Home International Championship
61	Saturday, 3 April 1897 - England 1 Scotland 2 [1-1] Sports Arena, Crystal Palace (33,715)	Bloomer Hyslop, Millar	HL

1898 David Jack born in Bolton 1899 Fred Kean born in Crookesmoor	1898 Steve Bloomer arrested for being drunk & disorderly 1908 Bert Lipsham joins Fulham FC
1909 Bob Crompton becomes record appearance holder

Home International Championship
101	Saturday, 3 April 1909 - England 2 Scotland 0 [2-0] Sports Arena, Penge (23,667)	Wall (2)	HW

1924 Jack Grainger (B cap) born in Darton 1931 Johnny Nicholls born in Wolverhampton 1934 Edward Christian dies in Marylebone aged 75 1946 Alf Common dies in Darlington aged 65

1913 Harold Hobbis baptised in Dartford 1915 George Webb buried in West Ham cemetery 1927 Billy Marsden's daughter, Norma, born 1928 Dick Hill's youngest daughter, Iris, is born  Sam Weaver joins Hull City AFC for £50 1939 Scotland team chosen to faace England 1940 Tinsley Lindley buried in Wilford Hill cemetery 1948 amateur England 0 France 2 in Ilford 1950 Joe Mercer chosen as FWA Footballer of the Year  Scotland team chosen to face England 1951 Tommy Garrett marries Moira Shimmin in Ramsey

1954 England secure top spot in their World Cup group

Home International Championship and World Cup Preliminary
285	Saturday, 3 April 1954 - Scotland 2 England 4 [1-1] Hampden Park, Glasgow (134,554)	Brown, Ormond Broadis, Nicholls, R.Allen, Mullen	AW

	1961 Scotland team chosen to face England 1964 youth Portugal 0 England 4 in Den Haag
1968 Bobby Charlton equals Jimmy Greaves' total as England top goalscorer next season's Home Championship to take place in May

European Championship Quarter-Final match
420	Wednesday, 3 April 1968 - England 1 Spain 0 [0-0] Empire Stadium, Wembley (94,586)	R.Charlton	HW

1974 Sir Alf Ramsey's final match as manager

Friendly match
478	Wednesday, 3 April 1974 - Portugal 0 England 0 [0-0] Estádio SL Benfica, Lisboa (10,000/20,000)		AD

1983 Ben Foster born in Leamington Spa 1984 Johnny Arnold dies in Southampton aged 76

1985 UEFA Group 3 Romania 3 Turkey 0         under 17 USSR 1 England 2 in Cannes 1988 under 16 Israel 1 England 0 in Tel Aviv 1999 under 16 England 2 Cameroon 0 in Montaigu 2007 under 16 Rep. of Ireland 0 England 3 in Chantonnay 2009 Steve Gerrard pleads 'not guilty' to affray  David Unsworth announces his retirement from playing 2010 under 16 Japan 1 England 2 in St Gilles Croix de Vie 2011 Paul Ince sacked as Notts County FC manager 2012 under 16 Japan 1 England 1 in Saint-Laurent 2019 Harry Maguire's daughter, Lillie Saint, born

Opposition On This Day

1865 official John Campbell (Scotland) born in Thornliebank 1907 John Jones (Ireland) born 1922 Johannes Plöeger (Denmark) born 1924 Jesus Correia (Portugal) born 1941 goalkeeper Salvador Sadurni (Spain) born 1943 John Hughes (Scotland) born 1947 Ladislav Kuna (Czechoslovakia) born 1960 official Claudio Puglisi (Italy) born 1978 Michael Gravgaard (Denmark) born 1987 Yuval Spungin (Israel) born 1990 goalkeeper Lovre Kalinić (Croatia) born 1995 Adrien Rabiot (France) born 1997 Gabriel Jesus (Brazil) born

England's Record on 3rd April
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts %	W/L
Home	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	0	1	1.333	0.667	66.7	+1
Away	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	1	2	2.00	1.00	75.0	+1
Total	5	3	1	1	8	4	+4	1	3	1.60	0.80	70.0	+2