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Wednesday, 17 May 1950
 End-of-Season Continental Pre-World Cup Match

Netherlands A 3 England 0 [1-0]
  		 
Olympisch Stadion, Stadionbuurt, Amsterdam, North Holland
 Kick-off (CEST): tbc
Attendance: 60,000.
unknown kicked-off
[1-0] Cornelus Rijvers 34
 placed perfectly over Middleton from a left wing cross by Gerben Hofma
[2-0] André Roosenburg 68
 broke through after Scott was injured
 [3-0] Abe Lenstra 73
 a great shot from the toes of Nicholson		  
no TV or Radio coverage
 
"First Dutch Soccer win over England" Yorkshire Observer
Officials from Belgium Netherlands FIFA ruling on substitutes England Party
Referee
Jean Wouters		 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
 
Netherlands A Team
 
Rank No official ranking system established; Colours Orange collared jerseys, white shorts, blue socks with white tops.
Captain   Selection  
Netherlands Lineup
  Kraak, Pieter C. 29
 92 days		 14 February 1921 G IJmuidensche Voetbal Vereeniging Stormvogels
2 Potharst, Jan H. 32
 133 days		 4 January 1918 RB Amsterdamsche FC Ajax
3 van der Sluijs, Piet 31
 242 days		 17 September 1918 LB Bossche Voetbal Vereniging
4 van der Hoeven, Cornelis 29
 5 days		 12 May 1921 RHB Amsterdamsche FC Ajax
5 Terlouw, Marinus 27
 335 days		 16 June 1922 CHB Sparta Rotterdam
6 Stoffelen, Johannes H. 29
 114 days		 23 January 1921 LHB Amsterdamsche FC Ajax
7
 Roosenburg, André 26
 272 days		 18 August 1923 OR Oranje Nassau Sneek
8
 Rijvers, Cornelus B. 23
 355 days		 27 May 1926 IR Noad Advendo Combinatie Breda
9 Michels, Marinus J.H. 22
 97 days		 9 February 1928 CF Amsterdamsche FC Ajax
10
 Lenstra, Abe M. 29
 171 days		 27 November 1920 IL SC Heerenveen
11
 Hofma, Gerben 25
 28 days		 19 April 1925 OL SC Heerenveen

unused substitutes:

 not known
 
2-3-5 Kraak -
Potharst, van der Sluijs -
van der Hoeven, Terlouw, Stofelen -
Roosenburg, Rijvers, Michael, Lenstra, Hofma.
Averages: Age 27 years 335 days Appearances/Goals
oldest 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
3rd of 4, W 1 - D 0 - L 2 - F 5 - A 8. second of three B matches, W 0 - D 0 - L 2 - F 0 - A 8.
Team chosen by the Intermediate Selection Committee, headed by Arthur Drewry, on Thursday night, 27 April. Confirmed on Monday, 15 May, in Lisbon.
England Lineup
  two changes to the previous B match (Taylor & Quigley>Crosland & Lewis) league position (27 April)  
  Middleton, Raymond 30
 253 days		 6 September 1919 G Chesterfield FC (FL2 13th) 3 8ᵍᵃ
2 Scott, Lawrence 33
 24 days		 23 April 1917 RB Arsenal FC (FL 8th) 4 0
3 Eckersley, William 24
 305 days		 16 July 1925 LB Blackburn Rovers FC (FL2 17th) 3 0
final B app 1950
4 Taylor, Philip H. 30
 241 days		 18 September 1917 RHB Liverpool FC (FL 6th) 2 0
5 Nicholson, William E. 31
 111 days		 26 January 1919 CHB Tottenham Hotspur FC (FL2 Winners) 4 0
final B app 1948-50
6 Watson, Willie 30
 71 days		 7 March 1920 LHB Sunderland AFC (FL 5th) 2 0
7 Payne, James B. 24
 68 days		 10 March 1926 OR Liverpool FC (FL 6th) 2 0
51 8 Quigley, Edward 28
 308 days		 13 July 1921 IR Preston North End FC (FL2 7th) 1 0
9 Pye, Jesse 30
 146 days		 22 December 1919 CF Wolverhampton Wanderers FC (FL 2nd) 2 0
10 Baily, Edward F. 24
 284 days		 6 August 1925 IL Tottenham Hotspur FC (FL2 Winners) 3 1
final B app 1950
11 Langton, Robert 31
 251 days		 8 September 1918 OL Bolton Wanderers FC (FL 16th) 5 0
most B apps 1947-50
final B app 1947-50
reserves: Jackie Wright and Johnny Crosland (both Blackpool FC (FL 4th)), Reg Lewis (Arsenal FC (FL 8th))
team changes: In the party, Johnny Crosland  replaced Bill Jones (Liverpool FC (FL 6th)). Lewis replaced Len Shackleton (Sunderland AFC (FL 5th)).
In the match, reserve Phil Taylor replaced Johnny Crosland, swapping with Nicholson as a right-half, and Eddie Quigley replaced Reg Lewis.
team notes: Laurie Scott was kicked in the head and was walking about in a concussed state when the Dutch broke through to score their second goal.
 
2-3-5 Middleton -
Scott, Eckersley -
Tyalor, Nicholson, Watson -
Payne, Quigley, Pye, Baily, Langton
Averages: Age 29 years 105 days Appearances/Goals 2.8 0.1
oldest B team so far
 
              Match Report as appears in the F.A. Yearbook 1950-51, pages 26-27

For the 'B' team's match against Holland at Amsterdam on May 17th several changes were made in the side that had lost to Italy.
Holland won their first victory over England since 1935 in a disappointing game. England was soundly beaten by a more workmanlike side. The forward-line was particularly weak, comparing unfavourably with Dutch opponents who were slower and less skilful, but superior in the vital matter of accurate passing.
England started well, and Pye nearly scored in the fifth minute. But there was a lack of co-ordination about them, and their attacks tended to peter out. Holland's first goal came after 31 minutes of these abortive attacks.
The second-half started with a series of badly missed chances for England. Then, following defensive lapses, came two goals for Holland in rapid succession, by Roosenburg and Lenstra, to give the home side victory by 3 goals to 0.
     

              Source Notes
Original newspaper reports   Voetbalstats
Rothman's Yearbooks
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