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England Players Scoring Three Goals or More in a Match

Arranged Chronologically

 
No. Date G Player/Club Opposition Venue Type F A R
14 18-Feb-1882 5 Vaughton, O. Howard,
Aston Villa		 Ireland Knock Ground, Bloomfield, Belfast F 13 0 AW
14 18-Feb-1882 4 Brown, Arthur,
Aston Villa		 Ireland Knock Ground, Bloomfield, Belfast F 13 0 AW
17 03-Feb-1883 3 Mitchell, Clement,
Upton Park		 Wales Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London F 5 0 HW
20 23-Feb-1884 3 Cursham, Henry A.,
Notts County		 Ireland Ulster Cricket Ground, Ballynafeigh Park, Belfast BC 8 1 AW
26 13-Mar-1886 4 Spilsbury, Benjamin W.,
Cambridge University		 Ireland Ulster Cricket Ground, Ballynafeigh Park, Belfast BC 6 1 AW
29 05-Feb-1887 3 Lindley, Tinsley,
Cambridge University		 Ireland Bramall Lane, Sheffield BC 7 0 HW
32 04-Feb-1888 3 Dewhurst, Frederick
Preston North End & Corinthians		 Wales Nantwich Road, Crewe BC 5 1 AW
34 07-Apr-1888 3 Allen, Albert,
Aston Villa		 Ireland Ulster Cricket Ground, Ballynafeigh Park, Belfast BC 5 1 AW
36 02-Mar-1889 3 Yates, John,
Burnley		 Ireland Anfield Road, Liverpool BC 6 1 HW
39 15-Mar-1890 3 Geary, Fred,
Everton		 Ireland Ulster Cricket Ground, Ballynafeigh Park, Belfast BC 9 1 AW
No. Date G Player/Club Opposition Venue Type F A R
47 25-Feb-1893 3 Gilliat, Walter E.,
Old Carthusians		 Ireland Wellington Road, Perry Barr, Birmingham BC 6 1 HW
51 12-Mar-1894 3 Veitch, John G.,
Old Westminsters		 Wales Racecourse Ground, Mold Road, Wrexham BC 5 1 AW
57 16-Mar-1896 5 Bloomer, Stephen,
Derby County		 Wales Arms Park, Cardiff BC 9 1 AW
59 20-Feb-1897 3 Wheldon, George F.,
Aston Villa		 Ireland Trent Bridge, Nottingham BC 6 0 HW
65 18-Feb-1899 4 Smith, Gilbert O.,
Old Corinthians		 Ireland Roker Park, Sunderland BC 13 2 HW
65 18-Feb-1899 3 Settle, James,
Bury		 Ireland Roker Park, Sunderland BC 13 2 HW
72 18-Mar-1901 4 Bloomer, Stephen,
Derby County		 Wales St. James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne BC 6 0 HW
93 16-Mar-1908 3 Woodward, Vivian J.,
Tottenham Hotspur		 Wales Racecourse Ground, Mold Road, Wrexham BC 7 1 AW
96 08-Jun-1908 3 Bradshaw, Francis,
Sheffield Wednesday		 Austria Hohe Warte Stadion, Wien F 11 1 AW
96 08-Jun-1908 4 Woodward, Vivian J.,
Tottenham Hotspur		 Austria Hohe Warte Stadion, Wien F 11 1 AW
No. Date G Player/Club Opposition Venue Type F A R
97 10-Jun-1908 4 Hilsdon, George R.,
Chelsea		 Hungary Millenáris Sporttelep, Budapest F 7 0 AW
103 31-May-1909 4 Woodward, Vivian J.,
Tottenham Hotspur		 Hungary Millenáris Sporttelep, Budapest F 8 2 AW
104 01-Jun-1909 3 Woodward, Vivian J.,
Tottenham Hotspur		 Austria Hohe Warte Stadion, Wien F 8 1 AW
111 10-Feb-1912 3 Fleming, Harold J.,
Swindon Town		 Ireland Dalymount Park, Dublin BC 6 1 AW
150 24-May-1926 3 Osborne, Frank R.,
Tottenham Hotspur		 Belgium Olympich Stadion, Antwerpen F 5 3 AW
154 11-May-1927 3 Dean, William R.,
Everton		 Belgium Oscar Bossaert Stadion, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Bruxelles F 9 1 AW
155 21-May-1927 3 Dean, William R.,
Everton		 Luxembourg Stade de la Frontière, Jeunesse, Esch-sur-Alzette F 5 2 AW
166 11-May-1929 4 Camsell, George H.,
Middlesbrough		 Belgium Parc Duden, Bruxelles F 5 1 AW
169 20-Nov-1929 3 Camsell, George H.,
Middlesbrough		 Wales Stamford Bridge, Chelsea, London BC 6 0 HW
207 02-Dec-1936 3 Drake, Edward J.,
Arsenal		 Hungary Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London F 6 2 HW
No. Date G Player/Club Opposition Venue Type F A R
210 17-May-1937 3 Steele, Frederick C.,
Stoke City		 Sweden Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna kommun, Stockholms län F 4 0 AW
212 23-Oct-1937 3 Mills, George R.,
Chelsea		 Northern Ireland Windsor Park, Belfast BC 5 1 AW
214 01-Dec-1937 3 Matthews, Stanley,
Stoke City		 Czechoslovakia White Hart Lane, Tottenham, London F 5 4 HW
222 16-Nov-1938 5 Hall, G. William,
Tottenham Hotspur		 Northern Ireland Old Trafford, Manchester BC 7 0 HW
227 28-Sep-1946 3 Mannion, Wilfred J.,
Middlesbrough		 Northern Ireland Windsor Park, Belfast BC 7 2 AW
230 27-Nov-1946 4 Lawton, Thomas,
Chelsea		 Holland Leeds Road, Huddersfield F 8 2 HW
234 25-May-1947 4 Mortensen, Stanley H.,
Blackpool		 Portugal Estádio Nacional, Lisboa F 10 0 AW
234 25-May-1947 4 Lawton, Thomas,
Chelsea		 Portugal Estádio Nacional, Lisboa F 10 0 AW
238 19-Nov-1947 3 Mortensen, Stanley H.,
Blackpool		 Sweden Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London F 4 2 HW
242 09-Oct-1948 3 Mortensen, Stanley H.,
Blackpool		 Northern Ireland Windsor Park, Belfast BC 6 2 AW
No. Date G Player/Club Opposition Venue Type F A R
250 15-Oct-1949 3 Milburn, John E. T.,
Newcastle United		 Wales Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff BC/
WCP		 4 1 AW
251 16-Nov-1949 4 Rowley, John F.,
Manchester United		 Northern Ireland Maine Road, Manchester BC/
WCP		 9 2 HW
254 14-May-1950 4 Finney, Thomas,
Preston North End		 Portugal Estádio Nacional, Lisboa F 5 3 AW
292 10-Nov-1954 3 Bentley, Roy T. F.,
Chelsea		 Wales Empire Stadium, Wembley, London BC 3 2 HW
294 02-Apr-1955 4 Wilshaw, Dennis J.,
Wolverhampton Wanderers		 Scotland Empire Stadium, Wembley, London BC 7 2 HW
310 05-Dec-1956 3 Taylor, Thomas,
Manchester United		 Denmark Molineux Ground, Wolverhampton WCP 5 2 HW
312 08-May-1957 3 Taylor, Thomas,
Manchester United		 Republic of Ireland Empire Stadium, Wembley, London WCP 5 1 HW
327 22-Oct-1958 3 Haynes, John N.,
Fulham		 U.S.S.R. Empire Stadium, Wembley, London F 5 0 HW
334 28-May-1959 3 Charlton, Robert,
Manchester United		 U.S.A. Wrigley Field, Los Angeles F 8 1 AW
343 19-Oct-1960 3 Charlton, Robert,
Manchester United		 Luxembourg Stade Municipal, Stad Lëtzebuerg WCP 9 0 AW
No. Date G Player/Club Opposition Venue Type F A R
343 19-Oct-1960 3 Greaves, James P.,
Chelsea		 Luxembourg Stade Municipal, Stad Lëtzebuerg WCP 9 0 AW
346 15-Apr-1961 3 Greaves, James P.,
Chelsea		 Scotland Empire Stadium, Wembley, London BC 9 3 HW
347 10-May-1961 3 Charlton, Robert,
Manchester United		 Mexico Empire Stadium, Wembley, London F 8 0 HW
358 20-May-1962 3 Greaves, James P.,
Tottenham Hotspur		 Peru �stadio Nacional, Lima F 4 0 AW
371 05-Jun-1963 3 Charlton, Robert,
Manchester United		 Switzerland Sankt Jakob Stadium, Basel F 8 1 AW
374 20-Nov-1963 4 Greaves, James P.,
Tottenham Hotspur		 Northern Ireland Empire Stadium, Wembley, London BC 8 3 HW
374 20-Nov-1963 3 Paine, Terence L.,
Southampton		 Northern Ireland Empire Stadium, Wembley, London BC 8 3 HW
377 17-May-1964 3 Byrne, John J.,
West Ham United		 Portugal Estádio Nacional, Lisboa F 4 3 AW
379 27-May-1964 4 Hunt, Roger,
Liverpool		 U.S.A. Downing Stadium, Randalls Island, New York City F 10 0 AW
379 27-May-1964 3 Pickering, Frederick,
Everton		 U.S.A. Downing Stadium, Randalls Island, New York City F 10 0 AW
No. Date G Player/Club Opposition Venue Type F A R
383 03-Oct-1964 3 Greaves, James P.,
Tottenham Hotspur		 Northern Ireland Windsor Park, Belfast BC 4 3 AW
401 29-Jun-1966 4 Greaves, James P.,
Tottenham Hotspur		 Norway Ullevål Stadion, Oslo F 6 1 AW
409 30-Jul-1966 3 Hurst, Geoffrey C.,
West Ham United		 West Germany Empire Stadium, Wembley, London WCF 4 2 HW
429 12-Mar-1969 3 Hurst, Geoffrey C.,
West Ham United		 France Empire Stadium, Wembley, London F 5 0 HW
489 16-Apr-1975 5 Macdonald, Malcolm I.,
Newcastle United		 Cyprus Empire Stadium, Wembley, London ECP 5 0 HW
573 15-Dec-1982 3 Blissett, Luther L.,
Watford		 Luxembourg Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London ECP 9 0 HW
595 14-Nov-1984 3 Robson, Bryan,
Manchester United		 Turkey Inönü Stadyumu İstanbul WCP 8 0 AW
606 16-Oct-1985 3 Lineker, Gary W.,
Everton		 Turkey Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London WCP 5 0 HW
616 11-Jun-1986 3 Lineker, Gary W.,
Everton		 Poland Estadio Universitário, Monterrey, Mexico WCF 3 0 NW
622 18-Feb-1987 4 Lineker, Gary W.,
Barcelona		 Spain Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid F 4 2 AW
No. Date G Player/Club Opposition Venue Type F A R
628 14-Oct-1987 3 Lineker, Gary W.,
Barcelona		 Turkey Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London ECP 8 0 HW
676 12-Jun-1991 4 Lineker, Gary W.,
Tottenham Hotspur		 Malaysia Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur F 4 2 AW
692 17-Feb-1993 4 Platt, David A.,
Juventus		 San Marino Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London WCP 6 0 HW
702 17-Nov-1993 4 Wright, Ian E.,
Arsenal		 San Marino Stadio Renato Dall' Ara, Bologna, Italy WCP 7 1 AW
756 27-Mar-1999 3 Scholes, Paul,
Manchester United		 Poland Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London ECP 3 0 HW
760 04-Sep-1999 3 Shearer, Alan,
Newcastle United		 Luxembourg Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London ECP 6 0 HW
782 01-Sep-2001 3 Owen, Michael J.,
Liverpool		 Germany Olympiastadion, München WCP 5 1 AW
828 31-May-2005 3 Owen, Michael J.,
Real Madrid		 Colombia Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States F 3 2 NW
837 03-Jun-2006 3 Crouch, Peter J.,
Liverpool		 Jamaica Old Trafford, Manchester F 6 0 HW
867 10-Sep-2008 3 Walcott, Theo J.
Arsenal		 Croatia Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb WCP 4 1 AW
890 3 Sept 2010 3 Defoe, Jermain Bulgaria National Stadium, Wembley ECP 4 0 HW

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