|
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 |
 9 most
goals as captain |
|
P 5 of 14, W 4 - D 1 - L 0 - F 28 - A
5. |
P 65 of 195, W 46 - D 13 - L 6 - F 224 - A
60. |
|
|
team chosen on Saturday, 16 May 1908. |
flg.jpg) England
Lineup |
|
|
two changes to the previous match (Pennington &
Bradshaw>Corbett & Hilsdon) |
league position (FINAL POSITIONS) |
ave FL pos:
15th⁹ |
|
|
Bailey, Horace P. |
26 |
3 July 1881 |
G |
Leicester Fosse FC
(FL2 RU) |
3 |
3ᵍᵃ |
|
|
Crompton, Robert |
28 |
26 September
1879 |
RB |
Blackburn Rovers FC
(FL1 15th) |
19 |
0 |
|
|
Pennington, Jesse |
24 |
23 August 1883 |
LB |
West Bromwich Albion FC
(FL2 5th) |
6 |
0 |
|
|
Warren, Benjamin |
29 |
7 May 1879 |
RH |
Derby County FC
(FL2 6th) |
11 |
1 |
|
|
Wedlock, William J. |
27 |
28 October 1880 |
CH |
Bristol City FC
(FL1 10th) |
8 |
1 |
|
|
Hawkes, Robert M. |
27 |
18 October 1880 |
LH |
Luton Town FC
(SL1 18th) |
3 |
0 |
|
|
Rutherford, John |
23
240 days |
12 October 1884 |
OR |
Newcastle United FC
(FL1 4th) |
9 |
1 |
|
oldest youngest player
so far |
|
Woodward, Vivian J. |
29 |
3 June 1879 |
IR |
Tottenham Hotspur FC
(SL1 7th) |
14 |
15 |
|
|
the 59th brace,
22nd hattrick,
seventh four-goals |
|
335 |
|
Bradshaw, Frank |
24
8
days |
31 May 1884 |
CF |
The Wednesday FC
(FL1 5th) |
1 |
3 |
|
the sixtieth brace,
23rd hattrick scored |
thirteenth Wednesday
player to represent England |
only app
1908 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Windridge, James E. |
25 |
21 October 1882 |
IL |
Chelsea FC
(FL1 13th) |
5 |
5 |
|
|
Bridgett, G. Arthur |
25 |
11 October 1882 |
OL |
Sunderland AFC
(FL1 16th) |
4 |
2 |
|
reserves: |
Watty Corbett (Birmingham FC
(FL1 BOTTOM)) and
George Hilsdon (Chelsea FC
(FL1 13th)). |
|
team changes: |
The original selection included
Kenneth Hunt (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
(FL2 9th)'s
&
Oxford University AFC),
Evelyn Lintott (Queen's Park Rangers FC
(SL1 CHAMPIONS)) and
Harry Stapley (West Ham United FC
(SL1 10th)). Their places went to Hawkes, Wedlock and Hilsdon. |
|
team notes: |
Andy Ducat (Woolwich Arsenal FC
(FL1 14th)) was unable to accept the post of 'reserve', as he had
prior cricketing arrangements. |
|
appearance notes: |
Jock Rutherford is the youngest player of
the eleven starting the match, thus breaking a record set in the
previous match by Jimmy Settle, by 25
days. Rutherford will be the oldest youngest player until 1910.
Bob Crompton is the fourth player to make nineteen appearances,
Vivian Woodward is the eleventh player to have made fourteen and Ben
Warren is the seventeenth to make eleven. Following Jock Rutherford's
appearance, 25 players have done so for more than nine.
Billy
Wedlock is the 26th player to have made eight appearances, Jesse
Pennington is the 44th to make six, and Jimmy Windridge is the 58th to have made five.
Arthur Bridgett is the 86th to have made four appearances.
126
players have now made three appearances.
Crompton is the xth player to make nineteen appearances under the
guidance of the ISC whereas Woodward is the x player to make
fourteen. |
|
goalscoring notes: |
Vivian Woodward is the second player to have
scored fourteen, and then fifteen England goals.
Jimmy Windridge is
the eighteenth England player to have scored five-or-more goals. |
|
records: |
With the beginnings of a continental
tour, this is the first time England have played five matches in a
season. It is also the first time time they have played five away matches in a
row, spending a record 114 days on the road.
England's sixtieth victory, is also their thirtieth victory
away from home.
England have scored three hattricks
in a season for only the second time, the first being in 1892-93.
Fourth time two hat-tricks have been scored in a single match.
The first time England have scored 28 goals in a season. |
|
|
|
2-3-5 |
Bailey -
Crompton, Pennington -
Warren, Wedlock, Hawkes -
Rutherford, Woodward, Bradshaw, Windridge, Bridgett |
|
Averages: |
Age |
|
Appearances/Goals |
7.5 |
1.5 |
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