Edinburgh Charities game v Newcastle United 1955

[lou42us]

Plz plz help.......i am looking for details on the charities match against newcastle that was played at easter rd on 6th August 1955. I have managed to get the team list and the attentance, but the information i still need is the most important - the score. I hope someone can help. Thanks

[Saorsa]

Plz plz help.......i am looking for details on the charities match against newcastle that was played at easter rd on 6th August 1955. I have managed to get the team list and the attentance, but the information i still need is the most important - the score. I hope someone can help. Thanksyou could try the iHibs

http://ihibs.co.uk

I had a quick look and the only home game I found against Newcastle was on 16/11/55 and the score was 2-0. It may not be on that site or I may not have looked properly. Might be worth a try though.

[Bostonhibby]

Take a look here for the programme, you sometimes get the score written on it, but doesn't appear so here!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/6-8-55-Hibernian-Edinburgh-V-Newcastle-Utd-/350448723806?pt=UK_Sports_Memorabilia_Football_Pro grammes_ET&hash=item51985f275e

[hibbybrian]

Plz plz help.......i am looking for details on the charities match against newcastle that was played at easter rd on 6th August 1955. I have managed to get the team list and the attentance, but the information i still need is the most important - the score. I hope someone can help. Thanks

Score was 1-1

Willie Ormond scored for Edinburgh Select after 6 minutes and Keeble equalised for Newcastle in the second half. Lawrie Reilly had a goal chalked off and Newcastle missed a penalty. The Referee was none other than Bobby Davidson :wink:

[lou42us]

thanks very much for all your help......Im also needing the score for the Aston Villa charities match that was played the summer of 1946. cheers :agree:

[ancient hibee]

Would you like to post the teams?

[Conrad Gray]

Would you like to post the teams?

I'm assuming its the 1946 game you are talking about....The teams from the programme are -

Edinburgh

Brown
Howie
Shaw
Finnigan
Brennan
Kean
Smith
Walker
Aitken
Macrae
Walker

Aston Villa

Rutherford
Cummings Potts
Lowe
Callaghan
Iverson
Smith
Starling
Edwards
Dixon
Goffin

Does anyone have a definitive list of the Edinburgh Select games?? Also did they ever play any away fixtures?

[TRIALIST]

1946/47 Edinburgh select v Derby County 4.5 to county, linwood 1, Ormond 2 and Pithie with a freekick.

[lou42us]

1941/42 - Arsenal
1942/43 - RAF select
1943/44 - RAF select
1944/45 - Aston Villa
!945/46 - Huddersfield town
1946/47 - Aston Villa
1947/48 - Derby County
1948/49 - Blackpool
1949/50 - Wolves
1950/51 - Newcastle Utd
1951/52 - Liverpool
!952/53 - Portsmouth
1953/54 - Wolves
1954/55 - Bolton Wanderers
1955/56 - Newcastle Utd
1956/57 - Birmingham City
1957/58 - Preston North End
1958/59 - Liverpool
1959/60 - Newcastle Utd
1960/61 - Chelsea

Im not sure if anymore games were played after the 1960 one. As far as i am aware all the games were played at either Tynecastle or Easter Rd with no away fixtures. Hope this helps:agree:

[ancient hibee]

In the early 60s there were games against Burnley who were league champions at the time.

The games were always well attended especially as it was usually the first football seen for over 3 months.The team had 6 players from the club whose ground the game was being played at and there was always the interest in seeing combinations of players from the two clubs.The English teams weretop notch.