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GAME DETAILS

Colombes

Thursday, May 14th, 1931

International Friendly

Attendance: 35,000

France		England
5		2
Lucien Laurent (15), Robert Mercier (18), Marcel Langiller (29), Edmond Delfour (57), Robert Mercier (76)		Sammy Crooks (10), Pongo Waring (71)

Players

FRANCE

GK	Alexis Thépot (Capt.)
RB	Marcel Capelle
LB	Étienne Mattler
HB	Louis Finot
HB	Joseph Kaucsar
HB	Pierre Hornus
OR	Ernest Libérati
IR	Edmond Delfour	(57)
CF	Robert Mercier	(18)	(76)
IL	Lucien Laurent	(15)
OL	Marcel Langiller	(29)

ENGLAND

		Hugh Turner (GK) Cap number 1 Huddersfield Town

		Ernie Blenkinsop (LB) Cap number 17 Sheffield Wednesday

		Tom Cooper (RB) Cap number 8 Derby County

		Alf Strange (Capt.) (RH) Cap number 7 Sheffield Wednesday

		Joe Tate (LH) Cap number 1 Aston Villa

		Tommy Graham (CH) Cap number 1 Nottingham Forest

		Pongo Waring (CF) Cap number 1 Aston Villa

		71

		Harry Burgess (IL) Cap number 3 Sheffield Wednesday

		George Stephenson (IR) Cap number 3 Sheffield Wednesday

		Eric Houghton (OL) Cap number 3 Aston Villa

		Sammy Crooks (OR) Cap number 7 Derby County

		10

1930

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After the game, the French team asked if they could keep the English players'' shirts as a memento. This is when the ritual of exchanging shirts started.

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