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Dennis Wilshaw scored his first international goal in his debut match on 10 Oct 1953
Scored one hat-trick in international matches

Football player Dennis Wilshaw

Dennis James Wilshaw

Dennis Wilshaw

Born on 11 March 1926
Died on 10 May 2004, Newcastle-under-Lyme (aged 78)

National team appearances of Dennis Wilshaw

Team	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
England	1953 - 1956	12				10		0.833
Total:		12				10		0.833

Player stats by club

Clubs of footballer	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, Wolverhampton	10 Oct 1953 - 06 Oct 1956	12				10		0.833

Player stats by competition

Competition

Played

Goals

Goals/ Caps

British Championship (BC)

1.600

World Cup qualifiers (QW)

2.000

World Cup final tournament (WC)

0.500

Friendly matches and other tournaments

0.200

(-) matches counted in two competitions at once:

2.000

Total:

0.833

Career highlights

Match date	Opponent team	Event	Age
10 Oct 1953	Wales	debut; first goal	27 years 6 months 29 days
2 Apr 1955	Scotland	first hat-trick	29 years 22 days
6 Oct 1956	Northern Ireland	last appearance	30 years 6 months 25 days

Record of Dennis Wilshaw's goals by opponent team

Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	Matches by goals in a match				Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	1	2	3	>3	Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Scotland	4		1				1	4.000	1	4.000
Wales	2		1		1			2.000	2	1.000
Northern Ireland	2		1		1			2.000	2	1.000
Switzerland	1		1	1				1.000	1	1.000
Finland	1		1	1				1.000	1	1.000
(+) other teams									5
Total:	10		5	2	2	0	1	2.000	12	0.833

Record of national team matches played by Dennis Wilshaw

National team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Winning Percentage
England football team	12	6	2	4	30	17	58.4

Dennis Wilshaw's international caps

as player of Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, Wolverhampton:

debut age, age when scoring first goal - 27 years 6 months 29 days

10 Oct 1953 15:00

Cardiff, Ninian Park

1-4

Wales vs England

1954 FIFA World Cup Qualification, British Championship 1953-1954, Group 3

2х

20 Jun 1954 17:00 (+1:00)

Bern, Wankdorfstadion

0-2

Switzerland vs England

1954 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament, Group 4

1х

26 Jun 1954 17:00 (+1:00)

Basel, St. Jakob Stadion

4-2

Uruguay vs England

1954 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament, Quarterfinal

02 Apr 1955 15:00

Wembley, British Empire Exhibition Stadium

7-2

England vs Scotland

British Championship 1954-1955

4х

15 May 1955 15:00 (+1:00)

Colombes, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir

1-0

France vs England

Friendly International

18 May 1955 17:30 (+1:00)

Madrid, Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

1-1

Spain vs England

Friendly International

22 May 1955 17:00 (+1:00)

Porto, Estádio do Futebol Clube do Porto (das Antas)

3-1

Portugal vs England

Friendly International

22 Oct 1955 15:00

Cardiff, Ninian Park

2-1

Wales vs England

British Championship 1955-1956

02 Nov 1955 14:15

Wembley, British Empire Exhibition Stadium

3-0

England vs Northern Ireland

British Championship 1955-1956

2х

20 May 1956 14:00 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

1-5

Finland vs England

Friendly International

1х

26 May 1956 17:30 (+1:00)

West Berlin, Olympiastadion

1-3

West Germany vs England

Friendly International

06 Oct 1956 15:00 (+1:00)

Belfast, Windsor Park

1-1

Northern Ireland vs England

British Championship 1956-1957

Comments

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England football fixtures

Dennis Wilshaw's most often teammates

Billy Wright (1953 - 1956) - 12 games
Roger Byrne (1954 - 1956) - 11 games
Nat Lofthouse (1953 - 1956) - 8 games
Jimmy Dickinson (1953 - 1955) - 7 games
Duncan Edwards (1955 - 1956) - 7 games
Stanley Matthews (1954 - 1956) - 7 games

England players born on 26 April

Edward Haygarth (1854) - 1 cap
Alf Kirchen (1913) - 3 caps, 2 goals
Ralph Coates (1946) - 4 caps