Bologna & Torino- South American Tour, 1929

Just 3 weeks after the decisive play off match that closed the 1928-29 Italian season, champions Bologna and runners up Torino were in South America on tour. The 2 squads sailed together from Genoa on the Conte Rosso.
The 2 sides had shared 205 goals during the domestic league season, Torino's Trio of Wonders (Rossetti, Libonatti and Baloncieri) scoring 89 between them. 
Following such an arduous season it is perhaps unsurprising that neither side was spectacular on tour. In fact one Torino historian went as far as to describe the excursion as a 'celebratory holiday'. 
 Bologna bolstered their ranks with guests:

Bologna- Gianni, Monzeglio, Gasperi, Genovesi, Baldi, Pitto, Martelli, Schiavio, Busini , Muzzioli (Bologna); Compiani, Tansini (Milan); Dugoni (Modena) Ferrari,  Banchero (Alessandria), Magnozzi (Livorno) , Costantino ( Bari).

I don't know the composition of the Torino squad, but among the tourists was  Roma's Rudolfo Volk, a future Capocannoniere.

Torino's Libonatti faced both his former club (Newell's Old Boys) and his former national team (Argentina).

25.07.29	Carioca Select	3	1	Bologna
28.07.29	Paulista Select	6	4	Bologna
30. 07.29	Corinthians	6	1	Bologna
10.08.29	Uruguay	0	1	Bologna
15.08.29	Argentina	3	1	Bologna
18.08.29	Argentina B	0	0	Bologna
21.08.29	Newell's Old Boys	2	1	Bologna
24.08.29	Huracan	2	1	Bologna
25.08.29	Argentina del Sud	1	2	Bologna
27.08.29	Boca Juniors	1	0	Bologna
30.08.29	Estudiantes de La Plata	3	3	Bologna
01.09.29	Santa Fè	3	0	Bologna
08.09.29	Palestra Italia	4	4	Bologna
10.09.29	Carioca Select	1	3	Bologna
14.09.29	Paulista Select	3	1	Bologna

P	W	D	L	F	A
15	3	3	9	23	38

28.07.29	Argentina	1	0	Torino
03.08.29	Argentina B	1	1	Torino
04.08.29	Argentina	4	1	Torino
08.08.29	Estudiantes de La Plata	5	0	Torino
10.08.29	Independiente	1	2	Torino
15.08.29	Rosario League	2	4	Torino
18.08.29	Newell's Old Boys	2	0	Torino
25.08.29	Uruguay	5	1	Torino
31.08.29	Peñarol	1	1	Torino
07.09.29	Carioca Select	6	0	Torino
10.09.29	Carioca Select	2	1	Torino
13.09.29	Palestra Italia	0	0	Torino
14.09.29	Paulista Select	6	1	Torino

P	W	D	L	F	A
13	2	3	8	12	36

Capocannonieri

The Capocannoniere is the top scorer in Italy's Serie A. As we have seen, before the introduction of the single national league in the 1929-30 season, the national Championships were a complicated affair. However, records relating to the highest scorer are reliable from the 1923-24 season onwards. 
1923-24:

 Heinrich Schönfeld (Austria)- Torino- 22 goals in 20 games scored 51.1 % of his team's goals).
Schönfeld made his debut in professional football at the age of 16 playing as a goalkeeper. After spending 3 seasons in Italy (2 at Torino and 1 at Inter Milan)  Schönfeld returned to Austria to play for Hakoah Vienna. He later spent 3 years in the USA ( Brooklyn Wanderers, Brooklyn Hakoah and New York Hakoah) before returning to Italy.

1924-24:

Mario Magnozzi - Livorno - 19 goals in 24 appearances. (Livorno finished mid-table in Northern Group B, scoring 45 goals. Magnozzi contributed 42.2% of his team's total goals).
Magnozzi was capped 29 times by Italy and appeared in the 1924 and 1928 Olympics (winning a bronze medal in the latter).

1925–26: 

Ferenc Hirzer (Ferenc Híres- Hungary)- Juventus - 35 goals in 26 games (41.6 %).
Hirzer was capped 32 times by Hungary in a 10 year international career, including 2 appearances at the 1924  Olympics . He played top level football in Hungary, Germany and Italy  He had two productive years at Juventus, scoring 50 goals in 43 games. He was Capocannoniere in his first season with Juventus, in which they were National Champions.


1926-27:

Antonio Powolny (Anton Powolny -Austria ) Internazionale- 22 goals in 27 games (35.4 %).
1926-1927  was Austrian born Powolny's only season at Internazionale. Inter finished in 5th place in the final group of 6. Powolny moved on to continue his career in Hungary.

1927-28:

Julio Libonatti (Argentina/Italy) Torino- 35 goals in 32 games (31.5%).

 Libonatti joined Torino in 1926, the first transatlantic move into Italian football.

 Torino  were National Champions in 1927-28.

Libonatti & Rosetti

1928-1929:
Gino Rosetti -Torino- 36 goals in 30 games (31.3%).
Rosetti had a 20 year club career. In 2 spells at Torino he made 238 appearances and scored 145 goals. He was capped 13 times by Italy and appeared in the 1928 Olympics, winning a bronze medal. Torino lost to Bologna in the 1928-29 National Finals.

1929-1930:

Giuseppi Meazza -Ambrosiana- 31 goals in 33 games (36.4%). 

Ambrosiana were scudetto winners.

Meazza spent 13 years at Internazionale/ Ambrosiana. AC Milan rejected him because he was too small and Inter misguidedly played him as a defender in the reserves. They soon rectified this error and Meazza rewarded them with a return of  242 goals in 365 games, beginning with 2 goals on his first team debut. He was Capocannoniere on 3 occasions and scored 33 international goals in his 53 appearances, winning 2 World Cups.

1930-31:

 

Rodolfo Volk (Rodolfo Folchi- Austria-Hungary/ Croatia) - AS Roma 29 goals in 33 games (33.3%).
AS Roma were a creation of the Italian Fascist government. Rodolfo Volk was from Rijeka (Fiume) which is now in Croatia but was part of Austria -Hungary at the time of his birth. 
Roma finished the season as runners-up in Serie A.

1931-32:

Pedro Petrone (Uruguay)-Fiorentina 25 goals in 27 games (46.2%).

Angelo Schiavio - Bologna 25 goals in 30 games (29.4%).

Their respective percentages are telling. Second placed Bologna scored 85 goals whilst Fiorentina, in 4th, managed 54. 

1932-33:

Felice Borel - Juventus-29 goals in 28 games (34.9%).

1933-34:

Felice Borel - Juventus-31 goals in 34 games (35.2%).

In both of the seasons in which Borel was Capocannoniere Juve were scudetto winners. A big scoring side they notched up 80+ goals in both seasons. He celebrated his 20th birthday towards the end of the second season. 

1934-35:

Enrique Guaita  (Enrico Guaita- Argentina/Italy)- Roma-28 goals in 29 games (44.4%)

Guaita arrived in Italy in 1933.
The free scoring Roma ended the season in 4th spot.

1935-36:

Giuseppi Meazza -Ambrosiana- 25 goals in 29 games (40.9%).

Ambrosiana finished 4th despite scoring 22 goals more than champions Bologna.

1936-37:

Silvio Piola-  Lazio-21 goals  in 28 games (37.5%)

Piola was the most prolific goalscorer in the history of Serie A. He started out at Pro Vercelli and moved to Lazio in 1934. He played 619 games in the Italian league, scoring 333 goals. He won 34 international caps, scoring 34 goals, including 2 in the 1938 World Cup final.
In the 1936-37 season Lazio finished second in Serie A.

Football clubs in Turin

1887	Torino Football & Cricket Club	Nobili Torino							1887
1890			Football Club International Torino						1890
1894				Football Club Torinese					1894
1897					Società Ginnastica Torino	Juventus to present			1897
1900									1900
1902							Audace Torino		1902
1903									1903
1905									1905
1906								F C Torino to  2005	1906

Also: Piemonte FC - 1910-1915