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Match
Summary |
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 Officials
from Portugal |
England |
Type |
Scotland |
Referee
(-) - Joaquim Fernandes
de Campos
x (-).
Linesmen - Herminio Soares (flame
flag) and
Eduardo Gouvela (orange flag)
Teams presented to the Guest
of Honour, Prime Minister, The Right Honorouable Harold MacMillan MP.
Both teams wore black armbands as a tribute to Jeff Hall, who died from
polio earlier in the week. Once more, the ball was lemon yellow.
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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 1959 Bukta
home uniform -
White v-necked short-sleeved continental jerseys, black shorts,
red socks with white calf hoop. |
Capt: |
Billy Wright, 85th captaincy |
Manager: |
Walter Winterbottom, 46 (31 March 1913), appointed director
of coaching in September 1946, and team manager in May 1947;
103rd match, W 61 - D 24 - L 18 - F 286 - A 142,
one abandoned. Team chosen by Selection Committee on Sunday. 5 April 1959. |
Winterbottom's 25th match at the Empire Stadium |
England
Lineup |
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Hopkinson, Edward |
23 |
29 October 1935 |
G |
Bolton Wanderers FC |
7 |
9ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Howe, Donald |
23 |
12 October 1935 |
RB |
West Bromwich Albion FC |
15 |
0 |
3 |
Shaw, Graham L. |
24 |
9 July 1934 |
LB |
Sheffield United FC |
3 |
0 |
4 |
Clayton, Ronald |
24 |
5 August 1934 |
RHB |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
25 |
0 |
5 |
Wright, William A. |
35 |
6 February 1924 |
CHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC |
100 |
3 |
most apps
1946-59 |
6 |
Flowers, Ronald |
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LHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC |
3 |
0 |
7 |
Douglas, Bryan |
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OR |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
12 |
1 |
8 |
Broadbent, Peter F. |
25 |
15 May 1933 |
IR |
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC |
4 |
2 |
9 |
Charlton, Robert |
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CF |
Manchester United FC |
7 |
7 |
10 |
Haynes, John N. |
24 |
17 October 1934 |
IL |
Fulham FC |
27 |
12 |
776 |
11 |
Holden, A. Douglas |
28 |
28 September 1930 |
OL |
Bolton Wanderers FC |
1 |
0 |
reserves: |
Joe Shaw (Sheffield United FC) |
team notes: |
Captain Billy Wright continues to break records as he becomes the
first England player to reach one hundred appearances, extending his
own record tally, in his record 65th consecutive match. |
records: |
First time that England have kept two clean sheets in a row at the
Empire Stadium. |
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2-3-5 |
Hopkinson - Howe, Shaw - Clayton, Wright, Flowers -
Douglas, Broadbent, Charlton, Haynes, Holden. |
Averages: |
Age |
- |
Appearances/Goals |
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Scotland
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 19th |
Colours: |
Made by Umbro -
blue continental jerseys with white v-neck collars/cuffs, white shorts, blue socks
with red tops. |
Capt: |
Bobby Evans |
Manager:
Trainer: Dawson Walker (Clyde FC) |
Andrew Beattie (45, 11 August 1913),
Second spell in charge, reappointed as part-time manager on 20 March 1959,
current manager of Carlisle United FC, England. This spell, first
match, W 0 - D 0 - L 1 - F 0 - A 1; Overall, seventh match, W 2 - D 1 - L
4 - F 6 - A 15. Team chosen by Selection Committee, with
Beattie in attendance, on Wednesday, 1
April 1959. |
Scotland
Lineup |
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Brown, William D.F. |
28 |
8 October 1930 |
G |
Dundee FC |
4 |
5ᵍᵃ |
2 |
MacKay, Duncan |
21 |
14 July 1937 |
RB |
The Celtic FC |
1 |
0 |
3 |
Caldow, Eric |
24 |
14 May 1934 |
LB |
Rangers FC |
16 |
0 |
4 |
Docherty, Thomas H. |
30 |
24 April 1928 |
RHB |
Arsenal FC, England |
25 |
1 |
final app |
5 |
Evans, Robert |
31 |
16 July 1927 |
CHB |
The Celtic FC |
38 |
0 |
6 |
Mackay, David C. |
24 |
14 November 1934 |
LHB |
Tottenham Hotspur FC, England |
5 |
0 |
7 |
Leggat, Graham |
24 |
20 June 1934 |
OR |
Fulham FC, England |
10 |
3 |
8 |
Collins, Robert Y. |
28 |
16 February 1931 |
IR |
Everton FC, England |
25 |
9 |
9 |
Herd, David G. |
24 |
15 April 1934 |
CF |
Arsenal FC, England |
3 |
1 |
10 |
Dick, John |
29 |
19 March 1930 |
IL |
West Ham United FC, England |
1 |
0 |
only app |
11 |
Ormond, William E. |
32 |
23 Februay 1927 |
OL |
Hibernian FC |
6 |
2 |
final app |
reserves: |
Travelling reserve is Andy Kerr (Partick Thistle FC). Full team of reserves are
Farm (Blackpool FC); Grant (Hibernian FC) and Baird (Partick Thistle
FC); Cumming (Heart of
Midlothian FC),
Plenderleith (Hibernian FC) and McCann
(Motherwell FC); Scott (Rangers
FC) and White (Falkirk FC); Andy Kerr; Bobby Collins and Graham
Leggat. |
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2-3-5 |
Brown - Dn MacKay, Caldow - Docherty,
Evans, Dv Mackay - Leggat, Collins, Herd, Dick,
Ormond |
Averages: |
Age |
26.8 |
Appearances/Goals |
11.8 |
1.4 |
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Match Report
by Mike Payne |
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Match Report
by Norman Giller |
An historic day for
Billy Wright when he became the first footballer in the world to win one
hundred international caps. A closely fought game was won for England by
an acrobatic header from Bobby Charlton after Bryan Douglas had sent over
a precise centre in the sixty-second minute. At the final whistle, the
England skipper was carried shoulder high to the Wembley dressing-room by
his team-mates Don Howe and Ronnie Clayton. Johnny Haynes collected a
painful memento of Billy's historic match when a fierce tackle by Dave
Mackay left him with a broken little finger on his left hand, and Bryan
Douglas limped through much of the game with damaged knee ligaments.
Bolton winger Doug Holden won the first of his five caps, and played with
pace and fire against a Scottish defence in no mood to concede an inch.
Dundee goalkeeper Bill Brown was the man of the match, denying Bobby
Charlton a hat-trick of goals with magnificent saves. It was a performance
that convinced Tottenham manager Bill Nicholson that he should sign Brown
for Spurs, and he became a key man in their double year of 1960-61.
Carried in triumph the length of the Wembley pitch at the final whistle,
Billy Wright was given the sort of ovation reserved only for true sporting
gods.
His
wife Joy, of Beverley Sisters fame, had given birth to their first daughter,
victoria, just six days earlier and had been allowed out of hospital to watch
the game. The Scots did their best to spoil the party by playing their hearts
out, but Bobby Charlton scored yet another crackerjack goal to underline that
he was a young genius at the game.
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Source Notes |
TheFA.com LondonHearts.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
Drew Herbertson, Scottish FA historian
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