Written by Alan Garside.
| The English club side Blackpool toured Australia in 1958. The Blackpool side played 12 games in Australia with a squad that boasted the champion English footballer Sir Stanley Mathews. | ||||
| Played : Sunday May 4 1958 | Venue : Crystal Palace, Wallsend, Newcastle | |||
| New South Wales
Mick Sokoloff, W Whitelaw, Harry Murdoch, Jim Pettigrew, Joe Marston (c), K Grant, Bruce Morrow, Joe Kendal, Tom McWatters, Spencer Kitching, Charlie Stewart |
0 | - | 8 | Blackpool (ENG) (Incomplete) George Fram (GK), Tom Garrett, Jack Wright, Jimmy Kelly, Roy Gatrix, Hugh Kelly (c), Stanley Mathews (Jimmy Arnfield 30'), Jimmy Hagan, Roy Charnley, M Starkey, Bill Perry Goals : Hagan 27' Perry 50' 68' Starkey 52' Charnley 72' 89' Arnfield 73' 88' |
| Attendance : 14,000 Half Time : 0-1 Manager : Eric Hayward (Blackpool) Trainer : Alex Wilson (Blackpool) | ||||