220 - Wednesday, 26th October 1938

Assist: Stanley Matthews. "From [a Matthews] pass, Hall shot high and hard into the far corner of the net."Willie Hall3rd of 9 goals. , 20'
Assist: Stanley Matthews. "[From a corner] Matthews kick was partially cleared by Rava, but the ball came back to Lawton...who was able to beat Olivieri from close range."Tommy Lawton2nd of 22 goals. , 39'
"Goulden, who had just had a grand shot saved grandly by Olivieri at the expense of a corner, got in another drive, which, this time, beat the best effort that even Olivieri could make."Len Goulden3rd of 4 goals. , 73'

1Vic WoodleyChelsea, 13th of 19 caps
28 years, 8 months, 0 days
Goalkeeper
2Bert SprostonSpurs, 10th of 11 caps
23 years, 4 months, 4 days
Right Back
3Eddie HapgoodArsenal, 25th of 30 caps
30 years, 1 month, 2 days
Left Back (c)16th captaincy
4Ken WillinghamHuddersfield, 7th of 12 caps
25 years, 10 months, 25 days
Right Half
5Stan CullisWolves, 6th of 12 caps
22 years, 0 months, 1 day
Centre Half
6Wilf CoppingArsenal, 19th of 20 caps
31 years, 2 months, 9 days
Left Half
7Stanley MatthewsStoke City, 12th of 54 caps
23 years, 8 months, 25 days
Outside Right
8Willie HallSpurs, 6th of 10 caps
26 years, 7 months, 14 days
Inside Right
9Tommy LawtonEverton, 2nd of 23 caps
19 years, 0 months, 20 days
Centre Forward
10Len GouldenWest Ham, 10th of 14 caps
26 years, 3 months, 10 days
Inside Left
11Wally BoyesEverton, 3rd of 3 caps
25 years, 9 months, 21 day
Outside Left

GKAldo OlivieriAldo Olivieri.
Born 2nd Oct 1910, Verona.
2Alfredo FoniAlfredo Foni.
Born 20th Jan 1911, Udine.
3Pietro RavaPietro Rava.
Born 21st Jan 1916, Cassine.
4Andreas KupferAndreas Kupfer.
Born 7th May 1914, Schweinfurt.
5Michele AndreoloMiguel Ángel Andriolo Frodella.
Born 6th Sep 1912, Dolores, Uruguay.
6Albin KitzingerAlbin Kitzinger.
Born 1st Feb 1912, Schweinfurt.
7Alfred AstonAlfred Aston.
Born 16th May 1912, Chantilly.
8Raymond BraineRaymond Ernest Michel Braine.
Born 28th Apr 1907, Antwerp, Belgium.
Brother of Pierre Braine. (c)
9Silvio PiolaSilvio Piola.
Born 23rd Sep 1913, Robbio.
10Gyula Zsengellér Gyula Zsengellér.
Born 27th Dec 1915, Cegled.
11Arne BrustadArne Brustad.
Born 14th Apr 1912, Oslo.

England Starting Formation

2-3-5

Match InfoMatch to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the FA.
Controversial MatchThe match was declared official by the FA and caps were awarded. FIFA took a different stance in 2001 when they retrospectively declared the match unofficial on the grounds that only individual countries can play international matches. However, FIFA allowed caps to still stand, confusing the issue further. The FA still maintain that the match is official and we believe this makes more sense despite FIFA's retro-downgrading.
Player MilestoneEddie Hapgood's 25th Cap
Player MilestoneWally Boyes' Last Cap

The Times "England beat Rest of Europe", Thrusday 27th October 1938, Page 7
British Pathé Newsreel England v Rest of Europe at Highbury, Canister: 38/86, Film ID: 987.16