For the Paris Olympics, four football matches, all involving a Frenchteam, were originally scheduled:
16th September 1900 France vs Switzerland23rd September 1900 France vs Belgium30th September 1900 France vs Germany 7th October 1900 France vs England
As Switzerland and Germany eventually did not send a team, the matchinvolving France and England was moved forward to 20th September.
France's representatives were determined by the USFSA, which elected theParisian champions Club Français. For Belgium, the 1899/00national champions, Racing Club de Bruxelles, were invited, but theydeclined. Eventually the Belgian federation sent a student selection, strengthened by a few non-students, and comprising two non-Belgian nationals;all players were active at Belgian clubs, such as Léopold Club, Racing Club, Skill Club (all three from Brussels), FC Liégeois, SC Louvain and Spa FC. For England, Upton Park FC played.
Both matches were part of the official Olympic programme, which wasa haphazard affair, as the entire Olympics suffered from being amere sideshow to the World Exhibition in Paris that year. No medalswere awarded (this habit, in its current form, was started in 1906only), and the two matches together were never intended as a proper tournament (if one would like to consider them, anachronistically,for any medal count, they should be treated as separate events).
Paris, 20th September, 1900Club Français Paris 0-4 (0-2) Upton Park FCClub Français Paris (France):Lucien Huteau - Louis Bach, Pierre Allemane - Virgile Gaillard, Alfred Bloch,Maurice Macaire - Eugène Fraysse (capt.), René Garnier, Alex Lambert,Maurice Grandjean, Fernand CanelleUpton Park FC (Great Britain):J.H. Jones - Claude Buckingham, William Gosling - Alfred Chalk, J.E. Barridge,William Quash - Arthur Turner, F.G. Spackman, J. Nicholas, James Zealey,A. Haslam (capt.)Referee: Maignard (France)Attendance: 500, Vélodrome Municipal de VincennesScorers: J. Nicholas 2; Arthur Turner; James ZealeyParis, 23rd September, 1900Club Français Paris 6-2 (1-2) Student XIClub Français Paris (France):Lucien Huteau - Louis Bach, Pierre Allemane - Virgile Gaillard, Alfred Bloch,Maurice Macaire - René Duparc, René Garnier (capt.), Gaston Peltier, Alex Lambert,Fernand CanelleStudent XI (Belgium):Marcel Leboutte - René Kelecom, Ernest Moreau de Melen - Alphonse Renier,Gustave Pelgrims (capt.), Eugène Neefs - Eric Thornton, Hendrik van Heuckelum,Hilaire Spanoghe, Albert Delbecque, Lucien LondotNB: Hendrik ("Henk", "Kees") van Heuckelum was a Dutch national; Eric Thornton was an English national; both were resident in Brussels, members of Léopold FC and students at the Université de Bruxelles.Referee: Jack Wood (England)Attendance: 1,500, Vélodrome Municipal de VincennesScorers: 1' Gaston Peltier 1-0; Hilaire Spanoghe 1-1; Hendrik van Heuckelum 1-2; Alex Lambert 2-2; Gaston Peltier 3-2; last three scorers unknownSources included:[BuL] (Band 1),[iff], Tous les sports (issue of 29 Sep 1900)
Additional information thanks toFrédéric Pauron (fpauron@hotmail.com)
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