William Ralph Dean

From the Liverpool Echo:

There was a funny incident before the start of the match. We had taken a supply of size 5 footballs with us and the Dresden team had agreed to use it.

When I went to the middle to toss up with the Jerry captain, he was carrying a size 4 ball that he wanted to use. It was just a kid's ball and we didn't want to use it.

I said to him, "This is the ball we're going to use", and put the size 5 down on the centre spot. The Jerry captain kicked it away and put his ball down so I kicked that away.

The referee was trying to stop all this when I said to the Jerry captain, "All right, give me your ball."

I carried it over to the touchline and the captain and the referee followed me. When I got to the line I kicked the size 4 ball right over the stand and out of the ground. I turned to the referee and said, "Now, we'll play with this one - the size 5 ball."