Ferencváros Xmas and New Year tour, 1911-12

In 1911 December Ferencváros embarked on a tour that took them to Germany and England. The Budapest press was cynical about the tour, fearing that Ferencváros' reputation (and therefore the reputation of Hungarian football as a whole) would not be enhanced. 
5 of the party, including Imre Schlosser, joined in Munich, where they had been representing Hungary in a 4-1 win over Germany.
After 4 high scoring victories in Germany the Hungarians sailed to England where they were greeted by representatives of the FA and Vivian Woodward. the high point was considered a win over Woking in England. 
Woking had joined the Isthmian League that season (placing them among leading southern Amateurs such as West Norwood, Nunhead, Dulwich Hamlet and London Caledonians). Ferencváros took a 2-0 lead in heavy conditions, which were remarked to hamper the visitors' passing style. The game was ended prematurely due to theses adverse conditions. 

 Ferencváros lost their final match 4-1 against English Wanderers (a strong amateur selection featuring Olympians such as Berry, Hoare and Woodard) . The tourists were also guests at an amateur international in which England beat Wales 10-0.

Incidentally, the attendances for the 2 fixtures in England were not great- 800 at Woking and only 1000 at Stamford Bridge. 

Ferencváros at Woking

News of Ferencváros' successes had been warmly received in Budapest, and the team returned home to a triumphal reception. 

24.12.11	Viktoria Hamburg	3	5	Ferencváros	Hamburg
25.12.11	Bremen	0	5	Ferencváros	Bremen
30.12.11	Hertha BSC	2	4	Ferencváros	Berlin
01.01.12	BFC Preussen	2	7	Ferencváros	Berlin
08.01.12	Woking	2	3	Ferencváros	Woking
10.01.12	English Wanderers	4	1	Ferencváros	Stamford Bridge

P	W	D	L	F	A
6	5	0	1	25	13

Scorers:

Schlosser 9

Pataki 5

Weisz 2

Koródy  6

Borbás 2

1 own goal

Germany v Hungary 1920

It's good to see the British Pathé collection on YouTube- lots of interesting football footage to watch for free.
The above clip shows action from the Germany v Hungary match on 24.10.20.  This was Germany's 3rd game since the end of the 1914-18 war. Interestingly the inter-titles refer to the championship of Europe- a rather mad claim- the previous month Belgium had controversially won Olympic Gold at the expense of Czechoslovakia and both Switzerland and Austria had beaten Germany that summer. Great Britain was seldom thought of as part of Europe in those days, and the title Learning the Game reveals the British attitude towards continental football. This was Germany's 33rd official international. Of the previous 32 they had won 6, drawn 5 and lost 21.
The DFB give the official attendance as 55,000.
Adolf Jäger won the game for the hosts with a 22nd minute penalty.
The referee was Herr Hirrle of Switzerland. 

Germany				Hungary
Theodor Lohrmann		SpVgg.Fürth	G	Károly Zsak	FC Budapest
Georg Schneider		Bayern Münich	B	Károly Fogl	Ujpest
Arthur Mohns	Norden-Nordwest Berlin		B	János Hungler	Ferencvaros
Walter Krause		Victoria Hamburg	H	Vilmos Kertesz	MTK
Karl Tewes		Viktoria 89 Berlin	H	Gyula Zloch	FC Budapest
Carl Riegel		1.FC Nürnberg	H	Zoltán Blum	Ferencvaros
Leo Fiederer		SpVgg.Fürth	F	Jószef Braun	MTK
Tull Harder		Hamburger SV	F	György Molnár	MTK
Adolf Jäger		Altonaer FC 93	F	György Orth	MTK
Luitpold Popp		1.FC Nürnberg	F	Jószef Eisenhoffer	Kispesti
Paul Forell		1.FC Pforzheim	F	Imre Schlosser-Lakatos	MTK
Player coach		Adolf Jäger		Coach	Lajos Tibor

International Goalscoring Landmarks

Goals	Player	Country	Date achieved	Games
10	George Ker	Scotland	25.03.82	5
Queen’s Park’s Geordie Ker scored a hat trick on debut and scored in every international in which he played. He emigrated to North America in 1884.
20	Steve Bloomer	England	07.04.00	12
Bloomer scored in the first 10 internationals he played.
30	Vivian Woodward	England	08.06.08	20
	Imre Schlosser	Hungary	03.07.12	31
Woodward scored 29 goals in 23 matches for England between 1903 and 1911. FIFA also recognise 30 matches that Woodward played for the England Amateurs and the Great Britain Olympic team. His record here included those matches. Schlosser and Woodward faced each other three times, England winning 7-0 on 2 occasions (1908 & 1912) with Woodward scoring one in both matches.  England won 8-2 in 1909, Woodward getting 4 and Schlosser 1.
40	Vivian Woodward	England	20.05.09	29
	Imre Schlosser	Hungary	19.06.14	44
50	Vivian Woodward	England	31.05.09	32
	Imre Schlosser	Hungary	05.11.16	50
60	Vivian Woodward	England	11.12.09	35
70	Vivian Woodward	England	24.03.13	49

International Appearance Landmarks

The table below shows the first player to reach landmark numbers of international appearances.

10	Harry McNeil	Scotland	14.03.81
20	Olphert Stanfield	Ireland	24.02.94
30	Olphert Stanfield	Ireland	27.03.97
40	Vivian Woodward	England *	25.05.11
* This includes appearances for England Amateur and Great Britain, which FIFA classify as full internationals. The FA do not. leaving Woodward with 23 caps.
40	Billy Meredith	Wales	18.01.13
50	Imre Schlosser	Hungary	05.11.16
60	Imre Schlosser	Hungary	09.11.19

During our era (pre 1937) no one reached 70 caps.

Ángel Romano (Uruguay) played his 69th and final international on 14.07.1927

Azzuri

E quel colore di cielo consacrato a Maria è, per quanto a me pare, l’origine del nostro color nazionale. (Luigi Cibrario cit. in Carlo Alberto Gerbaix De Sonnaz "Bandiere stendardi e vessilli di Casa Savoia, dai Conti di Moriana ai Re d'Italia (1200-1861)" (Torino, 1911))

The XI selected for Italy's 3rd international (v Hungary, 06.01.11) were the first to wear the famous blue jerseys that have given the national side their nickname- Azzuri. Italy had previously played in white. In the 1910 trial match the reserve side (The Possibles) had worn blue. 


In the photograph- standing left to right:
Pietro Leone (Pro Vercelli)
 Henry Goodley (referee)
Angelo Binaschi (Pro Vercelli)
 Mario De Simoni (Unione Sportiva Milanese)
 Renzo De Vecchi (Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club)
 Carlo Rampini (Pro Vercelli)
 Enrico Debernardi (Torino)
 Aldo Cevenini (Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club)
 Carlo Corna  (Pro Vercelli)

 Front:
 Felice Berardo (Piemonte)
 Giuseppe Milano (Pro Vercelli)
 Guido Ara  (Pro Vercelli)


Hungary won the match 1-0 with a goal from Imre Schlosser.