The Archive · 1940

England Kicks Off

England kicked off with the sun, but Karolitch robbed Ward of the ball and ran down the wing only to waste a fine chance by kicking wildly within a few feet of the goal. Jelly and McClarty combined well to pass (he Russian defence and the latter passed to Ward, who ballooned.. Russia was the first to score when Karo-litch and Galliunas dribbled their way through and the latter gave Morris no chance with a drive from point blank range. England had the better of the exchanges for a time and kept peppering at the Russian goal but the fine work of Tivoniuk between the Russian posts stopped all their attacks.

A few minutes before the end of the first half, Kravchenko handled the ball just outside the penalty area and the referee awarded a free kick to the English. McClarty took the kick and passed the ball to Jelly, who back-heeled it to Kinsella. With no one but the goalie ahead of him, Kinsella equalised with a powerful aomi into the left corner of the net, England reshuffled her line-up in the second half and Arnold and Kinsella dropped out, while their places were taken by Parr and Harrison. The change was successful as within "ten minutes after the resumption McClarty put his side up from a centre by Parr. Five minutes later, Parr made it 3-1 for England after a nice solo effort.

The Russians were not to be discouraged and Galliunass, the centre forward, decreased the score some minutes later with the best goal of the game. He scored with a header, beating the advancing goalie to the ball. Three minutes later, the same player levelled the score to 3-all from a pass by Karolitch. A dingdong battle for the winning goal ensued, with McClarty doing the trick

end. for the English a minute before the France 6, Scotland 2

France: Levy, Vinh, Roussel, Pecquery. Sinh, Bossuet, Collet.

Scotland: Camerón, "McShannon, Thomson, Smellie, Gilmour, Duncan, Murphy.

France had a rather easy time in beating Scotland by 6-2 to enter the semi-finals of the International Cup. The game was played in a friendly manner and produced some pretty football, although Scotland was rather outclassed. Collet, playing as left wing, was the star of the game, scoring no less than four goals, while Bossuet and Sinh tallied the remaining two. Murphy was reason sible for the two Scottish goals, Collet scored the first goal for his side in the 15th minute when Thomson handled the ball and the referee awarded a penalty to the French. He was also responsible for the second goal Vinh touched the ball near the goal-line and Thomson, taking the shot, directed the ball straight to the

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