South Africa v England 23/06/1956

[LiamForest1865]

Bought a batch of England progammes at an auction and found this one tucked away in there. South Africa vs England, June 23rd 1956. It says 1st International Match across the cover. Can anyone give me some information on this progamme?

[wdy11]

Did a quick google search and it came up with this

http://www.sportspages.com/football/football_programmes/england_matches_(home_and_away)/south_africa_v_england_1956_2911b

[LiamForest1865]

Nice one, looks a good find. It says about there beng 4 unofficial games, anyone know anything about these?

[holtie96]

Wouldn't get too excited sports pages has some quality items but are notoriously expensive

[wdy11]

Yeah I did notice that when I was going through the items for sale. Still gotta be worth a little more than the average though???

[1980Cossie]

The programme is worth £20-25 on a good day, not a full England international either it was the Football Association Tour FA X1 made up of fringe players and promising youth players. I know where there is one identical for sale for £40 on a dealers website.

1956 TOUR OF SOUTH AFRICA AND RHODESIA BY THE (ENGLISH) FA

Players:
Bobby Ayre (Charlton Athletic)
John Bond (West Ham United)
Ted Burgin (Sheffield United)
Peter Harris (Portsmouth)
Gerry Hitchens (Cardiff City)
Bedford Jezzard (Fulham)
Johnny King (Stoke City)
Ray King (Port Vale)
Jimmy Langley (Brighton and Hove Albion)
Jack Mansell (Portsmouth)
Bill McGarry (Huddersfield Town)
Bob Morton (Luton Town)
Syd Owen (Luton Town) [c]
Bill Perry (Blackpool)
George Petherbridge (Bristol Rovers)
Len Quested (Huddersfield Town)
Bobby Robson (West Bromwich Albion)
Jackie Teasdale (Doncaster Rovers)

Note: Harris, Jezzard, McGarry, Owen, and Perry had played full internationals prior to the
tour. Hitchens, Langley, and Robson did so later. Perry was born in South Africa.

P18 W16 D2 L0 F71 A17
12/5/56 Johannesburg Southern Transvaal 1-2 England
16/5/56 Pietermaritzburg Natal 1-2 England
19/5/56 Durban Natal 0-4 England
23/5/56 East London Border 0-10 England
26/5/56 Port Elizabeth Eastern Province 3-8 England
31/5/56 Cape Town Western Province 0-2 England
2/6/56 Pretoria Northern Transvaal 0-3 England
6/6/56 Kimberley Griqualand West 0-5 England
9/6/56 Kitwe Northern Rhodesia 0-4 England
13/6/56 Salisbury Southern Rhodesia 0-3 England
16/6/56 Bulawayo Southern Rhodesia 1-3 England (also reported on 17/6)
20/6/56 Bloemfontein Orange Free State 2-7 England
23/6/56 Johannesburg South Africa 3-4 England
27/6/56 Vereeniging Southern Transvaal 2-5 England
30/6/56 Durban South Africa 2-4 England
7/7/56 Benoni Eastern Transvaal 1-1 England
9/7/56 Cape Town South Africa 0-0 England

[LiamForest1865]

Thanks for your help people. Seems crazy how price can range from £20-£25 upto the ridiculous £800! Either way it seems there aren't many around, to me its quite a nice programme to own. Only cost me a couple of quid anyway.