England at Champion Hill

Between 1933 and 1971 Sixteen of England’s amateur international matches were played at Champion Hill. Dulwich Hamlet’s very own Cecil Murray and Edgar Kail featured in the first match versus Scotland in front of an 18,000 crowd.

Other Hamlet players to represent England at their home ground included Haydn Hill, Horace Robbins, Bill Parr, Reg Anderson and Les Brown. 

Poster advertising the 1966 Amateur International at Champion Hill

25 March 1933       

England 1 Scotland 0        

18,000

23 March 1935       

England 2 Scotland 1        

9,000

13 March 1937       

England 0 Scotland 1        

18,000

11 March 1939       

England 8 Scotland 3        

14,000

25 January 1947    

England 2 Wales 2                   

12,000

29 March 1948       

England 2 Netherlands 5 

21 April 1956          

England 3 France 1         

15,000

11 October 1958   

England 3 Finland 2       

7,500

5 March 1960         

England 1 W. Germany 1 

9,000

29 April 1961          

England 2 France 0            

6,500

29 Sept 1962           

England 3 N. Ireland 2      

7,500

16 April 1964          

England 4 New Zealand 1 

4,000 

Match abandoned after 70 minutes due to rain

19 Nov 1966           

England 1 Netherlands 0 

22 October 1969   

England 1 Spain 2             

20 March 1970       

England 1 Scotland 0       

17 February 1971 

England 1 France 1        

A full list of England's Amateur International matches and players can be found here.