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Tuesday, 1 June 1909
End of Season Continental Tour Match

Austria 1 England 8 
[0-2]
 
 

Hohe Warte Stadion, Heiligenstadt, Döbling, Wien
Kick-off (MEZ): '6.00 p.m.' 5.00pm GMT;
Attendance: '3,000'
Receipts:
Football League Record


Season Record
England's second visit to Hohe Warte, third to Vienna and to Austria
   
  Vivian Woodward (3) BRACE & HAT-TRICK, Harold Halse (2) BRACE, George Holley (2) BRACE, Ben Warren.
 
Leopold Neubauer penalty
Most sources state a Neubauer penalty, but a small minority give it Ludwig Hussak. Lack of contemporary news reports means we cannot confirm either.
 
 
 
 

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Officials         

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

Austria Team

 

Rank

No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 18th
Colours not known
Captain Heinrich Retschury Selection Committee
Austria Lineup
  Prager, Joséf 23 15 November 1886 G Vienna Cricket & FC 5 20ᵍᵃ
  Groß, Karl nk not known RB Wiener SK 2 0
  Retschury, Heinrich 22 5 January 1887 LB First Vienna FC 6 0
  Löwenfeld, Viktor nk not known RH Vienna Cricket & FC 1 0
  Preiss, Arthur nk not known CH AC Viktoria Vienna 2 0
  Lenczewsky, Heinrich nk not known LH First Vienna FC 6 0
  Hussak, Ludwig 25 31 July 1883 OR Vienna Cricket & FC 7 2
  Schediwy, Joséf nk not known IR Rapid Vienna FC 4 1
  Schrenk, Karl nk not known CF First Vienna FC 2 1
  Neubauer, Leopold 19 15 October 1889 IL Wiener SK 3 3
first penalty against scored (7th awarded) first teenager to score penalty
  Scheu, Franz nk not known OL AC Viktoria Vienna 1 0

reserves:

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

Averages:

Age tbc 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 Thursday, 22 April 1909.
England Lineup
    two changes to the previous match (Richards & Halse>Lintott & Fleming) league position (FINAL POSITIONS) ave FL pos: 8th
  Hardy, Sam 26 26 August 1882 G Liverpool FC 10 8ᵍᵃ
first keeper to face a penalty kick twice
  Crompton, Robert 29 26 September 1879 RB Blackburn Rovers FC 27 0
most apps 1909
  Pennington, Jesse 25 23 August 1883 LB West Bromwich Albion FC 11 0
Warren, Benjamin 30 7 May 1879 RH Chelsea FC 19 2
  Wedlock, William J. 28 28 October 1880 CH Bristol City FC 16 1
342   Richards, George H. 29
22 days
10 May 1880 LH Derby County FC 1 0
the eleventh County player to represent England only app 1909
  Pentland, Frederick B. 25
307 days
29 July 1883 OR Middlesbrough FC 5 0
final app 1909
343 Halse, Harold J. 23
151 days
1 January 1886 IR Manchester United FC 1 2
the 69th-71st brace the third United player to represent England only app 1909
Woodward, Vivian J. 29 3 June 1879 CF Tottenham Hotspur FC 21 26
  the 69th-71st brace, 26th hattrick scored
Holley, George H. 23 20 November 1885 IL Sunderland AFC 5 5
the 69th-71st brace
  Bridgett, G. Arthur 26
233 days
11 October 1882 OL Sunderland AFC 11 3
final app 1905-09

reserves:

The named reserves are Tom Brittleton (The Wednesday FC) and Harold Fleming (Swindon Town FC). Evelyn Lintott, who had already featured in this tour, would also have been an original reserve.

team changes:

There were changes from the original named line-up, Fleming replaced Bert Freeman (Everton FC) and Bridgett replaced George Wall (Manchester United FC). Neither of which travelled. Richards replaced Bradford City FC's Evelyn Lintott.

appearance notes:

Bob Crompton & Ben Warren are the first players to make nineteen consecutive appearances.

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   Appearances/Goals 11.54 2.8
oldest team so far most experienced team so far
 
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       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.
 
  
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England Football Factbook
AustrianSoccer.at
Rothman's Yearbooks
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