England: Clubs with most internationals 1872-1937

Up to the summer of 1937 England played 211 international matches featuring 639 players.

The leading clubs in terms of providing England internationals were:

	Players	Caps
Aston Villa	40	161
Blackburn Rovers	33	136
Everton	29	101
The Wednesday/ Sheffield Wednesday	28	137
Sheffield United	27	72
West Bromwich Albion	24	85
Derby County	23	129

Arthur Digger Brown

Howard Vaughton

Brown and Vaughton both made their international debuts in the 13-0 win over Ireland on February 18th 1882. Brown scored 4 and Vaughton 5.

Billy Walker

Here are the Aston Villa players who represented England during this period.
It's worth noting that John Reynolds also represented Ireland. Andrew Ducat also represented England at cricket.

	Year (s)	Caps
·         Arthur Brown	1882	3
·         Howard Vaughton	1882-84	5
·         Oliver Whateley	1883	2
·         Dennis Hodgetts	1888-94	6
·         Albert Allen	1888	1
·         Charles Athersmith	1892-1900	12
·         John Devey	1892-94	2
·         John Reynolds	1894-97	5
·         Stephen Smith	1895	1
·         James Crabtree	1896-1902	11
·         George Wheldon	1897-98	4
·         Howard Spencer	1897-1905	6
·         Albert Wilkes	1901-02	5
·         William George	1902	3
·         William Garratty	1903	1
·         Joseph Bache	1903-11	7
·         William Brawn	1904	2
·         Alec Leake	1904-05	5
·         Albert Hall	1910	1
·         Harry Hampton	1913-14	4
·         Charles Wallace	1913-20	3
·         Sam Hardy	1913-20	7
·         Frank Barson	1920	1
·         Andrew Ducat	1920	3
·         Billy Walker	1920-32	18
·         Thomas Smart	1921-29	5
·         Billy Kirton	1921	1
·         Frank A Moss	1921-24	5
·         Richard York	1922-26	2
·         Thomas Mort	1924-26	3
·         George Blackburn	1924	1
·         Arthur Dorrell	1924-25	4
·         Benjamin Olney	1928	2
·         Eric Houghton	1930-32	7
·         Joe Tate	1931-32	3
·         Pongo Waring	1931-32	5
·         George Brown	1932	1
·         Joseph Beresford	1934	1
·         Thomas Gardner	1934-35	2
·         Ronald Starling	1937	1

Aston Villa

Aston Villa moved grounds in 1897, playing the first game at the Aston Lower Grounds on 17th April, 1 week after they had won the FA Cup and their position at the top of the League had become unassailable. 

Aston Villa topped the League attendances for 6 seasons from 1899-1904 (displacing Everton, who had been top for the first 10 seasons of League Football, firstly at Anfield and then at Goodison).  

Season	Average
1898-99	23,045
1899-1900	18,765
1900-01	17,530
1901-02	19,580
1902-03	19,790
1903-04	20,035

1898-99 was the first time that any club had enjoyed an average attendance in excess of 20,000.

The new stadium at Aston Lower Grounds had more to recommend it than just accommodation for large numbers of spectators. Here we see Howard Spencer, the Prince of fullbacks (also England captain), enjoying the therapeutic benefits of an individual hot bath. The photographer was former Villa player Albert Wilkes who specialized in football subjects.