3-Apr-54 Southern Transvaal 1-1 Israel [HT 1-0]
[Wally Warren 11' / Yehoshua Glazer 68']
[Rand Stadium, Johannesburg; att: 20000]
[S.Transvaal: Doug Rudham; Ben Machanik, Morris Jacobson; Laurie Mitchell, Alan Carroll [c], Cliff Jacques;
Ron Montgomery, Wally Warren, Charlie Hurly, Gordon Falconer, Les Fourie. Coach: Alf Boyd (Scotland).]
[Israel: Yaacov Hodorov; David Schweitzer, Moshe Litvak; Asher Blut, Itzhak Schneor, Eli Fuchs [c] (Israel Ben-Dror 41');
Shmuel 'Papo' Israeli, Yosef Goldstein, Avraham Ginzburg (Rehavia Rosenbaum 41'), Yosef Mirmovich, Yehoshua Glazer.]
[Referee: Bill Stewart.]
6-Apr-54 Western Province 4-7 Israel [HT 3-4]
[E.Ackerberg 2' 5' 75', Arthur Roos 12' pen / Yehoshua Glazer 15' 30' 45' 50' 77', Yosef Mirmovich 24', Israel Ben-Dror 26']
[Hartleyvale, Cape Town; att: 10000]
[W.Province: A.Wrensch; Clarrie Meeser, John Hastie; Ken O'Linn, L.Stephens, Stan Smith;
R.Jackson, I.Goodall, E.Ackerberg, Ken 'Polly' Kirsten [c], Arthur Roos. Coach Dirk Kemp.]
[Israel: Yaacov Hodorov; David Schweitzer, Moshe Litvak; Asher Blut, Itzhak Schneor [c], Israel Ben-Dror;
Shmuel 'Papo' Israeli, Yosef Goldstein, Yehoshua Glazer, Rehavia Rosenbaum, Yosef Mirmovich.]
[Referee: Raymond.]
10-Apr-54 Eastern Province 0-2 Israel [HT 0-1]
[Yehoshua Glazer 4', Yosef Mirmovich 73' pen]
[Westbourne Oval, Port Elizabeth; att: 2000]
[E.Province: Cliff Rudman; Terry Dunn, Aubrey Grobler; Hymie Berelowitz [c], D.Schouw, Glen Feltham;
E.Reid-Ross, Rowan Grebe, Fred Bentley, Alf Birch, R.van Rensburg (Fairley 30').]
[Israel: Avraham Bendori; David Schweitzer, Hanoch Mordechovich; Asher Blut, Itzhak Schneor [c], Israel Ben-Dror;
Shmuel 'Papo' Israeli, Yehoshua Glazer, Yosef Goldstein, Rehavia Rosenbaum, Avraham Ginzburg (Yosef Mirmovitch 41').]
[Referee: Jack Swynenburg.]
14-Apr-54 Border 1-10 Israel [HT 0-6]
[Jimmy Vorster 60' pen / Itzhak Schneor 4' pen, Yosef Goldstein 15', Rehavia Rosenbaum 16' 66', Moshe Litvak 17',
Eli Fuchs 22' pen, Yehoshua Glazer 37' 58', Amnon Carmeli 62', Shmuel 'Papo' Israeli 77']
[Jan Smuts Ground, East London; att: 2500]
[Border: Trevor Johnson; Jack Berry, M.Sanderson; Bob Rogers, Ivor Johnson [c], Jimmy Petzer;
D.Herschel, Karl Petzer, Jimmy Vorster, Arthur Wienand, Peter Human.]
[Israel: Avraham Bendori; David Schweitzer, Israel Ben-Dror; Asher Blut, Itzhak Schneor [c], Eli Fuchs (Shmuel 'Papo' Israeli 26');
Amnon Carmeli, Yosef Goldstein, Yehoshua Glazer, Rehavia Rosenbaum, Moshe Litvak.]
17-Apr-54 Natal 1-1 Israel [HT 0-1]
[Brian Gibson ~60' pen / Yosef Mirmovich 26' pen]
[Kingsmead, Durban; att: 16000]
[Natal: Arthur Lightening; Cecil Glenn, Lionel 'Lefty' Pitout; Malcolm Rufus, Harry Miller, Ross Dow [c];
Dan Le Roux, Brian Gibson, Cliff Honneysett, Brian Peterson, Martin Deetlifs. Coach: Charles 'Topper' Brown (England).]
[Israel: Yaacov Hodorov; David Schweitzer, Moshe Litvak; Asher Blut, Itzhak Schneor [c], Israel Ben-Dror;
Shmuel 'Papo' Israeli, Yosef Goldstein, Yehoshua Glazer, Rehavia Rosenbaum, Yosef Mirmovich.]
[Referee: M.L.De Jager.]
21-Apr-54 Southern Transvaal 0-1 Israel [HT 0-1]
[Yosef Mirmovich 15']
[Rand Stadium, Johannesburg; att: 14000]
[S.Transvaal: Doug Rudham; Laurie Mitchell, Morris Jacobson; Hymie Kloner, Alan Carroll [c], Cliff Jacques;
Ron Montgomery, Tom Botha, Charlie Hurly, Gordon Falconer, Shamai Albert. Coach: Alf Boyd (Scotland).]
[Israel: Yaacov Hodorov; David Schweitzer, Moshe Litvak; Asher Blut, Itzhak Schneor [c], Israel Ben-Dror;
Shmuel 'Papo' Israeli, Yosef Goldstein, Yehoshua Glazer, Rehavia Rosenbaum, Yosef Mirmovich.]
25-Apr-54 Lourenço Marques XI 0-2 Israel [HT 0-0]
[Yehoshua Glazer 52' 54']
[Campo Engenheiro Freitas e Costa, Lourenço Marques; att: 6000]
[L.Marques included: Onofre, Coelho, Campelo; Senra, Lage [c], Ilidio Silva, Veiga.]
[Israel: Avraham Bendori; David Schweitzer, Moshe Litvak; Asher Blut, Itzhak Schneor [c], Israel Ben-Dror;
Amnon Carmeli, Yosef Goldstein, Avraham Ginzburg, Rehavia Rosenbaum, Yehoshua Glazer.]
[Referee: Goia or Joia.]
[Notes: Blut was sent off at 25' but the referee rescinded his decision after persuasion by Lage.
Bendori saved a penalty from Lage at 85'. Variations of the minutes were reported in different sources.]
1-May-54 South Africa 2-1 Israel [HT 1-1]
[Wally Warren 40', Arthur Roos 53' / Yehoshua Glazer 42']
[Rand Stadium, Johannesburg; att: 22000]
[S.Africa: Doug Rudham; Laurie Mitchell, Morris Jacobson; Neil Turner, Alan Carroll [c], Cliff Jacques;
Dan Le Roux, Wally Warren, Charlie Hurly, Brian Gibson, Arthur Roos.]
[Israel: Yaacov Hodorov; David Schweitzer, Moshe Litvak; Asher Blut, Itzhak Schneor [c], Israel Ben-Dror;
Shmuel 'Papo' Israeli, Yosef Goldstein, Yehoshua Glazer, Rehavia Rosenbaum, Yosef Mirmovich.]
[Referee: H.Lewis.]
3-May-54 Northern Rhodesia 0-0 Israel
[Scrivener Stadium (Nkana), Kitwe; att: 4000]
[N.Rhodesia: Adsetts; Spires [c], Beard; Vic Radford, MacCrae, Tony Carew;
Dobeson, Turnbull, Steinhobel, Wylie, Crowe. Trainer: Manning. Manager: J.Anderson.]
[Israel: Avraham Bendori; David Schweitzer, Hanoch Mordechovich; Moshe 'Jerry' Haldi (Israel Ben-Dror ~39'),
Itzhak Schneor [c], Asher Blut; Shmuel 'Papo' Israeli, Nahum Stelmach (Amnon Carmeli ~39'),
Yehoshua Glazer, Rehavia Rosenbaum, Yosef Goldstein.]
5-May-54 Southern Rhodesia 2-1 Israel [HT 0-0]
[Roy Coop 60', Hillary Linde 70' / Yosef Mirmovich 57']
[Raylton Ground, Salisbury; att: 7000]
[S.Rhodesia: Keith Rawson; Bill McGowan, Jackie Cottingham; Roy Coop, Geoff Prescott [c], John McCormack;
Hillary Linde, Bill Buchanan, Hilton Morgan, Jack Kirkpatrick, N.G.Hawthorne.
Trainer: W.H. 'Tommy' Johnson (England). Manager: Bertie Head.]
[Israel: Avraham Bendori; David Schweitzer, Hanoch Mordechovich; Asher Blut, Itzhak Schneor [c], Israel Ben-Dror;
Shmuel 'Papo' Israeli, Yosef Goldstein, Yehoshua Glazer, Rehavia Rosenbaum (Yosef Mirmovich ~39'), Moshe Litvak.]
[Referee: W.Voss.]
[Note: this was reportedly Southern Rhodesia's first ever win against an overseas touring team.]
9-May-54 Southern Rhodesia 1-2 Israel [HT 1-2]
[Roy Coop 39' pen / Yehoshua Glazer 14', Yosef Mirmovich 30' pen]
[Queen's Ground, Bulawayo; att: 7000]
[S.Rhodesia: Keith Rawson; Bill McGowan, Jackie Cottingham; Roy Coop, Geoff Prescott [c], Norman Whitworth;
Jimmy Reason, Bill Buchanan, Angus MacKenzie, Jack Kirkpatrick, Ronnie Richardson.]
[Israel: Yaacov Hodorov; David Schweitzer, Moshe Litvak; Asher Blut, Itzhak Schneor [c], Israel Ben-Dror;
Shmuel 'Papo' Israeli, Yosef Goldstein, Yehoshua Glazer, Rehavia Rosenbaum, Yosef Mirmovich.]
[Referee: Kendal-Jones.]
Israel squad:
Manager: Haim Glovinsky
Secretary: Moshe Rapaport
Trainer: Moshe 'Jerry' Beit-Halevi
Players: Yaacov Hodorov (GK), Avraham Bendori (GK), David Schweitzer, Hanoch Mordechovich, Moshe Litvak, Israel Ben-Dror,
Eli Fuchs [capt.], Itzhak Schneor, Asher Blut, Moshe 'Jerry' Haldi, Shmuel 'Papo' Israeli, Avraham Ginzburg,
Yehoshua Glazer, Yosef Goldstein, Amnon Carmeli, Rehavia Rosenbaum, Yosef Mirmovich, Nahum Stelmach.
Note: matches in South Africa (and Northern and Southern Rhodesia) were 80 minutes with the
exception of the "test match" against the South Africa national team.
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