Argentina - England 3:1

14 MAY 1953 , Friendly

Goals

0:1 Tommy Taylor 40', 1:1 Ernesto Grillo 41', 2:1 Rodolfo Micheli 57', 3:1 Ernesto Grillo 77'

Argentina (Guillermo Stábile)

Julio Mussimesi , Pedro Dellacha , José Garcia Perez , Francisco Lombardo , Eliseo Mouriño , Ernesto Gutierrez , Rodolfo Micheli , Carlos Cecconato (43' Norberto Méndez), Carlos Lacasia , Ernesto Grillo , Osvaldo Cruz

England (Walter Winterbottom)

Ted Ditchburn , Thomas Garrett , Bill Eckersley , Bill Wright , Malcolm Barrass , Ray Barlow , John Berry , Roy Bentley , Tommy Taylor , Redfern Froggatt , Jack Froggatt

Venue

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires

Trivia

The game was abandoned after 23 minutes due to torrential rain, with a 0–0 scoreline.

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14 DEC 1952

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1:3

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17 MAY 1953

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