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  • Belgium vs England* Head to Head: Belgium national football team's 2nd victory in 9 matches

Belgium vs England* international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Saturday, 5 May 1923, 17:00 (UTC+1:00)
National teams, score:
Belgium
3-0
England*
Competition:
International Friendly
Referee:
Job Mutters, The Hague /
Netherlands
Attendance, venue:
20 000, Stade à Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek
Goals:
1-0 (26') Rik Larnoe, 2-0 (66') Ivan Thys, 3-0 (67') Maurice Gillis
Belgium national football team line-up in match Nr.67
Managed by head coach William Maxwell (Scotland)
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Jean De Bie  
18
30
RRC Bruxelles, Brussel
Armand Swartenbroeks  Captain 
26
30
Daring Club de Bruxelles SR, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek
Oscar Verbeeck  
21
31
Union Saint-Gilloise SR, Vorst
Dré Fierens  
15
25
Beerschot AC, Antwerpen
Florimond Vanhalme  
9
28
CS Brugeois, Brugge
Achiel Schelstraete  
4
26
CS Brugeois, Brugge
Louis Bessems  
13
30
Daring Club de Bruxelles SR, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek
Ivan Thys  
6
26
Beerschot AC, Antwerpen
Rik Larnoe  
16
25
Beerschot AC, Antwerpen
Maurice Gillis  
7
25
Standard Club Liégeois, Ougrée
Désiré Bastin  
11
23
Royal Antwerp FC, Antwerpen
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Belgium
11
13.273
27.689
7
3
0
0
Historical data sources
La Dernière Heure (Brussels), №126, 06 May 1923; Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België - BelgicaPress
Het Handelsblad van Antwerpen (Antwerp), №124, 06 May 1923; Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België - BelgicaPress
Le Matin (Antwerp), №126, 06 May 1923; Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België - BelgicaPress
La Nation Belge (Brussels), №126, 06 May 1923; Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België - BelgicaPress
Gazet van Anwerpen (Antwerp), №108, 07 May 1923; Concentra online archief
L’Indépendance Belge (Brussels), №127, 07 May 1923; Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België - BelgicaPress
De Schelde (Antwerp), №125, 07 May 1923; Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België - BelgicaPress
Comments

Soproni Démon - posted on 15 September 2011 at 10:02:30

Anglia (amateurs)
Henry Bell (...)

sigi - posted on 24 April 2015 at 08:18:24

Mutters forgot to set his watch before the start of the match. He quietly asked his linesmen how long they had been playing, but both officials didn’t know either. After about 40 minutes Mutters watched the audience closely, and when one of the coaches stood up, he knew it was time. (link: )
Belgium vs England* post-match head-to-head
WP
27.8
P
9
W
2
D
1
L
6
GF
14
GA
40
GF/P
1.556
GA/P
4.444
Av attendance
8 180
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Belgium national team matches
Previous match:
Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad Beker 1923
Netherlands vs Belgium 1-1
Amsterdam, Sunday 29 April 1923
Next match:
Friendly International
Belgium vs England 2-2
Deurne, Thursday 1 November 1923
Belgium football results
Top Belgium goal scorers
1. Robert De Veen (1906 - 1913) - 26 goals
2. Fernand Nisot (1912 - 1914) - 10 goals
... Rik Larnoe (1920 - 1923) - 9 goals
... Maurice Gillis (1922 - 1923) - 4 goals
... Ivan Thys (1923) - 2 goals
(correct as of May 5, 1923)
Belgium scorers
Brief match report
Sat. 05 May 1923
Stade à Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek
Belgium 3-0 England*
Goals: Larnoe 26, Thys 66, Gillis 67

Belgium: De Bie, Swartenbroeks (c), Verbeeck, Fierens, Vanhalme, Schelstraete, Bessems, Thys, Larnoe, Gillis, Bastin. Managed by Maxwell (Scotland).

Att: 20 000,
Ref: Mutters (Netherlands)

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