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Netherlands vs Finland international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Saturday, 27 October 1951, 15:30 (UTC+1:00)
National teams, score:
Netherlands
4-4
Finland
Competition:
International Friendly
Referee:
George Mitchell, Falkirk /
Scotland
Attendance, venue:
65 000, Stadion de Kuip (Feijenoord), Rotterdam
Goals:
0-1 (24') Kalevi Lehtovirta, 1-1 (34') Abe Lenstra (pen.), 2-1 (43') Noud van Melis, 2-2 (44') Kalevi Lehtovirta, 2-3 (57') Aulis Rytkönen, 2-4 (69') Jorma Vaihela, 3-4 (78') Noud van Melis, 4-4 (87') Noud van Melis
Netherlands national football team line-up in match Nr.190
Managed by head coach Jaap Van der Leck
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Piet Kraak  
26
30
IJVV Stormvogels, Ijmuiden
Piet Bakers  
1
29
PSV, Eindhoven
Joop Odenthal  
1
27
HFC, Haarlem
Bram Wiertz  
1
31
DWS Amsterdam, Amsterdam
Rinus Terlouw  Captain 
20
29
RV & AV Sparta, Rotterdam
Jan van Schijndel  
12
24
SVV, Schiedam
Cock van der Tuijn  
10
27
Hermes DVS, Schiedam
Abe Lenstra  
22
30
VV Heerenveen, Heerenveen
Noud van Melis  
6
27
EVV Eindhoven, Eindhoven
Loek Biesbrouck   63' 
4
30
RCH, Heemstede
63' Jampie Kuneman  
2
28
HBS, Den Haag
Piet Groeneveld  
3
27
HFC, Haarlem
Finland national football team line-up in match Nr.159
Managed by head coach Aatos Lehtonen
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Kaarlo Laaksonen  
14
30
TuTo, Turku
Kurt Martin  
24
28
VIFK, Vaasa
Stig-Göran Myntti  
29
26
VIFK, Vaasa
Veikko Asikainen  Captain 
46
33
Haka, Valkeakoski
Tapio Pylkkönen  
20
28
Ponnistus, Helsinki
Erik Beijar  
28
30
VIFK, Vaasa
Jorma Vaihela  
23
26
RU-38, Pori
Aulis Rytkönen  
21
22
KuPS, Kuopio
Seppo Pelkonen  
1
21
JoPS, Joensuu
Kalevi Lehtovirta  
21
23
TuPy, Turku
Olof Stolpe  
5
24
VIFK, Vaasa
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Netherlands
12
9.000
28.786
11
4
0
0
Finland
11
21.091
26.948
8
4
0
0
Historical data sources
Het Parool (Amsterdam), №2088, 29 Oct 1951; Delpher
Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (Groningen), №254, 29 Oct 1951; Delpher
De Telegraaf (Amsterdam), №19971, 29 Oct 1951; Delpher
Comments

luciano - posted on 17 March 2014 at 17:25:24

Rinus Terlouw (Netherlands)Veikko Asikainen (Finland)

Makar - posted on 15 March 2015 at 13:59:44

Captains Veikko Asikainen and Rinus Terlouw. (link: )
Netherlands vs Finland post-match head-to-head
WP
62.5
P
4
W
2
D
1
L
1
GF
18
GA
9
GF/P
4.500
GA/P
2.250
Av attendance
22 586
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Netherlands national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
Netherlands vs Norway 2-3
Rotterdam, Wednesday 6 June 1951
Next match:
Friendly International
Netherlands vs Belgium 6-7
Rotterdam, Sunday 25 November 1951
Netherlands football results
Finland national team matches
Previous match:
Nordic Football Championship 1948-1951
Denmark vs Finland 1-0
Copenhagen, Sunday 30 September 1951
Next match:
Friendly International
Luxembourg vs Finland 3-0
Luxembourg City, Sunday 4 November 1951
Finland football results
Top Netherlands goal scorers
1. Beb Bakhuys (1929 - 1937) - 28 goals
2. Kick Smit (1934 - 1946) - 26 goals
3. Leen Vente (1934 - 1940) - 19 goals
... Abe Lenstra (1940 - 1951) - 11 goals
... Noud van Melis (1950 - 1951) - 10 goals
(correct as of October 27, 1951)
Netherlands scorers
Top Finland goal scorers
1. Verner Eklöf (1920 - 1925) - 17 goals
2. Gunnar Åström (1927 - 1934) - 16 goals
3. Aulis Koponen (1924 - 1934) - 16 goals
... Jorma Vaihela (1949 - 1951) - 9 goals
... Kalevi Lehtovirta (1948 - 1951) - 6 goals
... Aulis Rytkönen (1948 - 1951) - 4 goals
(correct as of October 27, 1951)
Finland scorers
Brief match report
Sat. 27 Oct 1951
Stadion de Kuip (Feijenoord), Rotterdam
Netherlands 4-4 Finland
Goals: Lehtovirta 24, Lenstra 34 (11m), van Melis 43, Lehtovirta 44, Rytkönen 57, Vaihela 69, van Melis 78, van Melis 87

Netherlands: Kraak, Bakers, Odenthal, Wiertz, Terlouw (c), van Schijndel, van der Tuijn, Lenstra, van Melis, Biesbrouck (Kuneman 63), Groeneveld. Managed by Van der Leck.

Finland: Laaksonen, Martin, Myntti, Asikainen (c), Pylkkönen, Beijar, Vaihela, Rytkönen, Pelkonen, Lehtovirta, Stolpe. Managed by Lehtonen.

Att: 65 000,
Ref: Mitchell (Scotland)

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