International Appearance Landmarks

The table below shows the first player to reach landmark numbers of international appearances.

10	Harry McNeil	Scotland	14.03.81
20	Olphert Stanfield	Ireland	24.02.94
30	Olphert Stanfield	Ireland	27.03.97
40	Vivian Woodward	England *	25.05.11
* This includes appearances for England Amateur and Great Britain, which FIFA classify as full internationals. The FA do not. leaving Woodward with 23 caps.
40	Billy Meredith	Wales	18.01.13
50	Imre Schlosser	Hungary	05.11.16
60	Imre Schlosser	Hungary	09.11.19

During our era (pre 1937) no one reached 70 caps.

Ángel Romano (Uruguay) played his 69th and final international on 14.07.1927

El Campeonato Sudamericano de Selecciones 1917

The second edition of the Copa America (although that name was not used until 1975) took place in Uruguay in September-October 1917. Uruguay successfully defended their title.
The tournament was a 4 team league, but the championship was decided in the final match played.
Uruguay had beaten Chile and Brazil 4-0 whilst Argentina had beaten Brazil 4-2 and Chile 1-0. In the other match played Brazil beat Chile 5-0.
So, to the final game, played at Parque Pereira, Montevideo on 14th October 1917 in front of a crowd of 40,000. Héctor Scarone got the only goal of the game in the 62nd minute. 

7th October 1917: Uruguay take the field against Brazil

Uruguay 

Brazil vs Argentina

Argentina vs Uruguay

Parque Pereira was the venue for all the matches.

Of the 9 goals that Uruguay scored in the tournament, 5 came from the Scarone brothers, Carlos and Hector. Their Nacional partner Angel Romano was tournament top scorer with 4.