Written by Peter Georgaras, Steve Darby, Thomas Esamie and Greg Stock.
Thanks to John Punshon for his research.
| This marked the year the Australian womens team would go to a World Cup. The bulk of the matches before that little campaign were warm up games but since the information I have is limited this will have to make do. | ||||
| Played: Friday January 20 1995 | Venue: Phoenix, Arizona, United States | |||
| United States of America Michelle Akers-Stahl (Lineup Incomplete) Goals: Akers-Stahl (x2), Other goalscorers not known |
5 | - | 0 | Australia Tracey Wheeler, Anissa Tann, Kaylene Janssen, Traci Bartlett, Sonia Gegenhuber, Denie Pentecost, Julie Murray (c) (Jane Oakley 46'), Cheryl Salisbury, Alison Forman (Moya Dodd 46') Lisa Casagrande, Sunni Hughes |
| Coach: Tom Sermanni (Australia) | ||||
| Played: Monday January 23 1995 | Venue: Phoenix, Arizona, United States | |||
| United States of America (Lineup Not Known) Goals: (Goalscorers Not Known) |
4 | - | 1 | Australia Tracey Wheeler, Anissa Tann, Traci Bartlett, Sonia Gegenhuber, Jane Oakley, Michelle Watson (Denie Pentecost 75'), Alison Forman (Kaylene Janssen 75'), Cheryl Salisbury, Julie Murray (c) (Justine Fisher 80'), Sunni Hughes, Lisa Casagrande (Kim Revell 70') Goal: Hughes 22' |
| Coach: Tom Sermanni (Australia) | ||||
| Angela Iannotta and Kim Revell came on as substitutes to score their goals, sadly I have no data on who they cam on for nor when. Just incase you were wondering. | ||||
| Played: Friday March 17 1995 | Venue: Australian Institute of Sport Field, Canberra, Australia | |||
| Australia Claire Nichols, Jane Oakley, Kim Lembryk, Alison Forman, Cheryl Salisbury, Anissa Tann, Traci Bartlett, Julie Murray, Lisa Dunne, Denie Pentecost, Kaylene Jansen; Subs: Angela Iannotta, Kim Revell Goals: Revell, Lembryk, Tann pen, Iannotta |
4 | - | 0 | New Zealand Rebecca Rolls, Andrea Rogers, Julia Campbell, Terry McCahill (c), Cinnamon Chaney, Donna Baker, Zoe Miller, Amanda Crawford, Wendi Henderson, Wendy Sharpe, Kim Dermott; Subs: Abby Allan, Sacha Haskell, Lorraine Taylor |
| Coach: Tom Sermanni (Australia) | ||||
| Played: Friday March 19 1995 | Venue: Australian Institute of Sport Field, Canberra, Australia | |||
| Australia Denise Lofthouse, Anissa Tann, Bridgette Starr, Cheryl Salisbury, Louise McMurtrie, Michelle Prouton (Sacha Wainwright 66'), Julie Murray (Justine Fisher 46'), Michelle Watson (Kim Lembryk 66'), Sarah Cooper, Sunni Hughes (Lizzy Clayton 46'), Lisa Casagrande Goals: Tann 15'pen, Claydon 65' |
2 | - | 0 | New Zealand Rebecca Rolls, Andrea Rogers, Julia Campbell, Terry McCahill (c), Cinnamon Chaney, Donna Baker, Zoe Miller, Amanda Crawford, Wendi Henderson, Wendy Sharpe, Kim Dermott; Subs: Melissa Ruscoe, Lorraine Taylor |
| Coaches: Tom Sermanni (Australia), Nora Watkins (New Zealand) | ||||
| Australia were invited to participate in the Uberlandia International Trophy held in Brazil. One source, which I have used, states exact dates in May and the other simply that the games were in April. | ||||
| PlayedMonday April 10 1995 | Venue: Uberlandia Stadium, Uberlandia, Brazil | |||
| Australia Tracey Wheeler, Anissa Tann (c), Sarah Cooper, Sonia Gegenhuber (Louise McMurtrie 70'), Cheryl Salisbury, Jane Oakley, Julie Murray, Michelle Watson, Kaylene Jannsen (Lizzy Claydon 75'), Sunni Hughes, Angela Iannotta Goals: Watson (x2), Hughes (x2), Salisbury, Iannotta, Claydon |
7 | - | 0 | Argentina (Lineup Not Known) |
| Attendance: 15,000 Coach Tom Sermanni (Australia) | ||||
| Played: Thursday April 13 1995 | Venue: Uberlandia Stadium, Uberlandia, Brazil | |||
| Brazil (Lineup Not Known) Goals: (Goalscorers Not Known) 17' 29' 78' |
3 | - | 0 | Australia Tracey Wheeler, Anissa Tann (c), Sarah Cooper, Sonia Gegenhuber, Cheryl Salisbury, Jane Oakley (Kaylene Janssen 80'), Alison Forman, Denie Pentecost, Julie Murray (Kim Lwmbryk 46'), Sunni Hughes, Michelle Watson |
| Attendance: 20,000 Coaches: Tom Sermanni (Australia) | ||||
| Played: Sunday April 16 1996 | Uberlandia Trophy Final | Venue: Uberlande, Brazil | ||
| Brazil (Lineup Not Known) Goals: (Goalscorers Not Known) 10' _' |
2 | - | 3 | Australia Tracey Wheeler, Anissa Tann (c), Sarah Cooper, Sonia Gegenhuber, Louise McMurtrie, Jane Oakley, Michelle Watson (Julie Murray 65'), Cheryl Salisbury, Kim Lembryk (Alison Forman 65'), Lisa Casagrande (Angela Ianotta 46'), Sunni Hughes Goals: Watson 1' Lembryk 25' Casagrande 27' |
| Coach: Tom Sermanni (Australia) | ||||
| Australia then went north in search of games to prepare for the 1995 Womens World Cup. | ||||
| Played: Thursday May 11 1995 | Venue: Vancouver, Canada | |||
| Canada (Lineup Not Known) Goals: (Goalscorers Not Known) |
3 | - | 0 | Australia Tracey Wheeler, Sarah Cooper, Sonia Gegenhuber, Alison Forman, Cheryl Salisbury, Anissa Tann, Traci Bartlett, Julie Murray, Sunni Hughes, Lisa Casagrande, Kim Lembryk |
| Coach: Tom Sermanni (Australia) | ||||
| This game marked the Matildas 100th ever match. | ||||
| Played: Saturday May 13 1995 | Venue: Vancouver, Canada | |||
| Canada Wendy Hawthorne (Tanya Singfield 46') (Lineup Incomplete) |
0 | - | 3 | Australia Clare Nichols, Denie Pentecost, Sonia Gegenhuber, Alison Forman, Cheryl Salisbury, Anissa Tann, Jane Oakley, Julie Murray, Sunni Hughes, Lisa Casagrande, Kaylene Janssen Goals: Salisbury 10' Forman 39' Iannotta 76' |
| Coach: Tom Sermanni (Australia) | ||||
| Played: Wednesday May 17 1995 | Venue: Rugby Park, Kilmarnock, Scotland | |||
| Scotland (Lineup Not Known) |
0 | - | 0 | Australia Tracey Wheeler, Sarah Cooper, Sonia Gegenhuber, Sacha Wainwright, Cheryl Salisbury, Anissa Tann, Louise McMurtrie, Michelle Watson, Sunni Hughes, Lisa Casagrande, Kim Lembryk |
| Coach: Tom Sermanni (Australia) | ||||
| This was the final warm up game prior to the World Cup which more or less was the time the team were named the Matildas. Also by now the team knew they had drawn Denmark, China and the USA in their group. This warm up against the host country was a fair indicator of what was going to happen. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played: Saturday May 27 1995 | Venue: Helsingborg, Sweden | |||
| Sweden (Lineup Not Known) Goals: (Goalscorers Not Known) |
5 | - | 0 | Australia Claire Nichols, Sarah Cooper, Sonia Gegenhuber, Alison Forman, Cheryl Salisbury, Anissa Tann, Louise McMurtrie, Julie Murray, Lisa Casagrande, Denie Pentecost, Angela Iannotta |
| Coach: Tom Sermanni (Australia) | ||||
| Now that Australia got stuffed 5-0 is a matter of record. However there seems to be some disagreement as to who got sent off. The World Cup records suggest Michelle Watson, but the Australian records (and witnesses at the match) say Sonia Gegenhuber got the boot. I'm hoping the Australians know their players better than the World Cup officials. The other group match ended 3-3. This was a World Cup match. | ||||
| Played: Tuesday June 6 1995 | Venue: Arosvallen, Vasteras, Sweden | |||
| Australia Tracey Wheeler, Alison Forman, Anissa Tann-Darby, Sonia Gegenhuber (sent off 45'), Sarah Cooper, Michelle Watson, Cheryl Salisbury (Angela Iannotta 57'), Julie Murray (c), Jane Oakley, Lisa Casagrande (Lizzie Claydon 79'), Sunni Hughes (Kim Lembryk 57') Cautions: Forman 25' Salisbury 37' Watson 45' |
0 | - | 5 | Denmark Dorthe Larsen, Katrine Pederson (Axelsen 78'), Kamma Flaeng, Lene Terp, Rikke Holm, Anne Nielsen, Annette Laursen (Bonde 65'), Brigit Christensen, Helle Jensen, Gitte Krogh, Lene Madsen (Hansen 63') Cautions: Laursen 28' Goals: Krogh 12' 48' Nilsen 25' Jensen 37' Hansen 86' |
| Referee: Bente Skogvang (Norway) Linesmen: Mohammed AH Osman (Sudan), Tour Mamadou (Malawi) Attendance: 1,500 Coaches: Tom Sermanni (Australia), Keld Gantzhorn (Denmark) | ||||
| Australia managed something here that the Socceroos have never managed. Score in a World Cup Finals match. In the other game the USA beat Denmark 2-0. This was a World Cup match. | ||||
| Played: Thursday June 8 1995 | Venue: Arosvallen, V�steras, Sweden | |||
| Australia Tracey Wheeler, Jane Oakley, Cheryl Salisbury (Lizzie Claydon 77'), Alison Forman, Sarah Cooper, Kim Lembryk (Lisa Casagrande 62'), Anissa Tann-Darby, Julie Murray (c) (Denie Pentecost 81), Michelle Watson, Sunni Hughes, Angela Iannotta Cautions: Lembryk 62' Salisbury 73' Watson 83' Goals: Iannotta 25' Hughes 89' |
2 | - | 4 | China Honglian Zhong, Liping Wang, Yunjie Fan, Yang Zhou, Huilin Xie, Yufeng Chen (Wen 69'), Ailing Liu, Lihong Zhao, Guihong Shi, Wan Sun, Quingxia Shui (Wei 27') Caution: Zhou Goals: Zhou 23' Shi 54' 78' Liu 93' |
| Referee: Maria Edilene Siqueira (Brazil) Linesmen: Mamadou Tourt (Malawi), Mohammed AH Osman (Sudan) Attendance: 1,500 Coaches: Tom Sermanni (Australia), Yuanan Ma (China) | ||||
| The adventure ended for the Aussies with another loss to the USA. One of these days...., oh and China beat Denmark 3-1. The Australian goal was scored by Lisa Casagrande though I have seen sources which list a Foudy own goal. This was a World Cup match. | ||||
| Played: Saturday June 10 1995 | Venue: Olympia Stadium, Helsingborg, Sweden | |||
| Australia Tracey Wheeler, Sarah Cooper, Alison Forman, Anissa Tann-Darby, Sonia Gegenhuber, Jane Oakley (Sacha Wainwright 82'), Julie Murray (c), Cheryl Salisbury, Angela Iannota, Sunni Hughes, Lisa Casagrande (Lizzie Claydon 68') Cautions: Forman 42' Iannotta 82' Murray 88' Goal: Casagrande 66' |
1 | - | 4 | United States of America Saskia Webber, Linda Hamilton, Carla Overbeck, Thori Staples, Holly Manthei (Gabarra 46'), Joy Fawcett, Christine Lilly, Tisha Venturini, Tiffeny Milbrett (Keller 78'), Mariel Hamm, Amanda Cromwell (Michelle Foudy 61') Caution: Venturini 55' Goals: Foudy 69' Fawcett 72' Overbeck 90+2'pen Keller 90+4' |
| Referee: Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand) Linesmen: Corinne Langrange (France), Jeon Young Hyun (Korea) Attendance: 1,105 Coaches: Tom Sermanni (Australia), Tony DiCicco (United States of America) | ||||
| Well you have to hand it to these girls, they certainly got about. After the disappointing World Cup, though could the draw have been any tougher?, they travelled to the USA to participate in the US Cup. | ||||
| Played: Saturday July 29 1995 | Venue: Fojey Field, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA | |||
| Australia Claire Nichols, Bridgette Starr, Denie Pentecost (Sonia Gegenhuber 65'), Alison Forman, Anissa Tann-Darby, Sacha Wainwright (Dianne Alagich 82'), Michelle Watson, Julie Murray, Kim Lembryk, Angela Iannotta (Kim Revell 70'), Lisa Casagrande (Lizzy Claydon 75') |
0 | - | 2 | Norway Linda Medalen, Marianne Pettersen (Lineup Incomplete) Goals: Medalen 20' Pettersen 56' |
| Coach: Tom Sermanni (Australia) | ||||
| Played: Thursday August 3 1995 | Venue: Rutgers Soccer Stadium, New Vrunswick, New Jersey, USA | |||
| Australia Claire Nichols, Louise McMurtrie, Sonia Gegenhuber, Alison Forman, Sacha Wainwright, Anissa Tann-Darby, Kim Lembryk, Julie Murray, Bridgette Starr, Lisa Casagrande, Michelle Watson Goals: Iannotta 23' Casagrande 34' |
2 | - | 4 | United States of America Saskia Webber, Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly, Michelle Akers (Lineup Incomplete) Goals: Lilly 14' Hamm 24' 84' Akers 35' |
| Coach: Tom Sermanni (Australia) | ||||
| This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played: Saturday August 5 1995 | Venue: Richmond Stadium, Richmond, Virginia, USA | |||
| Australia Claire Nichols, Kim Lembryk, Sonia Gegenhuber, Alison Forman, Sacha Wainwright, Anissa Tann-Darby, Dianne Alagich, Julie Murray, Lizzy Claydon, Lisa Casagrande, Michelle Watson Goals: Tann pen, Casagrande, Pentecost |
3 | - | 2 | Chinese Taipei (Lineup Not Known) Goals: (Goalscorers Not Known) |
| Coach: Tom Sermanni (Australia) | ||||