11.1.16

Hungary 1912

The luck of the draw...
Hungary were in a pretty good place before the commencement of the 1912 Olympic tournament at Stockholm.
15 games had passed since they had been beaten 8-2 by England in 1909. Of these only 3 had been lost. 8 had been won, and 45 goals had been scored. In November 1911 Imre Schlosser had scored 6 in a 9-0 win over Switzerland.
Their final warm up match had been a 6-0 win over Norway in Oslo.
Having been given a bye in the first round Hungary faced England Amateurs (Great Britain).
It was a scorching day, and an experienced Hungary XI were outgunned by the English.
Bradford City's Harold Walden got 6 goals and the legendary Vivian Woodward 1 as England ran out 7-0 winners.
Contemporary Hungarian reports state that the score did not reflect the balance of play- possession and territory were about equal but that whereas the English forwards played phenomenally Schlosser was unwell and off form.


England Amateurs (Great Britain)
GK
Dr Ronald Brebner
Northern Nomads
FB
Thomas Burn
London Caledonians
FB
Arthur Knight
Portsmouth
HB
Harry Littlewort
Glossop North End
HB
Ted Hanney
Reading
HB
Joseph Dines
Ilford
F
Arthur Berry
Oxford City
F
Vivian Woodward
Chelsea
F
Harold Walden
Bradford City
F
Gordon Hoare
Woolwich Arsenal
F
Ivan Sharpe
Derby County



Coach: A. Birch



Hungary
GK
Domonkos László 
M.T.K.
FB
Rumbold Gyula 
Ferencváros
FB
Payer Imre 
Ferencváros
HB
Bíró Gyula 
M.T.K.
HB
Károly Jenő
Budapesti A.K.
HB
Vágó Antal 
M.T.K.
F
Sebestyén Béla 
M.T.K.
F
Bodnár Sándor 
M.A.C
F
Pataki Mihály 
Ferencváros
F
Schlosser-Lakatos Imre 
Ferencváros
F
Borbás Gáspár 
Ferencváros



Coach:  Herczog Ede


Hungary won the consolation tournament, beating Germany (2 days after their record 16-0 win over Russia) by 3-1. Hungary met Austria in the final, winning 3-0 with goals from Schlosser, Pataki and Bodnár.