Match No. 209 - Friday, 14th May 1937
Norway 0 - 6 England
- Friendly
- Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
- GK
- Henry JohansenHenry Johansen.
Born 21st Jul 1904, Kristiania.
- RB
- Nils EriksenNils Eriksen.
Born 5th Mar 1911, Skien.
- LB
- Øivind HolmsenØivind Holmsen.
Born 28th Apr 1912.
- HB
- Frithjof UllebergFrithjof Ulleberg.
Born 10th Sep 1911.
- HB
- Jørgen JuveJørgen Juve.
Born 22nd Nov 1906, Porsgrunn.
(c) - HB
- Rolf HolmbergRolf Holmberg.
Born 24th Aug 1914.
- OR
- Odd FrantzenOdd Frantzen.
Born 20th Jan 1913, Bergen.
- IR
- Reidar KvammenReidar Kvammen.
Born 23rd Jul 1914, Stavanger.
- CF
- Alf MartinsenAlf Martinsen.
Born 29th Dec 1911, Lillestrom.
- IL
- Magnar IsaksenMagnar Nikolai Isaksen.
Born 13th Oct 1910.
- OL
- Arne BrustadArne Brustad.
Born 14th Apr 1912, Oslo.
England went ahead after 18 minutes, Kirchen swerving round Ulleberg and scoring with a hard drive which just scraped in under the crossbar. Alf Kirchen1st of 2 goals. , 18'
Assist: Len Goulden. "Goulden took a shot, and although there was little sting behind it, Holmsen, the Norwegian left back, failed to connect properly, and deflected the ball into his own goal." Nikola Kovachev, 38' (og)
"Galley increased their lead with a left-footed shot from 30 yards out, which went well wide of the goalkeeper." Tom GalleyOnly Goal. , 40'
Assist: Vic Woodley. "Woodley's goal kick went to Steele, who was standing unmarked, and the Stoke centre-forward had little difficulty in steering the ball wide of Johansen to make England's total 4-0." Freddie Steele2nd of 8 goals. , 43'
Assist: Alf Kirchen. "Kirchen broke away on the right and finished with a fine pass to Steele, who headed an easy goal to put England five up." Freddie Steele3rd of 8 goals. , 61'
"Goulden, going through on his own, scored with a good left-footed shot." Len Goulden1st of 4 goals. , 85'
- 1
- Vic WoodleyChelsea, 2nd of 19 caps
27 years, 2 months, 16 days
Goalkeeper - 2
- George MaleArsenal, 14th of 19 caps
27 years, 0 months, 6 days
Right Back (c)4th captaincy - 3
- Ted CatlinSheffield Wed, 4th of 5 caps
27 years, 4 months, 3 days
Left Back - 5
- Cliff BrittonEverton, 8th of 9 caps
27 years, 8 months, 16 days
Right Half - 9
- Alf YoungHuddersfield, 4th of 9 caps
31 years, 6 months, 10 days
Centre Half - 6
- Wilf CoppingArsenal, 11th of 20 caps
29 years, 8 months, 28 days
Left Half - 13
- Alf KirchenArsenal, 1st of 3 caps
24 years, 0 months, 16 days
Outside Right - 10
- Tom GalleyWolves, 1st of 2 caps
21 years, 9 months, 10 days
Inside Right - 16
- Freddie SteeleStoke City, 4th of 6 caps
21 years, 0 months, 8 days
Centre Forward - 11
- Len GouldenWest Ham, 1st of 14 caps
24 years, 9 months, 29 days
Inside Left - 12
- Joe JohnsonStoke City, 3rd of 5 caps
26 years, 1 month, 10 days
Outside Left
Notes
- Match InfoScandinavian tour of Norway, Sweden and Finland. The players wore squad numbers.
- Player MilestoneAlf Kirchen's 1st Cap
- Player MilestoneTom Galley's 1st Cap
- Player MilestoneLen Goulden's 1st Cap
- Goal MilestoneAlf Kirchen's 1st Goal
- Goal MilestoneTom Galley's 1st Goal
- Goal MilestoneLen Goulden's 1st Goal
Sources
- The Times "England beat Norway", Saturday 15th May 1937, Page 5
- www.fotball.no