British Guiana Combined trip to Paramaribo 1947

The visiting team were a selection from G.F.C., Charlton, and S.E. Moore's touring team, while the official B.G.F.A. side contested the Standard Life Trophy 1947 in Trinidad. The B.G.F.A. had given permission for this visit in order to renew relations with the N.G.V.B., the catholic football federation of Surinam which had been refounded in the summer of 1947 and with whom the B.G.F.A. had contested the Amo Amateur and Walcott Cups before World War II. The official B.G.F.A. side had played the S.V.B. (official F.I.F.A. members for Surinam) for the Brown Betty Cup two months before but that series had ended on bad terms.

NB: all matches played at the N.G.V.B. Sportterrein, Paramaribo;
    the two "Test" matches against the N.G.V.B. were played for two trophies,
    a cup offered by the N.G.V.B. and a silver cup provided by the book and
    music store "Henriquez" on Curaçao, which were both handed to N.G.V.B.
    captain Leysner after the last match.

The BG touring squad:
Manager: Carlos Fernandes
Assistant manager and journalist: Bobby Elcock
Masseur: H.Cromarty
Players: Stanley Moore [c], Arnold Wight, G.De Peazer, Cyril Figueira,
         L.Bascom, C.De Souza, John Shepherd, W.De Abreu, Vincent Pimento,
         Edward ("Eddie") Van Genderen, S.Da Silva, Sam Woolford, Decio Forde

 8-11-1947 Leo Victor      2-1 B.G. Combined
 9-11-1947 N.G.V.B.        3-1 B.G. Combined   [HT: 3-1]
             [Van Genderen 0-1, Soda 1-1, Spier 2-1, Rack 3-1]
             [N.G.V.B.: Mc Donald; Zwakke, Leysner (c); Kamperveen, Buie, Seinpaal;
                        Venloo, Gomes, Spier, Rack, Soda;
              B.G. XI: Wight; De Peazer, Figueira; Forde, Woolford, Shepherd;
                       De Souza, Bascom, Ed. Van Genderen, Moore (c), Da Silva;
              ref: Walter Amo]
11-11-1947 Hallo           0-2 B.G. Combined   [HT: 0-1]
13-11-1947 Blauw Wit       3-1 B.G. Combined   [HT: 2-1]
14-11-1947 Home Guard      2-0 B.G. Combined 
16-11-1947 N.G.V.B.        2-0 B.G. Combined   [HT: 1-0]
             [Gomes 1-0, Spier 2-0]
             [N.G.V.B.: Mc Donald; Leysner (c), Halfhide; Kamperveen, Buie, Seinpaal;
                        Venloo, Spier, Naloop, Rack, Gomes;
              B.G. XI: Wight; De Peazer, Figueira; Forde, Shepherd, Woolford;
                       Ed. Van Genderen, Bascom, Moore (c), Commentor(?), Da Silva]

NB: Home Guard were from the bauxite mining town of Paranam but were members of
    the N.G.V.B. (like Blauw Wit, Hallo and Leo Victor) and played in Paramaribo.

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Sources: Het Nieuws, De Surinamer, De West (all Paramaribo), Daily Chronicle (Georgetown)

Prepared and maintained by Neil Morrison and Karel Stokkermans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Neil Morrison and Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 16 Dec 2020