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Österreichisch
 
FIRST MEETING vs. AUSTRIA
 Austria are the fourth different opposition
 
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93 vs. Wales
previous match (63 days)
94 vs. Scotland
95
next match (two days)
 96 vs. Austria
 97 vs. Hungary
 98 vs. Bohemia
Saturday, 6 June 1908
 End of Season Continental Tour Match
Austria 1 England 6 [0-3]
   		 
Austria is the fourth nation visited by England

Cricketer Platz, Meiereistraße, Leopoldstadt, Wien
 Kick-off (MEZ): '6.00 p.m.' 5.00pm GMT;
 Attendance: '3,500'
Receipts:
3 players lost since last match
Walter Bennett (6 April 1908) 33
William Kenyon-Slaney (24 April) 60
Tom Danks (27 April) 44
41 players have now died

Football League Record
England's FIRST visit on foreign soil
   
  [0-1] Jimmy Windridge 21
[0-2] Jimmy Windridge 38 BRACE
[0-3] Vivian Woodward 40
 
[1-3] Wilhelm Schmeiger 55  
[1-4] George Hilsdon 57
[1-5] George Hilsdon 70 BRACE
[1-6] Arthur Bridgett 85
 
 
 

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Officials         

Austria Team Records England
Referee
Christiaan Jacobus Groothoff
29 (11 September 1878), Zaltbommel, Netherlands		  
Linesmen
   
 

Austria Team
 

Rank

 No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 12th		 Colours not known
Captain Engelbert König Selection Committee
Austria Lineup
  Prager, Joséf 22 15 November 1886 G Vienna Cricket & FC 4 12ᵍᵃ
  Weihrauch, Wilhelm 32 20 November 1876 RB SpC Rudolfshügel 2 0
  Smolek, Rudolf nk not known LB SK Rapid Wien 1 0
  Cimera, Robert 20 17 September 1887 RH DFC Praha, Bohemia 1 0
  Fischl, Paul nk not known CH DFC Praha, Bohemia 1 0
  Wackenreuther, Arthur nk not known LH Wiener SK 1 0
Schmieger, Wilhelm 21 24 April 1887 OR Wiener SK 2 1
  Merz, Robert 20 25 November 1887 IR DFC Praha, Bohemia 1 0
  König, Engelbert 23 18 October 1884 CF SC Germania Schwechat 2 0
  Hirschl, Friedrich nk not known IL Vienna Cricket & FC 1 0
  Thurm, Ernst nk not known OL DFC Praha, Bohemia 1 0

reserves:

 not known

team notes:

 It appears that Johann Schwarz (DFC Praha) was named in the original line-up, he was replaced with Wilhelm Weihrauch.
 
2-3-5 Prager -
Weihrauch, Smolek -
Cimera, Fischl, Wackenreuther -
Schmieger, Merz, König, Hirschl, Thurm

Averages:

 Age tbc Appearances/Goals 1.5 0.0
 

England Team
 

Rank

 No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 1st		 Colours White collared jerseys and navy blue shorts
Captain Vivian Woodward Selection
Selectors: Daniel Woolfall and Fred Wall
Trainer: Bob Holmes		 The two-man FA International Selection Committee
P 4 of 14, W 3 - D 1 - L 0 - F 17 - A 4. P 64 of 195, W 45 - D 13 - L 6 - F 213 - A 59.
5 team chosen on Saturday, 16 May 1908.
England Lineup
    three changes to the previous match (Hardy, Pennington & Lintott dropped) league position (FINAL POSITIONS) ave FL pos: 8th⁷
  Bailey, Horace P. 26 3 July 1881 G Leicester Fosse FC 2 2ᵍᵃ
  Crompton, Robert 28 26 September 1879 RB Blackburn Rovers FC 18 0
334   Corbett, Walter S. 27
193 days		 26 November 1880 LB Birmingham FC 1 0
second Birmingham player to represent England
  Warren, Benjamin 29 7 May 1879 RH Derby County FC 10 0
  Wedlock, William J. 27 28 October 1880 CH Bristol City FC 7 1
  Hawkes, Robert M. 27 18 October 1880 LH Luton Town FC 2 0
  Rutherford, John 23 12 October 1884 OR Newcastle United FC 8 0
Woodward, Vivian J. 29 3 June 1879 IR Tottenham Hotspur FC 13 11
Hilsdon, George 22 10 August 1885 CF Chelsea FC 5 6
the 58th brace scored
Windridge, James E. 25 21 October 1882 IL Chelsea FC 4 4
the 57th brace scored
Bridgett, G. Arthur 25 11 October 1882 OL Sunderland AFC 3 1

reserves:

 Jesse Pennington (West Bromwich Albion FC) and Frank Bradshaw (The Wednesday FC).

team changes:

 The original selection included Kenneth Hunt (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC's & Oxford University AFC), Evelyn Lintott (Queen's Park Rangers FC) and Harry Stapley (West Ham United FC). Their places went to Hawkes, Wedlock and Hilsdon.

team notes:

 Andy Ducat (Woolwich Arsenal FC) was unable to accept the post of 'reserve', as he had prior cricketing arrangements.

records:

 With the beginnings of a continental tour, this is the first time England have played four matches in a season.
 
2-3-5 Bailey -
Crompton, Corbett -
Warren, Wedlock, Hawkes -
Rutherford, Woodward, Hilsdon, Windridge, Bridgett

Averages:

 Age   Appearances/Goals 6.6 1.5
 
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       In Other News....
It was on 5 June 1908 that General Sir Redvers Buller was buried at Crediton in Devon. He was awarded the victoria Cross for bravery under fire in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and then led the British forces in South Africa during the second Boer War.
 
  
       Source Notes
TheFA
England Football Factbook
AustrianSoccer.at		 Rothman's Yearbooks
The Football Association Yearbooks
 Original Newspaper Reports
 Ancestry.com
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