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FIRST MEETING vs. HUNGARY
Hungary are the fifth different opposition

 
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102 vs. Hungary
Wednesday, 10 June 1908
End of Season Continental Tour Match

Hungary 0 England 7 
[0-4]
 







Football League Record
Hungary is the fifth nation visited by England

Millenáris Sportpálya, Szabó József utca, Zugló, Buda-Pesth
Kick-off (tbc): 'tbc.' tbcpm GMT;
Attendance: '6,500'
Receipts:
England's first visit to Hungary
   
  [0-1] Vivian Woodward 13
[0-2] George Hilsdon 28
[0-3] Jimmy Windridge 30
[0-4] Jock Rutherford 38
 
Hungarian records state that Woodward scored Hilsdon's 48th minute goal and that Rutherford scored his 88th minute goal>  [0-5] George Hilsdon 48 BRACE
[0-6] George Hilsdon 71 HAT-TRICK
[0-7] George Hilsdon 88 MULTIPLE (4)
 
 
 

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Officials         

Hungary Team Records England
Referee
Hugo Meisl
26 (16 November 1881), Malešov, Bohemia
 
Linesmen
   
 

Hungary Team

 

Rank

No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 11th
Colours not known
Captain Sándor Bródy Selection Ferenc Stobbe, 43 (1 December 1864).
last of nine matches, W 3 - D 1 - L 5 - F 22 - A 29.
Hungary Lineup
  Domonkos, László 20 10 October 1887 G MTK Budapest FC 6 22ᵍᵃ
  Rumbold, Gyula 20 6 December 1887 RB Ferencvárosi TC 6 0
  Csüdör, Ferenc 22 21 March 1886 LB MTK Budapest FC 3 0
  Ficzere, Péter 23 20 March 1885 RH Budapesti AK 5 0
  Bródy, Sándor 24 7 June 1884 CH Ferencvárosi TC 6 0
  Simon, Ferenc 22 24 February 1886 LH Budapesti AK 1 0
  Rónay, Zoltán 20 30 May 1888 OR Ferencvárosi TC 1 0
  Weisz, Ferenc 23 23 February 1885 IR Ferencvárosi TC 6 1
  Koródy, Károly 20 21 October 1887 CF Ferencvárosi TC 3 0
  Schlosser, Imre 18 11 October 1889 IL Ferencvárosi TC 9 3
  Borbás, Gáspár 23 26 July 1884 OL Magyar AC 12 8

reserves:

reserves not known

team notes:

 
 
2-3-5 Domonkos -
Rumbold, Csüdör -
Ficzere, Bródy, Simon -
Rónay, Weisz, Koródy, Schlosser, Borbás
.

Averages:

Age   Appearances/Goals 5.3 1.1
 

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
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.
England Lineup
  two changes to the previous match (Corbett & Hilsdon>Pennington & Bradshaw) league position (FINAL POSITIONS) ave FL pos: 8th
  Bailey, Horace P. 26 3 July 1881 G Leicester Fosse FC 4 3ᵍᵃ
  Crompton, Robert 28 26 September 1879 RB Blackburn Rovers FC 20 0
  Corbett, Walter S. 27 26 November 1880 LB Birmingham FC 2 0
  Warren, Benjamin 29 7 May 1879 RH Derby County FC 12 1
  Wedlock, William J. 27 28 October 1880 CH Bristol City FC 9 1
  Hawkes, Robert M. 27 18 October 1880 LH Luton Town FC 4 0
Rutherford, John 23 12 October 1884 OR Newcastle United FC 10 2
Woodward, Vivian J. 29 3 June 1879 IR Tottenham Hotspur FC 15 16

Hilsdon, George 22 10 August 1885 CF Chelsea FC 6 10
  the 61st brace, 24th hattrick, eighth four-goal scored
   
Windridge, James E. 25 21 October 1882 IL Chelsea FC 6 6
  Bridgett, G. Arthur 25 11 October 1882 OL Sunderland AFC 5 2

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:

This is England's 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.
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

 

    Match Report

 

IN OTHER NEWS...

It was on 9 June 1908 that King Edward VII became the first British monarch to visit the Russian Empire. The King and Queen were met by his nephew, Tsar Nicholas II and his family off the coast of Reval in the Baltic Sea. Reval is now the Estonian capital of Tallinn.

Source Notes

original newspaper reports
Magyarfutball.hu
Magyarvalogatott.hu

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