England's Friendly Matches - Seasons 1872-73 to 1938-39 (original) (raw)
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| Seasons 1872-73 to 1877-78 | |||
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| 1 | 30 November 1872 - Scotland 0 England 0 [0-0] The West of Scotland Cricket Ground, Partick (2,500 to 5,000) | AD | |
| 2 | 8 March 1873 - England 4 Scotland 2 [2-2] Surrey Cricket Ground, Kennington (3,000) | Kenyon-Slaney (2), Bonsor, Chenery Renny-Tailyour, Gibb | HW |
| 3 | 7 March 1874 - Scotland 2 England 1 [2-1] The West of Scotland Cricket Ground, Partick (8,000) | Anderson, MacKinnon Kingsford | AL |
| 4 | 6 March 1875 - England 2 Scotland 2 [1-1] Surrey Cricket Ground, Kennington (1,500) | Wollaston, Alcock McNiel, Andrews | HD |
| 5 | 4 March 1876 - Scotland 3 England 0 [3-0] The West of Scotland Cricket Ground, Partick (12,000 to 16,000) | MacKinnon, McNiel, Highet | AL |
| 6 | 3 March 1877 - England 1 Scotland 3 [0-1] Surrey Cricket Ground, Kennington (2,000 to 3,000) | Lyttelton Ferguson (2), Richmond | HL |
| 7 | 2 March 1878 - Scotland 7 England 2[4-0] Hampden Park, Glasgow (12,000 to 20,000) | McDougall (3), McGregor, McNiel (2), MacKinnon Wylie, A.Cursham | AL |
| Season 1878-79 | |||
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| 8 | 18 January 1879 - England 2 Wales 1 [2-0] Surrey Cricket Ground, Kennington (100) | Whitfield, Sorby Davies | HW |
| 9 | 5 April 1879 - England 5 Scotland 4[1-4] Surrey Cricket Ground, Kennington (3,000 to 5,000) | Mosforth, C.Bambridge (2), Goodyer, Parlane OG MacKinnon (2), McDougall, Smith | HW |
| Season 1879-80 | |||
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| 10 | 13 March 1880 - Scotland 5 England 4[3-2] Hampden Park, Glasgow (9,000 to 20,000) | Ker (3), Baird, Kay Mosforth, C.Bambridge (2), Sparks | AL |
| 11 | 15 March 1880 - Wales 2 England 3 [0-1] The Racecourse, Wrexham (3,000 to 4,000) | W.Roberts, J.Roberts Hibbott OG, Sparks (2) | AW |
| Season 1880-81 | |||
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| 12 | 26 February 1881 - England 0 Wales 1 [0-0] East Lancashire Cricket Club, Blackburn (3,000) | Vaughan | HL |
| 13 | 12 March 1881 - England 1 Scotland 6[0-1] Surrey Cricket Ground, Kennington (4,000 to 5,000) | C.Bambridge Smith (2), Hill, Ker (2), Field OG | HL |
| Season 1881-82 | |||
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| 14 | 18 February 1882 - Ireland 0 England 13 [0-5] Knock Ground, Belfast (nk) | Vaughton(5), J.Brown (2), A.Brown (4), C.Bambridge, H.Cursham | AW |
| 15 | 11 March 1882 - Scotland 5 England 1[2-1] Hampden Park, Glasgow (10,000 to 12,000) | Harrower, Ker (2), McPherson, Kay Vaughton | AL |
| 16 | 13 March 1882 - Wales 5 England 3 [1-2] The Racecourse, Wrexham (2,500 to 5,000) | Owen (2), Morgan, A.Jones OG, Vaughan Mosforth , Parry, H.Cursham | AL |
| Season 1882-83 | |||
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| 17 | 3 February 1883 - England 5 Wales 0 [2-0] Surrey Cricket Ground, Kennington (2,000 to 3,000) | Mitchell (3),C.Bambridge, A.Cursham | HW |
| 18 | 24 February 1883 - England 7 Ireland 0 [4-0] Liverpool Cricket Ground, Liverpool (2,000 to 3,000) | Whateley (2), Cobbold(2), Dunn (2), Pawson | HW |
| 19 | 10 March 1883 - England 2 Scotland 3[2-2] Yorkshire Cricket Ground, Sheffield (7,000 to 10,000) | Mitchell, Cobbold Smith (3) | HL |
| England's Friendly Record 1872-1883 | |||||||||||||
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| Type | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | FTS | CS | FAv | AAv | Pts % | W/L |
| Home | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 1 | 2 | 2.90 | 2.20 | 55.0 | +1 |
| Away | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 29 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 3.00 | 3.222 | 27.8 | -4 |
| Total | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 56 | 51 | +5 | 3 | 4 | 2.947 | 2.684 | 42.1 | -3 |
| England's Friendly Goalscoring Record 1872-1883 (56 goals) | |
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| Charlie Bambridge | 7 |
| Howard Va ughton | 6 |
| Arthur Brown, Clem Mitchell | 4 |
| Nevill Cobbold, Billy Mosforth, FrancisSparks | 3 |
| Jimmy Brown,Arthur Cursham,Harry Cursham, Arthur Dunn,William Kenyon-Slaney, Olly Whateley, own goals | 2 |
| Charlie Alcock, Alex Bonsor,Charles Chenery,Arthur Goodyer,Robert Kingsford, AlfLyttelton, Frank Pawson, Heathcote Sorby,HerbertWhitfeld,Charles Wollaston,John Wylie | 1 |
With all home nations in place, England embarked on the British Championship Tournament. No more 'official' friendly matches were played until the summer of 1908
| Season 1907-08 - Friendly Matches 20-23 | |||
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| 95 | 6 June 1908 - Austria 1 England 6 [0-3] Cricketer Platz, Wien (3,500) | Schmieger Windridge (2), Woodward, Hilsdon (2), Bridgett | AW |
| 96 | 8 June 1908 - Austria 1 England 11 [0-5] Hohe Warte Stadion, Wien (5,000) | Hirschl Woodward (4), Windridge, Rutherford, Bradshaw (3), Warren, Bridgett | AW |
| 97 | 10 June 1908 - Hungary 0 England 7 [0-4] Millenaris Sportpalya, Buda-Pesth (6,500) | Woodward, Hilsdon (4), Windridge, Rutherford | AW |
| 98 | 13 June 1908 - Bohemia 0 England 4 [0-1] Stadión Letná, Praha (12,000) | Hilsdon (2 (1 pen)), Windridge, Rutherford | AW |
| Season 1908-09 - Friendly Matches 24-26 | |||
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| 102 | 29 May 1909 - Hungary 2 England 4 [1-3] Millenaris Sportpalya, Buda-Pesth (10,000) | Késmárky, Grósz Bridgett, Woodward, Fleming, Weinber OG | AW |
| 103 | 31 May 1909 - Hungary 2 England 8 [0-5] Millenaris Sportpalya, Buda-Pesth (11,000) | Schlosser, Mészáros Fleming (2), Woodward (4), Holley (2) | AW |
| 104 | 1 June 1909 - Austria 1 England 8 [0-2] Hohe Warte Stadion, Wien (3,000) | Neubauer (pen) Woodward (3), Halse (2), Holley (2), Warren | AW |
| England's Friendly Record 1872-1909 | |||||||||||||
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| Type | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | FTS | CS | FAv | AAv | Pts % | W/L |
| Home | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 1 | 2 | 2.90 | 2.20 | 55.0 | +1 |
| Away | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 75 | 36 | +39 | 2 | 4 | 4.688 | 2.25 | 59.4 | +3 |
| Total | 26 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 104 | 58 | +46 | 3 | 6 | 4.00 | 2.231 | 57.7 | +4 |
| England's Friendly Goalscoring Record 1872-(1883)1909 (104 goals) | |
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| Vivian Woodward | 14 |
| George Hilsdon | 8 |
| Charlie Bambridge | 7 |
| Howard Va ughton | 6 |
| Jimmy Windridge | 5 |
| Arthur Brown, George Holley, Clem Mitchell | 4 |
| Frank Bradshaw, Arthur Bridgett, Nevill Cobbold,Harold Fleming, BillyMosforth, Jock Rutherford,Francis Sparks, own goals (2+1) | 3 |
| Jimmy Brown,Arthur Cursham,Harry Cursham, Arthur Dunn,Harold Halse,William Kenyon-Slaney, Ben Warren, Olly Whateley | 2 |
| Charlie Alcock, Alex Bonsor,Charles Chenery,Arthur Goodyer,Robert Kingsford, Alf Lyttelton,FrankPawson, Heathcote Sorby,Herbert Whitfeld,Charles Wollaston,John Wylie | 1 |
| The goalscorers in blue have scored their goals in the last recorded period (1883-1909) |
No more 'official' friendly matches were played until the spring of 1921.
| Season 1920-21 - Friendly Match 27 | |||
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| 126 | 21 May 1921 - Belgium 0 England 2[0-1] Stade du DC de Bruxelles, Bruxelles (25,000) | Buchan, Chambers | AW |
| Season 1922-23 - Friendly Matches 28-31 | |||
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| 132 | 19 March 1923 - England 6 Belgium 1 [2-1] Arsenal Stadium, Highbury (14,052) | Hegan (2), Chambers, Mercer, Seed, BullockVlaminck | HW |
| 134 | 10 May 1923 - France 1 England 4 [0-2] Stade Pershing, Paris (30,000) | Dewaquez Hegan (2), Buchan, Creek | AW |
| 135 | 21 May 1923 - Sweden2England 4 [1-3] Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm (14,500) | H.Dahl (2) Walker (2), Thornwell, J.Moore | AW |
| 136 | 24 May 1923 - Sweden 1 England 3 [1-1] Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm (12,000) | H.Dahl W.Moore (2), Miller | AW |
| Season 1923-24 - Friendly Matches 32 & 33 | |||
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| 138 | 1 November 1923 - Belgium 2 England 2[1-1]Bosuil Stadion, Antwerpen (40,000) | Larnoe, Schelstraete (pen) Brown, W.Roberts | AD |
| 141 | 17 May 1924 - France 1 England 3 [0-2] Stade Pershing, Paris (20,000) | Dewaquez Gibbins (2), Baumann OG | AW |
| Season 1924-25 - Friendly Matches 34 & 35 | |||
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| 143 | 8 December 1924 - England 4 Belgium 0 [1-0] The Hawthorns, West Bromwich (15,405) | Bradford (2), Walker (2) | HW |
| 146 | 21 May 1925 - France 2 England 3 [0-1] Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, **Paris (35,000) | Boyer, Dewaquez Gibbins, Bonnardel OG, Dorrell | AW |
| Season 1925-26 - Friendly Match 36 | |||
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| 150 | 24 May 1926 - Belgium 3 England 5[1-1]Olympisch Stadion, Antwerpen (35,000) | Thys, R.Braine (2) F.Osborne (3), Johnson, Carter | AW |
| Season 1926-27 - Friendly Matches 37-39 | |||
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| 154 | 11 May 1927 - Belgium 1 England 9 [0-5] Stade du Daring Club de Bruxelles, **Bruxelles (35,000) | Vanhalme G.Brown (2), Hulme, Rigby (2), Dean (3), Page | AW |
| 155 | 21 May 1927 - Luxembourg 2 England 5 [2-2] Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette (3,789) | Hubert, Lefevre Dean (3), Kelly, Bishop | AW |
| 156 | 26 May 1927 - France 0 England 6 [0-2] Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris (25,000) | G.Brown (1 or 2), Dean (2), Rollet OG, Rigby (1 or 2) | AW |
| Season 1927-28 - Friendly Matches 40 & 41 | |||
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| 160 | 17 May 1928 - France 1 England 5 [1-3] Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris (40,000) | Langiller Jack, Stephenson (2), Dean (2) | AW |
| 161 | 19 May 1928 - Belgium 1 England 3 [1-1]Olympisch Stadion, Antwerpen (25,000) | Moeschal (pen?) Dean (2), Matthews | AW |
| Season 1928-29 - Friendly Matches 42-44 | |||
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| 165 | 9 May 1929 - France 1 England 4 [0-1] Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris (35,000) | Dewaquez Kail (2), Camsell (2) | AW |
| 166 | 11 May 1929 - Belgium 1 England 5 [0-3] **Parc Duden, Bruxelles (35,000) | Moeschal Camsell (4 (1 pen)), Carter | AW |
| 167 | 15 May 1929 - Spain 4 England 3 [2-2] Estádio Metropolitano, Madrid (45,000) | Rubio (2), Lazcano, Goiburu Carter (2), Bradford | AL |
| Season 1929-30 - Friendly Matches 45 & 46 | |||
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| 171 | 10 May 1930 - Germany 3 England 3 [1-2] Deutsches Stadion, Berlin (50,000) | R.Hofmann (3) B radford (2), Jack | AD |
| 172 | 14 May 1930 - Austria 0 England 0 [0-0] Hohe Warte Stadion, Wien (61,000) | AD |
| Season 1930-31 - Friendly Matches 47 & 48 | |||
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| 176 | 14 May 1931 - France 5 England 2 [3-1] Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir**, Paris** (35,000) | Laurent, Mercier (2), Langiller, Delfour Crooks, Waring | AL |
| 177 | 16 May 1931 - Belgium 1 England 4[1-1] Stade du Daring Club de Bruxelles, Bruxelles (30,000) | Capelle Houghton (pen), Burgess (2), H.Roberts | AW |
| Season 1931-32 - Friendly Match 49 | |||
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| 180 | 9 December 1931 - England 7 Spain 1 [3-0] Arsenal Stadium, Highbury (55,000) | Smith (2) , Johnson (2) , Crooks (2) , Dean Gorostiza | HW |
| Season 1932-33 - Friendly Matches 50-52 | |||
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| 184 | 7 December 1932 - England 4 Austria 3 [2-0] Stamford Bridge, Fulham (40,000) | Hampson (2), Houghton, Crooks Zischek (2), Sindelar | HW |
| 186 | 13 May 1933 - Italy 1 England 1 [1-1] Stadio Nazionale PNF, Roma (50,000) | Ferrari Bastin | AD |
| 187 | 20 May 1933 - Switzerland 0 England 4 [0-1] Stadion Neufeld, Bern (26,000) | Bastin (2), Richardson (2) | AW |
| Season 1933-34 - Friendly Matches 53-55 | |||
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| 190 | **6 December 1933 - England 4 France**1[3-0] White Hart Lane, Tottenham (17,097) | Camsell (2), Brook, Grosvenor Veinante | HW |
| 192 | 10 May 1934 - Hungary 2 England 1[0-0] Stadion Üllõi út, Budapest (40,000) | Avar, Sárosi Tilson | AL |
| 193 | 16 May 1934 - Czechoslovakia 2 England 1 [1-1]Stadión Letná, Praha (35,000) | Nejedlý, Puč Tilson | AL |
| Season 1934-35 - Friendly Matches 56 & 57 | |||
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| 195 | 14 November 1934 - England 3 Italy 2 [3-0] Arsenal Stadium, Highbury (56,044) | Brook (2), Drake Meazza (2) | HW |
| 198 | 18 May 1935 - Netherlands 0 England 1 [0-0] Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam (33,000) | Worrall | AW |
| Season 1935-36 - Friendly Matches 58-60 | |||
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| 200 | 4 December 1935 - England 3 Germany 0[1-0] White Hart Lane, Tottenham (54,164) | Camsell (2), Bastin | HW |
| 203 | 6 May 1936 - Austria 2 England 1 [2-0] Praterstadion, Wien (60,000) | Viertl, Geiter Camsell | AL |
| 204 | 9 May 1936 - Belgium 3 England 2[0-1] Stade du Centenaire, Bruxelles (40,000) | Isemborghs (2), Fievez Camsell, Hobbis | AL |
| Season 1936-37 - Friendly Matches 61-64 | |||
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| 207 | 2 December 1936 - England 6 Hungary 2 [3-1] Arsenal Stadium, Highbury (36,000) | Brook, Drake (3), Britton, Carter Cseh, Vincze | HW |
| 209 | 14 May 1937 - Norway 0 England 6 [0-4]Ullevål Stadion, Oslo (20,000) | Kirchen,Holmsen OG, Galley, Steele (2), Goulden | AW |
| Stadium Inauguration | |||
| 210 | 17 May 1937 - Sweden 0 England 4 [0-4] Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna (34,199) | Steele (3) , J.Johnson | AW |
| Finnish F.A. 30th Year Celebration Match | |||
| 211 | 20 May 1937 - Finland 0 England 8 [0-4] Töölön pallokenttä, Helsinki (9,533) | Kirchen, Payne (2) , Steele (2) , J.Johnson, Willingham, Robinson | AW |
| Season 1937-38 - Friendly Matches 65-68 | |||
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| Friendly matches | |||
| 214 | 1 December 1937 - England 5 Czechoslovakia 4 [3-2] White Hart Lane, Tottenham (45,879) | Crayston, Morton, Matthews (3) Puč, Nejedlý (2), Zeman | HW |
| 216 | 14 May 1938 - Germany 3 England 6 [2-4] Olympiastadion, Berlin (105,000) | Gellesch, Gauchel, Pesser Bastin, Robinson (2) , Broome, Matthews, Goulden | AW |
| 217 | 21 May 1938 - Switzerland 2 England 1 [1-1] Hardturm Stadion, Zürich (25,000) | Aeby, Abegglen (pen) Bastin (pen) | AL |
| 218 | 26 May 1938 - France 2 England 4 [2-3] Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris (46,920) | Jordan, Nicolas Broome, Drake (2), Bastin (pen) | AW |
| Season 1938-39 - Friendly Matches 69-73 | |||
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| F.A. 75th Anniversary Celebration Match | |||
| 220 | 26 October 1938 - England 3 Rest of Europe 0[2-0] Arsenal Stadium, Highbury (40,185) | Hall, Lawton, Goulden | HW |
| Friendly matches | |||
| 221 | 9 November 1938 - England 4 Norway 0 [4-0] St. James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne (39,887) | R.Smith (2), Dix,Lawton | HW |
| 224 | 13 May 1939 - Italy 2 England 2 [0-1] Stadio Civićo San Siro, Milano (70,000) | Biavati, Piola Lawton, Hall | AD |
| 225 | 18 May 1939 - Yugoslavia 2 England 1 [1-0] **Stadion Beogradski SK, Beograd (35,000) | Glišovic, Perlić Broome | AL |
| 226 | 24 May 1939 - Romania 0 England 2 [0-1] Stadionul ANEF, Bucureşti (40,000) | Goulden, Welsh | AW |
| England's Friendly Record 1872-1939 | |||||||||||||
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| Type | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | FTS | CS | FAv | AAv | Pts % | W/L |
| Home | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 78 | 36 | +42 | 1 | 6 | 3.714 | 1.714 | 78.6 | +12 |
| Away | 52 | 32 | 6 | 14 | 195 | 89 | +106 | 3 | 13 | 3.75 | 1.711 | 67.3 | +18 |
| Total | 73 | 48 | 7 | 18 | 273 | 125 | +148 | 4 | 19 | 3.739 | 1.712 | 70.5 | +30 |
| England's Friendly Goalscoring Record 1872-(1909)1939 (274 goals) | |
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| Vivian Woodward | 14 |
| Bill Dean | 13 |
| George Camsell | 12 |
| George Hilsdon | 8 |
| Charlie Bambridge, Cliff **Bastin,**Fred Steele, own goals (2+1+4) | 7 |
| Ted Drake, Howard Va ughton | 6 |
| Joe Bradford, Joe Carter, Stan Matthews, Jimmy Windridge | 5 |
| Eric Brook, Arthur Brown, Sammy Crooks, LenGoulden, Jackie Hegan, George Holley, Clem Mitchell, Billy Walker | 4 |
| Frank Bradshaw, Arthur Bridgett, Frank Broome, George Brown (maybe 4), Nevill Cobbold, Harold Fleming, Vivian Gibbins,Tosh Johnson, Tommy Lawton, Billy Mosforth, Frank Osbourne,Arthur Rigby (maybe 4), Jackie Robinson, Jock Rutherford,FrancisSparks | 3 |
| Jimmy Brown,Charlie Buchan, Harry Burgess, Harry Chambers,Arthur Cursham,Harry Cursham, Arthur Dorrell, ArthurDunn,Willie Hall,Harold Halse, Harry Hampson, Eric Houghton, David Jack, Joe Johnson, George Kail ,William Kenyon-Slaney,Alf Kirchen, Billy Moore,Joe Payne,Jimmy Richardson, JackSmith, Reg Smith, George Stephenson, Fred Tilson, Ben Warren, Olly Whateley | 2 |
| Charlie Alcock, Sid Bishop, Alex Bonsor,Cliff Britton, Bill Brown, Norman Bullock **,**Charles Chenery,Jack Crayston,Norman Creek, Tom Galley,Arthur Goodyer,Tommy Grosvenor, Harold Hobbis, Harold Hulme, Bob Kelly, Robert Kingsford, Alf Lyttelton, David Mercer, Harold Miller, Jimmy Moore, Jack Morton, Louis Page, Frank Pawson, Bill Roberts, Harry Roberts, Jimmy Seed, Heathcote Sorby,George Thornewell, Tom Waring, Don Welsh, Herbert Whitfeld,Ken Willingham,Charles Wollaston, Joe Worrall,John Wylie | 1 |
| The goalscorers in blue have scored their goals in the last recorded period (1909-39) |
No more 'official' friendly matches were played until the late summer of 1946.