John

 

I don't know about unoffical ladies internationals, but I did uncover details of a match between Dick, Kerr Ladies and St. Helens Ladies played at Goodison Park on Monday 27 December 1920.

 

The match was played to raise funds for the Discharged Soldiers and Sailors Association and a crowd of approximately 40,000 packed into Goodison Park and raised £3,055 in receipts.

 

Ella Retford, a music-hall and pantomime star of the time, performed the ceremonial kick off before giving referee Stan Peers a Christmas kiss, much to his surprise (apparently!).

 

Dick, Kerr Ladies won 4:0, with Clayton scoring the first goal and their captain Kell scoring the final three for her hat-trick.

 

The line-ups were:

 

Dick, Kerr Ladies: Hastie; Kell (c), Carr, Woods, Walmsley, Hulme, Haslam, Harris, Mills, Lee, Clayton.

 

St. Helens Ladies: Waine; Makin, Gee, Britch, Ranson, Swift, Davies, Johnson, Scott, Woods, Hayes.

 

Although Kell started at full back, she moved to centre forward after Clayton was injured scoring her goal, with Clayton reverting to Kell's position at the back.

 

Regards

 

Steve

 

On 9/28/06, john_wedlock <john_wedlock@...> wrote:

For many years Dick, Kerr Ladies/Preston Ladies represented England in
unofficial women's internationals. Some of the results of these games
can be found in books such as 'In A League Of Their Own' (1994)
and 'Dick, Kerr Ladies' (2004). Does anyone know where I can find a
complete list of these unofficial women's internationals? Also I
believe Manchester Corinthians may have represented England in
unofficial women's internationals after the war, I need a list of
these matches also. Any help would be much appreciated, thanks.

John Wedlock