A tournament played over Easter in preparation for the 1948 Olympic games, titled "Amateur Triangular Tournament"
NETHERLANDS B 2 0 0 6-2 4
ENGLAND AMATEURS 1 0 1 4-6 2
LUXEMBOURG 0 0 2 1-3 0
26.3.1948 Ilford ENGLAND AMATEURS 2-1 LUXEMBOURG
Goals: Rawlings 55', Hardisty 65' (pen) / Kettel 38' (0-1 HT)
Eng: J.J. Wilson (Barking); C.R. Neale (Walton and Hersham), E. Childs (Leytonstone);
J.R. 'Bob' Hardisty (Bishop Auckland), J. Paviour (Leytonstone) [c], E.G. Fright (Bromley);
R.W. 'Roy' Stroud (Hendon), A.L. Hopper (Bromley), H.J. 'Harry' McIlvenny
(Yorkshire Amateur), J. Rawlings (Enfield), L. Joseph (Leytonstone).
Lux: Bernard Michaux; Nicolas Pauly, Jean Feller; Robert 'Alphonse' Feyder, Vic Feller [c],
Fernand Guth; Jean Becker, Jean-Pierre Kremer, Nicolas Kettel, Fernand Schammel, Jean Luciani.
Ref: G. Clark (England).
Note: Played at ground of Ilford FC; attendance reported as 14,000;
the FLF listed their scorer as Schammel and the outside left as Victor Braas, but
all contemporary match reports (in the Luxemburger Wort, Het Parool (Netherlands)
and various English papers) asserted that the goal was scored by Kettel from an
assist by outside left Luciani, who played instead of Braas.
27.3.1948 Dulwich NETHERLANDS B 1-0 LUXEMBOURG
Goal: Rinus Terlouw 90' (0-0 HT)
Neth: Wim Landman (Neptunus); Piet Spel (DWS), Jeu van Bun (MVV); Paul Fanger (DWS),
Rinus Terlouw (DCV), Henk Temming (DOS); Cock van der Tuijn (Hermes-DVS),
Rinus Schaap ('t Gooi), Han Engelsman (Quick N), Kees Rijvers (NAC), Mick Clavan (ADO).
Lux: Bernard Michaux; Nicolas Pauly, Jean Feller; Robert 'Alphonse' Feyder, Vic Feller [c],
Léon Schumacher; Camille Wagner, Jean Becker, Jean-Pierre Kremer, Marcel Rewenig, Fernand
Schammel.
Ref: Ling (England)
Note: Played at ground of Dulwich Hamlet FC; Schammel missed penalty (20');
attendance reported as 2,000.
29.3.1948 Dulwich ENGLAND AMATEURS 2-5 NETHERLANDS B
Goals: Noble 76' (pen), McIlvenny (2-5) / van der Tuyn 15', 73', Schaap 33', Engelsman 35', 65' (0-3 HT)
Eng: J.J. Wilson (Barking); G. Wheeler (Barnet), E. Childs (Leytonstone); J.R. Hardisty
(Bishop Auckland), J. Paviour (Leytonstone), E. Fright (Bromley); A.H. Hopper (Bromley), A.
Noble (Leytonstone), H.J. McIlvenny (Yorkshire Amateur), J. Rawlings (Enfield), L. Joseph
(Leytonstone).
Neth: W. 'Wim' Landman (Neptunus); W.M. 'Jeu' van Bun (MVV), M. 'Rinus' Terlouw (DCV);
P.J. 'Paul' Fanger (DWS), A.J. 'Jos' Beenhakkers (NAC), C.H. 'Henk' Temming (DOS);
H.H. 'Han' Engelsman (Quick N), C.B. 'Kees' Rijvers (NAC), C. 'Cock' van der Tuijn
(Hermes-DVS), M. 'Rinus' Schaap ('t Gooi), M. 'Mick' Clavan (ADO).
Note: Played at ground of Dulwich Hamlet FC; attendance reported as 15,000 and 20,000.
These matches are not official for England or the Netherlands, but they were considered
official by Luxembourg (like many other matches Luxembourg played against Amateur, B,
or Olympic sides).
Many thanks to Evert Vermeer for additional data, in particular the line-up of the Netherlands against Luxembourg
Sources: "The Times", [FLF 83], De Letzebuerger Football, KNVB, Luxemburger Wort, various contemporary Dutch newspapers (Algemeen Dagblad, Algemeen Handelsblad, Bredasche Courant, Maasbode, Nieuwsblad van het Zuiden, Het Parool, Volkskrant), various contemporary British newspapers (Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, The Times)
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