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England in Friendly Competition
 1872-73 to 1938-39

 Friendly Match Record Overall

Friendly Match Record by Opponents

Friendly Comps

 

Seasons 1872-73 to 1877-78
1 30 November 1872 - Scotland 0 England 0
 The West of Scotland Cricket Ground, Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow (4,000)		   AD
2 8 March 1873 - England 4 Scotland 2
 Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London (2,500 to 4,000)		 Kenyon-Slaney (2), Bonsor, Chenery
 Renny-Tailyour, Gibb		 HW
3 7 March 1874 - Scotland 2 England 1
 The West of Scotland Cricket Ground, Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow (7,000)		 Anderson, MacKinnon
Kingsford		 AL
4 6 March 1875 - England 2 Scotland 2
Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London (2,000)		 Wollaston, Alcock
McNiel, Andrews		 HD
5 4 March 1876 - Scotland 3 England 0 [3-0]
 The West of Scotland Cricket Ground, Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow (12,000)		 MacKinnon, McNiel, Highet AL
6 3 March 1877 - England 1 Scotland 3 [0-1]
 Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London (2,000 to 3,000)		 Lyttelton
Ferguson (2), Richmond		 HL
7 2 March 1878 - Scotland 7 England 2 [4-0]
 Hampden Park, Hampden Terrace, Glasgow (10,000)		 McDougall (3), McGregor (2), McNiel (2), MacKinnon
Wylie, A.Cursham		 AL

Season 1878-79
8 18 January 1879 - England 2 Wales 1 [2-0]
 Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London (85 to 300)		 Whitfield, Sorby
 Davies		 HW
9 5 April 1879 - England 5 Scotland 4 [1-4]
 Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London (4,500)		 Mosforth, C.Bambridge (2), Goodyer, Parlane OG
 MacKinnon (2), McDougall, Smith		 HW

Season 1879-80
10 13 March 1880 - Scotland 5 England 4 [3-2]
 Hampden Park, Hampden Terrace, Glasgow (12,000)		 Ker (3), Baird,  Kay
C.Bambridge (2), Mosforth, Sparks		 AL
11 15 March 1880 - Wales 2 England 3 [0-0]
 The Racecourse, Mold Road, Wrexham (3,000)		 W.Roberts, J.Roberts
Hibbott OG, Sparks (2)		 AW

Season 1880-81
12 26 February 1881 - England 0 Wales 1 [0-0]
 East Lancashire Cricket Club, Alexandra Meadows, Blackburn (3,000)		 Vaughan HL
13 12 March 1881 - England 1 Scotland 6 [0-1]
 Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London (8,500)		 C.Bambridge
 Smith (2), Hill, Ker, Field OG		 HL

Season 1881-82
14 18 February 1882 - Ireland 0 England 13 [0-5]
 Knock Ground, Bloomfield, Belfast (2,500)		 Vaughton (5), J.Brown (2), A.Brown (4), C.Bambridge, H.Cursham AW
15 11 March 1882 - Scotland 5 England 1 [2-1]
 Hampden Park, Hampden Terrace, Glasgow (10,000)		 Harrower, Ker (2), McPherson,  Kay
Vaughton		 AL
16 13 March 1882 - Wales 5 England 3 [1-2]
 The Racecourse, Mold Road, Wrexham (5,000)		 Owen (2), Morgan, A.Jones OG, Vaughan
Mosforth, Parry, H.Cursham		 AL

Season 1882-83
17 18 February 1883 - England 5 Wales 0 [2-0]
 Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London (2,000)		 Mitchell (3), C.Bambridge, A.Cursham HW
18 11 March 1883 - England 7 Ireland 0 [4-0]
Aigburth Park Cricket Club Ground, Liverpool (2,500)		 Whateley (2), Cobbold (2), Dunn (2), Pawson HW
19 13 March 1883 - England 2 Scotland 3 [2-2]
 Bramall Lane, Sheffield (7,000)		 Mitchell, Cobbold
 Smith (3)		 HL

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England's Friendly Record 1872-1883
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 10 5 1 4 29 22 +7 1 2 2.90 2.20 55.0 +1
Away 9 2 1 6 27 29 -2 2 2 3.00 3.222 27.8 -4
Total 19 7 2 10 56 51 +5 3 4 2.947 2.684 42.1 -3

With all home nations in place, England embarked on the British Championship competition.  No more 'official' friendly matches were played until the summer of 1908.

Season 1907-08 - Friendly Matches 20-23
95 6 June 1908 - Austria 1 England 6 [0-3]
Cricketer Platz, Wien (-)		   AW
96 8 June 1908 - Austria 1 England 11 [0-5]
Hohe Warte Stadion, Wien (-)		   AW
97 10 June 1908 - Hungary 0 England 7 [0-4]
Millenáris Sporttelep, Budapest (-)		   AW
98 13 June 1908 - Bohemia 0 England 4 [0-1]
Stadión Letná, Letná, Praha (-)		   AW

Season 1909-10 - Friendly Matches 24-26
102 29 May 1909 - Hungary 2 England 4 [1-3]
Millenáris Sporttelep, Budapest (-)		   AW
103 31 May 1909 - Hungary 2 England 8 [0-5]
Millenáris Sporttelep, Budapest (-)		   AW
104 1 June 1909 - Austria 1 England 8 [0-2]
Hohe Warte Stadion, Wien (-)		   AW

 

England's Friendly Record 1872-1909
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 10 5 1 4 29 22 +7 1 2 2.90 2.20 55.0 +1
Away 16 9 1 6 75 36 +39 2 4 4.688 2.25 59.4 +3
Total 26 14 2 10 104 58 +46 3 6 4.00 2.231 57.7 +4

No more 'official' friendly matches were played until the summer of 1920.

Season 1920-21 - Friendly Match 27
126 21 May 1921 - Belgium 0 England 2 [0-1]
 Oscar Bossaert Stadion, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Bruxelles (-)		   AW

Season 1922-23 - Friendly Matches 28-31
132 19 March 1923 - England 6 Belgium 1 [2-1]
 Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London (-)		   HW
134 10 May 1923 - France 1 England 4 [0-2]
 Stade Pershing, Paris (-)		   AW
135 21 May 1923 - Sweden 2 England 4 [1-3]
 Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm (-)		   AW
136 24 May 1923 - Sweden 1 England 3 [NK]
 Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm (-)		   AW

Season 1923-24 - Friendly Matches 32 & 33
138 1 November 1923 - Belgium 2 England 2 [1-1]
Bosuil Stadion, Antwerpen (-)		   AD
141 17 May 1924 - France 1 England 3 [0-2]
 Stade Pershing, Paris (-)		   AW

Season 1924-25 - Friendly Matches 34 & 35
143 8 December 1924 - England 4 Belgium 0 [1-0]
 The Hawthorns, West Bromwich (-)		   HW
146 21 May 1925 - France 2 England 3 [0-1]
 Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris (-)		   AW

Season 1925-26 - Friendly Match 36
150 24 May 1926 - Belgium 3 England 5 [1-1]
 Olympisch Stadion, Antwerpen (-)		   AW

Season 1926-27 - Friendly Matches 37-39
154 11 May 1927 - Belgium 1 England 9 [0-5]
Oscar Bossaert Stadion, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Bruxelles (-)		   AW
155 21 May 1927 - Luxembourg 2 England 5 [2-2]
 Stade de la Frontičre, Jeunesse, Esch-sur-Alzette (-)		   AW
156 26 May 1927 - France 0 England 6 [0-2]
 Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris (-)		   AW

Season 1927-28 - Friendly Matches 40 & 41
160 17 May 1928 - France 1 England 5 [1-3]
 Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris (-)		   AW
161 19 May 1928 - Belgium 1 England 3 [1-1]
 Olympisch Stadion, Antwerpen (-)		   AW

Season 1928-29 - Friendly Matches 42-44
165 9 May 1929 - France 1 England 4 [0-1]
 Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris (-)		   AW
166 11 May 1929 - Belgium 1 England 5 [0-3]
 Parc Duden, Bruxelles (-)		   AW
167 15 May 1929 - Spain 4 England 3 [2-2]
 Estadio Metropolitano, Madrid (-)		   AL

Season 1929-30 - Friendly Matches 45 & 46
171 10 May 1930 - Germany 3 England 3 [1-2]
 Grunewald Stadion, Berlin (-)		   AD
172 14 May 1930 - Austria 0 England 0 [0-0]
Hohe Warte Stadion, Wien (-)		   AD

Season 1930-31 - Friendly Matches 47 & 48
176 14 May 1931 - France 5 England 2 [3-1]
 Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris (-)		   AL
177 16 May 1931 - Belgium 1 England 4 [1-1]
Oscar Bossaert Stadion, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Bruxelles (-)		   AW

Season 1931-32 - Friendly Match 49
180 9 December 1931 - England 7 Spain 1 [3-0]
 Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London (-)		   HW

Season 1932-33 - Friendly Matches 50-52
184 7 December 1932 - England 4 Austria 3 [2-0]
 Stamford Bridge, Chelsea, London (-)		   HW
186 13 May 1933 - Italy 1 England 1 [1-1]
Stadio Nazionale del P.N.F., Roma (-)		   AD
187 20 May 1933 - Switzerland 0 England 4 [0-1]
 Sportplatz Neufeld, Bern (-)		   AW

Season 1933-34 - Friendly Matches 53-55
190 6 December 1933 - England 4 France 1 [3-0]
 White Hart Lane, Tottenham, London (-)		   HW
192 10 May 1934 - Hungary 2 England 1 [0-0]
 Stadion Üllői út, Budapest (-)		   AL
193 16 May 1934 - Czechoslovakia 2 England 1 [1-1]
 Stadión Letná, Praha (-)		   AL

Season 1934-35 - Friendly Matches 56 & 57
195 14 November 1934 - England 3 Italy 2 [3-0]
 Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London (-)		   HW
198 18 May 1935 - Netherlands 0 England 1 [0-0]
 Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam (-)		   AW

Season 1935-36 - Friendly Matches 58-60
200 4 December 1935 - England 3 Germany 0 [1-0]
 White Hart Lane, Tottenham, London (-)		   HW
203 6 May 1936 - Austria 2 England 1 [2-1]
 Praterstadion, Wien (-)		   AL
204 9 May 1936 - Belgium 3 England 2 [0-1]
 Stade du Centenaire, Bruxelles (-)		   AL

Season 1936-37 - Friendly Matches 61-64
207 2 December 1936 - England 6 Hungary 2 [3-1]
 Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London (-)		   HW
209 14 May 1937 - Norway 0 England 6 [0-4]
 Ullevĺl Stadion, Oslo (-)		   AW
210 17 May 1937 - Sweden 0 England 4 [0-4]
 Rĺsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna kommun, Stockholms län (-)		   AW
211 20 May 1937 - Finland 0 England 8 [0-4]
 Pallokentta Stadium, Helsinki (-)		   AW

Season 1937-38 - Friendly Matches 65-68
214 1 December 1937 - England 5 Czechoslovakia 4 [3-2]
 White Hart Lane, Tottenham, London (-)		   HW
216 14 May 1938 - Germany 3 England 6 [2-4]
 Olympiastadion, Berlin (-)		   AW
217 21 May 1938 - Switzerland 2 England 1 [1-1]
 Hardturm Sportplatz, Zürich (-)		   AL
218 26 May 1938 - France 2 England 4 [2-3]
 Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris (-)		   AW

Season 1938-39 - Friendly Matches 69-73
220 26 October 1938 - England 3 Rest of Europe 0 [2-0]
 Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London (-)		   HW
221 9 November 1938 - England 4 Norway 0 [4-0]
 St. James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (-)		   HW
224 13 May 1939 - Italy 2 England 2 [0-1]
 Stadio Comunale San Siro, Milano (-)		   AD
225 18 May 1939 - Yugoslavia 2 England 1 [1-0]
 Stadion Beogradski SK, Beograd (-)		   AL
226 24 May 1939 - Romania 0 England 2 [0-1]
Stadionul ANEF, Bucureşti (-)		   AW

 

England's Friendly Record 1872-1939
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 21 16 1 4 78 36 +42 1 6 3.714 1.714 78.6 +12
Away 52 32 6 14 193 89 +104 3 13 3.712 1.712 67.3 +18
Total 73 48 7 18 271 125 +146 4 19 3.712 1.712 70.5 +30

No more 'official' friendly matches were played until the late summer of 1946.

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