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Most sources state a Neubauer penalty, but a small minority give it Ludwig Hussak>
Tuesday, 1 June 1909
End of Season Continental Tour Match

Austria 1 England 8 
[0-2]
 
 

'alten' Hohe Warte, Dionysius-Andrassy-Straße, Unterdöbling, Wien
Kick-off (MEZ): '6 Uhr.' 5.00pm GMT;

Attendance: 'approximately 3,000 people'; '3,000'
"Expenses of the International matches, England v. Austria and Hungary, were £549 13s. 11d. The Football Association received guarantees amounting to £300."
Football League Record


Season Record
England's second visit to Hohe Warte, third to Vienna and to Austria
   
  [0-1] Vivian Woodward 25
'succeeded in breaking thro' and concluded with a shot from close quarters'; 'a rather weak shot'
[0-2] Harold Halse 44
'after some clever footwork'
England's fiftieth second half friendly goal>
[1-3]Leopold Neubauer penalty 53
 
('Pennington fouled Hussak')
England's 100th friendly goal>
England's 100th second half away goal>
25th goal scored against Austria>
[0-3] Vivian Woodward 48 BRACE


[1-4] George Holley 56
[1-5] George Holley 58 BRACE
[1-6] Vivian Woodward header 69 HATTRICK

'guided the pall past the goalkeeper from a corner'
[1-7] Ben Warren 76
'from long range'
[1-8] Harold Halse 82 BRACE

'one of the cleverest goals of the match'
 
 
 

Match Summary

Officials         

Austria Team Records England Party
Referee
Ferenc M. Schubert
30/31 (1878), Buda-Pest, Hungary
 
Linesmen
   
 

Austria Team

 

Rank

No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 18th
Colours probably Black and Yellow
Captain Heinrich Retschury Selection Committee
P last of 4, W 0 - D 1- L 3 - F 8 - A 18.
 
Austria Lineup
  Prager, Joséf Jehuda 23
198 days
15 November 1886 G Vienna Cricket & FC 5 20ᵍᵃ
  Groß, Karl 27/28 1881 RB Wiener SK 2 0
  Retschury, Heinrich Carl Franz 22
127 days
25 January 1887 LB First Vienna FC 6 0
final app 1908-09
  Löwenfeld, Viktor Franz 20
22 days
10 May 1889 RH Vienna Cricket & FC 1 0
  Preiss Donath, Arthur 21
179 days
4 December 1887 CH AC Viktoria Vienna 2 0
final app 1909
  Lenczewsky, Heinrich 27
13 days
19 May 1882 LH First Vienna FC 6 0
  Hussak, Ludwig Ignaz 25
305 days
31 July 1883 OR Vienna Cricket & FC 7 2
most apps 1909
  Šedivy, Josef 32
233 days
11 October 1876 IR Rapid Vienna FC 4 1
final app 1903-09
  Schrenk, Karl 20
101 days
20 February 1889 CF First Vienna FC 2 1
final app 1909
  Neubauer, Leopold 19
229 days
15 October 1889 IL Wiener SK 3 3
first penalty against scored (7th awarded) first teenager to score penalty
  Strau, Ludwig Michael 26
245 days
29 September 1882 OL Floridsdorfer AC 1 0
only app 1909

reserves:

not known
 
2-3-5 Prager -
Groß, Retschury -
Löwenfeld, Preiss, Lenczewsky -
Hussak, Šedivy, Schrenk, Neubauer, Strau

Averages:

Age 24 years 64-97 days Appearances/Goals 3.5 0.5
 

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
²⁰ most goals as captain
P 12 of 14, W 11 - D 1 - L 0 - F 65 - A 10. P 73 of 195, W 54 - D 13 - L 6 - F 263 - A 65.
  team chosen initially at 104 High Holborn, London, on Friday, 23 April 1909.
England Lineup
    two changes to the previous match (Richards & Halse>Lintott & Fleming) league position (FINAL POSITIONS) ave FL pos: 12th
  Hardy, Sam 26
279 days
26 August 1882 G Liverpool FC (FL1 16th) 10 8ᵍᵃ
first keeper to face a penalty kick twice
  Crompton, Robert 29
248 days
26 September 1879 RB Blackburn Rovers FC (FL1 4th) 27 0
most apps 1909
  Pennington, Jesse 25
282 days
23 August 1883 LB West Bromwich Albion FC (FL2 3rd) 11 0
Warren, Benjamin 30
25 days
7 May 1879 RH Chelsea FC (FL1 11th) 19 2
  Wedlock, William J. 28
216 days
28 October 1880 CH Bristol City FC (FL1 8th) 16 1
342   Richards, George H. 29
22 days
10 May 1880 LH Derby County FC (FL2 5th) 1 0
the eleventh County player to represent England only app 1909
  Pentland, Frederick B. 25
307 days
29 July 1883 OR Middlesbrough FC (FL1 9th) 5 0
final app 1909
343 Halse, Harold J. 23
151 days
1 January 1886 IR Manchester United FC (FL1 13th) 1 2
the 69th-71st brace the third United player to represent England only app 1909
Woodward, Vivian J. 29
363 days
3 June 1879 CF Tottenham Hotspur FC (FL2 RUNNERS-UP) 21 26
  the 69th-71st brace, 27th hattrick scored
Holley, George H. 23
193 days
20 November 1885 IL Sunderland AFC (FL1 3rd) 5 5
the 69th-71st brace
  Bridgett, G. Arthur 26
233 days
11 October 1882 OL Sunderland AFC (FL1 3rd) 11 3
final app 1905-09

travelling reserves:

Evelyn Lintott (Bradford City FC (FL1 18th)) and Harold Fleming (Swindon Town FC (SL1 RUNNERS-UP)).

team changes:

There were changes from the original named thirteen players:- Bert Freeman (Everton FC (FL1 RUNNERS-UP)), George Wall (Manchester United FC (FL1 13th)) and reserve, Tom Brittleton (The Wednesday FC (FL1 5th)) were replaced by Fleming, Bridgett and Halse. Fleming was named as one of the reserves, with Richards replacing him.

appearance notes:

Bob Crompton & Ben Warren are the first players to make nineteen consecutive appearances, as Crompton continues to extend his tally as England's record appearance holder.
Vivian Woodward is the third player to make 21 appearances, Warren is the sixth to make nineteen and Billy Wedlock is the eleventh to have made sixteen. 21 players have now made eleven, and 24 have made ten appearances, with goalkeeper Sam Hardy being the latest addition to the growing list.
It does mean that for a second time—the first time since April 1900—that England start with seven players who have made at least ten appearances.
65 players have now made five appearances.
Crompton is also the first player to make 27 appearances under the guidance of the ISC whereas Woodward is the third player to make 21.

goalscoring notes:

Vivian Woodward is the second player to have scored 26 England goals, the other being Steve Bloomer.
George Holley is the nineteenth England player to have scored five goals for his country.

records:

Woodward is the first player since Spiksley in 1893 to score hattricks in two consecutive matches.
This victory expands on the new record of nine away victories in a row - and the first time England have played on a Tuesday.
This is the only time England have won all six matches in a season comprising of six matches. The second time they have won six in a season.
 
2-3-5 Hardy -
Crompton, Pennington -
Warren, Wedlock, Richards -
Pentland, Halse, Woodward, Holley, Bridgett.

Averages:

Age 27 years 77 days Appearances/Goals 11.5 2.8
oldest starting XI so far most experienced starting XI so far
"On Wednesday evening the players and the other members of the party were entertained to a banquet at the Hotel de France by the Austrian Football Association."
 
       Match Report The Sporting Life, Saturday, 5 June 1909

  The concluding game on the Continent, between England and Austria, was played at Vienna on Tuesday evening, the result being a win for the visitors by 8 goals to 1. There was a brilliant sun, a large and enthusiastic crowd, and a high expectation on the part of the onlookers as to the kind of football that Woodward and his colleagues would provide. Fleming and Lintott stood down for Halse and Richards, the rest of the team being the same as at Buda Pest. The Austrian side was the strongest that the Selection Committee could command, but they, like their opponents, were somewhat leg weary from previous games. The game was played at Hohe Warte, and this was much too narrow to suit the Englishmen, who were always met by a crowded defence, and it was not until they completely altered their tactics in the second half that they scored as frequently as they should have done on the run of the game. The play was not of such good quality as at Buda Pest, but this was due to the inability of the home side to really extend the Englishmen, whose finished methods were noted and heartily appreciated by a delighted assembly.
   The visitors started off in such a style that the Austrians were immediately engaged in a hard struggle to keep their goal intact. They concentrated their defence to some purpose, dozens of shots being diverted. The visitors could do everything but score. All the forwards and the halves sought opportunities to open the account, but twenty-five minutes elapsed ere Woodward succeeded in breaking through, and he concluded with a shot from close quarters that gave the goalkeeper no chance. The Austrian defence was subjected to severe pressure, but the backs and halves struggled gamely, and there was only a minute to the interval when Halse obtained a second goal, after some clever footwork. The home team had never looked like scoring, as on the few occasions when they broke away the forwards shot wildly, and Hardy was not troubled.
   The second half was quite different. The Englishmen adopted more open methods, instead of a close three-inside game, and the outcome was much more satisfactory from their point of view, as the Austrian defence was outplayed and out-generalled. It is to their credit, however, that they never gave up trying, and again and again they burst away, and it was always a difficult matter to overtake the forwards if they got clear, as they were extremely fast. In three minutes from the re-start Woodward obtained a third goal, and Austria then scored from a penalty given against Pennington. Holley added a fourth goal, and two minutes later supplemented this with a fifth, both after smart work. Woodward next brought his head into play to some purpose, as he guided the ball past the goal-keeper from a corner, and Warren having put on a seventh from long range, Halse concluded the scoring with one of the cleverest goals of the match. The English players had a splendid send-off from the ground, the crowd cheering them lustily.
   

 
       In Other News....
It was on 1 June 1909 that an ocean-to-ocean automobile race began from New York, ending in Seattle, where the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition was being staged. The cars could only be driven during daylight hours, they had to negotiate a snow-covered mountain pass in Washington State, they had to cross a lake by ferry, and the roads outside of towns and cities were often mere mud tracks. 23 days later, a Ford Model T was the first to arrive in Seattle, only to be disqualified some five months later when it was discovered that the engine had been changed during the race.
 
  
       Source Notes
TheFA
England Football Factbook
AustrianSoccer.at
Rothman's Yearbooks
The Football Association Yearbooks
Original Newspaper Reports
Ancestry.com
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