England on 16th May

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England on
16th May

17th May

England On This Day
Ernest Bambridge born in Eton College George Utley born in Elsecar Harold Pantling born in Leighton Buzzard Wilf Mannion born in Middlesbrough	1848 1887 1891 1893 1895 1901 1902 1907 1908 1909 1912 1914 1918 1924 1925 1927 1930	reports of Joe Lofthouse's death emerge Rab Howell's son, also Rabbi, is born Billy Bassett's eldest son, Norman, is born Charlsey's eldest, Donald, is also born Edgar Chadwick joins Liverpool FC Charlie Athersmith's suspension lifted England teams chosen for European tour Charlie Gee is baptised in Reddish Mardy FC appoint John Goodall as manager funeral (interred) of Tip Foster in Great Malvern Sam Austin joins Manchester City FC for £1750 Tour of Australia Australia 1 England 4 Joe Peacock signs for Middlesbrough FC Joe Peacock signs for Sheffield Wednesday FC

End-of-Season tour match
177	Belgium 1 England 4 [1-1] Stade DC Bruxelles, Bruxelles (30,000)	1931	Capelle Houghton (pen), Burgess (2), Roberts	AW
Arthur Topham dies in Eastbourne aged 62 years			Jean Capelle is the youngest player to score against England Joe Beresford marries Ivy Palfreyman in Perry Barr

1932
1933

Tommy Roberts' son, Robert, is born
Clapton Orient FC manager Jimmy Seed resigns

End-of-Season tour match
193	Czechoslovakia 2 England 1 [1-1] Stadión Letná, Praha (35,000)	1934	Nejedlý, Puč Tilson	AL
			England's first meeting with Czechoslovakia

1935
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1938

1945

Joe Spence joins Chesterfield FC
George Eastham marries Jean Bullough in Bolton
Switzerland team is chosen to play England
Walter Alsford forced to retire from playing
Burnley FC appoint Cliff Britton as manager
Mansfield Town FC appoint Roy Goodall secretary

Italian F.A. 50th Anniversary Friendly match
240	Italy 0 England 4 [0-2] Stadio Comunale di Torino, Torino (58,000)	1948	Mortensen, Finney (2), Lawton	AW
			Frank Swift becomes the first goalkeeper to captain England

1949
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1953

End-of-Season East-European Pre-World Cup tour match
286	Yugoslavia 1 England 0 [0-0] Stadion JNA, Beograd (59,000)	1954	Mitić	AL
			Syd Owen becomes the 80th player used by Winterbottom B Yugoslavia 2 England 1 in Ljubljana

End-of-Season European tour match
304	Sweden 0 England 0 [0-0] Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna (36,500)	1956		AD
			Billy Wright wins his 75th cap for England Tour of South Africa Natal Province 1 England 2

1957
1958
1962

amateur Switzerland B 2 England 3 at La Chaux
teams chosen for the USSR-England fixture
amateur Netherlands 0 England 0 at Zwolle

End-of-Season European tour match
391	Sweden 1 England 2 [1-1] Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg (18,000/975)	1965	Eriksson Ball, Connelly	AW
			Alan Ball scores the first of his eight England goals amateur France 1 England 0 at Annecy

1975

youth England 3 Hungary 1 in Olten

British Championship
521	England 1 Northern Ireland 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (50,000)	1978	Neal	HW
			right-back Phil Neal scores his first of five England goals

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Opposition On This Day
BIRTHS		DEATHS & APPOINTMENTS
Antonín Puč (Czechoslovakia) Alfred Aston (France) official Giorgio Bernardi (Italy) in Bologna Nílton Santos (Brazil) József Tóth (Hungary) Vujadin Boškov (Yugoslavia player & manager) Yvon Douis (France) Antonio Rattin (Argentina) Antonio Maceda (Spain) official Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) in Stropkov Istvan Pisont (Hungary) Fernando Silva (Andorra) official Paulo Valeri (Italy) in Roma official Laszlo Viszokai (Hungary) official Clément Turpin (France) official Duje Strukan (Croatia) Lorenc Trashi (Albania) Karol Mets (Estonia)	1907 1912 1925 1929 1931 1935 1937 1957 1968 1970 1977 1978 1981 1982 1984 1992 1993

England's Record on 16th May

Venue

FTS

FAv

AAv

Pts%

W/L

Home

1.00

0.00

100.0

Away

1.833

0.833

58.3

1.714

0.714

71.4