|
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 |
 ¹⁰ most
goals as captain |
|
P 6 of 14, W 5 - D 1 - L 0 - F 35 - A
5. |
P 66 of 195, W 47 - D 13 - L 6 - F 231 - A
60. |
|
|
team chosen on Saturday, 16 May 1908. |
flg.jpg) England
Lineup |
|
|
two changes to the previous match (Corbett & Hilsdon>Pennington
& Bradshaw) |
league position (FINAL POSITIONS) |
ave FL pos:
15th⁹ |
|
|
Bailey, Horace P. |
26 |
3 July 1881 |
G |
Leicester Fosse FC
(FL2 RU) |
4 |
3ᵍᵃ |
|
|
Crompton, Robert |
28 |
26 September
1879 |
RB |
Blackburn Rovers FC
(FL1 15th) |
20 |
0 |
|
|
Corbett, Walter S. |
27 |
26 November
1880 |
LB |
Birmingham FC
(FL1 BOTTOM) |
2 |
0 |
|
|
Warren, Benjamin |
29 |
7 May 1879 |
RH |
Derby County FC
(FL2 6th) |
12 |
1 |
|
|
Wedlock, William J. |
27 |
28 October 1880 |
CH |
Bristol City FC
(FL1 10th) |
9 |
1 |
|
|
Hawkes, Robert M. |
27 |
18 October 1880 |
LH |
Luton Town FC
(SL1 18th) |
4 |
0 |
|
|
Rutherford, John |
23 |
12 October 1884 |
OR |
Newcastle United FC
(FL1 4th) |
10 |
2 |
|
|
Woodward, Vivian J. |
29 |
3 June 1879 |
IR |
Tottenham Hotspur FC
(SL1 7th) |
15 |
16 |
|
Hilsdon, George |
22 |
10 August 1885 |
CF |
Chelsea FC
(FL1 13th) |
6 |
10 |
|
|
the 61st brace,
24th hattrick,
eighth four-goal scored |
|
|
|
|
|
Windridge, James E. |
25 |
21 October 1882 |
IL |
Chelsea FC
(FL1 13th) |
6 |
6 |
|
|
Bridgett, G. Arthur |
25 |
11 October 1882 |
OL |
Sunderland AFC
(FL1 16th) |
5 |
2 |
|
reserves: |
Jesse Pennington
(West Bromwich Albion FC
(FL2 5th))
and
Frank Bradshaw (The Wednesday FC
(FL1 5th)). |
|
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: |
Bob Crompton is the third player to make
twenty appearances,
Vivian Woodward is the ninth player to have made fifteen and Ben
Warren is the fifteenth to make twelve.
With the appearance of Jock Rutherford, twenty England players have
now played for their country on at least ten different occasions.
Billy Wedlock is the 26th player to have made nine appearances, whilst
46 players have now made six. Arthur Bridgett is the 59th to have made
five and 88 players have made four appearances. 195 players have
played for England more than once.
Crompton is the xth player to make twenty appearances under the
guidance of the ISC whereas Woodward is the x player to make
fifteen. |
|
goal
notes: |
Vivian Woodward is the second player to have
scored sixteen England goals.
George Hilsdon is
the eighth England player to have scored at least ten goals. |
|
records: |
This is England's fiftieth match away from home, and their first match on a
Wednesday.
With the beginnings of a continental tour, this is the
first time England have played six
matches in a season. It is also the first time time they have played six away matches in a
row, spending a record 116 days on the road.
England have scored four hattricks in one season for the
first time.
The first time England have scored 35 goals in a
season. |
|
|
|
2-3-5 |
Bailey -
Crompton, Corbett -
Warren, Wedlock, Hawkes -
Rutherford, Woodward, Hilsdon, Windridge, Bridgett |
|
Averages: |
Age |
|
Appearances/Goals |
8.5 |
2.8 |
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