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"That all players taking part for England in future international matches be presented with a white silk cap with red rose embroidered on the front. These to be termed International Caps." international, Scotland versus England with the players wearing caps]] Today it might seem an unusual and perhaps even a bizarre practice to present a player with an actual cap but in the early days of football the concept of each team wearing a set of matching shirts had not been universally adopted, with the result that a team's players would often take the field in a variety of different coloured shirts, and each side would distinguish itself from the other by wearing a specific sort of cap or other headgear. An early illustration of the first international football match between England and Scotland in 1872 shows the Scottish players wearing Cowl s and the English wearing a variety of school caps. Actual caps are not given any more (caps for friendly matches still exist, and each player gets one cap per international competition), but the term "cap" for an international or other appearance has been retained. Thus, a cap is awarded for each game played and so a player who has played ''x'' games, for the team, is said to have been ''capped x'' times or have won ''x'' caps. ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL (SOCCER) The world record holder for the highest number of international caps on January 24, 2006 is American Kristine Lilly , who has over 300 caps in women's association football. In men's association football, the record is held by Mohamed Al-Deayea from Saudi Arabia who has 181 caps. The first footballer to win 100 international caps was Billy Wright of Wolves and England. Wright went on to appear 105 times for England, 90 of them as captain. Records Some current leading holders of association football caps (Women as of 26 August 2007 , Men as of 17 August 2007 ) are: Women See Also: List of football (soccer) players with 100 or more caps#Women
The United States has had the most women with 100 or more caps, with nineteen to date. Men See Also: List of football (soccer) players with 100 or more caps#Men
The United States has had the most men with 100 or more caps, with ten to date. CRICKET In Cricket , there are two types of caps. Firstly, there is the international type, as described above. Some countries also award a domestic type generally known as a "county cap". The latter system is most commonly applied in English County Cricket . Most counties do not automatically award caps to players on their first appearance; instead, they have to be "earned" through good performances. Indeed, one can play at the highest domestic level for several years, and have a quite significant career in First-class Cricket , without ever winning a cap. Records The world record for the number of caps in Test Cricket is held by the former Australian Captain Steve Waugh who has 168. In One-Day International cricket the current record holder is Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka with 392. See '' List Of Test Cricket Records '' and '' List Of ODI Cricket Records '' for further details. RUGBY LEAGUE In Rugby League , this record is held by former New Zealand captain, Ruben Wiki , who has 50. RUGBY UNION In Rugby Union , the international cap record is held by Australian George Gregan who has 131 (as of 25 June 2007). In second place is Jason Leonard who attained 118 caps for England between 1990 and 2003 and 5 playing for the British And Irish Lions . EXTERNAL LINKS
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