of forty-two and twenty-two years after
the first of his fifty-four caps. Denmark took the lead in the
twenty-fifth minute, with Johnny Haynes equalising just before half-time.
It was not until the final fifteen minutes that England got on top against
a brave Danish team briefly reduced by injury to ten men. Tommy Taylor
scored twice to take his haul in four matches to ten goals. Taylor's
double strike came either side of a seventy-fifth minute goal by John
Atyeo, who rose at the far post to head in a Johnny Haynes centre. Even at
forty-two, there were many who considered Stanley's England career had
been finished too early. Just his name on the team sheet would have given
England a psychological advantage when they played in the 1958 World Cup
finals.
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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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