Thanks for that, Steve.

The Ladies did seem to attract the crowds. Apparently in 1921, they
played 67 matches attracting 900,000 spectators. From 1917 to 1965,
they had raised over £175,000 for charities. Their final playing
record was impressive too with Played 828 games, won 758, drawn 46
and lost 24, scoring over 3,500 goals!

In April-May 1920 Dick, Kerr Ladies played the touring French side
in a series of matches, winning the first two 2-0 & 5-2, then
drawing 1-1 before losing the fourth 1-2. Later in the year, the
Ladies toured France, drawing with the host nation in the first
match 1-1, before beating them 2-0, 6-0 and 2-0. Because they were
representing England, the Ladies wore white shirts for these
matches. The same year they also beat Scotland 22-0!

In 1921, they beat France 5-1 at home and Scotland 9-0 away. They
played in a lot more unofficial internationals. Manchester
Corinthians also represented England in matches. In 1957 they beat
West Germany 4-1 (or 4-0) in the final of the European
Women's Championship.

An unofficial England team beat France 2-0 to finish third in an
unofficial European Championship in 1969. Chiltern Valley
represented England in the 1970 (finishing fourth) and 1971
Mundialito World Cups. I have all England's results from the
1969, 1970 & 1971 tournaments.

What I'm looking for is all England's unofficial results before
their first official game in 1972. If somebody knows where I could
find these, I would be very grateful.

Thanks again, Steve for replying.

John Wedlock



--- In soccerdatauk@yahoogroups.com, "steve flanagan"
<steve.flanagan@...> wrote:
>
> 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
> >
> >
> >
>