13th Dec, 2024 10:00

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Lot 1690 - JIMMY DICKINSON OF ENGLAND, MATCH WORN INTERNATIONAL JERSEY
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JIMMY DICKINSON OF ENGLAND, MATCH WORN INTERNATIONAL JERSEY
15TH APRIL 1950

worn vs. Scotland in the Home Championship match, embroidered crest inscribed SCOTLAND V ENGLAND APRIL 1950, ST. BLAIZE label to interior, number 6 verso, long-sleeve

Note: Jimmy Dickinson MBE (1925–1982) is a Portsmouth F.C. legend, with a record total of 764 appearances for the club.

'He signed for Portsmouth as a trainee and made his debut in 1946 against Blackburn Rovers. Settling into the side quickly at either wing-half or left-half, he was part of the team that won successive league championships in 1948–49 and 1949–50. His performances earned him a call-up to the England national team. He went on to win 48 caps for England, making him Portsmouth's most capped English player of all time. During his record 845 club appearances for Pompey and his 48 England caps he was never once booked or sent off, earning him the nickname 'Gentleman Jim'.'

This shirt was worn during the 1950 Home Championship tie vs. Scotland. It is offered as part of the collection relating to Rangers and Scotland legend, Willie Woodburn, and was gained as a swap.

'England once again clinched the Home International Championship—and with it a place in the World Cup finals—with this hard-fought win in front of a massive crowd of 133,250 spectators. It was a very close game with both sides grappling for supremacy.'

Match Report as appears in the F.A. Yearbook 1950-51, pages 24-25

On April [15th] at Hampden Park, Glasgow, England played Scotland in the last home international of the season, and won back the international championship by a 1-0 victory. Though the teams were very evenly matched. England's slight superiority in finish probably turned the scale. Scotland were, however, unlucky not to force the draw which would have kept them in the World Cup.
Scotland attacked strongly at the start and kept the initiative through most of the first-half, Williams making flying saves from the menacing drives of Waddell, Steel and Liddell.
In the second-half England's superior power of combination, particularly at wing-half, began to tell. But they still had not found effective form in forcing home their good approach play. The solitary goal of the match came in the 64th minute, when Langton at outside-left cut down the wing and sent a low pass to Bentley, who drove hard into the Scottish net. In the last twenty minutes Scotland attacked strongly, but the English defence stood firm.

On the 1949/50 Home Championships,

'1949–50 British Home Championship was one of the most significant competitions of the British Home Championship football tournament. This year saw the competition doubling up as Group 1 in the qualifying rounds for the 1950 FIFA World Cup. It was the first time that either England, Wales, Scotland or Ireland (IFA) had entered a World Cup competition. It was also a significant moment in the history of Irish football as it was the last time that the (Northern) Irish Football Association entered a team featuring players born in both Northern Ireland and what is now the Republic of Ireland.

 

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Sold for £3,000
Estimated at £3,000 - £5,000


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