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Throughout the morning and early afternoon of Thursday 2 May 1957 hundreds of Jersey supporters poured into the island.
A mid-morning steamer brought over 457 fans and they were joined by another 719 on a day-excursion
The game marked the final act in the Muratti careers of skipper Carre and Jersey captain Graeme Le Maistre.
Their duelling had started 23 years previously when Carre was centre half for Guernsey’s 1934 schoolboy Muratti team and Le Maistre was centre forward for the Caesareans.
Two Jersey players, Denis Lempriere and Denis Crenan, had been tempted to turn professional by Brighton and Hove Albion, but preferred to stay at home.
The Guernsey Evening Press reported that Guernsey sprang what most people regarded as the surprise of the season by beating Jersey in a thrill-packed game.
Its headlines read: ‘Muratti Vase Is Recovered. Guernsey gives Jersey A Football Lesson.’
In a sensational start Guernsey took the lead after four minutes as Robilliard shot into the top corner. But Jersey equalised quickly via de Gruchy.
Collins restored the lead with a tremendous header.
Just four minutes into the second half, Eker raced on to a Carre pass to make it three and Collins added a fourth before a Robilliard header made it five.
Tostevin then forced his way past two Jersey defenders and fired home to amazingly put Guernsey 6-1 up.
But Jersey fought back gamely in the 72nd minute with a Le Maistre goal and the same player headed another to reduce the arrears to 6-3.
Guernsey’s Micky Brassel had been carried from the field still suffering from an injury he sustained shortly after the interval.
‘Me and Micky Brassel collided and he got hurt and the gaps started to appear,’ recalled Duquemin.
Brassel carried on but again fell to the ground in agony and had to be taken off after 80 minutes, soon after which Parker hit Jersey’s fourth. Brassel returned seconds before the final whistle so he could collect his medal.
‘In my day only 11 people had them – there were no subs then,’ said Duquemin.
Guernsey held on and a jubilant Carre received the Muratti Vase from Jersey’s Lt-Governor after a magnificent victory.
The skipper refused to comment on the game itself, merely levelling criticism at the Guernsey Evening Press.
When a team is picked, he said, tell them not to criticise but to help.
Guernsey Evening Press reporter John Le Poidevin admitted in his match report how good it was to eat his words and that Jersey were not better as he had predicted they would be.
‘They were outgunned, outpointed and outplayed by the punchiest team Guernsey had put on the field in post-war years,’ he wrote.
‘This had been Guernsey’s finest footballing hour,’ he said.
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