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95 vs. Austria
 96
97 vs. Hungary

Monday, 8 June 1908
 End of Season Continental Tour Match

Austria 1 England 11 [0-5]
 

Hohe Warte Stadion, Heiligenstadt, Döbling, Wien
Attendance: 5,000; Kick-off 6.00pm MEZ, 5.00pm GMT

 Match Summary
Austria Party
England Party
Team Records

England - Vivian Woodward (4, 41, 55, 84), Jimmy Windridge (6), Jock Rutherford (15), Frank Bradshaw (19, 72, 85), Ben Warren (66), Arthur Bridgett (73).
Austria - Friedrich Hirschl (78)
Results 1901-14

? won the toss, ? kicked-off.
 

Match Summary

Officials

Austria

Type

England
Referee - Ede Herczog
 27/28 (1880), Hungary

Linesmen - not known

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Austria Team
 

Rank:

 No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 14th		 Colours: not known
Capt: Engelbert König Selectors: Committee
Austria Lineup
  Donhardt, Rudolf nk not known G Wiener SK 1 11 GA
  Schwarz, Johann 17/18 1890 RB DFC Praha, Bohemia 1 0
  Smolek, Rudolf nk not known LB SK Rapid Wien 2 0
  Jech, Karl nk not known RH SK Rapid Wien 1 0
  Fischl, Paul nk not known CH DFC Praha, Bohemia 2 0
  Wackenreuther, Arthur nk not known LH Wiener SK 2 0
  Hussak, Ludwig 24 31 July 1883 OR Vienna Cricket & FC 5 2
  Merz, Robert 20 25 November 1887 IR DFC Praha, Bohemia 2 0
  König, Engelbert 23 18 October 1884 CF SC Germania Schwechat 3 0
Hirschl, Friedrich nk not known IL Vienna Cricket & FC 2 1
  Thurm, Ernst nk not known OL DFC Praha, Bohemia 2 0

reserves:

 reserves not known
 
2-3-5 Donhardt -
Schwarz, Smolek -
Jech, Fischl, Wackenreuther -
Hussak, Merz, König, Hirschl, Thurm

Averages:

 Age tbc Appearances/Goals 2.1 0.2
 

England Team
 

Rank:

 No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 1st		 Colours: White collared jerseys and navy blue shorts
Capt: Vivian Woodward, fifth captaincy Selectors:
Trainer: Bob Holmes		 The two-man FA International Selection Committee, Daniel B. Woolfall and Frederick J. Wall, initially on Saturday, 16 May 1908.
64th match, W 46 - D 12 - L 6 - F 224 - A 57.
England Lineup
  Bailey, Horace P. 26 3 July 1881 G Leicester Fosse FC 3 3 GA
  Crompton, Robert 28 26 September 1879 RB Blackburn Rovers FC 19 0
  Pennington, Jesse 24 23 August 1883 LB West Bromwich Albion FC 6 0
Warren, Benjamin 29 7 May 1879 RH Derby County FC 11 1
  Wedlock, William J. 27 28 October 1880 CH Bristol City FC 8 1
  Hawkes, Robert M. 27 18 October 1880 LH Luton Town FC 3 0
Rutherford, John 23 12 October 1884 OR Newcastle United FC 9 1

Woodward, Vivian J. 29 3 June 1879 IR Tottenham Hotspur FC 14 15
Bradshaw, Frank 24 31 May 1884 CF The Wednesday FC 1 3
Windridge, James E. 25 21 October 1882 IL Chelsea FC 5 5
Bridgett, G. Arthur 25 11 October 1882 OL Sunderland AFC 4 2

reserves:

 Birmingham FC's Watty Corbett and Chelsea FC's George Hilsdon.

team notes:

 The original selection included Wolverhampton Wanderers FC's & Oxford University AFC's Kenneth Hunt, Queen's Park Rangers FC's Evelyn Lintott and West Ham United FC's Harry Stapley. There places went to Hawkes, Wedlock and Hilsdon. Woolwich Arsenal FC's Andy Ducat was unable to accept the post of 'reserve', as he had prior cricketing arrangements.
England have scored three hattricks in a season for only the second team, the first being in 1892-93.
Fourth time two hat-tricks have been scored in a single match.
 
2-3-5 Bailey -
Crompton, Pennington -
Warren, Wedlock, Hawkes -
Rutherford, Woodward, Bradshaw, Windridge, Bridgett

Averages:

 Age 26.1 Appearances/Goals 7.5 1.5

 

    Match Report

 

IN OTHER NEWS...

It was on 8 June 1908 that Robert Esnault-Pelterie set a new powered flight record, reaching an altitude of thirty metres (98 feet) in a monoplane above the French commune of Buc, near Versailles.

Source Notes

original newspaper reports
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