Football game France - England (1931)

The friendly football game opposing the team of France of football and the team of England of football is held on May 14th, 1931. In front of 35.000 spectators with the Olympic stadium Yves-of-Manor of Doves, France is essential 5-2.

For the first time since the historical success of 1921, the team of France demolishes England. But this time Ci, the team of France beats the team of England and its professional players, whereas in 1921, it acted players amateurs.

Teams

France

Alexis Thépot, (Olympic Red Star), 20th selection.
Marcel Capelle, (Racing club of France (football)), 9th selection.
Etienne Mattler, (FC Sochaux-Montbeliard), 9th selection.
Louis Finot, (CA Paris), 5th selection.
Joseph Kaucsar, (Stage Raphaëlois), 2nd selection.
Pierre Hornus, (Sports O. Montpelliérains), 2nd selection.
Ernest Liberati, (Amiens AC), 9th selection.
Edmond Delfour, (Racing club of France (football)), 14th selection.
Robert Draper, (French Club), 1st selection.
Lucien Laurent, (FC Sochaux-Montbeliard), 6th selection.
Marcel Langiller, (Excelsior Athlétic Club of Roubaix), 14th selection.

England

Hugh Turner
Thomas Cooper
Ernest Blenkinsop
Alfred Strange
Thomas Graham
Joseph Touches
Samuel Crooks
George Stephenson
Thomas " Pongo" Waring
Harry Burgess
Eric Houghton

Evolution of the score

France 0:1: Crooks (10)
France 1:1: L. Laurent (15) taken again of a center of Liberati folded back by Draper
France 2:1: Draper (18) shooting out of pivot on center of Liberati
France 3:1: Langiller (29) overflow and shooting in corner after a service of Kaucsar
France 4:1: Delfour (57) shooting in the left attic window on center of Langiller
France 4:2: Waring (71)
France 5:2: Draper (76) taken again of a center-shooting of Liberati.

The first exchange of shirts

At the end it match and in order to have a memory of this memorable victory, the French players propose to the English players to exchange the shirts. The English accept and, for the first time, of the players their shirts exchange. For the anecdote, the tricolor shirts were out of cottons and those of English were a silk short-sleeved shirt.

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