Poland 0– 2 Chelsea

Match played on 23rd May 1936.

In May 1936, Poland hosted the famous Chelsea team, which played against the Polish national team and Wisła Kraków.

They easily defeated the Polish national team 2-0. From left: Henryk Martyna, Fryderyk Scherfke, Ryszard Piec, Spirydion Albański, Jan Wasiewicz, Michał Matyas, Witold Wypijewski, Józef Kotlarczyk, Hubert Gad, Ewald Dytko, and Władysław Szczepaniak. Photo: NAC  

Chelsea team.

The captains of both teams and referee Józef Lustgarten.

Henryk Martyna in action

Under Albański's goal.

RDT/PS

 

Match documentation

Unofficial match

May 23, 1936, Warsaw (Polish Army Stadium), friendly match

Poland – Chelsea FC 0-2 (0-1)

0-1 – Bill Barraclough (21), 0-2 – Dicky Spence (85)

Judged by: Józef Lustgarten (Poland)

Viewers:  20,000

Poland:  Spirydion Albański (1907, Pogoń Lwów) – Wadysław Szczepaniak (1910, Polonia Warsaw), Henryk Martyna (captain, 1907, Legia Warsaw) – Józef Kotlarczyk (1907, Wisła Kraków), Jan Wasiewicz (1911, Pogoń Lwów) Ewald Dytko (1914, Dąb Katowice) – Ryszard Piec (1913, Naprzód Lipiny), Michał Matyas (1910, Pogoń Lwów), Fryderyk Scherfke (1909, Warta Poznań), Hubert Gad (1914, Śląsk Świętochłowice) (55. Jerzy Wostal, 1914, AKS Chorzów), Witold Wypijewski (1907, Legia Warsaw). Coach: Józef Kałuża (1896), Kurt Otto (1900, Germany)   

Chelsea: Vic Woodley – John O'Hare (Scotland), George Barber – Billy Mitchell (Northern Ireland), Allan Craig (captain, Scotland), Harold Miller – Dicky Spence, Harry Burgess, George Mills, George Gibson (Scotland), Bill Barraclough. Manager: Leslie Knighton

Note: According to some sources, the first goal was scored by Gibson

I wonder how many of the Polish players and officials involved in this game against us, survived the Second World War?