England Match No. 210 - Sweden - 17 May 1937 (original) (raw)
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209 vs. Norway 210 211 vs. Finland | Monday, 17 May 1937 Stadium Inauguration End-of-Season Tour Match Sweden 0 England 4 [0-4] | |
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Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna kommun, Stockholms IänAttendance: 34,199; Kick-off: 2.00pm CET, 3.00pm BST | Match Summary Sweden Party England Party | |
England - Freddie Steele (opened the scoring 7, seized the ball after Galley had his shot blocked and drove in his shot 13, from a Goulden pass 33 hat-trick), Joe Johnson (raced between the backs and shot into the corner 35) | ||
Results 1930-39 | Sweden won the toss, England kicked-off. |
Match Summary
Officials | Sweden | Type | England |
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Referee - John L. Langenus 45 (8 December 1891), Berchem, Belgium Linesmen - Herbert N. Mee, Nottingham, and not known Introduced to King Gustav V, who officially opened the stadium. | Goal Attempts | ||
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****Sweden Team**
Rank: | No official ranking system established; ELO rating 22nd | Colours: | Yellow shirts with blue collars, light blue shorts, black socks with yellow/blue hoop | |||
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Capt: | Sven Andersson | Selectors: | International Selection Committee, led by Ceve Linde | |||
Sweden Lineup | ||||||
Sjöberg, I. Gustav A. | 24 | 23 March 1913 | G | Allmänna IK | 1 | |
Axelsson, Nils A.A. | 31 | 18 January 1906 | RB | Hälsingborgs IF | 23 | |
Sköld, Walter | 27 | 12 February 1910 | LB | Allmänna IK | 6 | |
Berg, Fritz, injured off second half | nk | not known | RH | IFK G�teborg | 12 | |
Andersson, Sven O.A. | 30 | 14 February 1907 | CH | Allmänna IK | 26 | |
Andersson, Ernst | 28 | 26 March 1909 | LH | IFK G�teborg | 26 | |
Joséfsson, K. Gustaf R. | 21 | 16 February 1916 | OR | Allmänna IK | 6 | |
Persson, Erik | 27 | 19 November 1909 | IR | Allmänna IK | 23 | |
Jonasson, Sven G. | 27 | 9 July 1909 | CF | IF Elfsborg | 23 | |
Grahn, Karl-Erik V., injured | 22 | 5 November 1914 | IL | IF Elfsborg | 14 | |
Nilsson, Axel B. | 25 | 12 November 1911 | OL | Allmänna IK | 7 | |
reserves: | reserves not known | |||||
2-3-5 | Sjöberg -Axelsson, Sköld -Berg, S.Andersson, E.Andersson -Joséfsson, Persson, Jonasson, Grahn, Nilsson. The Swede's changed positions after the injury to Grahn. They then played with four forwards after Berg left the field. | |||||
Averages: | Age | 26.2 | Appearances/Goals | 15.2 | 3.6 |
England Team
Rank: | No official ranking system established; ELO rating 9th to 6th | Colours: | The 1935 home uniform -White collared jerseys, navy blue shorts, black socks topped with two white hoops | ||||
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Capt: | George Male, fifth captaincy | Selectors: In charge: Frederick W. Rinder Attendant: Tom Whittaker | The fourteen-man FA International Selection Committee selected a sixteen man Party on 26 April 1937, team chosen on day of match. 177th match, W 112 - D 30 - L 35 - F 524 - A 202. | ||||
England Lineup | |||||||
1 | Woodley, Victor R., injured | 27 | 26 February 1910 | G | Chelsea FC | 3 | 3 GA |
2 | Male, C. George | 27 | 8 May 1910 | RB | Arsenal FC | 15 | 0 |
3 | Catlin, A. Edward | 27 | 11 January 1910 | LB | Sheffield Wednesday FC | 5 | 0 |
5 | Britton, Clifford S. | 27 | 27 August 1909 | RH | Everton FC | 9 | 1 |
9 | Young, Alfred | 31 | 4 November 1905 | CH | Huddersfield Town AFC | 5 | 0 |
6 | Copping, Wilfred | 29 | 17 August 1907 | LH | Arsenal FC | 12 | 0 |
13 | Kirchen, Alfred J. | 24 | 26 April 1913 | OR | Arsenal FC | 2 | 1 |
10 | Galley, Thomas, injured | 21 | 4 August 1915 | IR | Wolverhampton Wanderers FC | 2 | 1 |
16 | Steele, Frederick C., injured | 21 | 6 May 1916 | CF | Stoke City FC | 5 | 6 |
11 | Goulden, Leonard A. | 24 | 9 July 1912 | IL | West Ham United FC | 2 | 1 |
12 | Johnson, Joseph A. | 26 | 4 April 1911 | OL | Stoke City AFC | 4 | 1 |
reserves: | 4-Eddie Hapgood (Arsenal FC), 7-Harry Betmead (Grimsby Town FC), 8-Ken Willingham (Huddersfield Town AFC), 14-Joe Payne (Luton Town FC), 15-Jack Robinson (Sheffield Wednesday FC). | ||||||
team notes: | Hapgood had replaced Manchester City FC's Sam Barkas on 27 April. Betmead was then invited to join on 29 April, he replaced West Bromwich Albion FC's Teddy Sandford, who had been struggling with a knee injury. Stoke City FC's Stanley Matthews was also part of the original sixteen man Party, he withdrew and his place went to Kirchen on 5 May.Although the team was unchanged from that which beat Norway, there were doubts over the fitness and availability of Vic Woodley and Tom Galley. If Woodley was unavailable, Eddie Hapgood would have replaced him in goal, as it was, he played with his right knee bandaged up. Galley too, spent the second half with his knee bandaged. Freddie Steele left the field after he hurt his right foot, but he did return worse for wear. | ||||||
2-3-5 | Woodley -Male, Catlin -Britton, Young, Copping - Kirchen, Galley, Steele, Goulden, Johnson. | ||||||
Averages: | Age | 25.8 | Appearances/Goals | 5.8 | 0.5 |
Match Report
> STOCKHOLM, MAY 17.--Playing with the same determination that marked their match against Norway, England revelled in the mud at the Raasunda Stadium and beat Sweden by four goals to none here to-day. > > Although Steele, Stoke's centre forward, scored three goals, the real hero of the match from the crowd's point of view was G. Sjoberg, the goalkeeper, who was making his first appearance for his country... > > Johnson, the other scorer, did not have a good match... > > The KIng of Sweden, who came back specially from Copenhagen to open the new Rassunda Stadium congratulated both teams on the fine sporting spirit in which the game was played. > > The referee, M. John Langenus, of Belgium, who has refereed international matches in England, had a simple task.--Reuter. - The Times - Tuesday 18th May, 1937
SCANDINAVIAN TOUR
F.A. Players Numbered in Matches
Only a few friends and relations saw the departure yesterday [11 May] of the London group of the F.A. team to tour Scandinavia. Among those accompanying the party were Mr. [Stanley] F. Rous, secretary of the F.A.; Mr. [Henry] J. Huband, the treasurer; and Mr. George Allison, manager of Arsenal. The rest of the team joined their colleagues in the North. Mr. [Stanley] F. Rous said, "All the players are fit and well and looking forward keenly to the trip. In all matches the players will be numbered." -
Yorkshire Post, Wednesday, 12 May 1937
IN OTHER NEWS ...
It was on 16 May 1937 that a 29-year-old widow, born and raised in Italy, Laetitia Toureaux, mysteriously became the first person to die on the Paris Métro underground service. She was stabbed in the neck and found alone in a first-class carriage. The murderer would have had less than a minute to commit the crime between stations and disappear, the carriages had windows all around and only the staff had keys to pass between carriages. Nobody had seen anyone else in that carriage. When it was revealed that she had worked as a spy and had links to a far-right organisation, it was thought that it may have been an assassination, but in 1962, a doctor anonymously confessed to the crime in great detail in a letter to police. He had been in a relationship with the woman and when she told him that she would see another man, he secretly followed her into the carriage, stabbing her, and then stepping off the train and back onto it in a second-class carriage. His identity was never discovered and he almost certainly got away with the perfect crime.
Source Notes
TheFA.com Svenskfotboll Rothmans Yearbooks Original newspaper reports Cris Freddi's England Factbook ____________________
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