England Match No. 371 - Switzerland - 5 June 1963 (original) (raw)
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Wednesday, 5 June 1963 End of Season European tour match Switzerland 1 England 8 [1-3] | Match Summary Switzerland Squad England Squad |
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Sankt Jakob Stadium, Sankt Jakob, Basel Attendance: 47,588; Kick-off: 7.45pm local & BST | |
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Switzerland - Heinz Bertschi (42) England - Bobby Charlton (20, 60, 88 hat-trick), Johnny Byrne (30, 47), Bryan Douglas (42), Tony Kay (75), Jimmy Melia (83) | |
| Results 1960-1965 | ||
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Match Summary
  Officials from Hungary |
Switzerland | Type | England |
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| Referee (-)- István Zsolt 41, (28 June 1921), Budapest, Hungary Linesmen - Gyula Gore and Jozsef FehervariThis game followed a match between Switzerland and USA... at handball! | Goal Attempts | ||
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Switzerland Team**
| Rank: | No official ranking system established; ELO rating 51st to 53rd | Colours: | Red jerseys, white shorts, red socks. | | | | |
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| Capt: | | Manager: | Karl Rappan (born in Austria), reappointed March 1960. | | | | |
| Switzerland Lineup | | | | | | | |
| | Stettler, Kurt | | | G | | | GA | |
| 2 | Grobéty, André | | | RB | | | |
| 3 | Tacchella, Ely | | | LB | | | |
| 4 | Weber, Hans | | | RHB | | | |
| 5 | Schneiter, Heinz | | | CFB | | | |
| 6 | Leimgruber, Wener | | | LHB | | | |
| 7 | Allemann, Anton | | | OR | | | |
| 8 | Odermatt, Karl | | | IR | | | |
| 9 | Kuhn, Köbi | | | CF | | | |
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** | Bertschi, Heinz | | | IL | | | |
| 11 | Pottier, Philippe | | | OL | | | |
| unused substitutes: | - | | | | | | |
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| 3-2-5 | Stettier -Grobéty, Schneiter, Tacchella -Weber, Leimgruber -Allemann, Odermatt, Kuhn, Bertschi, Pottier. | | | | | | |
| Averages: | Age | - | Appearances/Goals | - | - | | |
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England Team
| Rank: | No official ranking system established; ELO rating 10th | Colours: | The 1959 Bukta home uniform -White v-necked short-sleeved continental jerseys, blue shorts, white socks with red/white/blue tops. | |||||
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| Capt: | Jimmy Armfield, ninth captaincy | Manager: | AlfredErnest Ramsey, 43 (22 January 1920),appointed 25 October 1962, effective part-time 31 December, full from May 1963. sixth match, W 3 - D 1 - L 2 - F 18 - A 12. | |||||
| England Lineup |
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| Springett, Ronald D. | 27 | 22 July 1935 | G | Sheffield Wednesday FC | 30 | 44ᵍᵃ | ||
| 2 | Armfield, James | RB | Blackpool FC | 37 | 0 | |||
| 3 | Wilson, Ramon | 28 | 17 December 1934 | LB | Huddersfield Town AFC | 21 | 0 | |
| 823 | 4 |
Kay, Anthony H. | 26 | 13 May 1937 | RHB | Everton FC | 1 | 1 |
| only app 1963 | ||||||||
| 5 | Moore, Robert F.C. | 22 | 12 April 1941 | CHB | West Ham United FC | 14 | 0 | |
| 6 | Flowers, Ronald | 28 | 28 July 1934 | LHB | Wolverhampton Wanderers FC | 42 | 10 | |
| 7**** |
Douglas, Bryan | OR | Blackburn Rovers FC | 36 | 11 | |||
| final app 1957-63 | ||||||||
| 8 | Greaves, James | IR | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 30 | 24 | |||
| 9 |
Bryne, John | CF | West Ham United FC | 2 | 2 | |||
| 10**** |
Melia, James | 25 | 1 November 1937 | IL | Liverpool FC | 2 | 1 | |
| final app 1963 | ||||||||
| 11**** |
Charlton, Robert | 25 | OL | Manchester United FC | 45 | 30 | ||
| the 58th(21st post-war) hattrick scored | ||||||||
| unused substitutes: | - | |||||||
| team notes: | Manager Alf Ramsey debuted for England against Switzerland in December 1948 and also played in the May 1952 match.Ron Springett extends his record of being England's most capped goalkeeper, the first to reach the thirty appearance mark.Bobby Charlton's thirtieth goal, his final in his hat-trick, makes him equal England's highest goalscorer, alongside Tom Finney and Nat Lofthouse. It is his fourth hattrick, equal with Vivian Woodward, and the most experienced player to score three goals. | |||||||
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| Averages: | Age | - | Appearances/Goals | - | - |
Match Report by Mike Payne
Match Report by Norman Giller
A hat-trick from Bobby Charlton and two goals from Johnny Byrne helped England bury the Swiss under an avalanche of goals. Everton midfield dynamo Tony Kay scored in his only international appearance before the careers of both he and his former Sheffield Wednesday team-mate Peter Swan were wrecked by a bribery scandal. The sporting Swiss fans gave England a standing ovation at the end, and even poker-faced Alf Ramsey struggled to keep a smile off his face as he said, 'That was much more like it. We played with the urgency and purpose that was missing from the performance in Leipzig. All in all, this has been a most satisfactory summer tour. But there is much work still to be done.' The only surprises was that goal thief Greaves - at the peak of his powers, and six times the leading First Division marksman - failed to get on the scoresheet. But he played an assist role in four of the goals.
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____________________CG