Brazil 1914

Rolando looks on as Fried leaves the field

The first time that a 'national' selection (drawn from both Rio and São Paulo) had represented Brazil was for a friendly against the touring Exeter City in 1914.

Brazil won 2-0 with goals from Oswaldo Gomes and Osman.

Arthur Friedenreich reportedly lost 2 teeth during the game. He played on.

Brazil		Exeter City
Marcos (América)	G		Reg Loram
Píndaro (Flamengo)	FB		Jack Fort
Nery (Flamengo)	FB		Sam Strettle
Lagreca (AA São Bento)	HB		Jimmy Rigby
Rubens Salles (Paulistano)	HB		Jimmy Lagan
Rolando (Botafogo)	HB		Augustus Harding
Abelardo (Botafogo)	F		Harry Holt
Oswaldo Gomes (Fluminense)	F		Fred Whittaker
Friedenreich (Ypiranga)	F		Billy Hunter
Osman (América)	F		Billy Lovett
Formiga (Ypiranga)	F		Fred Goodwin

Exeter City 1914

In the summer of 1914 Exeter City of the Southern League undertook a tour of Argentina and on their return journey stopped off for 3 games in Rio de Janeiro.
The Exeter chairman, Mr. McGahey, obviously hadn't done his homework on Brazil. He expressed his surprise at seeing a game in progress as they landed in Rio:
... they were all niggers. As black as your hat,and most of them playing in bare feet.
He also presented a less than favourable picture of Brazilian pitches:
If you imagine one of the worst junior grounds you know of, and then take it up and shake it like a carpet and plentifully besprinkle it with stones and pieces of bricks, and then bake the lot in a tropical sun, you will have some remote notion of the ground...

21.7.14 

The Exeter team were an immense hit with the Brazilian public though, and a crowd of 10,000 plus saw them suffer only their second defeat of the tour to a combined Rio /São Paulo XI.

 14.6.14  Select Norte Argentina 1 Exeter City 0 (Buenos Aires)
 21.6.14 Select Sur Argentina 0 Exeter City 3 (Buenos Aires)
 24.6.14  Racing Club 0 Exeter City 2 (Buenos Aires)
 28.6.14  Liga Rosarina 1 Exeter City 3  (Rosario)
 29.6.14  Select Avellaneda 0 Exeter City 5  (Avellaneda) 
   9.7.14  Liga Argentina 0 Exeter City 3 (Buenos Aires)
 11.7.14  Select Argentinos 0 Exeter City 0 (Buenos Aires)
 12.7.14  Liga Argentina 1 Exeter City 3 (Buenos Aires)
 18.7.14  Select English Rio 0 Exeter City 3 (Rio de Janeiro)
 19.7.14  Select Rio Janeiro 3 Exeter City 5  (Rio de Janeiro)
 21.7.14 Select Rio  São Paulo XI. 2 Exeter City 0 (Rio de Janeiro)

P: 11
W: 8
D: 1
L: 2
F: 27
A: 8