Hungary were in a pretty good place before the commencement of the 1912 Olympic tournament at Stockholm.
15 games had passed since they had been beaten 8-2 by England in 1909. Of these only 3 had been lost. 8 had been won, and 45 goals had been scored. In November 1911 Imre Schlosser had scored 6 in a 9-0 win over Switzerland.
Their final warm up match had been a 6-0 win over Norway in Oslo.
Having been given a bye in the first round Hungary faced England Amateurs (Great Britain).
It was a scorching day, and an experienced Hungary XI were outgunned by the English.
Bradford City's Harold Walden got 6 goals and the legendary Vivian Woodward 1 as England ran out 7-0 winners.
Contemporary Hungarian reports state that the score did not reflect the balance of play- possession and territory were about equal but that whereas the English forwards played phenomenally Schlosser was unwell and off form.
England Amateurs (Great Britain) | ||
GK | Dr Ronald Brebner | Northern Nomads |
FB | Thomas Burn | London Caledonians |
FB | Arthur Knight | Portsmouth |
HB | Harry Littlewort | Glossop North End |
HB | Ted Hanney | Reading |
HB | Joseph Dines | Ilford |
F | Arthur Berry | Oxford City |
F | Vivian Woodward | Chelsea |
F | Harold Walden | Bradford City |
F | Gordon Hoare | Woolwich Arsenal |
F | Ivan Sharpe | Derby County |
Coach: A. Birch | ||
Hungary | ||
GK | Domonkos László | M.T.K. |
FB | Rumbold Gyula | Ferencváros |
FB | Payer Imre | Ferencváros |
HB | Bíró Gyula | M.T.K. |
HB | Károly Jenő | Budapesti A.K. |
HB | Vágó Antal | M.T.K. |
F | Sebestyén Béla | M.T.K. |
F | Bodnár Sándor | M.A.C |
F | Pataki Mihály | Ferencváros |
F | Schlosser-Lakatos Imre | Ferencváros |
F | Borbás Gáspár | Ferencváros |
Coach: Herczog Ede | ||
Hungary won the consolation tournament, beating Germany (2 days after their record 16-0 win over Russia) by 3-1. Hungary met Austria in the final, winning 3-0 with goals from Schlosser, Pataki and Bodnár.
