Schoolboys' International Football: Germany beat England 2-1 at Wembley.
Title reads: "Schoolboy International".
Wembley Stadium, London.
Schoolboys' International Football: England v Germany. L/S of Junior Leaders Regiment Royal Artillery marching band on pitch. Various shots of soldiers firing canons across pitch in 21 gun salute. M/S team captains - Detlef Kemena and Frank Barlow - in centre with referee for coin toss. Various shots of football match, intercut with shots of excitable schoolchildren in terraces. Michael Bullock scored for England after 12 minutes but Germany equalised with a goal from Korsikowski before half time and then went onto win with a goal by Bechtold in the second half. Final score was 2-1 to Germany.
England Schoolboys team: Geoffrey Barnett, Edward Harrop, Alan Hignett, David Farrar, Frank Barlow, Vincent Adams, Grant McCulloch, John Hurst, Denis Bond, Michael Bullock, Aiden Maher.
Germany Schoolboys team: Bernd Korsikowski, Herbert Weggen, Juergen Philipp, Udo Toepfershofer, Walter Bechtold, Branimir Friedrich, Detlef Kemena, Frank Fraikin, P. Benzinger, Werner Koeddermann, Hans Werner Hartl.
Note: match programme and newspaper cutting on file.
Old Tony says
I vividly recall seeing this game. We travelled to London by train from our primary school and then walked in an orderly crocodile through the streets around the stadium. We sat in the stand opposite the Royal box on uncomfortable benches with no backs. Before the game we were entertained by some bloke running around the pitch and having his trousers dropped to him from a helicopter!. I also remember the deafening Royal Artillery salute and the community singing , which included, rather surprisingly considering the opposition, the WW1 song "Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag.". The game itself was a little disappointing since England lost. But, at least it didn't rain and I was amazed to find out from the film that I sat in a crowd of 95000! Thanks for the memory.