Soccer Nostalgia: Teams on Tour-Part 10 (England’s Australian Tour of 1983)

Former Ipswich Manager Bobby Robson took charge as England Boss following the 1982 World Cup. His first brief was to qualification to the Finals of 1984 Euros to be held in France.

At the end of his first season (1982/83), in the summer of 1983, England were to embark on a Tour of Australia following the Annual Home Championship.

England were to play three matches against the hosts in the space of a week.

This Tour would have allowed Robson to experiment different options just ahead of the upcoming season (1983/84) in line for the Euros qualification.

However, events would force Robson to proceed with players that perhaps were not yet ready for the Senior National Team.

Many of the English clubs were to go on Tours of their own and did not release their players for International duty.

Photo From: Panini England 1981/82

(England Manager Bobby Robson)

As a result, players such as Captain Bryan Robson, Ray Wilkins, Steve Coppell (all Manchester United), Alvin Martin, Alan Devosnhire (both West Ham United), Gary Mabbutt, Graham Roberts, Glenn Hoddle (all Tottenham Hotspur), Kenny Sansom, Graham Rix, Tony Woodcock (all Arsenal), Paul Mariner (Ipswich) and Peter Withe (Aston Villa) would be missing from the squad.

Some Internationals were able to join the squad from their ongoing club Tours.

Watford duo John Barnes and Luther Blissett flew in straight from their club’s trip in China to join the squad.

In Bryan Robson’s absence, veteran goalkeeper Peter Shilton would captain the side on the Tour. Phil Neal and Trevor Francis would be the only veterans in an otherwise mostly young squad.

Photo From: World Soccer, August 1983

(Trevor Francis in Australia)

Bobby Robson would be forced to call upon many uncapped players or players with few caps between them.

The uncapped players included Aston Villa goalkeeper Nigel Spink, defenders: Danny Thomas (Coventry), Derek Statham (WBA), Midfielders: Steven Williams (Southampton), Nick Pickering (Sunderland), Mark Barham (Norwich) and striker Paul Walsh (Luton).

QPR midfielder John Gregory was at the age of 29, the oldest of the new contingent. He had made his debut earlier in the year.

Likewise, Aston Villa midfielder Gordon Cowans and Watford’s front pairing of John Barnes and Luther Blisset had only been introduced to International Football that season.

All the unavailabilities made observers question the benefits of such a Tour with an essentially B-squad.

Photo From: Official Match programme, England V Denmark, 1983

(Paul Walsh and Gordon Cowans in Australia)

The first match of the Tour took place on June 12^th at Sydney’s Cricket Ground.

The last encounter between the Nations had been in 1980; when an under-strength English squad had traveled to Sydney to determine the last places in England’s 1980 Euros Finals squad.

Stand-in Yugoslavian Manager Frank Arok managed the unfancied Australians, in the absence of their full-time West German Manager Ladislav ‘Les’ Scheinflug. Arok was himself Manager of local side Saint George FC.

The Australians were a very inexperienced side with four players (Terry Greedy, Charlie Yankos, Graham Jennings and Jim Cant) about to make their debuts and Steve O’Connor and Joe Watson earning only their second caps.

The English Press had dismissed the Australians as well; one paper described them as “part-time dole queuers, teachers and window cleaners”.

For Robson and the English a victory appeared a foregone conclusion and Robson had even predicted a six-goal difference between the teams.

When asked to comment on this, Arok had responded, “If Mr. Robson says they’ll win by six, he must be right. He is after all, a celebrated coach and he should know”.

Robson’s starting lineup would contain four then-uncapped players: Danny Thomas, Steve Williams, Mark Barham and John Gregory. Second Half Substitute Paul Walsh would also go on to make his debut for England.

Shilton and Francis, and to a lesser extent Butcher provided the experience for this experimental England squad.

Photo From: Soccer Action, June 15, 1983

(Team captains Peter Shilton and John Kosmina, June 12, 1983, Australia 0-England 0)

Photo From: Official Match programme, England V Denmark, 1983

(England squad, June 12, 1983, Australia 0-England 0)

It would turn out to be a poor scoreless match as the intent of the Australians was clear from the start. Arok lined up a defensive formation with five players at the back (a sweeper behind four defenders).

His tactic was to block the English Fullbacks’ crosses from the flanks.

There were few chances and neither goalkeeper was significantly tested and were mostly busy receiving backpasses.

Shilton did make two saves from Cant and Watson just before and after halftime.

England’s best chances were from a Francis shot and a John Gregory header in the 83^rd minute.

Photo From: Shoot, July 16, 1983

(June 12, 1983, Australia 0-England 0)

England also had a penalty appeal turned down when Terry Butcher appeared to be fouled in the box.

England had nine attempts on goal compared to Australia’s three and also earned more corners (6 to 1).

Luther Blisset had been disappointing for England and would be dropped for the second match. As far as the England newcomers, Mark Barham earned some praise.

The mood of the match was summed up in the last few minutes, when the traveling England fans shouted, “what a load of rubbish”.

Photo From: Shoot, July 16, 1983

(June 12, 1983, Australia 0-England 0)

In the end both sets of fans appeared to jeer at the lack of entertainment on display. Though, the Australian players appeared more satisfied with the draw.

Afterwards Robson stated, ”we should have been able to break their defensive barrier but, unfortunately, we had too many players who did very little’”. He continued, “It was a disappointing spectacle for the public. My sympathy lies with them…both teams are to blame…. Australia was out to get a result but the way they played was not an advertisement for the sport…sure it was up to us to breakdown the Australian defense, but we couldn’t do it”.

Photo From: Soccer Action, June 15, 1983

(June 12, 1983, Australia 0-England 0)

As far as the newcomers, Robson said, “they all did quite well”. He described Danny Thomas as “frisk and sharp and he combined his defensive duties with good attacking play”.

He also laid some of the blame on the integration of new players by saying, “I hope we can get better. Perhaps our performance had something to do with having four new men in the team”.

English FA Secretary, Ted Croker refused to criticize the Australians and their clear objective, he nevertheless felt that it would have been better for the crowd to see a number of goals. Just like Robson, he emphasized the number of newcomers and their need to adjust to the squad. Croker also excused Blisset’s poor performance on jet lag after having joined the squad late on.

Crocker likened the match to the recent FA cup Final between Brighton and Manchester United, where the smaller team (Brighton) had held United and earned a replay but Manchester United’s superior class had won out in the end in the replay.

Australia Manager Arok was unrepentant about his tactics and described his side’s display as ‘fantastic’ and placed the burden of winning and entertaining on England.

The second match took place three days later on June 15^th at Brisbane’s Lang Park.

There had been some controversy ahead of this match. In one of England’s training sessions, Australia Manager Frank Arok and some of his assistants had been spotted observing the session. Robson had immediately asked for their departure.

Arok described the incident as, “the greatest compliment I’ve ever received, not being allowed to watch them train.”

Later in that evening, he went on his own to watch England train.

He was questioned again by journalists about the incident and he replied, “Gentlemen, I simply took my part-time dole queuers, teachers and window cleaners to watch the great England side train. I wanted them to learn…by the way, we train at 10 AM tomorrow and you’re all invited, including Mr. Robson and his players”. The assembled English Journalists all laughed.

For this second match, Liverpool duo of Phil Neal and Sammy Lee were available for selection. Like Watford’s duo (Blisset/Barmes), they had also joined the England Tour party straight from their club Tour.

Neal would start in his customary right-back position ahead of Thomas.

Williams was out of the starting lineup, with Barham moving in his position.

Blisset was also off as Robson chose to partner Francis with Paul Walsh.

After appearing as a substitute in the first match, Walsh was making his proper debut as a starter for England.

For Australia, Frank Arok kept faith with the same starting lineup as the first match.

England showed improvement in this match with Neal joining in the attacks from runs on the right flank. He almost scored just before halftime, but O’Connor cleared his attempt off the line.

The Australians themselves had chances as well. They had started the match better and could have scored twice (through Jim Cant and Allan Davidson) before England took control of the match.

Kosmina was the pick of the bunch for the Australians and kept Butcher busy the entire evening.

England were forced to make a change as early as the 21^st minute, when left-back Derek Statham’s was forced off due to a knee injury after a tackle by Joe Watson.

Steve Williams would come in his place, however, Robson chose not replace him in the same position, but instead moved him up in midfield. This gave England four midfielders vs. Australia’s three.

Paul Walsh would score England’s winner in the 57^th minute with a controversial goal.

Mark Barham’s cross from the right side was about to be cleared by Allan Davidson before Butcher slid into him. The foul was not called on the action and the ball had clearly exited on the left side touchline before John Gregory pulled it back for Walsh to score. Despite the Australian protests the goal stood.

Photo From: Shoot, July 16, 1983

(Sequence of the England goal, June 15, 1983, Australia 0-England 1)

After the match, Arok stated, “there was little difference between the sides and we’ll be going flat out for a win in Melbourne. Everyone expected England to beat us by four or five goals, but those days have gone.”

The goalscorer Walsh said afterwards, “after traveling so far for my chance, I knew I had to take it. I am really chuffed and the first thing I did was to telephone my family back home.”

Frank Arok was also complimentary of Walsh, saying “he reminds me so much of the great West German Gerd Muller. He was the player I most feared being brought in, and he showed my fears were justified.”

Walsh himself would play down these comparisons and emphasize the need to still work harder.

England Manager Robson also praised Walsh, saying, “He did pretty well in his first full game. He can hold the ball like glue and is certainly not afraid of the kind of intimidation he was under tonight.”

England had won their first match but it was once again far short of the margin that many expected.

Photo From: Soccer Action, June 15, 1983

The third and final match of the Tour was on June 19^th at Melbourne’s Olympic Park.

For this match, Arok made only one change from his previous matches. Ken Murphy started ahead of Peter Katholos.

Robson would also make couple of changes. Nick Pickering started at left back, in place of the injured Derek Statham, for his International debut.

Sammy Lee started in midfield ahead of Barham.

Photo From: Soccer Action, June 22, 1983

(Peter Shilton with debutant Nick Pickering, June 19, 1983, Australia 1-England 1)

Aston Villa goalkeeper Nigel Spink would make his International debut in the second half (It would turn out to be the only cap for Spink, as well as the other debutant Pickering).

The match would be open and both sides had chances to win in the second half though England had significantly more opportunities (19 attempts to 5, 9 corners to 2).

The two goals would be scored within minutes of one another in the first half.

Photo From: Shoot, July 16, 1983

(June 19, 1983, Australia 1-England 1)

England took the lead in the 25^th minute. A Gordon Cowans free kick from the middle was sent low to Trevor Francis in the box who turned and shot.

Two minutes later Australia tied the match. Watson’s cross from the right side evaded Butcher and Kosmina and struck on Neal ‘s thigh before bouncing into the net. This was the first goal Shilton had conceded in eight matches.

Photo From: Soccer Action, June 22, 1983

(England squad, June 19, 1983, Australia 1-England 1)

Photo From: Soccer Action, June 22, 1983

(Australia squad, June 19, 1983, Australia 1-England 1)

Barnes nearly gave England the lead in the 67^th minute when his 25-yard shot hit the bar.

Minutes later in the 74^th minute England were awarded a penalty kick after Kosmina fouled Butcher in the box. Trevor Francis scored from the spot but the kick was ordered to be retaken as the area had not been cleared of players prior to the kick (in another source, the Referee had not ordered the kick to be taken when Francis had shot). Francis missed the second attempt by shooting it over the bar and the score remained tied.

Afterwards Robson was praiseworthy of the Australians. He said, “they gave us three very hard, physical matches and they did very well to be able to maintain their pace and commitment…we had most of the play, and we were always looking for victory but we couldn’t get that breakthrough…they had a flurry in the second half and that header by Ratcliffe was probably their best moment of the series…Davidson sparked off that flurry with some damaging runs”

As far as the Tour itself, he stated, “these games were tough and tight, not because we were weak but because Australia were disciplined and well organized. They were three hard matches which, hopefully we’ll all learn from”

He also said, “this Tour has proved there are no easy matches anymore.”

Robson was most pleased with Francis and Osman and believed that Gregory and Thomas had International futures. About Osman, he said, “Osman was our most fearsome defender in the match in Brisbane. It was the first time at international level that he did what he does all the time at Ipswich….I never thought it would take him so long to come good and I never expected him to show the timidness he showed in some other games. In fact, I squirmed in my seat a few times when I saw him play for England, but in Brisbane he gave us everything. He was very strong. He was mean but fair. That’s what we want from him”

Paul Walsh received some praise and in a year’s time would join Liverpool.

Walsh said, “I was very proud to be asked to go on the Tour of Australia. I knew it was great opportunity to show what I could do. Scoring was a bonus, and for all the criticism, we did not lose a game and conceded only one goal…. England tried a lot of new players and everybody knows that any team needs to be reasonably settled to really impress away from home. Now I only hope that what I did in Australia will enable me to stake a claim for a regular place. If not then I’ll battle next season to achieve that personal target”.

For most observers England veterans Shilton and Francis came away with most of the credit as well as Butcher and newcomer Barham.

Australia Manager Frank Arok called the series as his greatest achievement as a Manager. Daniel Ratcliffe was the Australian player with most of the praise and his marking of Francis throughout the series was noteworthy.

Robson made an assessment of his first year in charge with the match with Denmark in September on the horizon. He said, “the first year has enabled me to assess the players and to work out who, in my judgment, are the best 22…..I now have cover for players in every position. I have used the 12 months to have a strong, long hard look at players and if, as I hope, we can go through to the Finals of the European Championship, I can then decide on our strategy, knowing that we have the players for the job.”

In retrospect and even at the time, this Tour was considered to be a waste of time with no benefit. Such a long trip with basically a B-Team did little to help the team or the newcomers.

As far as the newcomers/debutants: Nigel Spink, Danny Thomas, Derek Statham, Nick Pickering and Mark Braham would never be capped again.

John Gregory, Steve Williams and Paul Walsh would get a handful of more caps into the next year (1984) and would also disappear from contention altogether.

Gordon Cowans would earn a few more caps into 1990 but would never make a lasting impression.

From this Touring party, only John Barnes made a lasting impact in the National Team as far as the debutants in Robson’s first year in charge.

This Tour would not only be criticized for the performances on the field, but also for the lack of organization off of it.

Many would altogether question the wisdom of a tiring end of season travel in lieu of prioritizing much needed rest for players (some of whom had played in the previous summer’s World Cup.

In his ‘Shoot’ Letter answering section, former England star Jimmy Greaves expressed that there was no logical reason for going to Australia. He wrote, “The Tour was a complete failure and (England) set themselves up for a backlash at home if they did not win matches by large scores. The Federation should have found better opposition, players needed a rest but the Federation always prefers to go to travel.”

Bobby Robson himself would later express disappointment about this Tour. He expressed how he had ‘inherited’ the situation and would have preferred a proper Tour of South America with the full squad and leave the Tour of Australia to the B team. Robson believed the National Team did not gain anything from this long trip against a team “desperate to prove themselves worthy of full status.”

He accepted Australia and Arok’s tactics as they were looking “for a place in history” and had approached the matches like “World Cup Finals”.

He believed the Tour was not the ideal preparation needed for the European Championships. He would be proven right, when England lost to Denmark (0-1) at Wembley in September and the Danes would eventually qualify for the 1984 Euros.

For the following year (1984), England finally made their preferred Tour of South America, though they would have preferred to be in France for the Euros.

Of course that Tour would provide the English National Team history with John Barnes’ brilliant solo goal vs. Brazil, but that is another story and Tour.

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References:

Official Match programme, England V Denmark, 1983

Shoot, July 16, 1983

World Soccer, August 1983

Soccer Action, June 15, 1983

Soccer Action, June 22, 1983

England Expects, A History of the England Football Team, Author James Corbett, 2006

England, The Complete Post-War Record, Author Mike Payne

The selected squad for the Tour:

Goalkeepers:

Peter Leslie Shilton (captain) (Southampton Football Club) (September 18, 1949 (age 32 years at the time), Leicester, United Kingdom)

Nigel Phillip Spink (Aston Villa Football Club-Birmingham) (August 8, 1958 (age 24 years at the time), Chelmsford, United Kingdom

Defenders:

Daniel Joseph 'Danny' Thomas (Coventry City Football Club) (November 12, 1961 (age 21 years at the time), Worksop, United Kingdom)

Derek James Statham (West Bromwich Albion Football Club) (March 24, 1959 (age 24 years at the time), Wolverhampton, United Kingdom)

Russell Charles Osman (Ipswich Town Football Club) (February 14, 1959 (age 24 years at the time), Repton, United Kingdom)

Terence Ian Butcher (Ipswich Town Football Club) (December 28, 1958 (age 24 years at the time), Singapore)

Phillip George Neal (Liverpool Football Club) (February 20, 1951 (age 32 years at the time), Irchester, United Kingdom)

Midfielders:

Steven Charles Williams (Southampton Football Club) (July 12, 1958 (age 23 years at the time), Romford, United Kingdom)

Nicholas Pickering (Sunderland Association Football Club) (August 4, 1963 (age 19 years at the time), South Shields, United Kingdom)

Mark Francis Barham (Norwich City Football Club) (July 12, 1962 (age 20 years at the time), Folkestone, United Kingdom)

Samuel Lee (Liverpool Football Club) (February 7, 1959 (age 24 years at the time), Liverpool, United Kingdom)
John Charles Gregory (Queens Park Rangers Football Club-London) (May 11, 1954 (age 29 years at the time), Scunthorpe, United Kingdom)

Gordon Sidney Cowans (Aston Villa Football Club-Birmingham) (October 27, 1958 (age 24 years at the time), West Cornforth, United Kingdom)

Strikers:

Luther Loide Blissett (Watford Football Club) (February 1, 1958 (age 25 years at the time), Falmouth, Jamaica)

John Charles Bryan Barnes (Watford Football Club) (November 7, 1963 (age 19 years at the time), Kingston, Jamaica)
Trevor John Francis (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova / Italy) (April 19, 1954 (age 29 years at the time), Plymouth, United Kingdom)

Paul Anthony Walsh (Luton Town Football Club) (October 1, 1962 (age 20 years at the time), Plumstead, London, United

Coach: Robert William Robson (February 18, 1933, Sacriston, United Kingdom-July 31, 2009, Durham, England, United Kingdom)

Note:

I was unable to find an official list of the squad, these are the players that all took part in the matches.

It is possible that players may have been selected but did not play in any of the matches.

In the absence of an Official list, this is the known squad.

Photo From: All Panini England 1981/82, except

Spink, Barham (Panini England 1986/87)

Barnes, Blisset, Gregory, Pickering, Walsh (Panini England 1984/85)

(England squad)

The Matches on Tour:

Date: June 12, 1983

Competition: Friendly

Result: Australia 0-England 0

Venue: Sydney-Cricket Ground

Attendance: 28,000 (27,500 in another source)

Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)

Goalscorers:

(Australia): None

(England): None

Lineups:

Australia:

Terry Greedy (Saint George Football Club-Sydney, New South Wales)

Charlie Yankos (Heidelberg United Football Club-Melbourne, Victoria)

David Ratcliffe (Saint George Football Club- Sydney, New South Wales)

Alan Davidson (South Melbourne Football Club-Melbourne, Victoria)

Graham Jennings (Sydney Olympic Football Club-Sydney, New South Wales)

Steve O’Connor (Sydney City Hakoah Football Club-Sydney, New South Wales)

Jim Cant (Sydney City Hakoah Football Club-Sydney, New South Wales)

Peter Katholos (Sydney Olympic Football Club-Sydney, North South Wales)

Joe Watson (Sydney City Hakoah Football Club-Sydney, New South Wales)

Phil O’Connor (Wollongong Wolves Fooball Club-Wollomgong, New South Wales) (David Mitchell (Sydney City Hakoah Football Club-Sydney, New South Wales) 65^th)

John Kosmina (Sydney City Hakoah Football Club-Sydney, New South Wales)

Coach: Frank Arok (Yugoslavia)

Team Captain: John Kosmina

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts (with Dark Green Sleeves), Dark Green Shorts, Dark Green Socks

England:

1-Peter Leslie Shilton (Southampton Football Club)

2-Daniel Joseph 'Danny' Thomas (Coventry City Football Club)

3-Derek James Statham (West Bromwich Albion Football Club) (16-John Charles Bryan Barnes (Watford Football Club) 69^th)

4-Steven Charles Williams (Southampton Football Club)
5-Russell Charles Osman (Ipswich Town Football Club)

6-Terence Ian Butcher (Ipswich Town Football Club)

7-Mark Francis Barham (Norwich City Football Club)
8-John Charles Gregory (Queens Park Rangers Football Club-London)

9-Luther Loide Blissett (Watford Football Club) (15-Paul Anthony Walsh (Luton Town Football Club) 59^th)
10-Trevor John Francis (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova / Italy)

11-Gordon Sidney Cowans (Aston Villa Football Club-Birmingham)

Coach: Robert William Robson

Booked: John Gregory

Team Captain: Peter Shilton

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Admiral

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Blue Shorts, White Socks

Photo From: Shoot, July 16, 1983

(June 12, 1983, Australia 0-England 0)

Photo From: Shoot, July 16, 1983

(June 12, 1983, Australia 0-England 0)

Photo From: Soccer Action, June 15, 1983

(John Barnes, June 12, 1983, Australia 0-England 0)

Photo From: Official Match programme, England V Denmark, 1983

(June 12, 1983, Australia 0-England 0)

Date: June 15, 1983

Competition: Friendly

Result: Australia 0-England 1

Venue: Brisbane -Lang Park

Attendance: 16,000 (9,750 in another source)

Referee: Peter Rampley (Australia)

Goalscorers:

(Australia): None

(England): Paul Walsh 57

Summary of goals:

0-1 (57^th minute, England): Mark Barham’s cross from the right side appeared to have gone out on the left side before John Gregory pulled back for Walsh to score.

Lineups:

Australia:

Terry Greedy (Saint George Football Club-Sydney, New South Wales)

Charlie Yankos (Heidelberg United Football Club-Melbourne, Victoria)

David Ratcliffe (Saint George Football Club- Sydney, New South Wales)

Alan Davidson (South Melbourne Football Club-Melbourne, Victoria)

Graham Jennings (Sydney Olympic Football Club-Sydney, New South Wales)

Steve O’Connor (Sydney City Hakoah Football Club-Sydney, New South Wales)

Jim Cant (Sydney City Hakoah Football Club-Sydney, New South Wales)

Peter Katholos (Sydney Olympic Football Club-Sydney, North South Wales) (Ken Murphy (South Melbourne Football Club-Melbourne, Victoria) 69^th)

Joe Watson (Sydney City Hakoah Football Club-Sydney, New South Wales)

Phil O’Connor (Wollongong Wolves Fooball Club-Wollomgong, New South Wales) (David Mitchell (Sydney City Hakoah Football Club-Sydney, New South Wales) 75^th)

John Kosmina (Sydney City Hakoah Football Club-Sydney, New South Wales)

Coach: Frank Arok (Yugoslavia)

Team Captain: John Kosmina

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts (with Dark Green Sleeves), Dark Green Shorts, Dark Green Socks

England:

1-Peter Leslie Shilton (Southampton Football Club)

2-Phillip George Neal (Liverpool Football Club)

3-Derek James Statham (West Bromwich Albion Football Club) (Steven Charles Williams (Southampton Football Club) 21^st)

4-Mark Francis Barham (Norwich City Football Club)
5-Russell Charles Osman (Ipswich Town Football Club)
6-Terence Ian Butcher (Ipswich Town Football Club)
7-John Charles Gregory (Queens Park Rangers Football Club-London)

8-Trevor John Francis (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova / Italy)
9-Paul Anthony Walsh (Luton Town Football Club)
10-Gordon Sidney Cowans (Aston Villa Football Club-Birmingham)
11-John Charles Bryan Barnes (Watford Football Club)

Coach: Robert William Robson

Team Captain: Peter Shilton

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Admiral

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Blue Shorts, White Socks

Photo From: Shoot, July 16, 1983

(June 15, 1983, Australia 0-England 1)

Date: June 19, 1983

Competition: Friendly

Result: Australia 1-England 1

Venue: Melbourne-Olympic Park

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Jack Johnston (Australia)

Goalscorers:

(Australia): Phil Neal (own Goal) 27

(England): Trevor Francis 25

Summary of goals:

0-1 (25^th minute, England): A free kick from the middle was sent low to Francis in the box who turned and shot.

(27^th minute, Australia): Watson’s cross from the right was struck on Neal ‘s leg and went in.