03-10-51: Hapoel Tel Aviv (h) 2-0 (HT 2-0) Crowd (4,000)

Ernie Stevenson replaced Don Mills at Inside-Right and George Miller came on for Ray Iggleden at Inside-Left, at the start of the second half.

Match Report: Yorkshire Post: 3rd October 1951: Courtesy Steve Bell

Ross in Leeds United team

Leeds United will give a first-team trial to left full-back Ross for tonight's match against the Tel-Aviv team, Hapoel. Jim Milburn is rested. Another change is the inclusion of McCabe at centre-half for Kirk and, with outside-left Tyrer in hospital for a cartilage operation, Williams moves from right to left wing and Peter Harrison deputises.

Match Report: Yorkshire Post: 4th October 1951: Courtesy Steve Bell

United beat team from Tel Aviv

By Eric Stangler

LEEDS UNITED 2 HAPOEL 0

With rather greater ease than the score suggests Leeds United beat their Jewish guests, Hapoel, of Tel-Aviv, before a 4,000 crowd at Elland Road last night. But for some sound goalkeeping by Jacob Chodorov, who showed both anticipation, agility and a safe pair of hands, the margin might have been greater. There was much to admire about the football of these young players from Israel, playing their last game of a short tour of this country They showed that they have been taught football on the right lines by always trying to keep the ball down, but, like the Continentals, were apt to overdo rule-of-thumb methods and were unable to seize those half-chances of shooting which make so much difference. Best of their forwards was J. Glaser, who played outside right in the first half and centre forward in the second. A useful footballer by any standards, he deserved a goal for his persistance. Leeds United, who still showed themselves in some need of greater confidence, were a long time before they could breathe freely; though as is right in such games, they were never all out. Not until five minutes before half-time were they able to take the lead, when Browning laid on a shooting chance for Harrison and the outside right hit the back of the net with a good cross drive. The second goal - a couple of minutes later - came from Burden after Mills had made an opening. United, with Stevenson and Miller in the inside forward positions in the second half in place of Mills and Iggleden, should, in spite of Chodorov's goalkeeping and the sound defensive play of Weiss at centre half, have added to their lead, but they were often wild in their finishing. The Jewish side never gave up trying, but the solidity of the Leeds defence, in which McCabe, Dunn and Burden were prominent, seldom allowed them much rope.

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