Substitutes

The use of substitutes in football is often assumed to have begun in the 1950s. This is not the case however. Recently, carrying out some investigations into the career of Italy's  Renzo De Vecchi,  I was surprised to note that his international debut was made as a substitute in 1910. This prompted me to look for other instances of substitutes being used in international matches in the period before the 1914-18 war. 
We will make an important distinction here; a substitute could be one who deputises for an absent player. In this case though, we will look at players who replaced teammates during the course of a match.
In 1908 at the Olympics one of the 2 France teams made a number of line up changes just before kick off (the 9-0 defeat to Denmark 19.10.08) - and this is not included here.
The records from this era still show plenty of examples of subs not being used, players staying on the field as virtual passengers, teams playing on a man short etc.

The timings are taken from IFFHS. 

1. Wales v Scotland (Wrexham,15.04.89)
Alf Pugh replaced by Sam Gillam (30 mins)
The first instance of  a substitute being used occurred in this British Home Championship match. The initial problem was that Wales' selected goalkeeper, Jim Trainer of Preston North End, did not turn up. Some sources state that Preston would not release him for the game. I do not know what their reason for this would be as the league season had ended and the FA Cup final had already taken place. Trainer's absence was only apparent immediately prior to kick off. There was a delay as Wales sought a replacement. Sam Gillam was the man they sent for. Gillam was then on the books of Wrexham, having previously played for Bolton Wanderers. He wasn't at the Racecourse Ground that day though. However, the man he had replaced as Wrexham Olympic's goalkeeper a few seasons earlier was. Allen 'Alf' Pugh was a 20 year old amateur who had returned to play for his local club , Rhostyllen Victoria (Rhostyllen was a village of a few hundred people).
The Scots consented to Wales starting the game with Pugh in goal until Gillam arrived. 
Pugh enjoyed twenty odd minutes of international football before Gillam replaced him. They shared a clean sheet in the first goalless international match for 17 years. 

2. Netherlands v Belgium ( Rotterdam, 26.04.08)
Charles Cambier replaced by Georges Mathot (half time) or according to some sources
Georges Mathot replaced by Camille Vanhoorden (half time).
The Netherlands captain,  Karel Heijting, approved the replacement. Having looked at various statistics on Belgian international appearances, I believe that it was a case of Georges Mathot coming on for Cambier.

3. Netherlands v  France (Rotterdam, 10. 05.08)
Julien Denis replaced by Victor Denis (55 mins)
A debut for Victor Denis as he came on on place of his brother Julien.  There was, it appears, an element of subterfuge here. Juliien having agreed to feign injury in order to give his brother his debut. Neither brother played another international. Julien was killed in action in 1915, and Calais' stadium is named in his honour. 

Gustav Bark

4. England (Amateurs) v  Switzerland (Royal Park, London, 09.04.10 )
Emile Glaser replaced by Gustav Bark (8 mins)
Emile Glaser was captaining Switzerland for the first time in his 3rd international appearance. In the 8th minute he sustained an injury. He never played international football again. Heinrich Müller took over the captaincy and Gustav Bark came on to make his international debut.  The England Amateur XI were already 1-0 when Glaser left the field, and conceded a further 3 in the next 5 minutes. Centre half  Bark, later a great success in Germany with 1 FC Nuremberg, was reportedly chaired from the field at the end of the game by the England players for his gutsy display. 

Peco Bauwens

5. Germany v Belgium (Duisburg, 16.05.10, )
 Peco Bauwens replaced by Andreas Breynk (55 mins)
Germany (uncharacteristically?) were somewhat disorganized going into this fixture. The National Championship final between Karlsruher FV and FV Holstein Kiel  had been played the previous day. That left only 7 of the German first XI available. Local players were hastily recruited. Andreas Breynk was there as a specatator, but when Peco Bauwens was forced to retire through injury Breynk found himself representing Germany. 
Herr Bauwens, of course, went on to become a leading referee.

Renzo De Vecchi

6. Hungary v Italy (Millenáris Budapest, 26.05.10, )
Aldo Cevenini replaced by Renzo De Vecchi (half time)
Hungary were 2-0 up when the 16 year old defender Renzo De Vecchi came on in place of centre forward Cevenini. Milan's  De Vecchi remains Italy's youngest ever internationalist.


7. England (Amateurs) v Denmark (Park Royal, London,21.10.11)
Sofus Hansen replaced by Ivar-Lykke Seidelin-Nielsen (half time)
Goalkeeper Hansen broke his ankle.  Ivar-Lykke Seidelin-Nielsen came on for the second half and Castella went in goal. 

Henri Leroy

8. Netherlands v Belgium  (Dordrecht, 28.04.12 )
Henri Leroy replaced by Camille Vanhoorden (28 mins)
Another goalkeeper injury. Belgium had already been reduced to 10 men by an injury to Jan Van Cant
Sylvain Brébart went in goal. It must have been quite some game- Belgium fought back from 3-0 down (2 goals in the first 2 minutes!) and had a penalty saved before Netherlands secured a 4-3 win.

9. Finland v Italy (Traneberg Stockholm, 29.06.12 )
Carlo De Marchi replaced by Vittorio Morelli di Popolo (half time)
In the 1912 Olympic tournament substitutes were allowed by mutual agreement. This was the only occasion in which the substitute was called on. In 35 degrees of heat Finland required extra time to beat Italy. These  75 minutes as  a substitute were Morelli di Popolo's only international experience, which is more than the man he replaced, as De Marchi was not called upon again. 

Joseph Musch

10.England (Amateurs)  v Belgium  (County Ground, Swindon, 09.11.12)
Hector Goetinck replaced by Joseph Musch (30 mins)

11. France v  Italy (Stade de Paris, 12.01.13)
Attilio Treré replaced by Carlo Galletti (half time)
Treré damaged his knee in a 'collision'. 

12. England (Amateurs) v Netherlands (Anlaby Road, Hull, 15.11.13)
Jan Vos replaced by Willy van Holthe (half time)
England captain Viv Woodward was a gentleman and a good sport. Not the sort of chap you'd want to collide with , though. When Jan Vos did just that Woodward was so concerned by the ensuing injury that he invited the Dutch to bring on a sub.

Attilio Treré

13. Italy v  Austria (Milan, 11. 01.14)
Guido Ara replaced by Attilio Treré (6 mins)
A year after being substituted Treré was now the substitute, winning his 5th and final cap. 

Russinho - Concurso Monroe 1930

Russinho

In 1930 the  Veado tobacco company sponsored a poll in Brazil to determine who was the nation's favourite footballer. The contest was known as the Concurso Monroe and the prize was a Chrysler sports car. This is pretty impressive  as theoretically the game in Brazil was an amateur affair. More aristocratic clubs such as Fluminense kept up this pretense with more vigour than their proletarian neighbours such as Botafogo and Vasco. However, professionalism was not openly accepted until 1933. The results of the poll (and the number of votes is quite staggering) was:


1.Russinho (Vasco da Gama) 2,900,649

2. Agostinho Fortes Filho (Fluminense) 2,048,483

3. Filó (Paulistano) 722,563

So, Russinho got the car.

These were halcyon days for Russinho. as he had been top scorer in Vasco's championship winning side of 1929, and just a month after receiving the car he was off to Uruguay to play for Brazil in the World Cup.

I'm guessing that Moacyr Siqueira de Queirós, who was born in Rio, got the name Russinho because of his appearance? He was also known as  Demônio Louro (The Blonde Demon). He joined Vasco from Andrahdy in 1924 as a 22 year old. In 10 years with Vasco he won 3 championships (1924, 1929 and 1934) and was artilheiro (top scorer) in 1929 and 1931. In total he scored 225 goals for the club. He later joined Botafogo and won a further championship with them (1935).
Russinho only got 2 international caps. He played in the 4-0 win over Bolivia in the 1930 World Cup, and in a 1930 friendly against Yugoslavia , in which he scored. 

Russinho, in his playing kit, is awarded the car at Estádio São Januário.

A Romance of Football...

http://www.spurshistory.com/index.html

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Barcelona was the scene of healthy football development at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The Catalunya championship and its forerunners, the Copa Macaya and the Copa Barcelona were contested by such Barcelona based clubs as F. C. Barcelona (founded 1899), FC Català (1899), Hispania AC (1900), C. Español de Fútbol (1900) and Foot ball Club X (1902).
The histories of these last 2 clubs are inexorably linked:

Ángel Rodríguez Ruiz, founder of Sociedad Española de Football 

Sociedad Española de Football was founded by University students in Barcelona in 1900. It is said  to have been the first Spanish club for Spanish players, independent of the input of foreign settlers.  In 1901 the name was changed to Club Español de Fútbol.
In 1902-03 they won the Copa Macaya . They travelled to Madrid to play in the 1903 Copa del Rey but were beaten by Madrid (1-4) and Athletic Bilbao (0-4) . In 1903-04 they won the  Catalunya championship.
 In 1906 Club Español de Fútbol disbanded when a number of student-players had to leave Barcelona.

Foot ball Club X was founded in Barcelona in 1902. The club entered the  Copa Barcelona  1902-03, but withdrew.   When In 1906 Club Español de Fútbol (Espanyol) disbanded Foot ball Club X benefited , several of Espanyol's former players joining their ranks. In the  1905-1906  season they were Catalunya champions.
The following season Foot ball Club X were champions of Catalunya again, following drama and controversy in the final game of the season.  In the match between X and Barcelona the referee added on a considerable amount of time. During this added time Barcelona scored from a penalty, making the score 3-3. However, after the game the referee reconsidered his actions in adding on the time, and declared that the penalty should never have been. X were awarded a 3-2 win. However, X, in the person of their captain  Miquel Gibert Pujol, offered Barcelona a replay, which X won 3-1. 
In 1907-1908 the club completed a hat trick of championships. They were now known as X Sporting Club.


In December 1908 a number of the former Espanyol players who had left Barcelona in 1906 returned to the city. This effectively led to the revival of Espanyol  at the expense of  X Sporting Club, who ceased to exist.
 Renamed as Club Deportiu Espanyol, the club won the Catalunya championship in 1911-1912.

Penalties in Internationals

The introduction of the penalty kick came in the 1891-92 season. The first penalty kick in international football duly arrived that spring when the British Home Championships came around.
England played Wales and Ireland simultaneously that year, on March 5th. The Ireland match took place at the Solitude Ground, Belfast. Harry Daft had put England 2-0 up with goals either side of half time*.
In the later stages of the match Sam Torrans was fouled by Stoke's Alf Underwood and Scottish referee Mr Robert F. Harrison pointed to the twelve yard mark for a 'free kick'.
Torrans himself took the kick. Bill Rowley (also of Stoke) saved, blocking the shot. The rebound fell to Torrans' Linfield teammate William Dalton, but Rowley was able to save the follow up too.

Rowley

Torrans

Here is a contemporary report of the incident: 
Towards the close a penalty kick was given against Underwood for fouling Torrans in the mouth of the English goal. The free kick proved fruitless, and play was continuing briskly in the Irish lines when the whistle sounded, leaving the score — England 2 goals. Ireland 0 goal. 

Sheffield Independent (07.03.92)

* IFFHS is wrong on this point, claiming that the penalty came when the score was 0-0.

Torrans had an interesting career. On the domestic scene he was hugely successful with Linfield. He was capped 26 times by Ireland (3 wins, 3 draws, 20 defeats). He never scored but did register 3 own goals. 
Torrans was on the park when the first ever penalty was scored in an international. This came four years later  by which time Torrans had moved back into defence. 
On 28th March 1896, again at the Solitude Ground in difficult conditions, Ireland managed a 3-3 draw with Scotland,
Torrans' Linfield teammate Bob Milne gave Ireland a 3-2 lead in the 43rd minute with the first successfully converted penalty kick in the history of International football. Queen's Park's Kenneth Anderson was the goalkeeper.

Milne 

Mr James Cooper (England) was the referee. Contemporary reports are rather vague on the precise reason the penalty was awarded. 

Jorge Bottyan

I haven't been able to find out a great deal about Jorge (sometimes given as Luis) Bottyan. He appears on lists of Hungarian players who played in Argentina. I don't know how he came to live and play in Argentina, and I don't know if he had a career in Hungary. 
Bottyan played for Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors, the Buenos Aires club founded by Anarchists on 1st  May 1906 and known as Los Funebreros (The Undertakers). He was with them between 1934 and 1938.
I love the way in which footballers, and more specifically goalkeepers, were portrayed in the Argentine media of the 1920s and 30s. They seem to exude an heroic, casual calm.  In this picture  Bottyan has an aristocratic air of insouciance. Despite the knee pads. 

Teddy Duckworth- Switzerland 1924

The 1924 Olympics in Paris marked a high point in the history of Swiss Football. 
In 19 years of international football the Swiss had played 53 matches, recording 15 wins, 9 draws and 29 defeats.
At the tournament they began by smashing Lithuania 9-0. Paul Sturzenegger (FC Zurich) scored 4 and  Max 'Xam' Abegglen (Grasshopper) 3.
In the next round they drew 1-1 with Czechoslovakia, winning the replay 1-0.
The following match saw Sturzenegger and Abegglen score as Vittorio Pozzo's Italy were beaten 2-1.
Abegglen added another 2 goals to his tally as Switzerland beat Sweden 2-1. This game took place on the 5th June, which was also the expiry date for the Swiss party's rail tickets! They considered withdrawing in order to avoid incurring additional costs but a newspaper appeal raised the funds needed to prolong their stay in Paris.  This victory over the Swedes, the surprise package of the games, set up a final against Uruguay.
The Swiss were easily beaten 3-0 in front of a crowd of 60,000. Abegglen finished top scorer with 6 goals (second only to Petrone, on 8) and Sturzenegger scored 5. Xam Abegglen scored 34 goals in 68 appearances for Switzerland , a record that was unequaled until 2001.

The Swiss national team was run by a three man committee known as  the Technical Commission. Each area of the country was represented by a coach. The Swiss favoured this arrangement up until the 1934 World Cup. In this case the trio was Jimmy Hogan (England-Young Boys), Dori Kürschner (Hungary- Grasshopper) and Teddy Duckworth (England- Servette). Hogan, of course, was one of the most influential figures in the development of continental football. Kürschner  had enjoyed success in Hungary, Germany and with Grasshopper- but it was his influence on Brazilian coaching and tactics that later made his name. The triumvirate was headed by Teddy Duckworth.
Duckworth was the man who actually took the team to Paris, and it was he who was awarded a silver medal. 
Duckworth (whose first names were Thomas Crook- Teddy being a nickname) was born in Blackpool, Lancashire. He made his debut for Blackpool FC in 1902. He played at outside right.
He played 9 games in the 1902-03 season before moving to West Ham United of the Southern League. He then joined First Division Blackburn Rovers. His only 1st team appearance in 2 seasons at Rovers came on 1st October 1904, a 1-0 defeat at home to The Wednesday. Duckworth  rejoined Blackpool in 1905-06, making a further 21 appearances for the club.
Duckworth's coaching career appears to have begun in 1919 when he joined Servette. Under his leadership 
Servette won Swiss Série A in 1922,1925, 1926 and 1930. They won the Swiss Cup in 1928.
Duckworth led the Switzerland selection to the Olympics in 1928, but they went out in the first round, beaten 4-0 by Germany. 

William Dick

Whereas Scotland were quite slow to take to international football, the opposite could so easily have been true. Scotland would have been trailblazers on the international scene had it not been for the early death of William Dick.

When Dick passed away in 1880 he was in the process of organizing a Scottish FA tour of Canada. The tour never took place.  Dick was only 29 when he died. He had been the Secretary of the Scottish FA for 5 years. He had also founded the Scottish Football Annual in 1875.

Dick officiated as referee in 2 international matches- both of which resulted in wins for Scotland, 2-0 over Wales at Wrexham on 05.03.1877 and a 7-2 win over England at 1st Hampden on 02.03.1878.

Belgium v France 07.05.05

These days, of course, International football is the centre of  a multi million euro industry that involves sponsorship, media rights, endorsements...
It might be refreshing to look back at the earlier days, when the amateur ethic prevailed and there was an altogether more relaxed attitude to the arrangement and completion of fixtures. 
Let's look at one of the oldest continental football rivalries, Belgium against France.

The second meeting between the 2 countries took place on 7th May 1905  at Vivier d'Oie, Brussels  An attendance figure of 300 is recorded.

The first incident of note occurred when France objected to the inclusion of Eric Thornton in the Belgian side.  

Eric Thornton

Goalkeeper Thornton was British. He studied in Belgium and had represented Brussels University in the 1900 Olympic Games. Thornton played his club football with Leopold Club de Bruxelles. He had played an international for Belgium against Netherlands.  The French, however, were not happy at Belgium  having an Englishman in their line up and their protest delayed the kick off by an hour. 
Robert Hustin of Racing Club de Bruxelles was sent for to replace Thornton and so the match could begin...


Except that Belgium only had ten players...
Gustave Vanderstappen (Union St.-Gilloise) arrived at the ground late despite the hour delay.

But Belgium could begin with ten men, so the game could kick off...
Except that there was no referee...
Mr John Lewis, the highly respected English referee was travelling to Brussels to officiate in the match. Mr Lewis was an ardent traveler who clocked up thousands of miles in order to referee matches, always refusing to claim his expenses.  Mr Lewis had arrived in Brussels routinely. However, the coach taking him to the ground had got lost. Very lost...
Fortunately Rodolphe Seeldrayers was on hand. Herr Seeldrayers was a German, but his role in the development of Belgian sport is inestimable. He was a founder member of the Royal Belgian Union of the Football Association Societies. Later he served  as president of FIFA. The French had no qualms about him stepping into the breech.
Fifteen minutes of football, no goals , but the arrival , firstly of Vanderstappen to make his country's number up to XI, and then of Mr Lewis (suitably agitated I'm sure).
The 15 minutes played were allowed to stand. Mr Lewis relieved Herr Seeldrayers of the refereeing duties. 

Fernand Canelle 

Belgium were winning 4-0 when in the 65th minute the French reaped something of a reward for their earlier protest. Their own goalkeeper, Georges Crozier (Union Sportive Parisienne), was on military service. He had to leave in order to catch a train to get back to his barracks on time. Team Captain Fernand Canelle went in goal for the remainder of the match.
Belgium won the eventful encounter 7-0. 

Swansea Town's First Trophy...

Swansea Town claimed their first trophy during their very first season. The Southern League second division side won the Welsh Cup at the first attempt, overcoming the other major Welsh clubs in the process. 

In the preliminary round Swansea beat Milford Town 3-1. In the first round they overcame Mond Nickel Works by 5-0. This set up a derby with Llanelly Town at the Vetch which Swansea won 2-1. Swansea visited the Racecourse in round 3, and beat Wrexham, then of the Birmingham and District League, 3-1. 

In the 4th round Swansea were drawn away to Merthyr Town of the Southern League first division. Swansea emerged as 3-0 winners and returned to Penydarren Park for the semi final, beating Cardiff City 4-2. 

The final was held at Ninian Park on 19th April 1913. Pontypridd (also of the Southern League second division) were the opponents. A crowd of  9,000 watched a 0-0 draw. The replay was held at Mid Rhondda FC (Tonypandy) on 24th April. Swansea's winner is credited to Greirson in these press cuttings, whereas the Welsh Football Data Archive has Anderson as the scorer. 

The Swansea Town line up was :
Fisher, W J Nicholas, A Sutherland, C Duffy, J Hamilton, Jepp, Manser, Anderson, Weir, Grierson, Swarbrick

Corinthian FC Timeline 1882-1914

1882-  Corinthians FC formed by N. Lane Jackson, assistant secretary of the Football Association, who was alarmed by the way in which English football was falling behind the Scottish game .The Corinthians original constitution stated that the club play no competitive matches, only friendlies.

Between 1883 and 1890, 52 of the 88 caps awarded against Scotland went to Corinthian players.

1883- EasterTour- having played 15 matches in their debut season, Corinthian FC embarked on their first ever tour. It was an ambitious undertaking, playing 4 matches in 4 days against northern clubs who were undoubtedly 'professional'. Accrington beat Corinth 4-3 before the tourists secured 2-0 victories over both Church and Bootle before losing 5-4 at Stoke.

P	W	D	L	F	A
4	2		2	11	9

1884 First Xmas Tour- (more than 50% of the Corinth games played before 1890 took part on such Xmas tours). Corinth played 7 north of England clubs , a match a day for a week! The opponents were Blackburn Rovers, Blackburn Olympic,  Darwen, Bolton Wanderers, Sheffield FC, Preston North End and Nottingham FA.

P	W	D	L	F	A
7	2	1	4	18	21

1894 England field an XI of Corinthian members

1895 England field an XI of Corinthian members
1897 Tour of South Africa- Corinth played 23 matches on the summer tour, using a meagre squad of 14! 3 games were played against South African representative XIs. 

P	W	D	L	F	A
23	21	2		113	15

‘Test’ Matches
14.08.97	South Africa	0	3	Corinthians
19.08.97	South Africa	1	4	Corinthians
13.09.97	South Africa	1	2	Corinthians

1898- Sheriff Of London Charity Shield  - shared with Sheffield United after 2 draws.

1900- Sheriff Of London Charity Shield  - beat Aston Villa  2-1

1903- Tour of South Africa- 2 games were played against South African representative XIs.

P	W	D	L	F	A
25	22	2	1	72	18

‘Test’ Matches
25.07.03	South Africa	0	5	Corinthians
05.09.03	South Africa	0	4	Corinthians

1904- Easter tour of Austria, Hungary and Germany, winning handsomely against such clubs as MTK, BTC, Slavia Prague and VfB Leipzig, averaging 6 goals a game.

P	W	D	L	F	A
8	8			53	8

1904- Sheriff Of London Charity Shield beat Bury 10-3.

1904- Corinthians 11 Manchester United 3- the biggest defeat ever inflicted on a Manchester United side

1904- Scandanavian tour playing Gothenburg, Stockholm and Copenhagen select teams. Stockholm came off pretty badly, losing their 2 matches with Corinth by an aggregate of 25-1!.

P	W	D	L	F	A
5	5			39	2

 1906- A tour  of Germany and Netherlands in April.

P	W	D	L	F	A
4	4			30	3

1906- August and September 1906 saw a strong Corinthian squad undertake a 17 match tour of Canada and the USA.
On August 28th Cincinnati were on the receiving end of a club record 19-0 hammering. Fall River inflicted a 3-0 defeat on Corinth on September 13th and also gained a 1-1 draw the following day.

P	W	D	L	F	A
17	14	2	1	122	14

1907- joined the newly formed Amateur Football Alliance.
1907-  2 month 24 match tour of South Africa that included 3 'test matches' against South African representative XIs.

P	W	D	L	F	A
24	12	7	5	46	29

‘Test’ Matches
17.08.07	South Africa	1	2	Corinthians	Johannesburg
24.08.07	South Africa	0	2	Corinthians	Bloemfontein
14.09.07	South Africa	1	1	Corinthians	Cape Town

1908- Easter tour to Paris, 3 matches in 4 days. The opponents were Comité de Paris (beaten 5-1), Standard Athletic (a club founded by English ex-pats and winners of the Paris/ French Championships on 4 occasions- beaten 9-0) and a team of English players (Outcasts, beaten 7-2).

P	W	D	L	F	A
3	3			21	3

1909- Easter tour of Prague and Switzerland. The opening game of the tour, a 0-0 graw with Slavia Prague, saw that unusual occurence, controversey in a Corinthians game. In the 90th minute the referee awarded a penalty to Slavia after the ball had struck a defender on the shoulder. Both teams protested against the award of the spot kick! Witht the 15,000 crowd believing they were about to see Corinthians first ever defeat on the continent  Braddel, the player who had been penalized  picked up the ball and the referee blew for time. 0-0! Slavia were beaten 3-1 the following day and victories also followed over a Prague select XI, FC Servette and Lausanne.

P	W	D	L	F	A
6	5	1		20	1

 1910-  Tour of Brazil.
In August and September 1910 Corinth played 6 matches in Brazil. A 17 day voyage followed by 3 matches in Rio de Janeiro and 3 in São Paulo. It was during this tour that Sport Club Corinthians Paulista were founded by a group of São Paulo  workers who were impressed by the tourists. 

24.08.10	Fluminense	1	10	Corinthians	Rio de Janeiro
26.08.10	Rio XI	1	8	Corinthians	Rio de Janeiro
28.08.10	Brazilian XI	2	5	Corinthians	Rio de Janeiro
31.08.10	Palmeiras	0	2	Corinthians	São Paulo
02.09.10	CA Paulistano	0	5	Corinthians	São Paulo
04.09.10	São Paulo AC	2	8	Corinthians	São Paulo

P	W	D	L	F	A
6	6			38	6

 1911 Corinthians traveled to San Sebastian in Northern Spain where they played 2 games against London Nomads (who they beat 7-0 and 6-0) as well as Real Sociedad (beaten 3-1). 

 1912- Corinthians spent the Easter period in Bohemia and Moravia. 
The rivalry with Slavia Prague was renewed. The opening game of the tour saw Corinthians beating Slavia 5-1. In the rematch the following day Slavia prevailed by 3-1. 2 days later Corinth suffered another defeat, Bohemia beating them 4-2 in Prague. 3 days later in Brno SK Moravska Slavia were beaten 9-2 and the following day in Bratislava a Moravian XI were defeated 3-1. 

P	W	D	L	F	A
5	3		2	20	10

1913- A return to Brazil, playing before crowds of 10,000.

21.08.13	Rio Select	2	1	Corinthians	Rio de Janeiro
23.08.13	Rio Foreigners XI	0	4	Corinthians	Rio de Janeiro
28.08.13	Rio Brazilian XI	1	2	Corinthians	Rio de Janeiro
31.08.13	CA Paulistano	1	2	Corinthians	São Paulo
02.09.13	Mackenzie College	2	8	Corinthians	São Paulo
04.09.13	Palmeiras	1	1	Corinthians	São Paulo

P	W	D	L	F	A
6	4	1	1	18	7