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N.B. All of England's games against foreign national teams before the Second World War were regarded as full internationals by their opponents, except for the second fixture with Sweden in 1914, the games with the South African touring team in 1924 and those against New Zealand and Australia in 1937. The games against the home nations (Ireland, Scotland and Wales) were all considered amateur (not full) internationals by those nations.

Please also note that goalscorers may not be wholly accurate due to the vagaries of press reporting of amateur games.

Pre-1906-07
	Although the England amateur team was not created until 1906, an England team containing only amateur players had beaten a German touring side, 12-0, at White Hart Lane, London on September 21, 1901.

Season 1906-07
x		International Selection Committee
Friendly match
1	1 November 1906 - France 0 England 15 [0-6] Parc des Princes, Paris (2,500)	Harris (7), Woodward (4), Day (2), Raine, Farnfield	AW
	England: E.Proud, F.Milnes, Herbert Smith, C.McIver, P.Farnfield, Bob Hawkes, J.Raine, Sammy Day, Vivian Woodward, Stanley Harrisᶜ, Harold Hardman.
	The Reuter news agency reported that England had won 16-0. In keeping with Corinthian ideals, Vivian Woodward deliberately missed a second-half penalty.

International Trial Match
-	3 December 1906 - Professionals 4 Amateurs 2 [3-0] Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield (8,000)	Stewart, Brown 2, Rutherford Hassett, Hardman	NL
	The England team represented the Amateurs
	Amateurs: E.Proud, Watty Corbett, W.Timmis, Bob Hawkes, Kenneth Hunt, G.Hassett, J.Raine, Sammy Day, Vivian Woodward, Stanley Harrisᶜ, Harold Hardman.

Friendly matches
2	15 December 1906 - Ireland 1 England 2 [1-2] Dalymount Park, Dublin (1,500)	Thompson Woodward, Wheatcroft	AW
	England: T.Rowlandson, Watty Corbett, W.Timmis, Bob Hawkes, Kenneth Hunt, G.Hassett, J.Raine, F.Wheatcroft, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, E.Mansfield, Harold Hardman.
	The game was played throughout driving rain and the pitch resembled a "quagmire". One source suggests that Hardman, and not Woodward, scored England's equaliser.
3	1 April 1907 - Netherlands 1 England 8 [1-5] De Diepput, Den Haag (8,000)	Blume Mansfield, Bell (2), Woodward, Hardman (2), Hawkes, Foster	AW
	England: T.Rowlandson, Watty Corbett, W.Timmisᶜ, Bob Hawkes, Kenneth Hunt, E.Mansfield, R.Young, G.Foster, Vivian Woodward, A.Bell, Harold Hardman.
	Sir Henry Howard, Minister for the Netherlands and Luxembourg, 'kicked off' for the visitors.

Season 1907-08
4	7 December 1907 - England 6 Ireland 1 [4-1] White Hart Lane, Tottenham (11,000)	Woodward, Purnell (2), Stapley (3) Hooper	HW
	England: R.Brebner, Watty Corbett, Herbert Smithᶜ, Bob Hawkes, W.Cleminson, Evelyn Lintott, J.Raine, Vivian Woodward, H.Stapley, C.Purnell, Gordon Wright.
5	21 December 1907 - England 12 Netherlands 2 [5-1] Feethams, Darlington (3,000)	Woodward (3), Stapley (5), Bell (3), Raine Ruffelse (2)	HW
	England: R.Brebner, Watty Corbett, A.Scothern, W.Cleminson, Evelyn Lintott, J.Prest, J.Raine, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, H.Stapley, A.Bell, G.Barlow.
	Alfred Davis was now regularly accompanying the team as the FA Member in Charge.
6	22 February 1908 - England 1 Wales 0 [1-0] Edgeley Park, Stockport (850)	Woodward	HW
	England: Horace Bailey, Watty Corbett, Herbert Smith, W.Cleminson, F.Chapman, Bob Hawkes, R.Hardy, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, H.Stapley, A.Bell, E.Williams.
	The pitch was in a "deplorably muddy state" and the game was played in gale-force winds. Woodward, again, deliberately missed a second-half penalty.
7	23 March 1908 - England 12 France 0 [6-0] Park Royal Ground, London (4,500)	Hawkes, Jordan (6), Woodward (3), Berry, Raine	HW
	England: Horace Bailey, Watty Corbett, A.Scothern, Kenneth Hunt, Evelyn Lintott, Bob Hawkes, J.Raine, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, W.Jordan, Arthur Berry, Gordon Wright.
8	18 April 1908 - Belgium 2 England 8 [1-4] Sukkelweg, Bruxelles (4,000)	De Veen (2) Purnell (2), Stapley (3), Woodward (3)	AW
	England: E.Proud, Watty Corbett, Herbert Smith, F.Chapman, Evelyn Lintott, Bob Hawkes, Arthur Berry, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, H.Stapley, C.Purnell, Harold Hardman.
9	20 April 1908 - Germany 1 England 5 [1-3] Viktoria-Platz, Berlin (5,500)	Förderer Stapley (2), Woodward (2), Purnell	AW
	England: E.Proud, Watty Corbett, Herbert Smith, F.Chapman, Evelyn Lintott, Bob Hawkes, Arthur Berry, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, C.Purnell, H.Stapley, Harold Hardman.

Season 1908-09
10	8 September 1908 - Sweden 1 England 6 [0-4] Walhalla Idrottsplats, Göteborg (2,000)	Bergström Purnell, Louch, Berry (4)	AW
	England: R.Brebner, A.Scothern, Herbert Smith, Kenneth Hunt, W.Daffern, Bob Hawkesᶜ, Arthur Berry, T.Porter, L.Louch, C.Purnell, Harold Hardman.

  

x		The England team represented Great Britain at the Games of the IV Olympiad in London and played the following fixtures:
IV Olympiad Games in London
-	quarter-final
	20 October 1908 - Great Britain 12 Sweden 1 [7-0] White City Stadium, Shepherd's Bush (2,000)	Stapley (2), Woodward (2), Berry, Chapman, Purnell (4), Hawkes (2) Bergström	HW
	GB: Horace Bailey, Watty Corbett, Herbert Smith, Kenneth Hunt, F.Chapman, Bob Hawkes, Arthur Berry, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, H.Stapley, C.Purnell, Harold Hardman.
-	semi-final
	22 October 1908 - Great Britain 4 Netherlands 0 [1-0] White City Stadium, Shepherd's Bush (6,000)	Stapley (4)	HW
	GB: Horace Bailey, Watty Corbett, Herbert Smith, Kenneth Hunt, F.Chapman, Bob Hawkes, Arthur Berry, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, H.Stapley, C.Purnell, Harold Hardman.
-	FINAL
	24 October 1908 - Great Britain 2 Denmark 0 [1-0] White City Stadium, Shepherd's Bush (8,000)	Chapman, Woodward	HW
	GB: Horace Bailey, Watty Corbett, Herbert Smith, Kenneth Hunt, F.Chapman, Bob Hawkes, Arthur Berry, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, H.Stapley, C.Purnell, Harold Hardman.
	Great Britain won the gold medals. The remainder of the squad was: R.Brebner, A.Bell, A.Scothern, W.Daffern, T.Porter, W.Crabtree and G.Barlow.

 

Friendly matches
11	21 November 1908 - Ireland 1 England 5 [0-3] Dalymount Park, Dublin (2,500)	Webb Porter (2), Stapley (3)	AW
	England: H.Lemoine, Watty Corbett, Herbert Smith, J.Healy, F.Chapman, W.Daffern, Arthur Berry, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, H.Stapley, T.Porter, Harold Hardman.
	The ground was in a waterlogged state. Woodward collided with an Irish player after the first ten minutes and was limping for the rest of the game.
12	20 February 1909 - Wales 2 England 5 [1-4] Ynys Field, Aberdare (4,500)	Hughes (2 pens) Hunt, Dunning, Chapman (2), Williamson	AW
	England: G.Atkinson, A.Bell, Herbert Smithᶜ, Kenneth Hunt, F.Chapman, F.Dunkley, C.Williamson, C.Dunning, G.Hoare, W.Lawrence, G.Barlow.
13	13 March 1909 - England 9 Germany 0 [5-0] White House Ground, Oxford (6,000)	Dunning (3), Porter (3), Chapman, Hoare (2)	HW
	England: Horace Bailey, Watty Corbett, Herbert Smithᶜ, Kenneth Hunt, F.Chapman, Bob Hawkes, Arthur Berry, C.Dunning, G.Hoare, T.Porter, E.Davis.
14	12 April 1909 - Netherlands 0 England 4 [0-3] Sportpark Oud-Roosenburgh, Amsterdam (15,000)	Dunning (2), Porter, Stapley	AW
	England: Horace Bailey, A.Bell, Herbert Smithᶜ, A.Campbell, F. Chapman, Bob Hawkes, J.Raine, C.Dunning, H.Stapley, T.Porter, Gordon Wright.
15	19 April 1909 - England 11 Belgium 2 [7-1] White Hart Lane, Tottenham (4,000)	Woodward (2), Dunning (4), Chapman, Raine, Stapley (3) De Veen (2)	HW
	England: H.Lemoine, A.Bell, Herbert Smith, Kenneth Hunt, F.Chapman, Bob Hawkes, J.Raine, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, H.Stapley, C.Dunning, Gordon Wright.
16	20 May 1909 - Switzerland 0 England 9 [0-4] Landhof Stadion, Basel (8,000)	Woodward (4), Raine (2), Stapley, Dunning (2)	AW
	England: R.Brebner, A.Bell, Herbert Smith, F.Fayers, F.Chapman, Bob Hawkes, J.Raine, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, H.Stapley, C.Dunning, Gordon Wright.
17	22 May 1909 - France 0 England 11 [0-6] Stade de Fédération de Gymnastique Sportive des Patronages de France, Paris (390)	Raine (3), Porter (3), Stapley (2), Wright, Fayers (2)	AW
	England: R.Brebner, A.Bell, Herbert Smith, F.Fayers, F.Chapman, Bob Hawkes, J.Raine, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, H.Stapley, T.Porter, Gordon Wright.

Season 1909-10
18	6 November 1909 - England 7 Sweden 0 [3-0] Anlaby Road, Hull (10,000)	Owen (3), Stapley (3), Woodward	HW
	England: R.Brebner, Watty Corbett, Herbert Smith, F.Fayers, F.Chapman, J.Olley, Arthur Berry, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, H.Stapley, S.Owen, Gordon Wright.
19	20 November 1909 - England 4 Ireland 4 [2-3] Elland Road, Leeds (6,500)	Owen, Woodward, McCann OG, Jordan Robertson (2), McDonnell, Hooper	HD
	England: R.Brebner, Watty Corbett, A.Scothern, F.Fayers, F.Chapman, J.Olley, Arthur Berry, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, S.Owen, W.Jordan, E.Williams.
	England recovered from 3-1 and 4-3 down and, with the help of an own goal, managed to rescue a draw with a late equaliser in their first ever game not to result in a victory.
20	11 December 1909 - England 9 Netherlands 1 [6-1] Stamford Bridge, Fulham (5,274)	Stapley, Woodward (6), Owen, Williams Kessler	HW
	England: R.Brebner, Watty Corbett, Arthur Knight, Kenneth Hunt, F.Chapman, Bob Hawkes, Arthur Berry, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, H.Stapley, S.Owen, E.Williams.
	With England five goals up, Corbett suffered a thigh injury and came off. He rejoined the action for the second half, but soon had to withdraw from the field, leaving England with ten men for around an hour of the game. Some reports give England's eighth goal to Stapley and not Woodward.
21	19 February 1910 - England 6 Wales 0 [3-0] Leeds Road, Huddersfield (8,000)	Springthorpe, Porter (3), Berry, Woodward	HW
	England: W.Micklethwait, Watty Corbett, Arthur Knight, F.Fayers, F.Chapman, J.Dines, Arthur Berry, T.Porter, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, H.Springthorpe, Gordon Wright.
	Welsh forward, Crad Evans twisted his knee early in the game and had to retire. Wales were, thus, left with ten men for the majority of the game.
22	26 March 1910 - Belgium 2 England 2 [2-1] Sukkelweg, Bruxelles (4,000)	Paternoster, Six Steer, Owen	AD
	England: W.Micklethwait, A.Bell, W.Martin, F.Fayers, F.Chapman, Bob Hawkes (c), Arthur Berry, T.Porter, W.Steer, S.Owen, A.Kerry.
23	9 April 1910 - England 6 Switzerland 1 [5-0] Park Royal Ground, London (4,500)	Fayers, Webb (2), Corbett, Steer (2) Sydler	HW
	England: E.Howling, H.Boardman, W.Martin, F.Fayers, F.Chapman, Bob Hawkesᶜ, Arthur Berry, George Webb, W.Steer, P.Corbett, A.Kerry.
	Switzerland were allowed to make a substitution after only eight minutes, owing to an injury to their captain.
24	16 April 1910 - England 10 France 1 [6-0] Goldstone Ground, Hove (3,500)	Wilson (4), Steer (4), Berry, Chapman Tousset	HW
	England: F.Leese, H.Boardman, W.Martin, F.Fayers, F.Chapmanᶜ, Kenneth Hunt, Arthur Berry, L.Louch, W.Steer, T.Wilson, A.Kerry.
25	5 May 1910 - Denmark 2 England 1 [1-0] Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, København (7,000)	Lindgren, Wolfhagen Steer	AL
	England: H.Lemoine, H.Boardman, W.Martin, F.Fayers, F.Chapman, Bob Hawkesᶜ, I.Sharpe, L.Louch, W.Steer, T.Wilson, G.Barlow.
Following England's first ever defeat, a second match was scheduled for Saturday, May 7th, 1910. However, King Edward VII died on the Friday night and the officials asked for a postponement until Monday, May 9th. After heavy rain over Copenhagen, the English referee, Jackie Pearson, called the match off.
pp	7/9 May 1910 - Denmark vs. England Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, København
England were not at full strength against Denmark, as Arthur Berry, James Raine, Vivian Woodward and Gordon Wright were all selected for the Football Association's tour of South Africa which left Southampton by sea, two days after the Denmark game. Woodward captained the squad. Wright was injured in only the second game of the tour and he was replaced by another member of England's amateur squad, Ivan Sharpe, for the remainder of the tour. Woodward scored 27 goals in the 23 games, including four in the three test matches against the host nation. Berry scored eleven goals, including one in the final test, the only one in which he played. Raine scored nine goals and played in the first two tests, whilst Sharpe scored one goal and did not appear in the test matches.

Season 1910-11
26	19 November 1910 - Ireland 3 England 2 [1-2] Cliftonville Gardens, Belfast (3,500)	Macauley (pen), Hannon, McDonnell Carr (2)	AL
	England: R.Brebner, F.Bullock, H.Boardman, Watty Corbett, F.Chapman, Bob Hawkesᶜ, Arthur Berry, J.Raine, S.Owen, T.Porter, H.Carr.
	England's first defeat in the UK, after Harry Carr (a late replacement for Vivian Woodward) had twice given them the lead on his only international appearance. Ireland's second goal was reported by The Guardian as a Harry Boardman own goal, whilst the Derby Telegraph reported that England's goals were scored by Berry and Porter!
27	18 February 1911 - Wales 1 England 5 [1-2] Recreation Ground, Newtown (3,500)	Hannaby Woodward (2), Hoare (2), Webb (pen)	AW
	England: R.Brebner, P.Lloyd, Arthur Knight, H.Littlewort, F.Monk, J.Dines, S.Hoad, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, George Webb, G.Hoare, Gordon Wright.
28	4 March 1911 - England 4 Belgium 0 [3-0] Sports Arena, Penge (4,000)	Poelmans OG, Webb (2), Woodward	HW
		The Guardian claimed that Andrieu scored the own goal.
	England: G.Bancroft, W.Cuthbert, Arthur Knight, F.Symons, F.Monk, Kenneth Hunt, S.Hoad, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, George Webb, G.Hoare, Gordon Wright.
29	23 March 1911 - France 0 England 3 [0-1] Stade de Paris, Paris (1,638)	Healey, Hoare (2 (1 pen))	AW
	England: W.McKee, T.Burn, Arthur Knight, W.Stapley, C.Tyson, J.Dines, Arthur Berryᶜ, R.Healey, W.Steer, G.Hoare, Gordon Wright.
	Reuters reported the result as 3-1 to England. Dick Healey was a late replacement for Vivian Woodward.
30	14 April 1911 - Germany 2 England 2 [0-1] Viktoria-Platz, Berlin (10,000)	Möller (2) Webb, Wright	AD
	England: R.Brebner, W.Cuthbert, Arthur Knight, H.Littlewort, F.Monk, J.Dines, Arthur Berryᶜ, W.Steer, George Webb, G.Hoare, Gordon Wright.
31	17 April 1911 - Netherlands 0 England 1 [0-1] Sportpark Oud-Roosenburgh, Amsterdam (11,000)	Webb	AW
	England: R.Brebner, W.Cuthbert, Arthur Knight, H.Littlewort, F.Monk, J.Dines, Arthur Berry, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, George Webb, G.Hoare, Gordon Wright.
32	25 May 1911 - Switzerland 1 England 4 [0-4] Spitalacker-Platz, Bern (7,000)	Wyss Woodward, Hoare, Healey, Sharpe	AW
	England: R.Brebner, T.Burn, A.Peacock, W.Stapley, H.Littlewort, J.Dines, Arthur Berry, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, R.Healey, G.Hoare, I.Sharpe.

Season 1911-12
33	21 October 1911 - England 3 Denmark 0 [1-0] Park Royal Ground, London (2,900)	Hoare (2), Webb	HW
	England: R.Brebner, T.Burn, Arthur Knight, Kenneth Hunt, F.Monk, J.Dines, Arthur Berry, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, George Webb, G.Hoare, Gordon Wright.
	The Danish goalkeeper, Hansen, injured his ankle just before the interval and was unable to continue. Full-back, Castella went in goal for the second half and Denmark were allowed to bring on a substitute.
34	18 November 1911 - England 2 Ireland 0 [1-0] Leeds Road, Huddersfield (3,000)	Woodward, Webb	HW
	England: R.Brebner, T.Burn, Arthur Knight, Kenneth Hunt, F.Monk, J.Dines, Arthur Berry, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, George Webb, G.Hoare, Gordon Wright..
	Irish full-back and captain, Pat McCann went off injured in the early stages of the second half.
35	17 February 1912 - England 3 Wales 0 [1-0] Kingsway, Bishop Auckland (5,500)	Berry, Sanders, Healey	HW
	England: R.Brebner, T.Burn, W.Blanchard, F.Symons, T.Grey, J.Dines, Arthur Berry, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, R.Healey, S.Sanders, Gordon Wright.
36	16 March 1912 - England 4 Netherlands 0 [3-0] Anlaby Road, Hull (12,000)	Woodward, Bailey (2), Wright	HW
	England: R.Brebner, T.Burn, Arthur Knight, D.McWhirter, E.Hanney, J.Dines, Arthur Berry, S.Sanders, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, W.Bailey, Gordon Wright.
	With thanks to Hanna Dukurs for confirming that it was Bailey that scored twice, and not Woodward.

-	6 April 1912 - Bruges 1 England 2 [0-0] Rattenplein, Brugge (-)	De Veen Verbeeck OG, Hoare	AW
	England: R.Brebner, B.Loney, C.Bradley, Kenneth Hunt, F.Monk, J.Dines, Arthur Berry, S.Sanders, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, G.Hoare, Gordon Wright.
	A team comprised of players from both of the city's clubs, Cercle Brugge and Club Brugge, took on the England team, two days prior to their meeting with the Belgian national team in Brussels. Many thanks to Neil Morrison who provided match details.

Friendly match
37	8 April 1912 - Belgium 1 England 2 [1-1] Stade du Vivier d'Oie, Bruxelles (5,000)	Nisot Bailey (2)	AW
		Fernand Nisot, scorer of Belgium's equaliser, was only sixteen years old
	England: R.Brebner, C.Bradley, W.Martin, Kenneth Hunt, E.Hanney, J.Dines, Arthur Berry, S.Sanders, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, W.Bailey, Gordon Wright.

 

x		The England team represented Great Britain at the Games of the V Olympiad in Stockholm and played the following fixtures:
V Olympiad Games in Stockholm
-	quarter-final
	30 June 1912 - Great Britain 7 Hungary 0 [3-0] Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm (8,000)	Walden (6), Woodward	NW
	GB: R.Brebner, T.Burn, Arthur Knight, H.Littlewort, E.Hanney, J.Dines, Arthur Berry, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, H.Walden, G.Hoare, I.Sharpe.
	England goalkeeper, Ron Brebner, saved an early penalty from Hungary's Bodnár, with the score goalless. Centre-half, Ted Hanney went off injured at half-time and left Britain with ten men for the second half.
-	semi-final
	2 July 1912 - Great Britain 4 Finland 0 [2-0] Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm (4,000)	Sharpe, Walden (2), Woodward	NW
	GB: R.Brebner, T.Burn, Arthur Knight, H.Littlewort, H.Stamper, J.Dines, Gordon Wright, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, H.Walden, G.Hoare, I.Sharpe.
	Arthur Knight missed a penalty after 15 minutes, with Britain already leading 2-0. He deliberately sent the kick over the bar on instructions from Woodward, his captain, because of the Corinthian belief that they could not accept the notion that any player would deliberately foul an opponent. One source has Walden scoring all four goals.
-	FINAL
	4 July 1912 - Great Britain 4 Denmark 2 [4-1] Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm (25,000)	Walden, Hoare (2), Berry Olsen (2)	NW
	GB: R.Brebner, T.Burn, Arthur Knight, D.McWhirter, H.Littlewort, J.Dines, Arthur Berry, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, H.Walden, G.Hoare, I.Sharpe.
	In the thirtieth minute, with Britain leading 2-1, the Danish defender, Buchwald, was taken off with an arm injury leaving Denmark to play on with ten men.
	Great Britain won the gold medals. The remainder of the squad was: Horace Bailey, W.Martin, W.Bailey, S.Sanders and L.Dawe.

     

Season 1912-13
Friendly matches
38	5 October 1912 - Ireland 3 England 2 [1-0] Cliftonville Gardens, Belfast (7,500)	McDonnell (2), Smith Hoare (2, (1 pen))	AL
	England: R.Brebner, T.Burn, Arthur Knight, D.McWhirter, H.Littlewort, J.Dines, Arthur Berry, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, L.Dawe, G.Hoare, I.Sharpe.
	The double-Olympic Champions suffered a second successive defeat in Belfast and found themselves three goals down for the first time with fifteen minutes left, before putting together a mini-revival, but it was too late to rescue the game.
39	9 November 1912 - England 4 Belgium 0 [4-0] County Ground, Swindon (6,624)	Woodward (2), Healey, Wright	HW
	England: E.Howling, T.Burn, Arthur Knight, Kenneth Hunt, H.Littlewort, J.Dines, Arthur Berry, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, R.Healey, G.Hoare, Gordon Wright.
40	8 February 1913 - Wales 1 England 3 [0-2] The Oval, Llandudno (4,500)	Shervey Gemmell (2) Harrold	AW
	England: T.Clough, F.Ansell, Arthur Knight, J.Harrold, H.Littlewort, J.Dines, Arthur Berry, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, G.Gemmell, S.Sanders, R.Callender.
	Welsh forward, Jock Tait (born in Scotland), went off injured just after Shervey had pulled a goal back and left them chasing the game with ten men.
41	27 February 1913 - France 1 England 4 [0-2] Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris (2,500)	Poullain Berry (2), Hoare (2)	AW
	England: Horace Bailey, F.Ansell, Arthur Knight, J.Harrold, A.Barclay, J.Dines, Arthur Berry, S.Sanders, G.Gemmell, G.Hoareᶜ, R.Callender.
42	21 March 1913 - Germany 0 England 3 [0-2] Viktoria-Platz, Berlin (17,000)	Woodward (2), Sanders	AW
	England: R.Brebner, F.Ansell, Arthur Knight, D.McWhirter, A.Veitch, J.Dines, G.Shipway, G.Douglas, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, S.Sanders, R.Callender.
43	24 March 1913 - Netherlands 2 England 1 [1-1] Houtrust, Den Haag (16,000)	de Groot (2) Woodward	AL
	England: R.Brebner, F.Ansell, Arthur Knight, D.McWhirter, A.Veitch, J.Dines, G.Shipway, G.Douglas, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, G.Littler, R.Callender.

Season 1913-14

FA Charity Shield
-	6 October 1913 - Professionals 7 Amateurs 2 [4-0] The Den, New Cross (12,000)	Holley (2), Fleming, Hampton (4 (1 pen)) Barlow, Farnfield	NL
	The England team represented the Amateurs.
	Amateurs: R.Brebner, T.Burn, Arthur Knight, G.How, E.Peacock, J.Dines, I.Sharpe, R.Healey, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, H.Farnfield, G.Barlow.

Friendly matches
44	8 November 1913 - Ireland 0 England 2 [0-1] The Oval, Belfast (7,000)	Barlow, Raymond	AW
	England: R.Brebner, T.Burn, Arthur Knight, H.Littlewort, A.Peacock, J.Dines, B.Bateman, H.Raymond, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, H.Farnfield, G.Barlow.
45	15 November 1913 - England 2 Netherlands 1 [1-0] Anlaby Road, Hull (14,000)	Knight (pen), Woodward Boutmy (pen)	HW
		One source has Buitenweg as the scorer of the Dutch penalty.
	England: R.Brebner, T.Burn, Arthur Knight, H.Littlewort, E.Peacock, J.Dines, B.Bateman, H.Raymond, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, H.Farnfield, G.Barlow.
46	7 February 1914 - England 9 Wales 1 [4-1] Home Park, Plymouth (7,500)	Sharpe, Woodward (2), Louch (4), Morris OG, Raymond Davies	HW
	England: J.Crabtree, T.Burn, Arthur Knight, W.Stapley, T.Grey, J.Dines, D.Davies, H.Raymond, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, L.Louch, I.Sharpe.
47	24 February 1914 - Belgium 1 England 8 [1-2] Stade du Vivier d'Oie, Bruxelles (10,000)	Brebart Moore (2), Sharpe (2), Louch (3), Woodward	AW
	England: S.Hauser, T.Burn, Arthur Knight, A.Barclay, W.Stapley, J.Dines, I.Sharpe, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, L.Louch, Billy Moore, R.Callender.
48	5 June 1914 - Denmark 3 England 0 [2-0] Idrætsparken, København (18,500)	Knudsen, S.Nielsen, P.Nielsen	AL
	England: S.Hauser, A.Brooker, Arthur Knight, A.Barclay, W.Stapley, J.Dines, B.Bateman, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, F.Kirby, Billy Moore, I.Sharpe.
49	10 June 1914 - Sweden 1 England 5 [0-2] Råsunda Idrottsplats, Solna (5,000)	Börjesson Moore (2), Woodward, Sharpe (pen), Prince	AW
	England: E.Hoffman, E.Grimsdell, Arthur Knight, R.Popham, T.Grey, J.Dines, B.Mascall, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, H.Prince, Billy Moore, I.Sharpe.
50	12 June 1914 - Sweden 0 England 5 [0-3] Råsunda Idrottsplats, Solna (5,000)	Prince (2), Moore, Woodward (2)	AW
	England: E.Hoffman, E.Grimsdell, Arthur Knight, R.Popham, W.Stapley, J.Dines, B.Bateman, Vivian Woodwardᶜ, H.Prince, Billy Moore, I.Sharpe.
	This game was not regarded as a full international by the Svenska Futbollförbundet.

Season 1919-20
51	15 November 1919 - England 5 Ireland 0 [2-0] Baseball Ground, Derby (5,000)	Prince (3), Harvey (2)	HW
	England: J.Mitchell, L.Golightly, Arthur Knightᶜ, R.Popham, Kenneth Hunt, C.Harbridge, W.Harvey, M.Howell, H.Prince, R.Sloley, R.Gander-Dower.
	The game was played in snow and in failing light.
52	24 January 1920 - Wales 0 England 9 [0-2] Penydarren Park, Merthyr Tydfil (6,000)	Sloley (2), Gardner (4), Howell, Donaghy, Nicholas	AW
	England: J.Mitchell, B.Gates, J.Morrisonᶜ, J.Payne, G.Atkinson, C.Harbridge, F.Nicholas, M.Howell, W.Gardner, R.Sloley, J.Donaghy.
	The referee allowed fifty minutes to be played in the first half and, to compensate for his error, reduced the second half to forty minutes.
53	17 February 1920 - Belgium 3 England 1 [1-1] Stade Joseph Marien, Bruxelles (16,000)	Coppée (2), Van Hege Gardner	AL
	England: N.Turner, L.Golightly, B.Gates, J.Payne, G.Atkinson, C.Harbridge, F.Nicholas, M.Howellᶜ, W.Gardner, R.Sloley, J.Donaghy.
54	5 April 1920 - France 0 England 5 [0-2] Stade des Bruyères, Rouen (14,500)	Hegan, Sloley, Harding (2), Nicholas	AW
	England: Bert Coleman, L.Golightly, Arthur Knightᶜ, Kenneth Hunt, G.Atkinson, C.Harbridge, F.Nicholas, M.Howell, W.Harding, R.Sloley, Jackie Hegan.
	Tom Burn was selected for the Football Association's tour of South Africa, but did not play in any of the three test matches.

Season 1920-21

x		The England team represented Great Britain at the Games of the VII Olympiad in Antwerp and played the following fixture:
VII Olympiad Games in Antwerp
-	first round
	28 August 1920 - Great Britain 1 Norway 3 [1-1] Olympisch Stadion, Antwerpen (5,000)	Nicholas Gundersen (2), Wilhelms	NL
	GB: J.Mitchell, B.Gates, Arthur Knightᶜ, Kenneth Hunt, G.Atkinson, C.Harbridge, F.Nicholas, W.Harding, H.Prince, R.Sloley, Jackie Hegan.
	Belgium won the gold medals. The remainder of the squad was: G.Wiley, H.Ward, J.Brennan, J.Payne, H.Buck, H.Hambleton, C.Julian and M.Bunyan.

 

Friendly matches
55	13 November 1920 - Ireland 0 England 4 [0-1] Cliftonville Gardens, Belfast (9,000)	Wise (3), Nicholas	AW
	England: Bert Coleman, R.Evans, W.Keeble, J.Brennan, A.Read, A.Hewitt, F.Nicholas, Edgar Kail, H.Princeᶜ, C.Wise, Jackie Hegan.
56	22 January 1921 - England 0 Wales 2 [0-0] Molineux, Wolverhampton (8,000)	Davies, C.Edwards	HL
	England: Howard Baker, B.Gatesᶜ, Alfred Bower, D.Long, A.Robertson, F.Spiller, H.Buck, Edgar Kail, J.Blair, Graham Doggart, A.Davies.
57	5 May 1921 - France 2 England 1 [1-1] Stade Pershing, Paris (30,000)	Dewaquez, Boyer Farnfield	AL
	England: Bert Coleman, J.Payne, Alfred Bower, A.Read, A.Cox, F.Spiller, L.Partridge, H.Princeᶜ, E.Farnfield, C.Wise, A.Grant.

Season 1921-22
58	14 November 1921 - England 4 Ireland 1 [1-0] Filbert Street, Leicester (2,700)	Adams OG, Hambleton (2), Binks McIlreavy	HW
	postponed because of fog on 12 November
	England: Bert Coleman, B.Gates, R.Osborne, R.Dand, Max Woosnamᶜ, F.Spiller, W.Gatland, H.Hambleton, S.Binks, R.Boreham, Jackie Hegan.
After Ireland was partitioned in 1921, the amateur team representing the Irish FA did not select players born in the Irish Free State (unlike the full international team which continued to select an all-Ireland side up until 1954). The one exception to the amateur policy was the 1930 game against England, when three Irish Free State players were selected, though they received a three-month ban as a result. As the team still called itself 'Ireland' during this period, we have done the same.
59	21 January 1922 - Wales 0 England 7 [0-1] Vetch Field, Swansea (8,000)	Creek (3), Hegan, Thorne-Thorne, Kail, Boreham	AW
	England: H.Bell, B.Gates, R.Osborne, Claude Ashton, Max Woosnamᶜ, F.Spiller, R.Thorne-Thorne, Edgar Kail, Norman Creek, R.Boreham, Jackie Hegan.

Season 1922-23
60	11 November 1922 - England 4 Ireland 0 [3-0] Deepdale, Preston (6,500)	Hegan, Hartley (3)	HW
	England: Howard Baker, J.Thompson, Alfred Bowerᶜ, J.Lamb, C.Hunter, F.Spiller, M.Howell, Stan Earle, W.Minter, Frank Hartley, Jackie Hegan.
61	27 January 1923 - England 4 Wales 4 [1-1] Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough (8,000)	Hartley, Minter, Douthwaite (2) Davies (3), Nicholls	HD
	England: Howard Baker, J.Thompson, Alfred Bowerᶜ, E.Nattrass, W.Barnie-Adshead, F.Spiller, W.Lucas, H.Douthwaite, W.Minter, Frank Hartley, Jackie Hegan.
	The Welsh goalkeeper, Williams, went off injured ten minutes before half-time. Full-back, Frank Blew took over in goal. England were also down to ten men, with Jackie Hegan also coming off with an injury. Williams returned in goal at the beginning of the second half, whilst Hegan came back on after an hour's play. Wales led 4-2 with fifteen minutes left. The Guardian reported that Davies only scored twice for Wales, with Griffiths scoring the other goal, with another source suggesting that Jenkins scored, whilst the Glasgow Herald announced that it was Minter that scored twice, not Douthwaite.
62	5 May 1923 - Belgium 3 England 0 [1-0] Oscar Bossaert Stadion, Bruxelles (20,000)	Larnoe, Thys, Gillis	AL
	England: H.Bell, T.Maddison, Arthur Knightᶜ, Albert Barrett, George Armitage, F.Spiller, W.Lucas, Edgar Kail, O.Leavey, Frank Hartley, Jackie Hegan.

Season 1923-24

FA Charity Shield
-	8 October 1923 - Professionals 2 Amateurs 0 [0-0] Stamford Bridge, Fulham (12,000)	Bradford, Chambers	NL
	The England team represented the Amateurs.
	Amateurs: Bert Coleman, F.Twine, Alfred Bowerᶜ, Basil Patchitt, George Armitage, Fred Ewer, Jackie Hegan, Stan Earle, F.Macey, Graham Doggart, Len Barry.

Friendly matches
63	10 November 1923 - England 3 Ireland 0 [2-0] Sports Arena, Penge (8,000)	Macey, Earle, Barry	HW
	England: J.Mitchell, F.Twine, Alfred Bower, Fred Ewer, George Armitage, Claude Ashtonᶜ, Jackie Hegan, Stan Earle, F.Macey, Graham Doggart, Len Barry.
64	22 March 1924 - Wales 1 England 2 [1-1] The Oval, Llandudno (5,000)	Nicholls Creek (2)	AW
	England: J.Mitchell, F.Twine, Alfred Bower, Claude Ashtonᶜ, George Armitage, Fred Ewer, R.Goldie, Edgar Kail, Norman Creek, H.Miller, Jackie Hegan.

Season 1924-25

FA Charity Shield
-	6 October 1924 - Professionals 3 Amateurs 1 [0-0] Arsenal Stadium, Highbury (10,000)	Walker (2), Buchan Kail	NL
	Amateurs: J.Mitchell, E.Spencer, Alfred Bower, Albert Barrett, Claude Ashton (c), Fred Ewer, R.Jenkins, Edgar Kail, Viv Gibbins, Frank Hartley, Jackie Hegan.

Friendly matches
65	11 October 1924 - England 3 South Africa 2 [3-1] The Dell, Southampton (8,000)	Hartley (2), Kail West, Stuart	HW
	England: J.Mitchell, E.Spencer, Alfred Bower, Albert Barrett, Claude Ashton (c), Fred Ewer, R.Jenkins, Edgar Kail, Viv Gibbins, Frank Hartley, Jackie Hegan.
	Hegan suffered a back injury after 25 minutes and left the field for ten minutes. He also did not start the second half, eventually returning as a passenger on the left wing.
66	8 November 1924 - Ireland 2 England 3 [0-3] Cliftonville Gardens, Belfast (5,000)	Sloan, Quinn Hartley, Gibbins (2)	AW
	England: Howard Baker, E.Spencer, Alfred Bowerᶜ, Albert Barrett, Billy Bryant, Fred Ewer, R.Jenkins, Edgar Kail, Viv Gibbins, Frank Hartley, I.Hamilton.
67	26 November 1924 - England 3 South Africa 2 [1-2] White Hart Lane, Tottenham (4,948)	Hartley (2), Ewer Murray (2)	HW
	England: Howard Baker, E.Spencer, Alfred Bowerᶜ, W.Caesar, Billy Bryant, Fred Ewer, R.Jenkins, Edgar Kail, Viv Gibbins, Frank Hartley, Jackie Hegan.
	Ewer completed England's fightback by scoring the winner in the last minute.
68	21 March 1925 - England 2 Wales 1 [1-0] Home Park, Plymouth (6,500)	Kail, Donald Nicholls	HW
		George Sparrow missed a penalty on his debut.
	England: Howard Baker, F.Twine, Alfred Bowerᶜ, Albert Barrett, George Armitage, Fred Ewer, L.Cooling, Edgar Kail, G.Sparrow, R.Donald, I.Hamilton.
	Bill Caesar was selected for the Football Association's tour of Australia and played in the final test match.

Season 1925-26

FA Charity Shield
-	5 October 1925 - Amateurs 6 Professionals 1 [2-0] White Hart Lane, Tottenham (5,000)	Ashton (4), Macey (2) Hannaford	NW
	The England team represented the Amateurs.
	Amateurs: Howard Baker, F.Twine, E.Gates, W.Caesar, George Armitage, Billy Bryant, R.Morgan, Edgar Kail, Claude Ashtonᶜ, F.Macey, W.Bellamy.
	The Professionals were selected from the Football Association's touring party to Australia during the close season, with a further member, Caesar, appearing for the Amateurs. With Claude Ashton switching to centre-forward, the Amateurs took full advantage of the new offside law to overwhelm their opponents. One of the Professionals' forwards, Ernie Simms, developed a limp after the first goal and did not appear for the second half. At 2-0, Baker saved a penalty from Stan Seymour. As a result of their resounding success, Armitage, Ashton and Baker were all selected for the full international in Belfast, later in the month.

Friendly match
69	7 November 1925 - England 6 Ireland 4 [4-1] London Road, Maidstone (7,000)	Ashton (4), Kail (2) Silcock, McCracken (3)	HW
	England: Howard Baker, F.Twine, Alfred Bowerᶜ, W.Caesar, George Armitage, Billy Bryant, Jackie Hegan, Edgar Kail, Claude Ashton, F.Macey, W.Bellamy.
	Harry McCracken astonished the home team by scoring a hat-trick in three minutes at the beginning of the second half to bring the Irish level, before England's firepower finally won the day in a ten-goal thriller.

International Trial Match
-	6 February 1926 - England 2 The Rest 1 [1-0] Plough Lane, Wimbledon (14,000)	Ashton (2 (1 pen)) Minter	NW
	England: Howard Baker, F.Twine, Alfred Bowerᶜ, Billy Bryant, George Armitage, Fred Ewer, R.Jenkins, Edgar Kail, Claude Ashton, F.Macey, Jackie Hegan.
	Since 1908, the annual trial match had been between selections from the north and south, but now came a change of policy in keeping with the full international trials. Of The Rest eleven, Cable, Gates, Minter and Russell played themselves into the England team for the following month's trip to Wrexham.

Friendly match
70	20 March 1926 - Wales 1 England 2 [0-0] Recreation Ground, Wrexham (4,000)	I.Davies Smith, Bryant	AW
	England: A.Russell, F.Twine, E.Gates, Billy Bryantᶜ, T.Cable, Jackie Hegan, R.Smith, W.Minter, Frank Hartley, W.Fairclough.

Season 1926-27

FA Charity Shield
-	6 October 1926 - Amateurs 6 Professionals 3 [2-2] Maine Road, Manchester (1,500)	Kail, Minter (2), Macey (2), Keeping OG Rawlings (2), Tunstall	NW
	The England team represented the Amateurs.
	Amateurs: A.Russell, F.Twine, E.Gates, A.Cartlidge, Billy Bryant, Fred Ewer, C.Tarr, Edgar Kailᶜ, W.Minter, F.Macey, W.Bellamy.
	The Professionals were selected from the Football Association's touring party to Canada during the close season, and they were two goals up after 24 minutes. The poor crowd caused the FA to use club sides to fulfil the following year's fixture.

Friendly matches
71	6 November 1926 - Ireland 0 England 3 [0-1] Cliftonville Gardens, Belfast (7,000)	Gibbins, Macey, Cartlidge	AW
	England: Howard Baker, F.Twine, E.Gates, A.Cartlidge, R.Fairbrother, J.Knight, A.Taylor, Edgar Kailᶜ, Viv Gibbins, F.Macey, W.Bellamy.
72	18 December 1926 - England 1 Scotland 4 [1-1] Filbert Street, Leicester (15,000)	Bryant Jessiman, Noble, McBain (2)	HL
	England: A.Russell, F.Twine, F.Gregory, R.Fairbrother, Billy Bryant, Fred Ewer, R.Jenkins, Edgar Kailᶜ, Viv Gibbins, R.Lowe, Jackie Hegan.
	The first meeting with Scotland saw the visitors inflict England's heaviest home defeat. Jack Harkness, the Scottish goalkeeper, saved a penalty from Gibbins at the beginning of the second half.

International Trial Match
-	5 February 1927 - England 1 The Rest 1 [1-1] Bloomfield Road, Blackpool (3,000)	Dellow Smith	ND
	England: Howard Baker, Alfred Bower, F.Gregory, G.Odell, A.German, Fred Ewer, P.Winter, Edgar Kailᶜ, R.Dellow, T.Meldon, W.Bellamy.
	Ralph 'Bullet' Smith, who scored the equaliser, and had scored on his England debut the previous year, earned a recall for the following month's match with Wales. None of his team mates were selected, whilst four of the England team failed to win a cap.

Friendly matches
73	19 March 1927 - England 4 Wales 0 [3-0] Elm Park, Reading (9,905)	Smith, Dellow, Hegan, Ashton	HW
		Jack Nicholls missed a second-half penalty for Wales.
	England: Howard Baker, Alfred Bower, F.Gregory, A.Cartlidge, Billy Bryantᶜ, Fred Ewer, R.Jenkins, R.Smith, R.Dellow, Claude Ashton, Jackie Hegan.

Season 1927-28

74 12 November 1927 - England 1 Ireland 1 [1-0] Bloomfield Road, Blackpool (7,000) Ashton White HD England: N.Jones, Alfred Bower, E.Gates, J.Knight, Billy Bryantᶜ, Fred Ewer, R.Jenkins, R.Smith, Claude Ashton, W.Price, H.Coates. Irish centre-half, Jim Jamieson went off injured just before half-time, but the visitors bravely fought back to equalise, and they even lost another defender, Andrew Watson, who was carried off towards the end, leaving them to finish the game with nine men.

International Trial Match
-	4 February 1928 - England 2 The Rest 2 [0-0] Lynn Road, Ilford (6,000)	Gibbins, Price Creek (2)	ND
	England: N.Jones, D.Hooton, E.Gates, N.Wootton, Billy Bryantᶜ, J.Knight, R.Jenkins, Edgar Kail, Viv Gibbins, W.Price, J.Greenstock.
	Six of The Rest team (Chadder, Ling, H.Moore, S.Moore, Preston and Smith) earned a place for the following month's visit to Cardiff, whilst Greenstock and Wootton of the England team failed to win a cap. Two-goal scorer, Norman Creek was already well known to the selectors from previous international appearances.

Friendly matches
75	17 March 1928 - Wales 1 England 2 [0-2] Ninian Park, Cardiff (-)	Nicholls Price, Smith	AW
	England: N.Jones, R.Shipperbottom, E.Preston, H.Moore, A.Chadderᶜ, E.Ling, R.Jenkins, R.Smith, J.Hammond, W.Price, S.Moore.
	For the second international in a row, England were facing a nine-man team by the end of the game. Emrys Ellis and Jack Nicholls both left the field injured in the closing stages.
76	28 April 1928 - Scotland 3 England 2 [1-1] Hampden Park, Glasgow (30,000)	Chalmers (2), Noble Price, Smith	AL
	England: A.Meeson, D.Hooton, E.Gates, C.Glenister, A.Chadderᶜ, E.Ling, R.Jenkins, R.Smith, Viv Gibbins, W.Price, S.Moore.

Season 1928-29

77	10 November 1928 - Ireland 0 England 2 [0-0] Cliftonville Gardens, Belfast (5,000)	Creek (2)	AW
	England: A.Solly, F.Gregory, E.Gates, C.Glenister, A.Chadder (capt), J.Knight, R.Jenkins, R.Smith, Norman Creek, F.Macey, Jackie Hegan.

International Trial Match
-	2 February 1929 - England 9 The Rest 1 [6-0] County Ground, Northampton (2,000)	Kail, Gorman (6), Doggart, Hegan Wilkins	NW
	England: A.Solly, F.Gregory, E.Gates, J.Knight, A.Chadderᶜ, Fred Ewer, A.Evans, Edgar Kail, S.Gorman, Graham Doggart, Jackie Hegan.
	With the game obviously over as a contest, when England went seven goals up in the 62nd minute, The Rest goalkeeper, Norman Jones went off for treatment on an injured ankle, and his opposite number, Alf Solly swapped sides to deputise for him, with Eric Gates going in goal for England. Jones then re-appeared with a bandage around his ankle and resumed in goal, with Solly returning to his post. Only Laurie Fishlock of The Rest impressed enough to gain an England cap, two weeks later, against Wales.

Friendly matches
78	16 February 1929 - England 1 Wales 1 [0-1] Goldstone Ground, Hove (5,000)	Kail Nicholls	HD
	England: A.Solly, F.Gregory, E.Gates, J.Knight, A.Chadderᶜ, Fred Ewer, A.Evans, Edgar Kail, S.Gorman, Graham Doggart, L.Fishlock.
	The pitch was covered in snow.
79	16 March 1929 - England 3 Scotland 1 [1-0] Elland Road, Leeds (15,571)	Ashton, Kail (2) Gates OG	HW
		Some reports attribute Scotland's goal to McLelland, as both he and Eric Gates came together before the ball went in.
	England: Howard Baker, F.Gregory, E.Gates, C.Glenister, A.Chadderᶜ, J.Knight, L.Morrish, Edgar Kail, Claude Ashton, Graham Doggart, Jackie Hegan.

Season 1929-30

FA Charity Shield
-	7 October 1929 - Professionals 3 Amateurs 0 [1-0] The Den, New Cross (6,000)	Seed, Chandler, Pease	NL
	The England team represented the Amateurs.
	Amateurs: Howard Baker, F.Gregory, E.Gates, C.Glenister, A.Chadderᶜ, J.Knight, F.Sherman, Edgar Kail, R.Dellow, Graham Doggart, Jackie Hegan.
	The Professionals were selected from the Football Association's touring party to South Africa and Southern Rhodesia during the close season.

Friendly match
80	16 November 1929 - England 7 Ireland 2 [3-0] Sports Arena, Penge (1,500)	Ashton (4), Watson, Coates, McGuire OG McMahon, Kelly	HW
	England: H.Garland-Wells, F.Gregory, E.Gates, J.Anderson, R.Robinson, Fred Ewerᶜ, G.Watson, Edgar Kail, Claude Ashton, H.Coates, J.Rimmer.

International Trial Match
-	1 February 1930 - England 0 The Rest 7 [0-4] Lynn Road, Ilford (3,000)	Smithies (3), Whewell, Coates (3)	NL
	England: Howard Baker, F.Gregory, E.Gates, G.Hobson, R.Robinson, Fred Ewerᶜ, L.Morrish, G.Royle, Claude Ashton, Graham Doggart, G.Peploe.
	A rude awakening for the senior selection, only two of whom played at Aberystwyth, two weeks later, and George Royle remained uncapped. The other nine players in their next game had all performed for The Rest.

Friendly matches
81	15 February 1930 - Wales 1 England 2 [1-2] Smithfield Athletic Ground, Aberystwyth (6,000)	Davies-Owen Smithies (2)	AW
	England: A.Millington, J.Preston, E.Gates, E.Gilderson, W.Whewell, Fred Ewer (c), G.Watson, J.Burns, G.Smithies, S.Beswick, H.Coates.
82	15 March 1930 - Scotland 1 England 0 [0-0] Hampden Park, Glasgow (15,000)	McDonald	AL
	England: A.Russell, J.Preston, E.Gates, E.Gilderson, J.Knight, Fred Ewerᶜ, L.Morrish, Edgar Kail, G.Smithies, Viv Gibbins, H.Coates.
	Scotland also played, and beat, Ireland and Wales for the first time to win the 'Triple Crown'.

Season 1930-31

83	15 November 1930 - Ireland 3 England 1 [1-0] Cliftonville Gardens, Belfast (7,000)	Millar (3) Gibbins	AL
	England: K.Tewkesbury, F.Gregory, E.Gates, C.Murray, W.Whewellᶜ, P.Anderson, W.Warnes, J.Burns, Viv Gibbins, R.Beswarwick, G.Peploe.

International Trial Match
-	31 January 1931 - England 4 The Rest 0 [2-0] Vicarage Road, Watford (4,000)	Gibbins (3), Welsh	NW
	England: K.Tewkesbury, C.Hill, E.Gates, G.Hobson, A.Chadderᶜ, Claude Ashton, R.Jenkins, V.Welsh, Viv Gibbins, H.Coates, Jackie Hegan.
	Despite their defeat, Burns, Warnes and Whewell did enough to earn their place for the game against Wales, two weeks later, though only Whewell was originally selected in the eleven. Of the England side, only Hill was never capped.

Friendly matches
84	14 February 1931 - England 5 Wales 0 [4-0] Dean Court, Bournemouth (9,000)	Warnes (2), Hegan, Gibbins (2)	HW
	England: K.Tewkesbury, F.Gregory, E.Gates, G.Hobson, W.Whewellᶜ, J.Burns, W.Warnes, V.Welsh, Viv Gibbins, W.Webster, Jackie Hegan.
85	21 March 1931 - England 2 Scotland 1 [0-1] Stamford Bridge, Fulham (16,581)	Gibbins, Hegan Crawford	HW
	England: K.Tewkesbury, F.Gregory, E.Gates, G.Hobson, W.Whewellᶜ, J.Burns, W.Warnes, J.Lewis, Viv Gibbins, H.Coates, Jackie Hegan.
	Goalkeeper, Ken Tewkesbury was selected for the Football Association's tour of Canada and played in seven of the 17 games.

Season 1931-32

86	14 November 1931 - England 3 Ireland 2 [3-0] Bootham Crescent, York (3,000)	Coates, Smithies, Whewell Martin (2)	HW
	England: K.Tewkesbury, S.Hammond, J.Woodcock, Claude Ashton, W.Whewellᶜ, J.Burns, A.Fabian, J.Lewis, G.Smithies, H.Coates, Jackie Hegan.

International Trial Match
-	30 January 1932 - England 4 The Rest 2 [3-1] Champion Hill, Dulwich (6,000)	Jenkins, Gibbins (3) Fabian, Finch	NW
	England: K.Tewkesbury, F.Gregory, E.Gates, Claude Ashtonᶜ, W.Whewell, A.Chadder, R.Jenkins, Edgar Kail, Viv Gibbins, J.Burns, Jackie Hegan.
	Only Partridge of The Rest managed to secure a place in the side for the following month's trip to Swansea. Following this match, the trials reverted back to meetings between north and south selections until 1938.

Friendly matches
87	27 February 1932 - Wales 1 England 3 [1-1] Vetch Field, Swansea (2,000)	W.Evans Creek (2), Kail	AW
	England: K.Tewkesbury, G.Partridge, J.Crussell, Claude Ashtonᶜ, W.Whewell, J.Burns, R.Jenkins, Edgar Kail, Viv Gibbins, Norman Creek, Jackie Hegan.
88	19 March 1932 - Scotland 3 England 1 [2-1] Hampden Park, Glasgow (12,000)	McKenzie, Anderson, Dodds Ashton (pen)	AL
		Ken Tewkesbury saved a penalty from Scotland captain, Bob Gillespie.
	England: K.Tewkesbury, G.Partridge, J.Crussell, Claude Ashtonᶜ, W.Whewell, J.Burns, A.Fabian, Edgar Kail, Viv Gibbins, Norman Creek, Jackie Hegan.

Season 1932-33
89	21 January 1933 - England 1 Wales 0 [0-0] Plainmoor Ground, Torquay (5,000)	Cornelius	HW
	England: E.Ainsworth, F.Gregory, J.Woodcock, W.Lister, W.Whewellᶜ, J.Burns, A.Fabian, Edgar Kail, D.Cornelius, H.Coates, L.Finch.
	The only goal came in the last minute after a superb goalkeeping display by Jack Hughes of Wales.
90	18 February 1933 - Ireland 4 England 3 [4-1] Cliftonville Gardens, Belfast (8,000)	McKnight, Martin (2), McCaw Cornelius, Burns, Finch	AL
	England: E.Ainsworth, F.Gregory, J.Woodcock, W.Lister, W.Whewellᶜ, J.Burns, A.Fabian, Edgar Kail, D.Cornelius, H.Coates, L.Finch.
	An unchanged England found themselves four goals down and they almost clawed it back.
91	25 March 1933 - England 1 Scotland 0 [1-0] Champion Hill, Dulwich (18,000)	Roberts	HW
	England: R.Grant, F.Gregory, A.Chadder, C.Murray, W.Whewellᶜ, J.Burns, A.Fabian, Edgar Kail, J.Roberts, W.Webster, L.Finch.
	This time a goal in the first minute was enough to win the game, though many felt that it had not crossed the line after bouncing down from the crossbar.

Season 1933-34
92	27 January 1934 - Wales 3 England 5 [1-4] The Stadium, Bangor (-)	Robbins OG, Vale, Jones Lewis, Burns, Fabian (2), Evans (pen)	AW
	England: F.Davies, G.Holmes, H.Robbins, Bernard Joy, R.White, J.Burnsᶜ, A.Fabian, J.Lewis, F.Evans, W.Webster, R.Banks.
93	17 February 1934 - England 4 Ireland 0 [1-0] Lynn Road, Ilford (8,100)	Lewis (2), Shearer, Finch	HW
	England: H.Lodge, G.Holmes, F.Gregory, W.Lister, Bernard Joy, J.Burnsᶜ, E.Collins, J.Lewis, D.Shearer, W.Webster, L.Finch.
94	24 March 1934 - Scotland 3 England 2 [0-2] Hampden Park, Glasgow (12,000)	Whitehead (2), Bremner Shearer, Finch	AL
	England: H.Lodge, G.Holmes, F.Gregory, W.Lister, Bernard Joy, J.Burnsᶜ, E.Collins, J.Lewis, D.Shearer, W.Webster, L.Finch.

Season 1934-35
95	19 January 1935 - England 6 Wales 1 [2-0] Plough Lane, Wimbledon (5,000)	Simms (3), Burns (pen), Sanders, Finch J.Williams	HW
	England: H.Hill, G.Roylance, G.James, P.Fitzsimmons, Bernard Joy, J.Burnsᶜ, L.Morrish, D.Shearer, H.Simms, R.Sanders, L.Finch.
96	16 February 1935 - Ireland 2 England 4 [0-2] Cliftonville Gardens, Cliftonville (30,000)	Bruce, Kernaghan Simms (2), Finch, Shearer	AW
		James Billingsley missed a penalty for Ireland in the second half.
	England: H.Hill, G.Roylance, R.Dudley, C.Murray, Bernard Joy, J.Burnsᶜ, L.Morrish, D.Shearer, H.Simms, W.Webster, L.Finch.
97	23 March 1935 - England 2 Scotland 1 [2-0] Champion Hill, Dulwich (9,000)	Finch, Simms Dodds	HW
	England: H.Hill, G.Roylance, H.Robbins, E.Tunnington, Bernard Joy, J.Burnsᶜ, B.Mulrenan, D.Shearer, H.Simms, H.Barnes, L.Finch.
	England won the 'Triple Crown' after beating Wales, Ireland and Scotland in the same season for the first time.

Season 1935-36
98	15 February 1936 - England 5 Ireland 0 [1-0] Bloomfield Road, Blackpool (3,000)	Finch (2), Charlton (3)	HW
	England: H.Hill, G.Holmes, G.Burchell, S.Eastham, Bernard Joyᶜ, A.Watkinson, W.Parr, L.Bradbury, W.Charlton, W.Webster, L.Finch.
99	29 February 1936 - Wales 3 England 7 [2-4] Y Traeth, Portmadoc (4,000)	G.Jones (2), J.Williams Charlton (3), Thornton (3), Shearer	AW
	England: E.Mulley, G.Holmes, G.Burchell, S.Eastham, Bernard Joyᶜ, T.Leek, W.Parr, D.Shearer, W.Charlton, L.Thornton, R.McIntosh.
100	14 March 1936 - Scotland 1 England 0 [1-0] Kingsmills Park, Inverness (6,000)	Whitehead	AL
	England: H.Hill, A.Loveday, G.Burchell, S.Eastham, Bernard Joyᶜ, T.Leek, W.Parr, D.Shearer, W.Charlton, L.Thornton, L.Finch.

Season 1936-37

x		13 English amateurs were selected to represent Great Britain at the Games of the XI Olympiad in Berlin and played the following fixtures:
XI Olympiad Games in Berlin
-	first round
	6 August 1936 - Great Britain 2 China 0 [0-0] Mommsenstadion, Berlin (8,000)	Dodds, Finch	NW
	GB: H.Hill, G.Holmes, Fulton, Gardiner, Bernard Joyᶜ, D.Pettit, Crawford, Kyle, Dodds, M.Edelston, L.Finch.
	Maurice Edelston and Daniel Pettit made their Olympic debuts, despite not having played for England.
-	quarter-final
	8 August 1936 - Great Britain 4 Poland 5 [1-2] Poststadion, Berlin (6,000)	Clements, Shearer, Joy (2) Gad, Wodarz (3), Piec	NL
	GB: H.Hill, G.Holmes, Fulton, Gardiner, Bernard Joyᶜ, J.Sutcliffe, Crawford, D.Shearer, B.Clements, F.Riley, L.Finch.
	Bill Clements, Fred Riley and John Sutcliffe all made their international debuts. Poland led 5-1 with twenty minutes remaining.
	World Champions, Italy won the gold medals. The remainder of the squad was: T.Huddle, G.Roylance, Peart, S.Eastham, Fielding, Gibb and Brown. Eastham, Edelston, Finch, Huddle, Pettit and Roylance all played for Great Britain in a 4-1 Friendly match defeat to Germany in Hamburg, four days later.

Friendly matches
101	23 January 1937 - England 9 Wales 1 [4-1] Fratton Park, Portsmouth (6,000)	Riley (3), Sowerby (3), Matthews, Parr, Thornton Leahy	HW
	England: H.Lodge, R.Mitton, G.Burchell, J.Lewisᶜ, E.Tunnington, J.Shield, W.Parr, J.Sowerby, R.Matthews, L.Thornton, F.Riley.
	Both sides wore numbered shirts for the first time. Fred Riley was the only survivor from the Olympic squad.
102	13 February 1937 - Ireland 5 England 1 [3-0] Cliftonville Gardens, Belfast (10,000)	Banks, Gibb (2), Lyness (2) Matthews	AL
	England: A.Woolcock, A.Loveday, G.Burchell, P.Sutcliffe, E.Tunningtonᶜ, R.Wright, W.Parr, J.Sowerby, R.Matthews, L.Thornton, H.Clements.
	England's heaviest defeat.
103	13 March 1937 - England 0 Scotland 1 [0-1] Champion Hill, Dulwich (17,980)	Kyle	HL
	England: H.Hill, G.Burchell, J.Sutcliffe, J.Lewis, Bernard Joyᶜ, J.Kilkenny, E.Collins, J.Sowerby, W.Charlton, M.Edelston, L.Finch.
	Scotland won the 'Triple Crown'.

x		The England team represented the Football Association, accompanied by seventy-year-old, Charlie Wreford-Brown.
FA Tour of New Zealand, Australia and Ceylon
The squad was; T.Huddle, A.Woolcock, G.Strasser, W.PIckering, H.Robbins, Bernard Joy, J.Lewis, T.Leek, J.Sutcliffe, E.Tunnington (c), R.Matthews, E.Collins, F.Davis, L.Finch, L.Thornton, W.Parr, S.Eastham and F.Riley.
-	27 May 1937 - Hawke's Bay and Poverty Bay 0 England 12 [0-nk] McLean Park, Hawke's Bay (2,000)	Finch (3), Leek, Thornton (2), Matthews (2), Brain OG, Collins, Joy, Lewis	AW
	England: T.Huddle, G.Strasser, H.Robbins, J.Lewis, Bernard Joyᶜ, T.Leek, E.Collins, F.Eastham, R.Matthews, L.Thornton, L.Finch.
-	29 May 1937 - Wellington, Manawatu and Wairarapa 0 England 7 [0-3] Basin Reserve, Wellington (10,000)	Thornton (2), Matthews (4), Finch	AW
	England: T.Huddle, G.Strasser, H.Robbins, J.Lewis, E.Tunnington, Bernard Joy, E.Collins, F.Eastham, R.Matthews, L.Thorntonᶜ, L.Finch.
-	2 June 1937 - Otago and Southland 0 England 9 [0-4] Rugby Park, Southland (2,000)	Davis, Matthews, Eastham (2), Lewis (2), Riley (2), Leek	AW
	England: A.Woolcock, J.Sutcliffe, W.PIckering, J.Lewis, E.Tunnington (c), T.Leek, W.Parr, F.Eastham, R.Matthews, F.Riley, F.Davis.
	The rest of the squad were given a run-out for the first game on the South Island. Romeril missed a second-half penalty for the home side.
First Test
-	5 June 1937 - New Zealand 0 England 12 [0-3] Carisbrook, Dunedin (3,500)	Matthews (3), Thornton, Eastham (4), Finch (2), Lewis, Collins	AW
	England: T.Huddle, G.Strasser, H.Robbins, J.Lewis, Bernard Joyᶜ, T.Leek, E.Collins, F.Eastham, R.Matthews, L.Thornton, L.Finch.
	Driving hail and rain kept the attendance down as the tourists secured a comfortable victory in the first test match. Eastham's fourth goal came from a rebound after Cameron had saved his penalty.
-	9 June 1937 - Canterbury, Westland and Buller 1 England 7 [1-4] Lancaster Park, Christchurch (6,000)	R.Smith Eastham (2 (1 pen)), Parr, Matthews (3), Davis	AW
	England: A.Woolcock, G.Strasser, W.PIckering, E.Tunnington, Bernard Joyᶜ, J.Sutcliffe, W.Parr, F.Eastham, R.Matthews, F.Riley, F.Davis.
	The home side took the lead in the first minute, the first goal conceded by the tourists.
-	12 June 1937 - Auckland and South Auckland 4 England 8 [3-5] Blandford Park, Auckland (7,000)	Kay, McCallum, Angus (2) Eastham (2), Finch, Thornton (3), Leek, Matthews	AW
	England: T.Huddle, G.Strasser, H.Robbins, J.Sutcliffe, E.Tunningtonᶜ (W.PIckering), T.Leek, E.Collins, F.Eastham, R.Matthews, L.Thornton, L.Finch.
	Eric Tunnington was carried off with a broken leg after half an hour.
-	16 June 1937 - Wanganui and Taranaki 0 England 12 [0-5] Cooks Gardens, Wanganui (2,000)	Matthews (6), Joy (2), Parr (2), Davis, Leek	AW
	Freddie Davis went off with a leg injury after five minutes of the second half.
Second Test
-	19 June 1937 - New Zealand 0 England 6 [0-2] Carlaw Park, Auckland (18,000)	Thornton (2), Finch (3), Eastham	AW
	England: A.Woolcock, G.Strasser, H.Robbins, J.Lewis, Bernard Joyᶜ, J.Sutcliffe, W.Parr, F.Eastham, R.Matthews, L.Thornton, L.Finch.
	Four days later, in Rotorua, the players took part in an exhibition match, alongside locals.
Third Test
-	26 June 1937 - New Zealand 1 England 12 [0-8] Athletic Park, Wellington (5,000)	Scott Matthews (6), Thornton (3), Parr (2), Finch	AW
	England: A.Woolcock, G.Strasser, W.Pickering, J.Lewis, Bernard Joyᶜ, T.Leek, W.Parr, F.Eastham, R.Matthews, L.Thornton, L.Finch.
	The last of the three test matches against an unchanged host nation, saw Roy Matthews score a hat-trick in the first ten minutes and reach an incredible 26 goals in the nine games of the New Zealand leg of the tour. Many thanks to Brian Goldby who provided links to the match reports for these games.
-	3 July 1937 - New South Wales 1 England 3 [0-0] The Showground, Sydney (36,690)	Hughes Finch (2), Matthews	AW
	England: A.Woolcock, G.Strasser, H.Robbins, J.Lewis, Bernard Joyᶜ, T.Leek, W.Parr, F.Eastham, R.Matthews, L.Thornton, L.Finch.
-	6 July 1937 - Northern Districts 4 England 5 [2-3] Aberdare Park, Cessnock (6,000)	Pringle, Quill (2), Wilkinson Lewis, Finch (2), Matthews, Eastham (pen)	AW
	England: T.Huddle, W.Pickering, H.Robbins, T.Leekᶜ, J.Sutcliffe, J.Lewis, E.Collins, F.Eastham, R.Matthews, F.Davis, L.Finch.
First Test
-	10 July 1937 - Australia 5 England 4 [4-3] The Cricket Ground, Sydney (39,568)	Hughes (2), Price, Smith (2) Eastham (2 (1 pen)), Matthews (2)	AL
	England: A.Woolcock, G.Strasser, H.Robbins, J.Lewis, Bernard Joyᶜ, T.Leek, E.Collins, F.Eastham, R.Matthews, L.Thornton, L.Finch.
	This was the first ever defeat suffered by an FA touring side, following 131 successive victories in Germany, Austria, South Africa, Australia, Canada, Southern Rhodesia and New Zealand.
-	14 July 1937 - Queensland 1 England 2 [1-0] The Exhibition Ground, Brisbane (7,000)	Parry Matthews, Lewis	AW
	England: T.Huddle, G.Strasser, W.Pickering, T.Leekᶜ, J.Sutcliffe, J.Lewis, W.Parr, R.Matthews, F.Eastham, F.Riley, F.Davis.
	Another tough game for the tourists, who had to come from behind with ten men, when Bill Pickering went off injured after twenty minutes. Unusually for the time, the game was played under floodlights.
Second Test
-	17 July 1937 - Australia 0 England 4 [0-2] The Exhibition Ground, Brisbane (26,437)	Matthews (2), Eastham, Finch	AW
	England: A.Woolcock, G.Strasser, H.Robbins, T.Leek, Bernard Joyᶜ, J.Sutcliffe, W.Parr, J.Lewis, R.Matthews, F.Eastham, L.Finch.
	The English team reorganised and won comfortably to level the test series. Australia made two changes from the side that had won the first test.
Third Test
-	20 July 1937 - Australia 4 England 3 [2-1] The Showground, Newcastle (17,259)	Smith (3), Hughes Riley, Matthews (2)	AL
	England: A.Woolcock, G.Strasser, H.Robbins, J.Lewis, T.Leekᶜ, J.Sutcliffe, E.Collins, F.Eastham, R.Matthews, F.Riley, F.Davis.
	The tourists had to change their winning side due to injuries and lost the series to their hosts, who made six changes and were inspired by their captain and hat-trick hero, George Smith.
-	24 July 1937 - Australia 3 England 4 [2-0] The Cricket Ground, Melbourne (11,000)	Smith, Hughes, Anderson Thornton (2), Matthews, Eastham (pen)	AW
	England: A.Woolcock, G.Strasser, W.Pickering, J.Lewis, T.Leekᶜ, H.Robbins, W.Parr, F.Eastham, R.Matthews, L.Thornton, F.Riley.
	This game was not part of the test series, but the 'Australian XI' included several test players, who again gave their guests a hard time, with Smith striking the first blow. This time, however, the tourists managed to eventually turn the game in their favour.
-	26 July 1937 - Victoria 1 England 6 [1-5] Olympic Park, Melbourne (4,000)	Hawkes Eastham (pen), Matthews (3), Riley, Thornton	AW
	Another game played under floodlights as the home team were taught a football lesson.
-	29 July 1937 - South Australia 0 England 10 [0-5] The Oval, Adelaide (3,000)	Thornton (2), Parr, Matthews (5), Lewis (2)	AW
	England: A.Woolcock, G.Strasser, W.Pickering, J.Lewis, T.Leekᶜ, H.Robbins, W.Parr, F.Eastham, R.Matthews, L.Thornton, F.Riley.
-	2 August 1937 - Western Australia 1 England 6 [0-4] Subiaco Oval, Perth (3,000)	Matthews (4), Lewis, Thornton	AW
	England: T.Huddle, G.Strasser, H.Robbins, J.Lewis, T.Leekᶜ, J.Sutcliffe, W.Parr, F.Eastham, R.Matthews, L.Thornton, E.Collins.
-	11 August 1937 - Ceylon Amateur League 2 England 6 [1-3] Government Services Ground, Colombo (-)	Razack, Chambers Thornton (4), Finch (2)	AW
	The tour ended with the England amateur team scoring 28 goals in their last four matches, the last of which was a stop-off in Ceylon on their way home. They had averaged almost seven goals a game for the entire eleven-week tour, but they had lost the biggest games in the Australian test series.

Season 1937-38

International Trial Match
-	1 January 1938 - England 1 The Rest 0 [0-0] Portman Road, Ipswich (6,000)	Finch	NW
	England: A.Woolcock, G.Strasser, H.Robbins, J.Lewisᶜ, T.Leek, F.Riley, E.Collins, W.Parr, R.Matthews, L.Thornton, L.Finch.
	The England team (billed as an FA XI) were selected from the Football Association's touring party to New Zealand, Australia and Ceylon during the close season. Four of The Rest team (Anderson, Burchell, Gibbons and Pettit) won places in the England line-up for the trip to Rhyl.

Friendly matches
104	29 January 1938 - Wales 2 England 8 [1-3] Belle Vue, Rhyl (-)	Griffiths (2) Parr (4), Anderson (3), Finch	AW
	England: A.Woolcock, G.Burchell, H.Robbins, J.Lewisᶜ, D.Pettit, T.Leek, W.Parr, R.Anderson, A.Gibbons, L.Thornton, L.Finch.
	Sir Daniel Pettit, who was knighted in 1974 for services to industry won his only England cap, having already played for Great Britain in the 1936 Olympics.
105	19 February 1938 - England 1 Ireland 1 [1-0] Filbert Street, Leicester (5,000)	Wood Fulton	HD
	England: H.Hill, G.Burchell, H.Robbins, J.Lewisᶜ, L.Hockaday, J.Kilkenny, W.Parr, R.Anderson, A.Gibbons, L.Thornton, J.Wood.
	Jackie Gibbons missed a penalty, three minutes into the second half, firing over the bar, and then the visitors equalised with captain, Bertie Fulton's piledriver from 35 yards, with two minutes remaining.
106	12 March 1938 - Scotland 2 England 5 [0-3] Hampden Park, Glasgow (10,000)	Kyle, Whitehead Gibbons (3), Thornton, Edelston	AW
	England: H.Hill, G.Burchell, H.Robbins, J.Lewisᶜ, L.Hockaday, T.Leek, W.Parr, M.Edelston, A.Gibbons, L.Thornton, H.Ball.
	Gibbons' hat-trick atoned for his penalty miss against Ireland, as England stunned their hosts to record their first victory in Scotland.

-	12 May 1938 - Jersey 0 England 4 [0-0] People's Park, Saint Helier (1,000)	Edelston (2 (1 pen)), Gibbons (2)	AW
	England: A.Woolcock, H.Ellis, G.Sargeant, J.Lewisᶜ, L.Hockaday, R.Wright, E.Collins, M.Edelston, A.Gibbons, L.Thornton, H.Ball.

Season 1938-39

International Trial Match
-	31 December 1938 - England 2 The Rest 2 [1-1] The Pilot Field, Hastings (-)	Edelston, Gibbons Finch, Collins	ND
	England: A.Woolcock, G.Burchell, J.Firth, J.Lewisᶜ, W.Whittaker, L.Hockaday, W.Parr, R.Anderson, A.Gibbons, M.Edelston, H.Ball.
	Finch, Leek and Whitehead impressed enough for The Rest to gain places in the England team for the following month's clash with Wales.

Friendly matches
107	28 January 1939 - England 5 Wales 2 [0-1] Whaddon Road, Cheltenham (2,500)	Gibbons (2), Clements (2), Edelston Francis, Griffiths	HW
	England: G.Whitehead, G.Burchell, R.Ellis, J.Lewisᶜ, W.Whittaker, T.Leek, G.Perkins, M.Edelston, B.Clements, A.Gibbons, L.Finch.
108	18 February 1939 - Ireland 0 England 1 [0-0] Cliftonville Gardens, Belfast (10,000)	Ball	AW
	England: G.Whitehead, G.Burchell, J.Firth, J.Lewisᶜ, L.Hockaday, T.Leek, E.Collins, M.Edelston, G.Foreman, A.Gibbons, H.Ball.
109	11 March 1939 - England 8 Scotland 3 [5-2] Champion Hill, Dulwich (14,111)	Edelston (3), Parr (2), Gibbons, Finch (2) Cross, Kyle (2)	HW
	England: G.Whitehead, G.Burchell, J.Firth, J.Lewisᶜ, L.Hockaday, T.Leek, W.Parr, R.Anderson, A.Gibbons, M.Edelston, L.Finch.
	An astonishing game of eleven goals saw England outclass their great rivals to secure the 'Triple Crown' in their last match for eight years.

Lester Finch, Jackie Gibbons and Jim Lewis were selected for the Football Association's tour of South Africa. Each played in two of the three test matches, in which Gibbons and Lewis scored three goals and Finch, two. All three then went on to play for England in wartime internationals against Wales; Lewis as a substitute in England's first game after the beginning of hostilities in 1939, Finch in 1941 and Gibbons in 1942. Maurice Edelston made five wartime appearances for England, scoring once, and also played and scored for the Army and FA Services teams. Bernard Joy, having already been capped at full international level, also made a wartime international appearance, in 1944.

Brian McColl, Douglas Gorman and George Campbell's 'UK Amateur International Football 1901-1974' (Scottish Football Historical Archive, 2017) contains the line-ups for each of England's opponents.

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