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The north of England has produced more than twice the number of England internationals as the south since the countrys first official match against Scotland in 1872. Bruce Boudreau Jersey . Sky Sports looked at the birthplaces of all 1,217 players to have represented England and found 806 have been born in the northern regions, compared to 367 in the south.Thirty-eight players were born outside England, while the origins of six others could not be verified. England is traditionally split into nine regions and we divided them into five northern regions and four southern regions for the purposes of the study.The data shows the North West has produced 278 England internationals, making it the most successful region.The other northern regions are West Midlands (159), the North East (144), Yorkshire and the Humber (118) and East Midlands (107).In the south, London has provided 189 internationals, followed by the South East (93), East of England (48) and the South West (37), which has produced one fewer England international than those born outside England.Most recent debutants from each regionNorthNorth West: Jesse Lingard (Warrington)North East: Fraser Forster (Hexham)Yorkshire and the Humber: Danny Rose (Doncaster)West Midlands: Daniel Sturridge (Birmingham)East Midlands: Gary Cahill (Dronfield)*SouthLondon: Harry Kane (Walthamstow)South West: Eric Dier (Cheltenham)South East: Dele Alli (Milton Keynes)East of England: Adam Lallana (St Albans) More England internationals have been born in the north than in the south, according to a Sky Sports study Other countriesSky Sports pundit Matt Le Tissier (Guernsey) and Graeme Le Saux (Jersey) were born in the Channel Islands, which are not part of England.One Scottish-born player has represented England - John Bain made his sole appearance against his native country in 1877. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just ￡6.99. No contract. Two Wrexham-born Welshmen have also pulled on the England shirt, most recently Liverpool defender Rob Jones, who made eight appearances for England between 1992 and 1996, while Fred Green made his only appearance against Scotland in 1876.Jamaica-born Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling is the only current England player to have been born outside the UK. Englands midfielder Raheem Sterling was born in Jamaica The only other capped England player born outside the UK and still playing is Ivory Coast-born Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha, who earned his first cap for England in 2012.Other England players born outside the UK include Sky Sports pundit John Salako (Nigeria), Owen Hargreaves (Canada), John Barnes (Jamaica), Cyrille Regis (French Guiana), Brian Stein (South Africa), Tony Dorigo (Australia), Luther Blissett (Jamaica) and Terry Butcher (Singapore). Englands youngest recent debutant was Wythenshawe-born Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford. He took the honour from Milton Keynes-born Spurs midfielder Dele Alli, who appears to have become the first player born in Buckinghamshire to wear an England shirt since the 1800s, following Reverend Walter Gilliat (only cap in 1893) and Alf Milward (last cap in 1897).In terms of Englands nine centurions, its 5-4 to the north, with Leicester-born Peter Shilton leading the way with 125 caps between 1970 and 1990. Most capped England players birthplaces Player Caps Birthplace Peter Shilton 125 Leicester Wayne Rooney 118 Liverpool David Beckham 115 London Steven Gerrard 114 Whiston Bobby Moore 108 Barking Ashley Cole 107 London Bobby Charlton 106 Ashington Frank Lampard 106 Romford Billy Wright 105 Ironbridge Bryan Robson 90 Chester-le-Street Check the table below to see how many England players have been born in your county (the West Midlands county boundary differs from the region)...*Birthplace data from Sky Sports databases and englandstats.com Also See: Southgate defends United duo Southgate out to channel Gazza Tim Horton Jersey . On the eve of the 2013-14 NBA season, he can finally take a step back and allow his team to do the talking. Curtis McElhinney Jersey . Third-place Madrid fell behind and settled for a 2-2 draw earlier at Osasuna in a match both sides finished with 10 men, and Barcelona didnt let the chance escape. Barcelona, still without the injured Lionel Messi, again turned to Neymar after his hat trick against Celtic in the Champions League on Wednesday to convert a penalty on the half-hour mark and restore the lead in the 68th after Villarreal levelled.LOS ANGELES -- Trevor Lewis scored his fourth goal of the post-season, Jonathan Quick made 21 saves, and the Los Angeles Kings forced a seventh game in the Freeway Faceoff series with a 2-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks in Game 6 on Wednesday night. Jake Muzzin scored an early goal for the Kings, who ended their three-game skid with another sturdy defensive effort at home. Los Angeles improved to 6-1 in post-season elimination games over the last two seasons while beating Ducks goalie John Gibson for the first time in his six-game NHL career. Kyle Palmieri scored and Gibson stopped 21 shots for the top-seeded Ducks, who missed the chance to clinch their first trip to the Western Conference finals since 2007. Game 7 is Friday night at Honda Center. The Southern California rivals scintillating first post-season meeting is the NHLs only second-round series still going. The winner faces the defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks, who will have at least four days off before the conference finals open. The Kings again proved their post-season credentials are unassailable after winning a Stanley Cup title in 2012 and returning to the conference finals last year. Responding to Anaheims three straight wins with calm, intelligent defence, Los Angeles forced its second seven-game series of this post-season after rallying from an 0-3 deficit in the first round to stun San Jose. Four days after Gibson made his NHL playoff debut at Staples Center by shutting out the Kings to even the series, the 20-year-old goalie had a rougher time in his third game in the Ducks net. Lewis scored on an eminently stoppable shot, the puck trickling between Gibsons pads in the second period. Quick finally outplayed his young rival, and the Kings forced Game 7 despite getting just one goal from Jeff Carter and none from Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty, Dustin Brown, Justin Williams, Slava Voynov or Jarret Stoll in the series. Leo Komarov Jersey. The Kings came out for their fifth elimination game of the spring with the same fire they possessed in their first four, setting the pace and outhitting the Ducks early. Los Angeles took the lead midway through the first period when Kopitar slid a pass through the slot to Muzzin, who hit a mostly open net for the defencemans third goal of the post-season, his first in 11 games. Kopitar got his seventh assist of the post-season and extended his overall NHL playoff scoring lead, while Marian Gaborik scored his 13th point in 11 games with the other assist. Gaborik nearly scored his sixth goal of the series later in the period, but the puck hopped over his stick after Gibson ventured far from his net and banked a clearing attempt off teammate Ryan Getzlafs leg. Lewis doubled the Kings lead with an innocent-looking wrist shot that sneaked between Gibsons legs for his first bad goal of the post-season. Lewis, a grinding forward, scored just six times in the entire regular season. The Ducks scored 1:38 later. Nick Bonino jumped on Tanner Pearsons turnover and got it to Palmieri, who wrapped it around Quicks net for his first playoff goal since Anaheims first-round opener. Anaheim had two power plays in the third period, but the unit that scored five goals in the previous four games couldnt connect. NOTES: F Kyle Clifford returned to the Kings lineup after a one-game benching, replacing Jordan Nolan. ... The Kings improved to 5-0 in the post-season when leading after two periods. ... 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