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Match
Summary |
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 Officials |
USSR |
Type |
England |
Referee
(-) - Fritz Seipelt
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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USSR
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 9th |
Colours: |
Red jerseys, red shorts, red socks. |
Capt: |
Igor Netto |
Manager: |
Gabriel Kachalin |
USSR
Lineup |
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Yashin, Lev |
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G |
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GA |
2 |
Ogonkov, Mikhail |
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RB |
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3 |
Krizhevsky, Konstantin |
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LB |
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4 |
Kuznetsov, Boris |
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RHB |
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5 |
Voynov, Yuriy |
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CHB |
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6 |
Netto, Igor |
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LHB |
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7 |
Apukhtin, German |
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OR |
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8 |
Ivanov, Valentin |
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IR |
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9 |
Streltsov, Eduard |
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CF |
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10 |
Falin, Yuri |
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IL |
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11 |
Ilyin, Anatoli |
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OL |
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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 calf hoop. |
Capt: |
Billy Wright, 77th captaincy |
Manager: |
Walter Winterbottom, 45 (31 March 1913), appointed director
of coaching in September 1946, and team manager in May 1947;
95th match, W 59 - D 19 - L 17 - F 271 - A 132,
one abandoned. Team chosen by Selection Committee. |
England
Lineup |
79 |
|
McDonald, Colin A. |
27 |
15 October 1930 |
G |
Burnley FC |
1 |
1ᵍᵃ |
768 |
2 |
Howe, Donald |
22 |
12 October 1935 |
RB |
West Bromwich Albion FC |
7 |
0 |
769 |
3 |
Banks, Thomas |
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LB |
Bolton Wanderers FC |
1 |
0 |
770 |
4 |
Clamp, H. Edwin |
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RHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC |
1 |
0 |
5 |
Wright, William A. |
34 |
6 February 1924 |
CHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC |
92 |
3 |
most apps
1946-58 |
6 |
Slater, William J. |
31 |
29 April 1927 |
LHB |
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC |
6 |
0 |
7 |
Douglas, Bryan |
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OR |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
7 |
1 |
8 |
Robson, Robert W. |
25 |
18 February 1933 |
IR |
West Bromwich Albion FC |
2 |
2 |
9 |
Kevan, Derek T. |
23 |
6 March 1935 |
CF |
West Bromwich Albion FC |
7 |
4 |
10 |
Haynes, John N. |
23 |
17 October 1934 |
IL |
Fulham FC |
20 |
8 |
11 |
Finney,
Thomas |
36 |
5 April 1922 |
OL |
Preston
North End FC |
73 |
28 |
reserves: |
- |
team notes: |
Billy Wright extends his record appearance tally, in his record 57th
consecutive match. |
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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 |
For this final match before the World Cup
finals, Eddie Clamp came in at right-half to make an all-Wolves half-back
line with clubmates Billy Wright and Bill Slater. Colin McDonald took over
in goal and Bolton's tough-tackling Tommy Banks was called in at
left-back. After the jolting defeat in Yugoslavia, England gave a much
more disciplined performance in the new Lenin Stadium and a Derek Kevan
goal just before half-time gave them a draw against a Russian side rated
one of the best in Europe. England might have won but for the goalkeeping
of the great 'Man in Black' Lev Yashin, and the intervention of the
woodwork when first Tom Finney and then Derek Kevan struck shots against a
post. The shock after the match was that Brian Clough, Middlesbrough's
untried goal master, was told he was not needed for the World Cup squad.
Cloughie had scored 42 goals in League and Cup matches that season and was
in red-hot form. Cloughie made no secret of his displeasure. It made no
sense to most people that the selectors decided to leave behind not only
Brian Clough, but also the vastly experienced Nat Lofthouse and the living
legend Stanley Matthews. Lofty had been in devastating form in the FA Cup
final against Manchester United when his two goals virtually won the
trophy for Bolton. The selectors could also have considered the young
Chelsea whizkid Jimmy Greaves. For some reason they chose to take only
twenty players, when twenty-two were allowed in each squad. England
arrived in Sweden just two days before the kick-off to the tournament and
were hardly the best prepared team going into the finals.
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Source Notes |
"England will play
Russia in Moscow on May 18, 1958, and in London on October 22, 1958. It is
almost certain that the London match will be at Wembley Stadium and the
Moscow game at the new Lenin Stadium, which comfortably holds 100,000
spectators, all seated. The countries have never met in an International
match." - Saturday, 30 March
1957, Glasgow Herald.
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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