WITH Euro 2020 upon us, albeit it a year late, here's a pub quiz question that's sure to stump most of you.

Can you name every man born in Somerset who has played football for England?

Clue time. You may be surprised to hear there are just two in the 149 years since the first match against Scotland in 1872.

One of them is in the current squad and played from the start in England's opening game, the 1-0 win over Croatia on Sunday. That narrows his identity down to one of 11 people.

The other would probably win you the jackpot if you were able to name him on the BBC's Pointless quiz show in the unlikely event Alexander Armstrong posed the question.

Our man was none other than Henry Hammond, who had the distinction of also turning out for his home county at cricket.

Henry was born in Priston, a village near Bath, in 1866, the son of a civil servant in India until ill health forced his retirement.

Henry's family moved to Madeira to help his father recover, but unfortunately he died eight days after arriving on the island.

Henry was then brought up in Clevedon and studied at Lancing College before going up to Oxford University, where he won two Blues at football.

He was selected at right half for England at The Oval on April 13 1889 in a match the home side lost 3-2 to Scotland.

Henry was invited along as a reserve for two further fixtures.

He had made five appearances for Somerset the previous year, at a time when the county did not enjoy first class status.

Away from sport, Henry worked variously as superintendent of the British Education section of the Parish Exhibition in 1899 and then director general of education.

After moving to Edinburgh for a period, he moved to Minehead and later Dorset. preserving more than 900 traditional folk songs for posterity.

He returned to Scotland, where he died of pneumonia in June 1910 at the age of 43.

Henry's life story is told in greater detail in the interesting Somerset Cricketers 1876-1890 by Stephen Hill and Barry Phillips, who chart the lives of the county's players during that non-first class period. (The book is published in a strictly limited edition of just 110 copies, signed by the co-authors and priced at £25 (including UK p&p) - for your copy e-mail Barry Phillips at bpwg@sky.com).

For those of you who haven't guessed the other Somerset-born England player - it's central defender Tyrone Mings, 28, who was born in Bath, a wind-assisted clearance kick away from Priston.

He was educated at Millfield School, in Street, and played for Yate Town and Chippenham Town before spells with Ipswich and AFC Bournemouth ahead of joining his current club Aston Villa.

He has 11 England caps, but will be hoping to add another in the Euro 22 clash against Scotland tomorrow (Friday), when he'll be hoping to level an old score on behalf of Henry Hammond by helping the Three Lions to victory.

Another current player who has represented England squad, goalkeeper Jack Butland, has links to Somerset, although we can't claim him as one of our own.

He was born in Bristol but grew up in Clevedon, where he attended Yeo Moor Primary School and Clevedon Community School.

He turned out for Clevedon Town before moving on to bigger and better things with Birmingham City, Stoke City, Leeds United and Crystal Palace. He has made nine England appearances.

Henry Hammond is not the only Somerset cricketer to have played for England at a different sport.

The most famous is the legendary Sammy Woods, who represented his native Australia and England at cricket and England 13 times at rugby union between 1890 and 1895.

Locally he played his rugby for Wellington, Bridgwater, Wiveliscombe and Taunton,

Another was Bath-born John Daniell, who won seven England rugby caps, six of them as captain, between 1899 and 1904, when he was forced to retire due to injury. He also played for a time for Taunton.

He was an exceptional leader nicknamed The Prophet, although he was known for encouraging his teammates with furious, expletive-laden tirades.