Olympic Football Tournament London 1948
First round
Great Britain - Netherlands
4:3 a.e.t. (3:3, 1:1)
Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 31 July 1948 | London / Highbury | 18:30 | 21000 |
- Abraham APPEL (NED) 9',
- Douglas McBAIN (GBR) 22',
- John HARDISTY (GBR) 58',
- Abraham APPEL (NED) 63',
- Dennis KELLEHER (GBR) 77',
- Faas WILKES (NED) 81',
- Harold McILVENNY (GBR) 111'
Goals scored
Great Britain
- Ronald SIMPSON (GK)
- Charles NEALE
- George MANNING
- Douglas McBAIN
- Eric George LEE
- Eric FRIGHT
- Thomas HOPPER
- John HARDISTY
- Harold McILVENNY
- Dennis KELLEHER
- Frederick KIPPAX
Line-up
- Kevin McALINDEN (GK)
- James McCOLL
- David LETHAM
- Andrew AITKEW
- John BOYD
- Frank DONOVAN
- William AMOR
- Andrew CARMICHAEL
- Jack RAWLINGS
- J. SMITH
- R. PHIPPS
Substitute(s)
Netherlands
- Peter KRAAK (GK)
- Jeu VAN BUN
- Henk SCHIJVENAAR
- Kees Senior KRIJGH
- Marinus TERLOUW
- Arie DE VROET
- Cock VAN DER TUYN
- Kees RIJVERS
- Abraham APPEL
- Faas WILKES
- Abe LENSTRA
Line-up
- Wim LANDMAN
- Andre ROOSENBURG
- Joop STOFFELEN
- Jan EVERSE
- Guus DRAEGER
- Louis BIESBROUCK
- Rinus SCHAAP
- Mick CLAVAN
Substitute(s)
Cautions
Sent off
Match Officials
Referee Valdemar LAURSEN (DEN) | Assistant Referee 1 Giuseppe CARPANI (ITA) |
Assistant Referee 2 Victor SDEZ (FRA) | |
| a.e.t.: | After extra time | (C): | Captain | PSO: | Penalty Shoot-out |
| GK: | Goalkeeper | N: | Not eligible to play | I: | Injured |
| Y: | Misses next match if booked | Pos: | Positions | A: | Absent |
| DF: | Defender | MF: | Midfielder | MinP: | Minutes played |
| GF: | Goals for | GA: | Goals against | PK (PG/PS): | Penalty Kicks (Goals/Shots) |
| FC: | Fouls Committed | FS: | Fouls Suffered | R: | Red Cards |
| FW: | Forward | SOG/S: | Shots on Target | Y: 2YC: | Yellow cards Second yellow card and red card |