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Match
Summary |
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 Officials |
Brazil |
Type |
England |
Referee
(-) - Albert Dusch
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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Brazil
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 2nd |
Colours: |
Yellow
jerseys with lime green collars/cuffs, light blue shorts with white side
stripe, white socks with two narrow
yellow and lime green stripes at top. |
Capt: |
Hilderaldo Bellini |
Manager: |
Vicente Feola |
Brazil
Lineup |
3 |
Gilmar |
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G |
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GA |
2 |
Bellini, Hilderado |
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RB |
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12 |
Santos, Nílton |
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LB |
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15 |
Peçanha, Orlando |
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RHB |
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5 |
Sani, Dino |
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CHB |
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6 |
Didi |
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LHB |
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7 |
Zagallo, Mário |
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OR |
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17 |
Martins, Joel Antônio |
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IR |
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18 |
Altafini, José |
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CF |
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20 |
Vavá |
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IL |
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14 |
de Sordi, Nílton |
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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, 79th captaincy |
Manager: |
Walter Winterbottom, 45 (31 March 1913), appointed director
of coaching in September 1946, and team manager in May 1947;
97th match, W 59 - D 21 - L 17 - F 273 - A 134,
one abandoned. Team chosen by Selection Committee. |
England
Lineup |
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McDonald, Colin A. |
27 |
15 October 1930 |
G |
Burnley FC |
3 |
3ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Howe, Donald |
22 |
12 October 1935 |
RB |
West Bromwich Albion FC |
9 |
0 |
3 |
Banks, Thomas |
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LB |
Bolton Wanderers FC |
3 |
0 |
4 |
Clamp, H. Edwin |
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RHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC |
3 |
0 |
5 |
Wright, William A. |
34 |
6 February 1924 |
CHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC |
94 |
3 |
most apps
1946-58 |
6 |
Slater, William J. |
31 |
29 April 1927 |
LHB |
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC |
8 |
0 |
7 |
Douglas, Bryan |
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OR |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
9 |
1 |
8 |
Robson, Robert W. |
25 |
18 February 1933 |
IR |
West Bromwich Albion FC |
4 |
2 |
9 |
Kevan, Derek T. |
23 |
6 March 1935 |
CF |
West Bromwich Albion FC |
9 |
5 |
10 |
Haynes, John N. |
23 |
17 October 1934 |
IL |
Fulham FC |
22 |
8 |
21 |
A'Court, Alan |
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OL |
Liverpool FC |
2 |
1 |
reserves: |
- |
team notes: |
Billy Wright extends his record appearance tally, in his record 59th
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 |
This was the only World Cup match in which
eventual champions Brazil failed to score, and it was due mainly to the
defensive tactics worked out by Walter Winterbottom's assistant Bill
Nicholson, who had watched their opening match against Austria. The
Brazilians were not allowed to get into their smooth rhythm. The nearest
they got to breaking down the disciplined England defence was when Vava
rocked the crossbar with a shot from twenty yards. Bill Slater played a
key role in what was a triumph for England, sticking close to their ball
master Didi and not giving him room to produce his devastating passes. The
result forced the Brazilians to re-think, and they were persuaded to call
up two exceptional but untested individualists: Garrincha and Pele. The
rest is World Cup history!
Slater
finished the match with bruises on the inside of both knees where he had kept
banging them together to stop Didi pulling off his favourite trick of
threading the ball through an opponent's legs - now known as the nutmeg.
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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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