Vivian John Woodward - International Appearances (original) (raw)

Vivian John Woodward scored 29 goals in 23 official matches for the English national team, making him the most prolific scorer for England before World War II. (A century after his last match, he still was the eighth highest scorer for the Three Lions.)
In addition, he scored 46 goals in 30 matches for the England Amateurs, who played 39 matches against opponents from the European continent between 1906 and 1914, which all counted as official internationals for their respective opponents, if not for England themselves. So, in total, Woodward scored 75 goals in 53 matches considered official internationals by the opposing sides. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Born: 3- 6-1879 Died: 31- 1-1954 Country: England Caps: 23 (W18-D4-L1 - GF86-GA18 - %86.96) Goals: 29 (% 1.26 per match) Age First Cap: 23 yr 256 d 14- 2-1903 vs. Ireland 4-0 Age Last Cap: 31 yr 283 d 13- 3-1911 vs. Wales 3-0 National Team Career: 8 yr 27 d

Matches for England

Caps Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition 1 2 2 14- 2-03 Wolverhampton Ireland 4-0 British Championship 2 1 3 2- 3-03 Portsmouth Wales 2-1 British Championship 3 1 4 4- 4-03 Sheffield Scotland 1-2 British Championship 4 4 12- 3-04 Belfast Ireland 3-1 British Championship 5 4 9- 4-04 Glasgow Scotland 1-0 British Championship 6 4 25- 2-05 Middlesbrough Ireland 1-1 British Championship 7 2 6 27- 3-05 Liverpool Wales 3-1 British Championship 8 6 1- 4-05 London Scotland 1-0 British Championship 9 6 6- 4-07 Newcastle Scotland 1-1 British Championship 10 1 7 15- 2-08 Belfast Ireland 3-1 British Championship 11 3 10 16- 3-08 Wrexham Wales 7-1 British Championship 12 10 4- 4-08 Glasgow Scotland 1-1 British Championship 13 1 11 6- 6-08 Wien Austria 6-1 14 4 15 8- 6-08 Wien Austria 11-1 15 1 16 10- 6-08 Budapest Hungary 7-0 16 16 13- 6-08 Praha Bohemia 4-0 17 2 18 13- 2-09 Bradford Ireland 4-0 British Championship 18 18 15- 3-09 Nottingham Wales 2-0 British Championship 19 2 20 29- 5-09 Budapest Hungary 4-2 20 4 24 31- 5-09 Budapest Hungary 8-2 21 3 27 1- 6-09 Wien Austria 8-1 22 27 12- 2-10 Belfast Ireland 1-1 British Championship 23 2 29 13- 3-11 London Wales 3-0 British Championship

Matches for England Amateurs

1 4 4 1-11-06 Paris France 15-0 2 1 5 1- 4-07 's-Gravenhage Netherlands 8-1 3 3 8 21-12-07 Darlington Netherlands 12-2 4 3 11 23- 2-08 London France 12-0 5 3 14 18- 4-08 Brussel Belgium 8-2 6 2 16 20- 4-08 Berlin Germany 5-1 7 2 18 20-10-08 London Sweden 12-1 Olympic Games 8 18 22-10-08 London Netherlands 4-0 Olympic Games 9 1 19 24-10-08 London Denmark 2-0 Olympic Games 10 2 21 17- 4-09 London Belgium 11-2 11 4 25 20- 5-09 Basel Switzerland 9-0 12 1 26 22- 5-09 Paris France 11-0 13 1 27 6-11-09 Hull Sweden 7-0 14 6 33 11-12-09 London Netherlands 9-1 15 1 34 4- 3-11 London Belgium 4-0 16 34 17- 4-11 Amsterdam Netherlands 1-0 17 1 35 25- 5-11 Bern Switzerland 4-1 18 35 21-10-11 London Denmark 3-0 19 1 36 16- 3-12 Hull Netherlands 4-0 20 36 8- 4-12 Bruxelles Belgium 2-1 21 2 38 30- 6-12 Stockholm Hungary 7-0 [1] Olympic Games 22 1 39 2- 7-12 Stockholm Finland 4-0 [2] Olympic Games 23 39 4- 7-12 Stockholm Denmark 4-2 Olympic Games 24 2 41 9-11-12 Swindon Belgium 4-0 25 1 42 21- 3-13 Berlin Germany 3-0 26 1 43 24- 3-13 's-Gravenhage Netherlands 1-2 27 1 44 15-11-13 Hull Netherlands 2-1 28 1 45 24- 2-14 Brussel Belgium 8-1 29 45 5- 6-14 København Denmark 0-3 30 1 46 10- 6-14 Stockholm Sweden 5-1

[1] other sources credit Woodward with only 1 goal in this match, but the official report of the Games and contemporary newspaper reports agree Woodward scored both the third and fifth goal. [2] other sources credit Walden with all goals in this match; however, the official report of the Games and contemporary newspaper reports agree Woodward scored the last goal.

Statistics

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage 23 18 4 1 86- 18 40 86.96 [for England] 30 28 0 2 181- 22 56 93.33 [for England Amateurs] 53 46 4 3 267- 40 96 90.57 [total]

Types of Matches England Amateurs Total Friendlies 7 24 31 British Championship 16 16 Olympic Games 6 6

Total 23 30 53

29 Goals in 23 Matches (1.26 per match) for England 46 Goals in 30 Matches (1.53 per match) for England Amateurs 75 Goals in 53 Matches (1.42 per match) in total

Types of Goals England Amateurs Total Friendlies 14 40 54 British Championship 15 15 Olympic Games 6 6

Total 29 46 75

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With thanks to Velimir Imbri for providing the idea for the file and to Roberto Mamrud for biographical data

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