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Teams:
| England |
Position |
Frankreich |
| Harvey Wood (Staffordshire) |
Tor |
René Salarnier (Club Athletique Int.) |
Harry Freeman (Middlesex)
Louis Baillon (Northamptonshire) |
Verteidigung |
Louis Saulnier (Club Athletique Int.)
Frédéric Roux (Racing Club de France) |
John Yate Robinson (Oxford University)
Edgar Page (Staffordshire)
Alan Noble (Lancashire) |
Mittelfeld |
R. P. Aublin (Club Athletique Int.)
Louis Gautier (Stade Français)
Raoul Benoist (Club Athletique Int.) |
Percy Rees (Surrey)
Gerald Logan (Surrey)
Stanley Shoveller (Surrey)
Reggie Pridmore (Warwickshire)
Eric Green (Middlesex) |
Angriff |
David Baidet (Racing Club de France)
Daniel Girard (Racing Club de France)
Louis Poupon (Stade Français)
André Bonnal (Club Athletique Int.)
Charles Pattin (Club Athletique Int.) |
Schiedsrichter: E. P. Denny und T. Burman
Spielszene: der englische Kapitän stürmt über das Feld
Originaltext:
Beginning somewhat late in the afternoon, at the close of Scotland v. Germany, this match was played on a somewhat rough and slippery ground. Although one-sided, it was by no means uninteresting. The
French team exhibited considerable promise, the players being severally fast, persevering, and adroit in the use of the stick. In tactics and finesse, however, they were no match for the strong English eleven, and their attacks were seldom or never durable, partly on this account and partly because their half-backs could not pass with sufficient precision to give the forwards support. Salarnier's goalkeeping was the best feature of their performance, whilst Roux was untiring in defence, and Gautier often did much to break up the concert of the English centres.
During the first half the English team kept the offensive almost without intermission, the occasional French rushes being followed immediately by admirable passing on the part of the English half-backs. Salarnier, however, stopped five good shots, even frustrating Shoveller when he apparently had the
goal at his mercy. Nearly a quarter of an hour had passed when Pridmore, fed by Page, dribbled through and made the first point. A general attack, beginning with a run by Green, allowed Rees to add the second; the third fell to Logan after Green had run down and middled, and to Pridmore the fourth, as the result of pretty play by the insides.
In the second half Pridmore got the best of a tussle with the backs, taking them in detail, and gained the fifth goal, and Shoveller the sixth by backing up one of Pridmore’s dashes. A very hot shot was sent in, by Poupon from a corner, but neatly fielded by Wood, and about this time the French forwards became somewhat troublesome by advancing more or less en masse, a style which was more effective than their passing. Pattin and Bonnal having dashed through in this manner, Poupon scored in the mêlée. The English team, however, soon replied, and Logan scored at the end of a neat dribble. Shoveller put the ball through after three good saves by Salarnier, and added the ninth goal with Pridmore's assistance, Green obtaining the tenth after a run by the opposite wing, so that England won by ten goals to one.
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