Everton Friendlies: 1950s

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Intra-Squad Friendlies

 

Flags indicate tour matches in those countries.

 

Date Opponents Score Scorer(s) NB
2 May 1950 Blackburn Rovers D 1-1 Oscar Hold
12 May 1950 AIK Stockholm L 1-3 Harry Catterick Sweden
16 May 1950 Helsingborgs W 1-0 Harry Catterick Sweden
18 May 1950 Gothenburg W 3-1 Oscar Hold (3) Sweden
9 Oct 1950 The Army XI W 2-0 Harry Catterick, Eddie Wainwright
27 Jan 1951 Notts County W 3-2 Harry Potts (2), Jimmy McIntosh
10 Feb 1951 Notts County W 3-0 Tommy Eglington (2), Oscar Hold
24 Feb 1951 Middlesbrough D 1-1 Jimmy McIntosh
30 Apr 1951 Chester City L 3-5 Dave Hickson (3)
15 Oct 1951 The Army XI W 6-3 Dave Hickson (3), Ted Buckle (2), Wally Fielding
23 Feb 1952 Blackpool L 1-2 Tommy Eglington
22 Sep 1952 The Army XI W 2-1 John Willie Parker, Harry Potts
22 Oct 1952 Western Command W 3-1 Dave Hickson (2), Ted Buckle
21 Apr 1953 Runcorn W 7-2 Gwyn Lewis (2), Eddie Wainwright (2), Joe Easthope, Joe Harris, George Saunders
6 May 1953 Home Farm XI W 4-1 Dave Hickson (2), George Cummins, John Willie Parker
14 May 1953 Clyde W 5-3 Dave Hickson (3), Tommy Eglington (2) Northern Ireland
15 May 1953 Newry W 1-0 Own goal Northern Ireland
16 Sep 1953 Llandudno W 2-0 Derek Mayers, Ron Saunders 1
30 Sep 1953 The Army XI W 6-2 Eddie Wainwright (3), Tommy Eglington, Derek Mayers, Harry Potts
13 Oct 1953 Exeter W 4-0 Ted Buckle (2), Wally Fielding, John Willie Parker
26 Apr 1954 Crewe L 2-5 Ron Saunders, Eddie Thomas 2
20 May 1954 Aalborg XI W 4-1 Wally Fielding, Dave Hickson, John Willie Parker, Eddie Wainwright Denmark
23 May 1954 Aarhus XI W 1-0 John Willie Parker Denmark
27 May 1954 North Jutland XI W 6-1 Harry Potts (2), Ted Buckle, Tommy Eglington, Dave Hickson, Gwyn Lewis Denmark
30 May 1954 Denmark XI W 4-1 Dave Hickson, Cyril Lello, Eddie Wainwright, own goal Denmark
24 Nov 1954 The Army XI W 3-1 Tommy Eglington, Brian Harris, John Willie Parker
12 Mar 1955 SV Sodingen D 0-0
8 May 1955 Jutland XI L 1-5 Tony McNamara Denmark
10 May 1955 Denmark XI D 1-1 Dave Hickson Denmark
15 May 1955 Schweinfurt D 1-1 Unknown Germany
22 May 1955 Koln L 0-1 Germany
23 May 1955 Fortuna ’54 W 2-1 John Willie Parker (2) The Netherlands
12 Oct 1955 The Army XI L 1-2 Jimmy Harris
28 Apr 1956 Vasco da Gama W 6-3 Cyril Lello (3), Peter Farrell, Wally Fielding, Derek Mayers
18 May 1956 Newark Portuguese-Polish XI W 4-0 Don Donovan (3), Jimmy Harris USACanada
20 May 1956 American Soccer League XI W 7-0 Jimmy Harris (3), Don Donovan, Alec Farrall, Peter Farrell, Brian Harris USACanada
25 May 1956 Ludlow Lusitano W 4-1 Alec Farrall, Brian Harris, Jimmy Harris, Eric Moore USACanada
30 May 1956 Schwaben L 0-1 USACanada
2 Jun 1956 St. Louis Catholic Youth Council All-Stars XI W 5-0 Tommy Eglington (2), Peter Farrell (2), Ken Birch USACanada
3 Jun 1956 Chicago All-Stars XI W 3-2 Peter Farrell (3) USACanada
9 Jun 1956 Aberdeen D 3-3 Don Donovan, Tommy Eglington, Brian Harris USACanada
13 Jun 1956 Aberdeen W 2-1 Jimmy Harris (2) USACanada
16 Jun 1956 Aberdeen W 3-1 Alec Farrall, Brian Harris, Jimmy Harris USACanada
17 Jun 1956 Aberdeen W 6-3 Brian Harris (3), Don Donovan, Tommy Eglington, Wally Fielding USACanada
25 Sep 1956 Aberdeen L 2-3 Ken Birch, Jimmy Harris
3 Oct 1956 The Army XI D 3-3 Tommy Eglington (2), Alec Farrall
2 Mar 1957 Banik Ostrava W 3-2 Eddie Thomas (2), William Haughey
1 May 1957 RFC Liege L 0-1
2 May 1957 Chester City L 2-4 Jimmy Payne, Graham Williams 3
13 May 1957 Shamrock Rovers L 2-4 Tony McNamara, Derek Temple All-Ireland
15 May 1957 Glentoran W 1-0 William Haughey All-Ireland
9 Oct 1957 Liverpool W 2-0 Eddie Thomas (2) FCC
23 Oct 1957 Red Star Belgrade L 2-3 Alec Ashworth (2)
30 Oct 1957 Liverpool L 2-3 Jimmy Harris, Dave Hickson FCC
6 Nov 1957 The Army XI L 2-3 Tony McNamara, Eddie Thomas
19 Mar 1958 Shamrock Rovers W 2-0 Dave Hickson (2)
16 Apr 1958 Fortuna ’54 W 6-1 Jimmy Harris (5), Dave Hickson
10 Aug 1958 Drumcondra W 7-1 Alec Ashworth (2), Peter Harburn (2), Eddie Thomas (2), Jimmy Harris Ireland
13 Aug 1958 Cork Hibernians W 3-2 Jimmy Harris (2), Eddie Thomas Ireland
15 Aug 1958 Shelbourne L 2-3 Alec Ashworth (2) Ireland
1 Oct 1958 Liverpool L 1-2 Dave Hickson FCC
8 Oct 1958 South Africa XI W 7-4 Dave Hickson (3), Bobby Collins, Jimmy Harris, TE Jones, Eddie O’Hara
29 Oct 1958 Liverpool L 2-3 Jimmy Harris, Eddie Thomas FCC
8 Dec 1958 The Army XI W 1-0 Bobby Collins
6 Apr 1959 Crystal Palace D 2-2 John Willie Parker, Eddie Thomas
27 Apr 1959 Wigan W 5-2 Frank Wignall (4), Alec Ashworth
30 Apr 1959 Valencia L 0-1
7 Oct 1959 Liverpool L 0-3 FCC
28 Oct 1959 Liverpool W 2-0 Brian Harris, Jimmy Harris FCC


Notes

FCC = Floodlight Challenge Cup

NB: A match against Gent was scheduled to be played on 21st May 1955, however there is no known record of such match taking place.

  1. John Humphreys benefit match.
  2. Frank Mitcheson benefit match.
  3. Ronnie Hughes, Sam Morris and Phil Whitlock testimonial.