|
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 7 of 14, W 6 - D 1 - L 0 - F 39 - A
5. |
P 67 of 195, W 48 - D 13 - L 6 - F 235 - A
60. |
|
|
team chosen on Saturday, 16 May 1908. |
flg.jpg) England
Lineup |
|
|
|
unchanged from the previous match for the first ever time |
league position (FINAL POSITIONS) |
ave FL pos:
15th⁹ |
|
|
Bailey, Horace P. |
26
346
days |
3 July 1881 |
G |
Leicester Fosse FC
(FL2 RU) |
5 |
3ᵍᵃ |
|
final app
1908 |
|
|
Crompton, Robert |
28 |
26 September
1879 |
RB |
Blackburn Rovers FC
(FL1 15th) |
21 |
0 |
|
|
Corbett, Walter S. |
27
200
days |
26 November
1880 |
LB |
Birmingham FC
(FL1 BOTTOM) |
3 |
0 |
|
final app
1908 |
|
|
Warren, Benjamin |
29 |
7 May 1879 |
RH |
Derby County FC
(FL2 6th) |
13 |
1 |
|
|
Wedlock, William J. |
27 |
28 October 1880 |
CH |
Bristol City FC
(FL1 10th) |
10 |
1 |
|
|
Hawkes, Robert M. |
27
239
days |
18 October 1880 |
LH |
Luton Town FC
(SL1 18th) |
5 |
0 |
|
final app
1907-08 |
|
|
Rutherford, John |
23
245
days |
12 October 1884 |
OR |
Newcastle United FC
(FL1 4th) |
11 |
3 |
|
final app
1904-08 |
|
|
Woodward, Vivian J. |
29 |
3 June 1879 |
IR |
Tottenham Hotspur FC
(SL1 7th) |
16 |
16 |
|
|
Hilsdon, George |
22
308 days |
10 August 1885 |
CF |
Chelsea FC
(FL1 13th) |
7 |
12
 ¹ |
|
|
the 62nd brace scored |
|
second
successful penalty kick (fifth overall) |
youngest penalty scorer so
far |
|
|
Windridge, James E. |
25 |
21 October 1882 |
IL |
Chelsea FC
(FL1 13th) |
7 |
7 |
|
|
Bridgett, G. Arthur |
25 |
11 October 1882 |
OL |
Sunderland AFC
(FL1 16th) |
6 |
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 second player to make 21 appearances,
Vivian Woodward is the ninth player to have made sixteen and Ben
Warren is the fourteenth to make thirteen.
Jock Rutherford is the eighteenth to have made eleven. With the appearance of
Billy Wedlock, 21 England players have
now played for their country on at least ten different occasions.
35 players have made seven appearances, whilst
Arthur Bridgett is the 47th to have made six. 61 players have made
five and 127 players have made three appearances.
Crompton is the aecond player to make 21 appearances under the
guidance of the ISC whereas Woodward is the x player to make
sixteen. |
|
goalscoring
notes: |
George Hilsdon is
the sixth England player to have scored at least twelve goals. |
|
records: |
With the beginnings of a continental tour,
this is the first time England have played seven matches in a season. It is also the first time time they have played seven away matches in a row, spending a record 119 days on the road.
This victory equals the record of six
victories in a row. The first time they have won six in a season.
The first time England have scored 39 goals in a season.
Also the
25th clean sheet under the guidance of the
International Select Committee.
For the first time since 1874,
England have a positive statistic in friendly matches. After 23
matches, they have won more friendlies than they have lost.
|
|
|
|
2-3-5 |
Bailey -
Crompton, Corbett -
Warren, Wedlock, Hawkes -
Rutherford, Woodward, Hilsdon, Windridge, Bridgett |
|
Averages: |
Age |
|
Appearances/Goals
most
experienced XI so far |
9.5 |
3.5 |
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