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A Pictorial History
1947-48 Friendlies
FIRST PRACTICE MATCH
Club Colours v. Blues
Upton Park
2 - 3
9 August 1947
CLUB COLOURS (Bainbridge, Neary)
Gregory
Corbett
Forde
Cater
Walker
Small
Woodgate
Parsons
Travis
Neary
Bainbridge
BLUES (Chapman, Hall, Parker)
Chiswick
Yeomanson
Devlin
Armstrong
Bradly
Wilson
Dowers J.
Hall
Chapman
Parker
Wright
REPORT:
SECOND PRACTICE MATCH
Club Colours v. Blues
Upton Park
8 - 2
16 August 1947
CLUB COLOURS
(Wright 3, Neary 2, Cater, Hall, Woodgate)
Gregory
Corbett
Forde
Cater
Walker
Moroney
Woodgate
Hall
Neary
Wright
Bainbridge
BLUES (Card, Parker)
Taylor (Chiswick 2nd-half)
Yeomanson
Sadler
Armstrong
Banner (Bicknell 2nd-half)
Wilson
Dowers J.
Parker
Chapman
Card R. (Proudlock 2nd-half)
Wood
REPORT:
COLCHESTER UNITED : Reserves
Layer Road
4 - 2 (Brown, Travis, Tucker, Wright0
27 September 1947
Chiswick
Bicknell
Sadler
Armstrong
Bradly
Wilson
Barrett Jnr.
Brown R.
Travis
Wright
Tucker
Our Reserves spent a pleasant afternoon at Colchester, winning the friendly game with the United by 4-2. It was an interesting match to watch, and our forwards shared the goals as evenly as possible, Wright, Tucker, Travis and R. Brown each getting one. The exception was young Jim Barrett, who had his first outing in our colours this season; he played at outside-right, and acquitted himself well.
CHELTENHAM TOWN : Reserves
Agg-Gardner's Recreation Ground
5 - 0 (Travis 4, Tucker)
18 October 1947
Chiswick
Bicknell
Devlin
Cater
Bradly
Armstrong
Chapman
Hall
Travis
Wood
Tucker
We arranged a friendly game for our Reserves against Cheltenham Town, and our lads recorded their third successive nap-hand with a 5-0 victory, With the exception of Tadman 9ex-Charlton Athletic) who was injured, the Glocestershire club fielded their full Southern League side, which inluded several former Football League stars. The home supporters were loud in the praise of the Hammers who gave, in their opinion, the best exhibition of soccer seen there this season. Don Travis foured four good goals Ken Tucker netted the other after beating three opponents.
SNOWDOWN COLLIERY : Reserves
Away
5 - 0 (Chapman 2, Hall, Travis)
29 November 1947
Chiswick
Bicknell
Sadler
Cater
Bradly
Armstrong
Chapman
Dunn
Travis
Hall
Parker
We were succesful in arranging a friendly against Snowdown Colliery, which is about eight miles from Canterbury. The Colliers are members of the Kent League, but their spirited show was unavailling against the brilliance of our lads who won by five clear goals.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR : Juniors
Upton Park
2 - 3 (Unknown)
6 April 1948
Line-up Unknown
An appreciative attendance saw some keen football by our Junior XI and their opponents - Tottenham Hotspur Juniors. The result was 2-3 in the visitors' favour, but we saw enough of our young Hammers to give us hope of a bright future for them in our colours.
FINCHLEY : Reserves
Summers Lane
2 - 5 (Proudlock, Tucker)
10 April 1948
Chiswick
Devlin
Sadler
Armstrong
Bradly
O'Farrell
Chapman
Batey G.
Travis
Proudlock
Tucker
REPORT:
BRENTFORD
Griffin Park
2 - 1 (Parker, Wright)
24 April 1948
Taylor
Devlin
Sadler
Armstrong
Wilson
O'Farrell
Lloyd J.
Wright
Chapman
Proudlock
Parker
Fielding an experimental side, with Wilson, normally a centre-forward at centre-half, Parker on the left wing, and introducing newcomer Lloyd on the right, West Ham Reserves were good value for their win in this friendly at Griffin Park.
Brentford were first to score when, 20 minutes after the start, a high swirling corner kick found Taylor unsighted, and the ball finished in the back of the net. Three minutes later West Ham were on terms when Farrell slipped an excellent ground pass through for Parker to run in and equalise. After the interval the Hammers decided matters when, after a great shot from Proudlock had hit the crossbar, Wright was on the spot to promptly bang back from the rebound.
West Ham United Club Tour of Denmark
21 May - 3 June 1948
West Ham United Officials and Players
Norman Corbett, Don Wade and Billy Stephens
A.G.F. AARHUS (Denmark)
Aarhus
1 - 6 (Parsons)
23 May 1948
Gregory
Yeomanson
Forde
Corbett
Walker
Cater
Woodgate
Parsons
Stephens
Hall
Bainbridge
REPORT:
Player Souvenir:
Telegram addressed to Jack Yeomanson
Hotel Royal, Aarhus
Souvenir pin given to our tour opponets
E.F.B. ESBJERG (Denmark)
Esbjerg
2 - 1 (Stephens, Wade)
26 May 1948
Gregory
Yeomanson
Forde
Cater
Walker
Devlin
Woodgate
Parsons
Stephens
Wade
Bainbridge
REPORT:
RANDERS FREJA (Denmark)
Randers
4 - 0 (Hall 3, Stephens)
28 May 1948
Taylor
Yeomanson
Forde
Cater
Walker
Devlin
Woodgate
Parsons
Stephens
Hall
Wade
REPORT:
AALBORG POKAL TURNERING (Denmark)
VAalborg
5 - 2 (Hall , Stephens, Wade)
30 May 1948
Taylor
Yeomanson
Forde
Cater
Walker
Devlin
Woodgate
Hall
Stephens
Wade
Bainbridge
REPORT:
J.B.U. (Denmark)
Vejle
2 - 3 (Wade 2)
1 June 1948
Gregory
Yeomanson
Forde
Corbett
Walker
Cater
Parsons
Hall
Stephens
Wade
Woodgate
REPORT:
Other Matches Played at the Boleyn Ground
ROYAL AIR FORCE v. AMATEUR INTERNATIONALS
Battle of Britain Week
? - ?
17 September 1947
ROYAL AIR FORCE
Line-up Unknown
AMATEUR INTERNATIONALS
Line-up Unknown
REPORT:
WEST HAM BOYS v. HESTON BOYS
Corinthian Shield (Second Round)
? - ?
20 November 1947
WEST HAM BOYS
C
HESTON BOYS
C
REPORT:
WEST HAM BOYS v. EDMONTON BOYS
?
? - ?
20 December 1947
WEST HAM BOYS
C
EDMONTON BOYS
C
REPORT:
WEST HAM BOYS v. HARWICH BOYS
Robert Johnson Cup (Second Round)
? - ?
14 February 1948
WEST HAM BOYS
C
HARWICH BOYS
C
REPORT:
WEST HAM BOYS v. MANCHESTER BOYS
English Shield
? - ?
1 April 1948
WEST HAM BOYS
C
MANCHESTER BOYS
C
REPORT:
FLEETWAY v. SPRAGUE
Printers Charity Cup
? - ?
10 April 1948
FLEETWAY
C
SPRAGUE
C
REPORT:
INTERNATIONAL YOUTH TOURNAMENT
Upton Park
15 April 1948
AUSTRIA v. ITALY
C
16 April 1948
ENGLAND v. BELGIUM)
C
REPORT:
ESSEX BOYS v. KENT BOYS
Inter-County Match
2 - 1
19 April 1948
ESSEX BOYS (?)
C
KENT BOYS (?)
C
REPORT:
EAST HAM BOYS v. HENDON BOYS
Sun Shield (Final)
? - ?
26 April 1948
EAST HAM BOYS
C
HENDON BOYS
C
REPORT:
LONDON TRANSPORT v. MANCHESTER CORP
National Tramways & Omnibus Amateur Football Shield
? - ?
28 April 1948
LONDON TRANSPORT
C
MANCHESTER CORP
C
REPORT:
WEST HAM BOYS v. EAST HAM BOYS
Directors Cup
? - ?
3 May 1948
WEST HAM BOYS
C
EAST HAM BOYS
C
REPORT: