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14-11-55: International All Stars XI (h) 3-3 (HT ?) Crowd (12,000)
| Shirt No. | Player Name | Goals Scored | | | |
Leeds United: | | | | | |
1. | Wood, Royden | | | | |
2. | Dunn, Jimmy | | | | |
3. | Hair, Grenville | | | | |
4. | Kerfoot, Eric | | | | |
5. | Charlton, Jack | | | | |
6. | Powell, Derek | | | | |
7. | Williams, Harold | | | | |
8. | Ripley, Keith | 1 (pen) | | | |
9. | Charles, John | 2 | | | |
10. | Vickers, Peter | | | | |
11. | Overfield, Jack | | | | |
International All Stars XI: | | | | | |
1. | Swindin, George (Ex-Arsenal) | | | | |
2. | Beattie, Andy (Ex-Preston North End) | | | | |
3. | Barnes, Wally (Ex-Arsenal) | | | | |
4. | Shankly Bill (Ex-Preston North End) | | | | |
5. | Boot, Eddie (Ex-Huddersfield Town) | | | | |
6. | Corkhill, Bill (Notts County) | | | | |
7. | Broome, Frank (Ex-Derby County) | 1 | | | |
8. | Carter, Raich (Ex-Derby County) | | | | |
9. | Lawton, Tommy (Ex-Everton) | | | | |
10. | Doherty, Peter (Ex-Huddersfield Town) | 2 | | | |
11. | Watson, Willie (Ex-Sunderland) | | | | |
Programme:
Team Photo: International All-Stars
Match Report: Yorkshire Post 15-11-1955: Courtesy Steve Bell
DOHERTY SCORES TWO GOALS AND MAKES ONE
By RICHARD ULYATT: LEEDS UNITED 3 INTERNATIONAL XI 3
It was like watching footballs' version of Old Tyme waltzing at Elland Road last night. The 12,000 spectators must have enjoyed a departure from the usual hard-tackling, stop-at-nothing League Soccer as they watched, instead the players who used to grace the game before the war do the right thing easily and gracefully and, occasionally, add a few frills. It was almost a Doherty night, Raich Carter, manager of Leeeds United and therefore host, as it were, to the Internationals, could not steal the show himself and so his part was the unobtrusive one of Master of Ceremonies. Peter Doherty, however, was under no such obligation. He could shoot and dribble to hearts' content, not only because it was his nature to do so but because he was one of the fittest men on the field. Doherty scored two goals. One from what ought to have been an impossible angle and he made the other for Broome. He and Lawton, too, would have had others but for good goalkeeping. Any young footballer kept out of bed as a special treat to watch these elderly gentlemen (in a football sense) ought to have gone away much wiser, whether it was from watching Swindin's meticulous calculation of angles as he kept goal, Eddie Boot's determination not to let his elders down at centre-half, Shankly's non-stop wing half work or the precise passing and positional play of the inside-forwards. On the other side there was, of course, Charles to watch. He scored twice and, because Eddie Boot brought him down in the penalty area, Ripley was able to get the other goal from the penalty spot. Charles will have as a legacy a bruised shoulder. United were not playing at League pace, but they were often in trouble and Swindin's goal was not the only one to escape somewhat fortunately.
Leeds United:Wood; Dunn, Hair; Kerfoot, Charlton, Powell; Williams, Ripley, Charles, Vickers, Overfield.
International XI:Swindin; Beattie, Barnes; Shankly, Boot, Corkhill; Broome, Carter, Lawton, Doherty, Watson.
Referee: P. Power (York).
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