Dutch East Indies International Matches
Dutch East Indies - Football History
In this file, 5 official matches by the Dutch East Indies prior to World War II are considered, which are not recognised by the current Indonesian federation (PSSI) but were official internationals for the N.I.V.B. (until 1935) and the N.I.V.U. (since 1935), which were both officially affiliated to FIFA at the time of the relevant matches.
The 5 matches are: N.I.V.B. 13 May 1934 Manila Dutch East Indies 7-1 Japan 14 May 1934 Manila China 2-0 Dutch East Indies 19 May 1934 Manila Philippines 3-2 Dutch East Indies N.I.V.U. 5 Jun 1938 Reims Hungary 6-0 Dutch East Indies 26 Jun 1938 Amsterdam Netherlands 9-2 Dutch East Indies See the file on Dutch East Indies International Matches for additional matches by both federations which are not considered here.
Below, family names are given in capital letters; for Chinese players usually publicly known by their given names, these are in italics. Jack Kolle played football under the family name of his stepfather, Samuels (also given in italics).
Given names or initials are only listed to the extent in which the author has been able to verify them in contemporary sources. (Additional information is of course welcome: please mail me at karel.rsssf@gmail.com.)
Club teams are indicated as at time of international appearance; a number of players played for various clubs and in different towns during their career.
Note that for both the Far Eastern Games in 1934 and the World Cup in 1938, all squad members were required to have been born in the Dutch East Indies.
Name First Last Caps Goals Club Team
1.THE Hong Djien 13- 5-1934 26- 6-1938 5 1 Tiong Hoa (Soerabaja)
2.Frans MEENG 13- 5-1934 26- 6-1938 4 0 S.V.B.B. (Batavia)
3.Lou BAUMGARTEN 13- 5-1934 19- 5-1934 3 0 H.B.S. (Soerabaja)
Ellis DENKELAAR 13- 5-1934 19- 5-1934 C 3 0 [u] Oliveo (Batavia)
Raden ONONG Noeman [*1] 13- 5-1934 19- 5-1934 3 0 S.V.B.B. (Batavia)
TAN Chin Hoat [*2] 13- 5-1934 19- 5-1934 3 0 Tiong Hoa (Soerabaja)
THIO Kek Boo 13- 5-1934 19- 5-1934 3 0 U.M.S. (Batavia)
TIO Hian Goan 13- 5-1934 19- 5-1934 3 3 Tiong Hoa (Soerabaja)
Henri DE WOLF 13- 5-1934 19- 5-1934 K 3 0 U.N.I. (Bandoeng)
10.Alois AMREIN 14- 5-1934 19- 5-1934 2 0 U.N.I. (Bandoeng)
J. ANWAR 5- 6-1938 26- 6-1938 2 0 Vios (Meester Cornelis)
BING Mo Heng 5- 6-1938 26- 6-1938 K 2 0 H.C.T.N.H. (Malang)
F.G. HUKOM 5- 6-1938 26- 6-1938 2 0 Sparta (Bandoeng)
Ludwich JAHN 13- 5-1934 14- 5-1934 2 3 [u] Hercules (Batavia)
Jack KOLLE (SAMUELS) 5- 6-1938 26- 6-1938 2 0 Excelsior (Soerabaja)
Achmad NAWIR 5- 6-1938 26- 6-1938 C 2 0 [p] H.B.S. (Soerabaja)
Isaac PATTIWAEL 5- 6-1938 26- 6-1938 2 1 S.V.J.A. (Batavia)
Raden SOEDARMADJI [*1] 5- 6-1938 26- 6-1938 2 0 H.B.S. (Soerabaja)
M.J. TAIHITU 5- 6-1938 26- 6-1938 2 1 S.V.J.A. (Batavia)
A. TETALEPTA 13- 5-1934 14- 5-1934 2 0 S.V.J.A. (Batavia)
Herman ZOMERS 5- 6-1938 26- 6-1938 2 0 Hercules (Batavia)
22.R. ASMOEADJI 19- 5-1934 19- 5-1934 1 0 U.N.I. (Bandoeng)
Suwu LONTOH 19- 5-1934 19- 5-1934 1 2 Velocitas (Tjimahi)
[*1] Raden is not a first name but a title used to address persons of nobility;
Soedarmadji's first name is often given as Suvarte.
[*2] TAN Chin Hoat was the father of TAN Liong Houw, who was a fixture in the
line-up of the Indonesian national team in the fifties.
NB: C captain
K goal keeper
[p] also part of preliminary squad 1934
[u] also played in an unofficial match 1930
Name First Last Goals Caps Club Team
1.Ludwich JAHN 13- 5-1934 14- 5-1934 3 2 Hercules (Batavia)
TIO Hian Goan 13- 5-1934 19- 5-1934 3 3 Tiong Hoa (Soerabaja)
3.Suwu LONTOH 19- 5-1934 19- 5-1934 2 1 Velocitas (Tjimahi)
4.Isaac PATTIWAEL 5- 6-1938 26- 6-1938 1 2 S.V.J.A. (Batavia)
M.J. TAIHITU 5- 6-1938 26- 6-1938 1 2 S.V.J.A. (Batavia)
THE Hong Djien 13- 5-1934 26- 6-1938 1 5 Tiong Hoa (Soerabaja)
The 1934 Far Eastern Games squad included one player (the reserve goal keeper) who did not make an appearance in any of the three matches; the 1938 World Cup squad included six players who did not obtain a cap at the tournament in France nor against the Netherlands.
Name Squad Club Team
Leen VAN BEUZEKOM 1938 K Hercules (Batavia)
G.J. VAN DEN BURGH 1938 V.V.V. (Djokjakarta)
Gerrit FAULHABER 1938 Go Ahead (Semarang)
Jan HARTING 1938 H.B.S. (Soerabaja)
TAN See Han 1938 Gie Hoo (Soerabaja)
Rudi TELWE 1938 H.B.S. (Soerabaja)
TJAN Hing Kie 1934 K Union (Semarang)
NB: K goal keeper
The preliminary squad for the 1934 Eastern Games comprised 20 players; 5 were dropped after a one-week training camp in Tjimahi in April, including Achmad Nawir who would later make the 1938 World Cup squad (as captain) and is therefore not included in the list below; the preliminary squad for the 1938 World Cup as announced on 13 February 1938 after the last trial matches consisted of 18 players, as opposed to the originally agreed 11 first team players and 6 reserves, implying one less official would be able to make the trip; the N.I.V.U. board disagreed with this and enforced one player was dropped after the test matches on 26 and 27 February 1938 (the choice was made between Jan Harting and Harry Dorst).
Name Preliminary Squad Club Team
P. CAUMANS 1934 M.O.T. (Semarang)
Harry DORST 1938 Sidolig (Bandoeng)
Cor GOYERS 1934 U.N.I. (Bandoeng)
JOHANNES 1934 (Solo)
Wim ROERICH 1934 H.B.S. (Soerabaja)
Prior to the 1934 Far Eastern Games, the N.I.V.B. fielded Java selections on three occasions: on 28 March 1921 against the Singapore Cricket Club, on 19 August 1928 against a touring Australian side, and on 17 Aug 1930 against Shanghai club side Loh Hwa. These three matches were included as "Inter-Association Matches" in the World Football Almanac published by F.I.F.A. in 1931. Among all players listed above, only 2 made an appearance in any of those matches: both Denkelaar and Jahn (then playing club football at Excelsior (Soerabaja)) played against Loh Hwa in 1930. In the same match, Bep Bakhuys (who played club football at T.H.O.R. (Soerabaja) and scored 28 goals in 23 official matches for the Netherlands), made an appearance. Below, we only list the goal scorers for the N.I.V.B. in those three matches. No player was active in (or indeed selected for) more than one of these three matches.
Name First Last Goals Caps Club Team
1.Carl GIESEL 17- 8-1930 17- 8-1930 3 1 U.N.I. (Bandoeng)
2.REHATTA 19- 8-1928 19- 8-1928 2 1 Oliveo (Batavia)
3.Kees CORTENBACH 28- 3-1921 28- 3-1921 1 1 Vios (Meester Cornelis)
Gerrit DE RAADT 17- 8-1930 17- 8-1930 1 1 H.B.S. (Soerabaja)
On 24 June 1948, the N.I.V.U. had scheduled a match against the visiting China Olympic Team, which was however cancelled because a misunderstanding between the N.I.V.U. and the Batavian Chinese club U.M.S. (which organised the stay of the visitors in Java) led to the failure to notify the China National Amateur Athletic Federation in Nanking of the intended official character of the match; at least that was the excuse given by the N.I.V.U. and U.M.S. in a joint statement published on 19 July 1948 in "De Locomotief" (Semarang). A squad consisting of the following sixteen players had already been selected and announced on 18 May 1948 in "De Locomotief". Note that at least four players (Herklots, Jacobs, Koekebakker and Tolmeyer) were temporarily based in the Dutch East Indies as part of the military operations by the Dutch government.
Name Note Position Club Team
ALSTEDE [*1] GK Vios (Batavia)
Hans HERKLOTS [*2] DF Mariniers (Soerabaja)
Chris ONG [*3] DF U.M.S. (Batavia)
Franciscus COUMANS MF Go Ahead (Semarang)
GO Tjiang Ho MF U.M.S. (Batavia)
SADERAN [*4] MF P.O.R.I.S. (Soerabaja)
KWEE Hong Sing FW U.M.S. (Batavia)
LO Thim Siew FW U.M.S. (Batavia)
Piet KOEKEBAKKER [*5] FW Go Ahead (Semarang)
Janus MANUPUTTY FW Jong Ambon (Soerabaja)
Hannie TOLMEYER [*6] FW D.T.C. (Bandoeng)
Nol VAN DER VIN [*7] GK (res.) Hercules (Batavia)
KWA Beng Gwee DF (res.) C.H.T.C.S. (Semarang)
Hap Tjo MF (res.) Union (Semarang)
Charles LAMOH FW (res.) Hercules (Batavia)
JACOBS [*8] FW (res.) Go Ahead (Semarang)
[*1] family name also given as VAN ALSTEDE
[*2] military rank lieutenant; played for H.B.S. (Den Haag) in the Netherlands
[*3] actual name ONG Liong Tik; played for Indonesia against Yugoslavia Youth
on 26 August 1953; in March 1948 it was reported he had been included in
the Chinese Olympic Team for the London Games, but eventually he was not
[*4] part of the Indonesia squad touring the Far East in April and May 1953
[*5] also played for the (military) side of the B-Divisie Compagnie based in
Pekalongan; played for Blauw Wit (Amsterdam) in the Netherlands
[*6] also played for the (military) side of 4-I compagnie A.A.T. (7e December
Divisie); played for Blauw Wit (Amsterdam) in the Netherlands
[*7] part of the Indonesia squad touring the Far East in April and May 1953;
played for Indonesia against Yugoslavia Youth on 26 August 1953
[*8] also played for the (military) side of the B-Divisie Compagnie based in
Pekalongan
NB: none of Herklots, Koekebakker and Tolmeyer ever won a cap for the Netherlands,
but both Koekebakker and Tolmeyer played (and scored) for Blauw Wit against
the Dutch Antilles side on 18 June 1952.
Dutch East Indies International Matches
Dutch East Indies - Football History
Sources included:
newspapers (mostly available through
Delpher):
Het Bataviaasch nieuwsblad,
De Indische courant, De Javabode, De locomotief,
Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlands-Indië,
Het nieuwsblad voor Sumatra, Het Soerabajaasch Handelsblad,
Sumatra post, and Weekblad voor Indië;
magazines: [moe],
[spo];
books: [FIF 31],
[Ber 34],
[BaV 50],
[Sto 98].
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