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Monday, 8 June 1908
End of Season Continental Tour Match

Austria 1 England 11 
[0-5]
 
 

Hohe Warte Stadion, Heiligenstadt, Döbling, Wien
Kick-off (MEZ): '6.00 p.m.' 5.00pm GMT;
Attendance: '5,000'
Receipts:
Football League Record
England's first visit to Hohe Warte, second visit to Vienna & Austria
   
  [0-1] Vivian Woodward 4
[0-2] Jimmy Windridge 6
[0-3] Jock Rutherford 15
[0-4] Frank Bradshaw 19
[0-5] Vivian Woodward 41 BRACE
 





[1-9] Friedrich Hirschl 78
 [0-6] Vivian Woodward 55 HAT-TRICK
[0-7] Ben Warren 66
[0-8] George Hilsdon 70
[0-8] Frank Bradshaw 72 BRACE
[0-9] Arthur Bridgett 73

[1-10] Vivian Woodward 84 MULTIPLE (4)
 [1-11] Frank Bradshaw 85 HAT-TRICK
 
 
 

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Officials         

Austria Team Records England
Referee
Ede Herczog
27/28 (1880), Hungary
 
Linesmen
   
 

Austria Team

 

Rank

No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 14th
Colours not known
Captain Engelbert König Selection Committee
Austria Lineup
  Donhardt, Rudolf nk not known G Wiener SK 1 11ᵍᵃ
  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:

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
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.
England Lineup
  two changes to the previous match (Pennington & Bradshaw>Corbett & Hilsdon) league position (FINAL POSITIONS) ave FL pos: 8th
  Bailey, Horace P. 26 3 July 1881 G Leicester Fosse FC 3 3ᵍᵃ
  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
240 days
12 October 1884 OR Newcastle United FC 9 1
oldest youngest player so far

Woodward, Vivian J. 29 3 June 1879 IR Tottenham Hotspur FC 14 15
  the 59th brace, 22nd hattrick, seventh four-goals
335 Bradshaw, Frank 24
8 days
31 May 1884 CF The Wednesday FC 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 5 5
Bridgett, G. Arthur 25 11 October 1882 OL Sunderland AFC 4 2

reserves:

Watty Corbett (Birmingham FC) and George Hilsdon (Chelsea 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:

Woolwich Arsenal FC's Andy Ducat 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.

records:

With the beginnings of a continental tour, this is the first time England have played five matches in a season.
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.
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

 

    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
AustrianSoccer.at
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