Article: Cap that, brother; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

QUESTION How many sets of brothers have played football for England?

NO FEWER than 20 sets of brothers have played football for the main England team, though not necessarily in the same matches.

The most recent, Gary and Philip Neville of Manchester United, played together for the first time in England's friendly in China in 1996.

Gary has 60 caps and Philip 43.

Other brothers who played for England were: Ernest, Charlie and Arthur Bambridge, Charles and William Clegg, Herbert and William Rawson, Hubert and Frank Heron, Alfred and Edward Lyttleton, Arthur and Harry Cursham, Fred and Jack Hargreaves, Arthur and Percy Walters, Alf and ...

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