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Whit Monday, 8 June 1908
End of Season Continental Tour Match/
Fussball-Jubiläums-Läderwettkämfe


Austria 1 England 11 
[0-5]
 
Football League Record

'alten' Hohe Warte, Dionysius-Andrassy-Straße, Unterdöbling, Wien
Kick-off (MEZ): '6 Uhr.' 5.00pm GMT;
Attendance: '5,000'; 'some six thousand spectators witnessed.'; 'estimated at 6,000.'
England's first visit to Hohe Warte, second visit to Vienna & Austria
   
  [0-1] Vivian Woodward 4
'a long ball from Crompton, Donhart misjudged the bounce, Woodward capitalised'
[0-2] Jimmy Windridge 9
[0-3]Jock Rutherford penalty 14
[0-4] Frank Bradshaw 19
[0-5] Vivian Woodward 41 BRACE





[1-9] Friedrich Hirschl 78
 'Hussak received the ball and passed to Hirschl, whose offside position did not prevent him from scoring'
 [0-6] Vivian Woodward header 55 HAT-TRICK
[0-7] Ben Warren 66
[0-8] George Hilsdon 72
[0-8] Frank Bradshaw 73 BRACE
[0-9] Arthur Bridgett 73
<thirtieth goal scored by Austria


[1-10] Vivian Woodward 84 MULTIPLE (4)
'clearly offside'
 [1-11] Frank Bradshaw 85 HAT-TRICK
"finally blessed with good weather"
 

"RETURN MATCH WITH AUSTRIA" Sporting Life

Officials         

Austria Team Records England Party
Referee
Eduard Herczog
27 (25 August 1880), Pecsenyéd, Hungary
This match, and the first fixture two days previously, is a three-nation competition involving England, Austria and Germany. With Austria beating Germany 3-2 the previous day, celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of Emperor Franz Joseph I.
Linesmen
   
 

Austria Team

 

Rank

No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 14th
Colours not known
Captain Engelbert König Selection Committee
P 2 of 2, W 0 - D 0 - L 2 - F 2 - A 17.
 
Austria Lineup
  Donhart, Rudolf Anton 22
172 days
19 December 1885 G Wiener SK 1 11ᵍᵃ
only app 1908
  Schwarz, Johann 17/18 1890 RB DFC Praha, Bohemia 1 0
only app 1908
  Smolek, Rudolf 20
142 days
18 January 1888 LB SK Rapid Wien 2 0
  Jech, Josef Franz 21
248 days
4 October 1886 RH SK Rapid Wien 1 0
  Fischl, Pavel 21
356 days
18 June 1886 CH DFC Praha, Bohemia 2 0
  Wackenreuther, Arthur 21
75 days
25 March 1887 LH Wiener SK 2 0
  Hussak, Ludwig Ignaz 24
313 days
31 July 1883 OR Vienna Cricket & FC 5 2
  Merz, Josef Robert Alfons 20
196 days
25 November 1887 IR DFC Praha, Bohemia 2 0
  König, Engelbert 23
234 days
18 October 1884 CF SC Germania Schwechat 3 0
Hirschl, Friedrich 20
136 days
24 January 1888 IL Vienna Cricket & FC 2 1
final app 1908
  Thurm, Karel Arnošt 20
104 days
25 February 1888 OL DFC Praha, Bohemia 2 0
final app 1908
reserves: not known
 
2-3-5 Donhart -
Schwarz, Smolek -
Jech, Fischl, Wackenreuther -
Hussak, Merz, König, Hirschl, Thurm

Averages:

Age 21 years 127-160 days Appearances/Goals 2.1 0.2
 

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: Charles Hughes
Trainer: Bob Holmes
The two-man FA International Selection Committee
9 most goals as captain
P 5 of 14, W 4 - D 1 - L 0 - F 28 - A 5. P 65 of 195, W 46 - D 13 - L 6 - F 224 - A 60.
  team chosen on Saturday, 16 May 1908.
England Lineup
    two changes to the previous match (Pennington & Bradshaw>Corbett & Hilsdon) league position (FINAL POSITIONS) ave FL pos: 15th
  Bailey, Horace P. 26
341 days
3 July 1881 G Leicester Fosse FC (FL2 RU) 3 3ᵍᵃ
  Crompton, Robert 28
256 days
26 September 1879 RB Blackburn Rovers FC (FL1 15th) 19 0
  Pennington, Jesse 24
290 days
23 August 1883 LB West Bromwich Albion FC (FL2 5th) 6 0
Warren, Benjamin 29
32 days
7 May 1879 RH Derby County FC (FL2 6th) 11 1
  Wedlock, William J. 27
224 days
28 October 1880 CH Bristol City FC (FL1 10th) 8 1
  Hawkes, Robert M. 27
234 days
18 October 1880 LH Luton Town FC (SL1 18th) 3 0
  Rutherford, John 23
240 days
12 October 1884 OR Newcastle United FC (FL1 4th) 9 1
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second successful penalty kick (fifth overall) oldest youngest player so far & youngest penalty scorer so far

Woodward, Vivian J. 29
5 days
3 June 1879 IR Tottenham Hotspur FC (SL1 7th) 14 15
  the 59th brace, 23rd hattrick, seventh four-goals
335 Bradshaw, Frank 24
8 days
31 May 1884 CF The Wednesday FC (FL1 5th) 1 3
the sixtieth brace, 24th hattrick scored thirteenth Wednesday player to represent England only app 1908
     
Windridge, James E. 25
231 days
21 October 1882 IL Chelsea FC (FL1 13th) 5 5
Bridgett, G. Arthur 25
241 days
11 October 1882 OL Sunderland AFC (FL1 16th) 4 2
reserves: Watty Corbett (Birmingham FC (FL1 BOTTOM)) and George Hilsdon (Chelsea FC (FL1 13th)).
team changes: The original selection included Kennie 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)). Andy Ducat (Woolwich Arsenal FC (FL1 14th)) was a reserve. Their places went to Hawkes, Wedlock, Hilsdon and reserve Pennington.
appearance notes: Jock Rutherford is the youngest player of the eleven starting the match, thus breaking a record set in the previous match by Jimmy Settle, by 25 days. Rutherford will be the oldest youngest player until 1910.
Bob Crompton is the fourth player to make nineteen appearances, Vivian Woodward is the eleventh player to have made fourteen and Ben Warren is the seventeenth to make eleven. Following Jock Rutherford's appearance, 25 players have done so for more than nine.
Billy Wedlock is the 26th player to have made eight appearances, Jesse Pennington is the 44th to make six, and Jimmy Windridge is the 58th to have made five. Arthur Bridgett is the 86th to have made four appearances.
126 players have now made three appearances.
Crompton is the third player to make nineteen appearances under the guidance of the ISC whereas Woodward is the ninth player to make fourteen and Warren the twelfth to make eleven.
goalscoring notes: Vivian Woodward is the second player to have scored fourteen, and then fifteen England goals.
Jimmy Windridge is the eighteenth England player to have scored five-or-more goals.
records: With the beginnings of a continental tour, this is the first time England have played five matches in a season. It is also the first time time they have played five away matches in a row, spending a record 114 days on the road.
England's sixtieth victory, is also their thirtieth victory away from home.
England have scored three hat-tricks in a season for only the second time, the first being in 1892-93.
Fourth time two hat-tricks have been scored in a single match.
The first time England have scored 28 goals in a season.
 
2-3-5 Bailey -
Crompton, Pennington -
Warren, Wedlock, Hawkes -
Rutherford, Woodward, Bradshaw, Windridge, Bridgett

Averages:

Age 26 years 223 days Appearances/Goals 7.5 1.5
 
       Match Report The Sporting Life, Monday, 15 June 1908

   The weather to-day was perfect for football, and their was a big crowd on the well-appointed ground of the First Vienna F.C., at Hohe Warte. Two changes were made in each team, Pennington coming in at left-back, and Bradshaw at centre in the English side, vice Corbett and Hilsdon respectively. Fortunately, the English players were not cramped for room on this occasion, the width being a full seventy yards, and this enabled them to settle down to a clever, combined game. The Austrians conveyed the impression that it was do or die with them, but energetically as they played, and fearlessly as they tackled, they were quite unable to cope with the sustained brilliance of their opponents.
   The English players surpassed themselves. Bradshaw proved an ideal centre, and with Woodward in his most dazzling form, and Windridge as sinuous as an eel, with Rutherford and Bridgett on the opposite wings ready to be off at the slightest opportunity, it may be reimagined that the Austrian defence had a really gruelling time. The half-backs were also in great form, Wedlock playing in a style that aroused the onlookers to great enthusiasm, and the cleverness of Hawkes and the bold, fearless work of Warren were also much appreciated. The backs did all that was asked of them, and Bailey had little more work to do than on Saturday.
   There was a consensus of opinion among the sportsmen of Vienna that there had never previously been such a wonderful exhibition of football in the city, and the various countries in Vienna for the conference were loud in their expressions of admiration of the achievements of the players. The game opened out entirely new possibilities for them, and also for the Austrian players, and at the close the winners were accorded a flattering ovation, and left the scene of their triumph to the accompaniment of general cheering. The final score was 11 goals to 1 in favour of England, and of these four were scored by Woodward, three by Bradshaw, and one each by Bridgett, Warren, Rutherford, and Windridge.
   

       Match Report Neue Freie Presse, Tuesday, 9 June 1908—Translated

  The last of the international matches, played at the Hohe Warte, was finally blessed with good weather, and the turnout was correspondingly colossal, estimated at 6,000 spectators. Then the English showed what they were really caps did what they could. Above all, goalkeeper Donhart shone, he was in excellent form and intercepted countless shots.
  
That he had to handle eleven balls himself says enough about the skill of the guests. The defense was unable to fully fulfill its task; since it acted more as a defense, it was unable to react quickly enough to effectively counter the attacks from the home side. Thanks to Hussak's speed, the attack had more offensive impact than on Saturday, but he did not meet the expectations placed on him in any way, and Hirschl did not miss his chance and scored the only goal for Austria. The English scored in the 4th, 9th, 14th (penalty), 19th and 41st minutes of the first half.
    After the start of the second half, the Austrian's missed some opportunities, but for several minutes, the English were held back in their own half. But after ten minutes, England struck again, and scored in the 10th, 21st, 27th, 28th, 39th and 40th minutes of the half, with an Austrian goal being scored inbetween, in the 33rd minute. Even throughout this spree, there was still opportunities to break down the English, despite nine corner kicks for the visitors.
   

 
       In Other News....
It was on 8 June 1908 that Robert Esnault-Pelterie set a new powered flight record, reaching an altitude of thirty metres (98 feet) in a monoplane above the French commune of Buc, near Versailles.
 
  
       Source Notes
TheFA
England Football Factbook
AustrianSoccer.at
Rothman's Yearbooks
The Football Association Yearbooks
Original Newspaper Reports, including Austrian
Ancestry.com
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