31.10.18
Woodward vs Scotland
Vivian Woodward played 23 'full' internationals for England, scoring 28 goals.
This match, played on April 4th, 1903 was his third. Woodward put England ahead in the 10th minute, scoring from close range following a corner.
Scotland won thanks to second half goals from Finlay Speedie and Bobby Walker scored within the space of 2 minutes.
12.10.18
A goal by Pablo Dorado
As I've written before, if I had a time machine I think the first football match I would go and watch would be the 1930 World Cup Final.
In the 12th minute 22 year old outside right Pablo Dorado of Club Atlético Bella Vista fired through the legs of Bottaso at his near post. 1-0 to Uruguay.
6.10.18
Sam Wadsworth
Always play fair; be always ready to congratulate your conqueror and you’ll never be sorry for it. I’ve always played fair and tried to play fair.
Sam Wadsworth survived the 1914-18 war but suffered from 'Shell Shock' .
Released by Blackburn Rovers on his return from Military Service he joined Huddersfield Town, with whom he won 3 League Championships and an FA Cup. He also represented England 9 times (4 as captain).
He later enjoyed success as a manager in The Netherlands.
24.12.17
Swansea Town 1920-21
I'm writing a book about Northern Union, so I'm going to be taking a break from posting on this blog. I intend to return to this in the spring of 2018.
Thank you for your ongoing support.
17.12.17
Double Figure Scores in Internationals
Sophus 'Krølben' Nielsen- 10 goals v France .
Gottfried Fuchs- 10 goals v Russia
Poul 'Tist' Nielsen - featured in 2 double figure wins.
'Påsket' Bengtsson- conceded double figures on 2 occasions.
18.02.82
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Ireland
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0
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13
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England
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Ireland’s first foray into
international football and an inauspicious start. Aston Villa’s Vaughton (5) and Digger Brown
(4) did the bulk of the damage.
James Hamilton was the
goalkeeper to suffer.
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03.03.88
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Wales
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11
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0
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Ireland
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This remains Wales’ record
score.
John Clugston on the receiving
end.
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24.03.88
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Ireland
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2
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10
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Scotland
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6 Scots players got on the
scoresheet as a miserable month saw Ireland concede 21 goals in 2 matches.
On this occasion Ralph Lawther
was the unfortunate custodian.
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18.02.99
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England
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13
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2
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Ireland
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The Times reported that ‘The
play might well be described as one long series of attacks on the Irish
goal…’ There were 4 goals from G.O Smith and a debut hattrick from Jimmy
Settle, Steve Bloomer chipped in with 2.
A debut to forget for James
Lewis.
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23.02.01
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Scotland
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11
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0
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Ireland
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4 apiece for Hamilton and McMahon.
Irish goalkeeper Sam McAlpine’s
only international appearance.
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01.11.06
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France
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0
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15
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England Amateurs
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The 1900s saw the development
of international football in mainland Europe and the establishment of FIFA.
England’s full international team was becoming an almost exclusively
professional set up. The introduction of the England Amateur XI led to a
series of mismatches in which emerging continental teams were thrashed on a
regular basis.
Zacharie
Baton was the goalkeeper. Stanley Harris scored 7, Vivian Woodward 4.
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21.12.07
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England Amateurs
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12
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2
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Netherlands
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West Ham's Harold Stapely got
5. Lo la Chapelle’s only experience of international football in Netherlands’
goal.
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23.03.08
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England Amateurs
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12
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0
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France
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André Renaux never got a second
call up.
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08.06.08
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Austria
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1
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11
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England
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Rudolf Donhardt’s only
international appearance.
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12.07.08
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Sweden
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11
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3
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Norway
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Sweden were a goal down in the
first minute of this match (a first international for both countries). Erik Bergström
and Erik Börjesson scored 4 goals each. After this spectacular start Sweden
then had the misfortune to face England Amateurs in their next 2 matches…
Sverre Lie became another goalkeeper whose international career lasted only
90 minutes.
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20.10.08
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England Amateurs
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12
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1
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Sweden
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The Olympic Games. Sweden’s
record after this match:
p 3 w1 d 0 l 2 f 13 a 21.
Påsket Bengtsson on the
receiving end of Woodward &Co.
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22.10.08
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Denmark
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17
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1
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France
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TEN goals for Sophus Nielsen
and the end of Maurice Tillette’s international career (2 matches, 21 goals
conceded).
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17.04.09
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England Amateurs
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11
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2
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Belgium
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Godefroid Van Melderen was the
goalkeeper here as England Amateurs maintained their impressive goals to
games ratio.
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22.05.09
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France
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0
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11
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England Amateurs
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6 Englishmen got on the
scoresheet here…
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16.04.10
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England Amateurs
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10
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1
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France
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France goalkeeper Tessier conceded
36 goals in his 5-game international career, 21 of them in 2 games v England
Amateurs.
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01.07.12
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Germany
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16
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0
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Russia
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Gottfried Fuchs put TEN past
Lev Favorskiy.
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14.07.12
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Russia
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0
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12
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Hungary
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Russia’s first home game. Schlosser-Lakatos Imre scored 5 goals.
Dmitriy Matrin had a memorable day on his debut.
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05.10.13
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Sweden
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0
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10
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Denmark
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Tist Nielsen scored 6 goals as
Påsket Bengtsson conceded double figures for the second time in his
international career.
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10.05.17
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Japan
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2
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15
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Philippines
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The Japanese team was
represented by a selection from the Tokyo Higher Normal School. Genya Tomita
was Japan’s goalkeeper. Paulino Alcantara was among the Philippines’ scorers.
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07.10.17
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Denmark
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12
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0
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Norway
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Tist Nielsen scored 5 goals, Ingolf Pedersen the unlucky
goalkeeper.
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11.08.22
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Finland
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10
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2
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Estonia
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Lali Öhman led the scoring with
6 goals, August Lass the ‘keeper.
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27.05.24
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Lithuania
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0
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10
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Egypt
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Lithuania’s 3 first
internationals saw them suffering progressively heavier defeats, 5-0, 9-0 and
then this. A warm up match for the Olympics, played at the Pershing Stadium
in Paris.
Valerijonas Balčiūnas was the ‘keeper.
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29.05.27
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Sweden
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12
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0
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Latvia
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6 goals for Albin Hallbäck.
Latvian goalie Arvīds Jurgens went off in the 79th with the score
at 9-0. He was replaced for 6 minutes by Ādolfs Greble , who was beaten 3
times during this brief period of deputization.
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12.06.27
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Hungary
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13
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1
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France
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Takács József scored 6. The last of Maurice Cottenet’s 18
international games.
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29.05.28
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Argentina
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11
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2
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USA
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First round match of the 1928
Olympic games at Amsterdam. Cooper in goal for the United Sates.
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09.06.28
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Italy
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11
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3
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Egypt
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Abdel Hamid Hamdi was in goal. For
Italy Schiavio, Banchero & Magnozzi got 3 apiece and Baloncieri scored
twice.
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28.07.29
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Sweden
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10
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0
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Latvia
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Harijs Lazdiņš’ international
debut, 3 days after his 19th birthday. He represented Latvia 18
times in all.
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10.04.32
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Italy
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12
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0
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Luxembourg
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The Italians did not consider
this a full international. Robert Dupont kept goal for Luxembourg (the last
of his 10 appearances). Giovanni, Serantoni & Bisigato all got hattricks.
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21.05.33
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Spain
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13
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0
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Bulgaria
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Eduardo González Valiño (known
as Chacho) 6 goals on debut. Todor Dermonski started the match in goal for
Bulgaria but went off in the 30th minute with the score at 4-0.
His place was taken by Radi Maznikov.
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11.07.36
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Australia
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10
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0
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New Zealand
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George Smith got 5 goals, Alf
Smith was the goalkeeper.
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05.06.37
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New Zealand
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0
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12
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England Amateurs
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26.06.37
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New Zealand
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1
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12
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England Amateurs
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Frank Cameron kept goal for New
Zealand in both matches (and another which ended 6-0)
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