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Saturday, 29 May 1909
End of Season Continental Tour Match

Hungary 2 England 4 
[1-3]
 

Millenáris Sportpálya, Szabó József utca, Zugló, Buda-Pesth
Kick-off (tbc): 'tbc.' tbcpm GMT;
Attendance: '10,000'
Receipts:
England's second visit to Budapest & Hungary
1 player lost since last match
Herbert Whitfeld (6 May 1909) 50
45 players have now died

Football League Record
   
[1-3] Ákos Késmárky 44 [0-1] Arthur Bridgett 5
[0-2] Vivian Woodward 39
[0-3] Harold Fleming 42
 
 
[2-3] József Grósz 72
[2-4]Jónos Weinber own goal 79
'as a result of a sinuous run by Woodward, the ball going in off Weinber into the net'
 
 
 

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Officials         

Hungary Team Records England
Referee
Christiaan Jacobus Groothoff
30 (11 September 1878), Zaltbommel, Netherlands
 
Linesmen
   
 

Hungary Team

 

Rank

No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 12th
Colours not known
Captain Jenő Károly Selection Frigyes Minder, 28 (28 October 1880).
P 3 of 15, W 1 - D 1 - L 1 - F 9 - A 9
  4th match, W 2 - D 1 - L 1 - F 14 - A 13.
Hungary Lineup
  Bihari, Ferenc 19 30 November 1889 G Budapesti AK 2 7ᵍᵃ
  Manglitz, Ferencz 25 28 July 1883 RB Ferencvárosi TC 4 0
  Révész, Béla 23 9 February 1886 LB MTK Budapest FC 1 0
  Weinber, János 21 18 January 1888 RH Ferencvárosi TC 1 0
the tenth own goal scored for England
   
  Károly, Jenő József 23 15 January 1886 CH MTK Budapest FC 10 9
most goals 1908-09
  Kanyaurek, István 20 28 April 1889 LH Typographia SE 1 0
only app 1909
  Weisz, Ferenc 23 1 July 1885 OR Ferencvárosi TC 7 1
  Nyilas, Ferenc János 17 10 January 1892 IR Törekvés SC 1 0
only app 1909
Késmárky, Ákos 22 13 November 1886 CF Budapesti AK 1 1
  Tóth, István Sándor Dezső 17 28 July 1891 IL Nemzeti SC 1 0
Grósz, József 25/26 1883 OL Budapesti AK 1 1
only app 1909

reserves:

not known

team notes:

Ákos Késmárky's goal just before half-time was the first goal England had conceded for 572 minutes, a new record.
 
2-3-5 Bihari -
Manglitz
, Révész -
Weinber, Károly, Kanyaurek -
Weisz, Nyilas, Késmárky, Tóth-Potya, Grósz.

Averages:

Age   Appearances/Goals 2.7 0.9
 

England Team

 

Rank

No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 1st
Colours White collared jerseys and navy blue shorts
Captain Vivian Woodward Selection
in charge: John James Bentley
The five-man FA International Selection Committee
¹³ most goals as captain
P 10 of 14, W 9 - D 1 - L 0 - F 49 - A 7. P 71 of 195, W 52 - D 13 - L 6 - F 247 - A 62.
  team chosen at 104 High Holborn, London, on Thursday, 22 April 1909.
England Lineup
    two changes to the previous match (Woodward & Bridgett>Freeman & Wall) league position (FINAL POSITIONS) ave FL pos: 12th¹⁰
  Hardy, Sam 26 26 August 1882 G Liverpool FC (FL1 16th) 8 5ᵍᵃ
  Crompton, Robert 29 26 September 1879 RB Blackburn Rovers FC (FL1 4th) 25 0
most apps 1909
  Pennington, Jesse 25 23 August 1883 LB West Bromwich Albion FC (FL2 3rd) 9 0
  Warren, Benjamin 30 7 May 1879 RH Chelsea FC (FL1 11th) 17 1
  Wedlock, William J. 28 28 October 1880 CH Bristol City FC (FL1 8th) 14 1
  Lintott, Evelyn H. 25 2 November 1883 LH Bradford City FC (FL1 18th) 6 0
  Pentland, Frederick B. 25 29 July 1883 OR Middlesbrough FC (FL1 9th) 3 0
Fleming, Harold J. 22 30 April 1887 IR Swindon Town FC (SL1 RUNNERS-UP) 2 1
Woodward, Vivian J. 29 3 June 1879 CF Tottenham Hotspur FC (FL2 RUNNERS-UP) 19 19
  Holley, George H. 23 20 November 1885 IL Sunderland AFC (FL1 3rd) 3 1
Bridgett, G. Arthur 26 11 October 1882 OL Sunderland AFC (FL1 3rd) 9 3

reserves:

The named reserves were Tom Brittleton (The Wednesday FC (FL1 5th)), as well as Fleming. But George Richards and Harold Halse must have travelled.

team changes:

There were changes from the original named line-up, Fleming replaced Bert Freeman (Everton FC (FL1 RUNNERS-UP)) and Bridgett replaced George Wall (Manchester United FC (FL1 13th)). Neither of which travelled.

team notes:

Vivian Woodward came straight from captaining the England Amateur side against Switzerland and France.

appearance notes:

Bob Crompton & Ben Warren are the first players to make seventeen consecutive appearances, as Crompton continues to extend his tally as England's record appearance holder.
Vivian Woodward is the fifth player to make nineteen appearances, Warren is the seventh to make seventeen and Billy Wedlock is the thirteenth to have made fourteen.
28 players have now made nine appearances. Goalkeeper Sam Hardy is the 31st player to have made eight appearances, whereas Evelyn Lintott is the fiftieth player to make six.
130 players have now made three appearances, whereas 199 have done so more than once.
Crompton is also the first player to make 25 appearances under the guidance of the ISC whereas Woodward is the x player to make nineteen.

goalscoring notes:

Vivian Woodward is the second player to have scored nineteen England goals, the other being Steve Bloomer.

records:

This victory creates a new record of seven away victories in a row.
Ákos Késmárky's 44th minute goal ended England's sequence of not conceding any goals - lasting a record 506 minutes. It also ended Sam Hardy's clean sheet record, ending at 377 minutes.
This is the first time England have won all four of their opening four matches of the season.
 
2-3-5 Hardy -
Crompton, Pennington -
Warren, Wedlock, Lintott -
Pentland, Fleming, Woodward, Holley, Bridgett.

Averages:

Age   Appearances/Goals
most experienced
10.5 2.1
 
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It was on 30 May 1909 that six men drowned at 1 a.m. in Stornoway Harbour in the Western Isles. A local watchman was ferrying three fishermen to their boats. Another six men boarded his small boat from another craft and it began to take on water. Before they could turn around, it sank, and with most wearing heavy clothes and boots, six of the ten, including the sixty-year-old watchman, tragically lost their lives, just yards from the shore.
 
  
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Magyarfutball.hu
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Rothman's Yearbooks
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Original Newspaper Reports
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