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Match
Summary |
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 Officials |
Mexico |
Type |
England |
Referee
(-) - Eunapio Gouveia
Quiroz
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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Mexico
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 21st |
Colours: |
Pale green shirt with white v-neck collar/cuffs with red trim, white
shorts, green socks. |
Capt: |
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Manager: |
Fernando Marcos |
Mexico
Lineup |
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Carbajal, Toto |
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G |
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GA |
2 |
Bosco, Juan |
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RB |
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3 |
Jáuregui, Ignacio |
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LB |
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4 |
Cardenas, Raúl |
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RHB |
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5 |
del Muro, Jesús |
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CHB |
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6 |
Flores, Francisco |
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LHB |
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7 |
del Águila, Alfredo |
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OR |
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8 |
Reyes, Salvador |
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IR |
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9 |
González, Carlos, off |
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CF |
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10 |
Ponce, Sabás, off 23rd min |
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IL |
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11 |
Arellano, Raúl |
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OL |
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Mexico Substitutes |
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Jasso, Antonio, on 23rd min. for Ponce |
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Hernández, Héctor, on for González |
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reserves: |
- |
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- |
Averages: |
Age |
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Appearances/Goals |
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- |
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England
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 6th |
Colours: |
The 1954 Umbro
home shirt -
White v-necked short-sleeved continental jerseys, white shorts,
white
socks with red/white/blue calf hoop. |
Capt: |
Billy Wright, 89th captaincy |
Manager: |
Walter Winterbottom, 46 (31 March 1913), appointed director
of coaching in September 1946, and team manager in May 1947;
107th match, W 61 - D 25 - L 21 - F 290 - A 152,
one abandoned. Team chosen by Selection Committee. |
England
Lineup |
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Hopkinson, Edward |
23 |
29 October 1935 |
G |
Bolton Wanderers FC |
11 |
19ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Howe, Donald |
23 |
12 October 1935 |
RB |
West Bromwich Albion FC |
19 |
0 |
3 |
Armfield, James |
23 |
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LB |
Blackpool FC |
3 |
0 |
4 |
Clayton, Ronald |
24 |
5 August 1934 |
RHB |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
29 |
0 |
5 |
Wright, William A. |
35 |
6 February 1924 |
CHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC |
104 |
3 |
most apps
1946-59 |
6 |
McGuiness, Wilfred, off 31st min |
21 211 days |
25 October 1937 |
LHB |
Manchester United FC |
2 |
0 |
final app
1959 |
7 |
Holden, A. Douglas, off 57th
min. |
28 |
28 September 1930 |
OR |
Bolton Wanderers FC |
5 |
0 |
final app
1959 |
8 |
Greaves, James |
19 |
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IR |
Chelsea FC |
2 |
1 |
9 |
Kevan, Derek T. |
24 |
6 March 1935 |
CF |
West Bromwich Albion FC |
12 |
7 |
10 |
Haynes, John N. |
24 |
17 October 1934 |
IL |
Fulham FC |
31 |
12 |
11 |
Charlton, Robert |
21 |
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OL |
Manchester United FC |
11 |
8 |
England Substitutes |
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Flowers, Ronald, on 31st min. for McGuiness |
24 |
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Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC
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6 |
5 |
0
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1 |
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Bradley, Warren, on 57th min. for Holden |
25 |
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Manchester United FC |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
reserves: |
- |
substitute notes: |
First time two substitutes are used by England.
First time that both replaced players never played for England again.
McGuinness is the youngest England player to be replaced so far.
Bradley is the first England substitution to be made in the second
half. |
team notes: |
Billy Wright extends his record appearance tally, in his record 69th
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 |
England scored first through Derek Kevan,
but were burned out within an hour of kicking off in high-altitude ciudad
de México. Despite officially using substitutes for the first time
they were run off their feet in the last 30 minutes. Jimmy Greaves swept
the ball into the net just after half-time, but the referee ruled it
off-side. Moments later Mexico snatched a second goal and from then on
England were on the retreat as they struggled to breathe in Mexico's thin
air. Eddie Hopkinson performed wonders in the England goal, but he was
often confused by the flight of the ball. Wilf McGuinness was the first
player to be substituted after half an hour. He was affected by the heat
and had to go to the dressing-room for an emergency intake of oxygen. Doug
Holden was the next player hit by the heat, and he was replaced in the
fifty-seventh minute by Warren Bradley. It was a match that Ronnie Clayton
would never forget. He had been so badly burned while sunbathing that his
back came up in a mass of blisters. They burst during the game, and in the
dressing-room afterwards the Mexican doctor bathed the Blackburn skipper's
back with mentholated spirits. It was this more than anything that finally
convinced the Football Association that they should follow Walter
Winterbottom's advice and always travel with a team doctor. It was hardly
the best organised tour. Ron Flowers at one stage found himself sharing a
hotel room with six complete strangers!
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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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