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'B' 06 vs. Netherlands
 
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253 vs. Scotland
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 254 vs. Portugal
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'B' 09 vs. Luxembourg
Thursday, 11 May 1950
 End-of-Season Continental Pre-World Cup Match

Italy 5 England 0 [3-0]
  		 
Stadio Civićo San Siro, Parco Sempione, Milano
 Kick-off (CEST): "early evening", tbc BST
Attendance: 45,000.
unknown kicked-off 
[1-0] Gino Capello 23
 dribbled it on past Eckersley
[1-0] Gino Capello strike hits crossbar
[2-0] Gampiero Boniperti
 scrambled in the ball from 3 yards straight after Capello's strike had hit the bar
 [3-0] Renzo Burini 44
  right-footed into an empty-net from 6 yards from a Gino Capello lay-off		  
[4-0] Gino Capello 49
 right-footed strike from 15 yards high into far top corner
[5-0] Gampiero Boniperti volley 54
 right-footed volley from 8 yards		  
no TV or Radio coverage
 
"'AVALANCHE' WIPES OUT ENGLAND 'B'" Western Mail
Officials   FIFA ruling on substitutes England Party
 
Italy
Referee
not known		 The Continental ruling of allowing a substitute to replace an injured player prior to the 44th minute, and a goalkeeper at any time, is in place.
Linesmen
tbc tbc
 
Italy B Team
 
Rank No official ranking system established; Colours Sky blue crew necked jerseys with lighter colour chest band, white shorts, black socks.
"The blue-shirted Italians..."
Captain   Manager  
Italy Lineup
  Casari, Guiseppe 28
 31 days		 10 April 1922 G Atalanta BC
2 Antonazzi, Francesco 26
 5 days		 6 May 1924 RB SS Lazio SpA
3 Furiassi, Zeffiro 27
 112 days		 19 January 1923 LB SS Lazio SpA
4 Fattori, Osvaldo 27
 323 days		 22 June 1922 RHB FC Internazionale Milano
5 Magli, Augusto 27
 63 days		 9 March 1923 CHB AC Fiorentina
6 Remondini, Leandro 32
 175 days		 17 November 1917 LHB SS Lazio SpA
7
 Burini, Renzo 22
 213 days		 10 October 1927 OR AC Milan SpA
8
 Boniperti, Gianpiero 21
 311 days		 4 July 1928 IR Juventus FC
9
 Capello, Gino 29
 343 days		 2 June 1920 CF Bologna FC 1909
10 Lorenzi, Benito 24
 142 days		 20 December 1925 IL FC Internazionale Milano
11 Caprile, Emilio 21
 223 days		 30 September 1928 OL ACD Legnano
unused substitutes:  
 
2-3-5 Casari -
Antonazzi, Furlassi -
Fattori, Magli, Remondini -
Burini, Boniperti, Capello, Lorenzi, Caprille.
Averages: Age 26 years 112 days  
youngest known opposition B team
 
England B Team
 
Rank No official ranking system established; Colours The 1949 home uniform - White collared jerseys, blue shorts, red socks with white tops.
Captain
 Laurie Scott Team Attendant James Trotter, 36 (25 November 1899), appointed temporary coach of the B team on 27 April 1950.
2nd of 4, W 1 - D 0 - L 1 - F 5 - A 5. first of three B matches, W 0 - D 0 - L 1 - F 0 - A 5.
  Team chosen by the Intermediate Selection Committee, headed by Arthur Drewry, on Thursday, 27 April.
England Lineup
  nine changes to the previous B match (Middleton & Eckersley remain) league position (27 April)  
  Middleton, Raymond 30
 247 days		 6 September 1919 G Chesterfield FC (FL2 13th) 2 5ᵍᵃ
2 Scott, Lawrence 33
 18 days		 23 April 1917 RB Arsenal FC (FL 8th) 3 0
3 Eckersley, William 24
 299 days		 16 July 1925 LB Blackburn Rovers FC (FL2 17th) 2 0
4 Nicholson, William E. 31
 105 days		 26 January 1919 RHB Tottenham Hotspur FC (FL2 Winners) 3 0
46 5 Crosland, John R. 27
 168 days		 10 November 1922 CHB Blackpool FC (FL 4th) 1 0
47 6 Watson, Willie 30
 65 days		 7 March 1920 LHB Sunderland AFC (FL 5th) 1 0
48 7 Payne, James B. 24
 62 days		 10 March 1926 OR Liverpool FC (FL 6th) 1 0
49 8 Lewis, Reginald 30
 65 days		 7 March 1920 IR Arsenal FC (FL 8th) 1 0
50 9 Pye, Jesse 30
 140 days		 22 December 1919 CF Wolverhampton Wanderers FC (FL 2nd) 1 0
10 Baily, Edward F. 24
 278 days		 6 August 1925 IL Tottenham Hotspur FC (FL2 Winners) 2 1
11 Langton, Robert 31
 245 days		 8 September 1918 OL Bolton Wanderers FC (FL 16th) 4 0
=mst B apps 1947-50
unused substitutes: Jackie Wright (Blackpool FC (FL 4th)), Phil Taylor (Liverpool FC (FL 6th)), Eddie Quigley (Preston North End (FL2 7th))
team changes: Johnny Crosland replaced Bill Jones (Liverpool FC (FL 6th)). Lewis replaced Len Shackleton (Sunderland AFC (FL 5th)).
The team trained at the tiny Sinigalia Stadium, prior to this match.
 
2-3-5 Middleton -
Scott, Eckersley -
Nicholson, Crosland, Watson -
Payne, Lewis, Pye, Baily, Langton
Averages: Age 28 years 356 days Appearances/Goals 1.7 0.0
oldest B team so far
 
              Match Report as appears in the F.A. Yearbook 1950-51, pages 25-26

This year's Spring Tour to Italy, Portugal, Holland, Belgium, and Luxembourg again included 'A' and 'B' teams. Both took time to settle down together and there were plenty of shocks for England during the course of the tour. To encourage the World Cup selectors, however, they had the fact that the 'A' team showed steadily improving form, and by the end of the tour, in the second-half of the match against Belgium, they definitely found themselves as a side and gave a really inspiring display.

The opening match of the tour took place at Milan on May 11th, before a crowd of 45,000 people.
The Italians, with their speed and mastery of manœuvre, asserted their superiority from the beginning. The English forwards, foiled time and again by the quick tackling of the Italian defenders, never managed to get going.
Italy's first goal came after 23 minutes. Capello passed back to Magli, raced to the right wing to collect the return, and dribbled past Eckersley to score with a terrific left-foot drive. A few minutes later Boniperti scored again, and just before half-time Burini sent in a snap shot which beat Middleton completely.
Within six minutes of the resumption the Italians had scored twice more. It was the first defeat of an England 'B' team since the war.
  

              Source Notes
Original newspaper reports   Rothman's Yearbooks
British Pathé
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