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1961-62 Friendlies

Practice Match : Club Colours v. Whites
Upton Park
9 - 4
10 August 1961

Club Colours 9

(Britt 3, Barrett 2, Harris 2, Hugo, Lyall)

Rhodes

Bovington

Lyall

Peters

Lansdowne

Hurst

Bennett

Barrett

Britt

Harris A.

Harvey

Whites 4

(Brett 2, Bovington [og], Woodley)

Herbert

Wilson W. (Ford)

Smith T.

Dawkins (Charles)

Bickles

Charles (Howe)

Woodley

Boyce

Beesley

Brett

Dear

A fast, exciting game between Club Colours and Whites produced 13 goals and gave an interesting insight into West Ham's reserve strength. Colours defence consisted of what will probably be the reserve rearguard. The attack was made up of 'A' team and Colts players.
The probable reserve attack played for Whites infront of a promising, but inexperienced defenders. Colours won 9-4. Teenage attck-leader Martin Britt - a boy to watch - snatched a hat-trick. Inside forward Jimmy Barrett Jnr. and Alan Harris scored two each and left winger Brian Harvey and full-back John Lyall netted one each.
Whites replied through Ron Brett (2), Derek Woodley and Eddie Bovington (own goal). Disappointment was the sluggish form of Whites' inside-forward trio. Ron Boyce, Mick Beesley and Ron Brett rarely clicked into top gear. They were well held by Colours' powerful half-back line of Martin Peters, Bill Lansdowne and Geoff Hurst.
Eddie Bovington and John Lyall formed a powerful full back partnership. Whites' wingers, Derek Woodley and Brian Dear, were given little room in which to work. Hero for Colours was goalkeper Brian Rhodes. He pulled off some magnificent saves during the hectic second half.

CHARLTON ATHLETIC
Upton Park
4 - 3 (Woosnam 2, Deick, Sealey
)
14 August 1961
Att: 7,711

Leslie

Kirkup

Bond

Malcolm

Brown

Moore

Scott

Woosnam

Sealey

Dick

Musgrove

the public practice match attracted a 7,711 attendance to Upton Park. We fielded our prospective First XI and Charlton Athletic made three changes at half-time in their provisional League line-up.
The Athletic equalised through White in the tenth minute after John Dick had put the Hammers in front (five minutes), but Phil Woosnam (15 mins.) and Alan Sealey (42 mins.) made it 3-1 before Kinsey scored Charlton's second (43 mins.). Andy Malcolm equalised for the visitors with an "own goal" seven minutes after the restart, but with six minutes to go Phil Woosnam hit a hard shot with his left foot on the turn to bring us a 4-3 victory.

BEXLEYHEATH & WELLING : Ted Fenton Trophy
Bexleyheath
4 - 2 (Dear 2, Dryden, [og])
21 August 1961

Peters

Wilson W.

Smith T.

Dawkins

Bickles

Charles

Dear

Starkey

Britt

Bennett

Dryden

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BEDFORD TOWN
The Eyrie
2 - 1 (Sealey 2)
18 October 1961
Att: 3,658

Leslie

Kirkup

Bond

Malcolm

Brown

Moore

Crawford

Brett

Sealey

Dick

Musgrove

At the invitation of Bedford Town F.C. we visited The Eyrie to provide the opposition on the occasion of the inauguration of their new floodlights. Unfortunately support for te game was much lower than anticipated, and only 3,500 were present to see our First XI win by 2-1

ENGLAND : Practice Match
Upton Park
0 - 2
23 October 1961

Leslie, Kirkup, Bond, Malcolm, Brown, Moore, Crawford, Woosnam, Sealey, Hurst, Musgrove

England team manager Walter Winterbottom had taken unusually strict precautions to keep their practice game private but Portuguese manager Fernandes Peyroteo implanted himself in the West Ham directors' box to watch what was to have been a top-secret England tactics session ahead of their World Cup Qualifier at Wembley Stadium two days later.

MALMO F.F. (Sweden)
Upton Park
4 - 0 (Dick 2, Scott, Sealey)
30 October 196

Leslie

Kirkup

Bond

Moore

Brown

Hurst

Scott

Woosnam

Sealey

Dick

Crawford

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BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION : South East Counties league
Goldstone Ground
3 - 1 (Bennett, Dryden, Gray)
18 November 1961

Herbert, Waddington, Burnett, Lee, White, Howe, Dryden, Bennett, Gray, Harris, Murphy

There was no League game arranged for our Under-18's last Saturday. so we fixed a friendly with Brighton & Hove Albion Colts away from home. The Seasiders fielded their full Youth Team and it was generally expected that our XI might find it hard going, especially as there were newcomers in the side; however both Paddy Murphy and Don Burnett made encouraging debuts, and but for some excellent goalkeeping we would have won by a bigger margin than 3-1. A cleverly-taken free-kick by Peter Bennett opened the scoring after 27 minutes and the elusive John Dryden scored an opportunist goal from about 20 yards five minutes after the interval; Peter Gray got our third.

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CAMBRIDGE UNITED
University Ground
3 - 0 (Sealey 2, Woosnam)
6 December 1961

Rhodes

Presland

Burkett

Hugo

Lansdowne

Lyall

Woodley

Sealey

Woosnam

Brett

Scott

We were invited to provide the opposition to Cambridge University at the University Ground on Wednesday 6th December, three days prior to the University Match at Wembley Stadium. A pleasant but not-too-strenuous game ended in a 3-0 win for the Hammers with goals by Alan Sealey (2) and Phil Woosnam.

The Cantabs were very pleased with their "tune up," which evidently proved of some use to them, for they beat the Dark Blues by 2-0 in their big match of the season. We certainly enjoyed the trip as well.

SOUTHAMPTON
The Dell
6 - 2 (Tindall 3, Musgrove 2, Scott)
26 January 1962
Att: 8,000

Leslie

Kirkup

Bond

Bovington

Brown

Moore

Scott

Woosnam

Sealey

Tindall

Musgrove

As our League side was without a competitive fixture on January 27th (owing to Cup ties) we arranged a "week-end tour" with two friendlies against South Coast sides.
Southampton provided the opposition on the Friday evening at The Dell and an 8,000 attendance saw the Hammers slam the Saints by 6-2. Malcolm Musgrove got two goals in two minutes after 20 minutes' play and although Penk got one in the next minute Tony Scott and Ron Tindall made it 4-1 by half-time. Within 20 minutes after the restart Tindall had completed his hat-trick, but a fighting home side reduced their arrears through O'Brien with six minutes to go.

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION
Goldstone Ground
1 - 3 (Woosnam)
27 January 1962
Att: 4,794

Leslie

Kirkup

Bond

Bovington

Brown

Moore

Scott

Woosnam

Sealey

Tindall

Musgrove

On the following day only 4,794 turned up at the Goldstone Ground where Brighton & Hove Albion beat us 3-1, but they were probably delighted to see the home side beat First Division opposition. Bertolini (4 mins.;, Sitford (12 mins.) and Nicholas (23 mins.) scored for Brighton in the first half and Phil Woosnam got the Hammers' "consolation" five minutes from the end.

READING
Elm Park
2 - 4 (Crawford 2)
5 March 1962
Att: 3,172

Leslie

Kirkup

Lyall

Bovington

Lansdowne

Moore

Sealey

Woosnam

Tindall

Dick

Crawford

At the invitation of Reading F.C. we visited their Elm Park Ground for a friendly fixture on Monday 5th March.

Unfortunately the evening was foggy and the gate was kept down to a mere 3,172.
There was a goalless first half, but scoring started soon after the resumption. Two goals by Ian Crawford gave us what seemed to be a commanding lead, but the home side came back in great style to equalise through Wesley Maugham and Dennis Allen ; the 22-year-old Maugham (a recent acquisition from Southampton) gave a splendid performance in the late stages and went on to complete his hat-trick for the Biscuitmen to win by 4-2.

GUILDFORD CITY
Josephs Road
1 - 1 (Hugo)
14 April 1962

Rhodes

Burkett

Lyall

Bovington

Lansdowne

Peters

Dear

Boyce

Beesley

Sissons

Hugo

As they were without a Football Combination fixture last Saturday we arranged a friendly match for our Reserve Team against Guildford City's Southern League side.
After a goalless first half Roge
r Hugo put us in the lead, but although Brian Rhodes saved a penalty the City got an equaliser before the finish. On the balance of play we looked far superior, but a lack of finish frittered away our chance of securing a success.

TSV MARL-HULS (West Germany) Youth match
Upton Park
4 - 2 (Britt 2, Starkey 2)
27 April 1962

Grainger

Presland

Smith T.

Dawkins

Bickles

Charles

Dear

Starkey

Britt

Sissons

Dryden

REPORT:

BOURNEMOUTH & BOSCOMBE ATHLETIC
Tommy Godwin Testimonial

Dean Court
5 - 2 (Musgrove 2, Byrne, Crawford, Woosnam)
1 May 1962

Att: 7,422

Grainger

Bond

Burkett

Bovington

Brown

Moore

Crawford

Woosnam

Sealey

Bryne

Musgrove

Not for the first time in his 10 years with Bournemouth, that friendly character Tommy Godwin was cheered every time he touched the ball in last night's match with West Ham. But this time the applause and cheers of the supporters were not just for good saves, or brave saves, but in order to show their favourite Irishman how much they appreciated his contribution to their football club during the past decade.
For the record, the 7,422 crowd had its moneys worth in a match which displayed at times the niceties of soccer, the class of certain individuals and the essential camaraderie of the players, plus seven goals,
Unfortunately only two of them fell to Boscombe who were 3-0 down in the first 15 minutes, thanks to some defensive misunderstandings and the quickness of thought and action of the First Division players. West Ham moved the ball more quickly and certainly on the hard, bumpy in places Dean Court pitch but Boscombe gradually carne more into the picture so that they were rather unlucky to be trailing 4-1 at the interval,
In the second half Boscombe made the changes, bringing in John Arnott at centre half, Brian Gibbs at inside right and Peter Thompson at centre-forward.

ILFORD : 80th Anniversary Good Neighbours Match
Lynn Road Ground
1 - 3 (Peters)
3 May 1962
)
Att: 3,500

Dickie (Grainger)

Bond

Burkett

Bovington

Brown

Peters

Crawford

Beesley

Sealey

Musgrove

Scott

REPORT:

RAINHAM TOWN : Deri Stephens memorial Trophy
Deri Park
8 - 1 (Beesley 2, Scott 2, Bovington, Boyce, Musgrove, Peters)
9 May 1962

Dickie

Bond

Burkett

Bovington

Brown

Peters

Scott

Boyce

Beesley

Sealey

Musgrove

REPORT:

Summer Tour of Africa

NYASALAND
Rangely Stadium, Blantyre
4 - 0 (Dick 2, Byrne, Sealey)
6 June 1962

Leslie

Bond

Lyall

Bovington

Lansdowne

Peters

Scott

Byrne

Sealey

Dick

Crawford (Musgrove)

REPORT:

SOUTHERN RHODESIA
Glamis Stadium, Salisbury
5 - 0 (Musgrove 4, Byrne)
10 June 1962

Leslie

Bond

Burkett

Bovington

Brown

Peters

Crawford

Boyce

Byrne

Dick

Musgrove

REPORT:

SOUTHERN RHODESIA
Queens Ground, Bulawayo
3 - 0 (Sealey 2, Musgrove)
13 June 1962

Rhodes

Bond

Lyall

Bovington

Lansdowne

Peters

Scott

Byrne

Sealey

Dick

Musgrove

REPORT:

Match Poster

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ACCRA HEARTS of OAK
Accra Sports Stadium
4 - 1 (Dick 2, Byrne, Crawford)
17 June 1962

Leslie

Bond

Burkett

Bovington

Brown

Peters

Crawford

Boyce

Byrne

Dick

Musgrove

REPORT:

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ASHANTI KOTOKO
Kumasi
3 - 0 (Dick 2, Boyce)
20 June 1962

Leslie

Bond

Lyall

Bovington

Lansdowne

Peters

Scott (Sealey)

Sealey (Boyce)

Byrne

Dick

Crawford

REPORT:

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REAL REPUBLICANS
Accra
1 - 1 (Musgrove)
24 June 1962

Leslie

Brown

Peters

Bovington (Sealey)

Lansdowne

Sealey (Crawford)

Crawford (Scott)

Boyce

Byrne

Dick

Musgrove

REPORT:

Blau Wit Youth Tournament - 26e Internationaal Junlorentoernooi (9-11 June)

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26e Internationaal Junlorentoernooi
Olympisch Stadion

 

Matches Unknown

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Other Matches at Upton Park

ESSEX SCHOOLS XI v. ENGLISH SCHOOLS FA XI : 40th Anniversary Game
 

ESSEX SCHOOLS XI

Line-up Unknown

ENGLISH SCHOOLS FA XI

Line-up Unknown

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4 - 3 
12 March 1962
WEST HAM BOYS v. EAST HAM BOYS
Directors Cup
? - ? 
12 March 1962

WEST HAM BOYS

Line-up Unknown

EAST HAM BOYS

Line-up Unknown

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