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England men · International friendly

England
v Australia⁠

1–3

Full time

England v Australia finished 1–3.

England
Jeffers 70'
Australia
Popovic 17', Kewell 42', Emerton 84'
Date
Wednesday 12 February 2003 · England in 2003
Kick-off
20:00 UK
Venue
Boleyn Ground, London
Competition
International friendly

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XI

Substitutes

  • No. 12, Danny Mills On in the 45'
  • No. 13, Paul Robinson On in the 45'
  • No. 14, Paul Konchesky On in the 45'
  • No. 15, Wes Brown On in the 45'
  • No. 16, Ledley King On in the 45'
  • No. 17, Owen Hargreaves On in the 45'
  • No. 18, Danny Murphy On in the 45'
  • No. 19, Jermaine Jenas On in the 45'
  • No. 20, Darius Vassell On in the 45'
  • No. 21, Francis Jeffers On in the 45'
  • No. 23, Wayne Rooney On in the 45'
  • No. 22, Richard Wright (not used)
  • No. 24, Joe Cole (not used)
  • No. 25, Matt Upson (not used)
  • No. 26, Scott Parker (not used)
  • No. 27, Sean Davis (not used)

Australia

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Mark Schwarzer GK
  • No. 9, Mark Viduka FW Off in the 85'
  • No. 16, Scott Chipperfield FW Off in the 76'
  • No. 3, Craig Moore D
  • No. 4, Paul Okon M Off in the 87'
  • No. 6, Tony Popovic D Off in the 72'
  • No. 7, Brett Emerton M
  • No. 8, Josip Skoko M Off in the 45'
  • No. 10, Harry Kewell M Off in the 56'
  • No. 11, Stan Lazaridis M
  • No. 15, Lucas Neill M

Substitutes

  • No. 13, Marco Bresciano On in the 45'
  • No. 12, John Aloisi On in the 56'
  • No. 5, Tony Vidmar On in the 72'
  • No. 17, Vince Grella On in the 76'
  • No. 14, Mile Sterjovski On in the 85'
  • No. 2, Kevin Muscat On in the 87'
  • No. 18, Zeljko Kalac (not used)
  • No. 19, Danny Tiatto (not used)

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1980 – 1991

Official meetings since 1980

England v Australia stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings8In our results database
England wins5England perspective
Draws2Level at full time
Australia wins1Australia victories

England have scored 9 goals to Australia's 6 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

1

Hoddle

1 goals against Australia in matches we hold scorer data for.

Australia · Fixture leader

1

Cole

Australia's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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