[God] hath visited and redeemed his people.

This was almost like a behind-closed-doors pre-season friendly in an international guise so it comes as no surprise that England lacked the sort of sharpness and inspiration that would have come with more match practice.

One of the problems is that it is very difficult to predict “dangerosity”.

Just which buildings survived was partly determined by which ones conformed to Taiwan’s sometimes laxly enforced construction codes.