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matches in

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male footballers have scored three or more goals (a

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) in a game. The first players to score a hat-trick for England were Howard Vaughton and Arthur Alfred Brown, both Aston Villa players; in a friendly match against

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in 1882, they scored nine goals between them. Four players, Vaughton,

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, Willie Hall and

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, have scored five goals in one match.

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has scored the greatest number of hat-tricks, with six. Five players,

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, John Veitch and John Yates, have scored hat-tricks on their only international appearance. In the

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Final,

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scored a hat-trick, generally considered one of the most famous of all time. The most recent hat-trick was scored by

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in a World Cup qualifier against

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in November 2021. England have conceded eleven hat-tricks since 1872, the most recent being scored by

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who scored four goals in a 4–2 defeat by

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in a friendly match in November 2012.

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was the first player from outside the

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to score a hat-trick against England, scoring three times for Germany in a friendly match in May 1930. Previously only the Scottish players John McDougall,

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, John Smith,

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and Alex Jackson had scored hat-tricks against England.

Hat-tricks for England

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Hat-tricks conceded by England

England have conceded eleven hat-tricks, the first five of which were scored by players from

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. England have lost ten of the eleven matches in which they have conceded a hat-trick; the other was a 3–3 draw against Germany in 1930. Zlatan Ibrahimović Euro 2012 vs England

Statistics

The following table lists the number of hat-tricks scored by English
players who have scored two or more hat-tricks.

References

{{England national football team

Association football player non-biographical articles

Hat-tricks for England

Hat-tricks conceded by England

Statistics

See also

References