19.7.14

... and England

'Old Boys' Clubs, quaintly named defunct clubs, clubs that we associate with the lower reaches of the Football League, non league teams, military teams...
One of the joys of reading about 19th century football is to see the wide range of clubs that have provided England with representatives in international football. 
The first England XI shows a nice cross section:
 Herts Rangers, Notts County, Harrow Chequers, Oxford University, 1st Surrey Rifles, Cambridge University, Wednesday, Crystal Palace and  Barnes.
During the 19th century Oxford (16) and Cambridge University (18) provided players. Wanderers, 5 times FA Cup winners, had 15 players capped by England. The famous Corinthians also had 7 England internationals pre 1900. 



Here are some of the more unusual club affiliations of England internationals from 1872 to 1899:


Club
Players
Caps
Dates

1st Surrey Rifles
William Maynard
2
1872-76

Maynard played in the 1st international. Founded in 1869, 1st Surrey Rifles were based in Camberwell and competed in the FA Cup 1872-78.

Accrington
George Haworth
5
1887-90

Joseph Lofthouse
2
1889-90

Jimmy Whitehead
1
1893

Accrington were founding members of the Football League.

Barnes
Charles Morice
1
1872

Better known for Rugby, Barnes (Surrey) were pioneers of Association and the club of E.C Morley.

Birmingham Excelsior
George Tait
1
1881

Excelsior participated in the FA Cup for 5 seasons (1883–84 to 1887–88)

Blackburn Olympic
James Ward
1
1885

The first northern team to win the FA Cup, Olympic were in decline as neighbours Rovers prospered. They folded in 1889.

Casuals
Arthur Topham
1
1894

Robert Topham
1
1894

Richard Raine Barker
1
1895

London Amateurs, 1878-1939. Merged with Corinthians.

Clapham Rovers
Richard Geaves
1
1874

Robert Ogilvie
1
1875

Walter Scott Buchanan
1
1876

Edgar Field
2
1876-81

Norman Bailey
19
1878-87

Reg Birkett
1
1879

James Prinsep
1
1879

Francis Sparks
2
1880

A successful London club.

Crewe Alexandra
John Hargreaves Pearson
1
1892

Crewe were members of the Football Alliance when Pearson was capped. They joined the league the following season.

Crystal Palace (#1)
Charles Chenery
3
1872-74


Alexander Morten
1
1873


Arthur Savage
1
1876


Charles Smith
1
1876

The original Crystal Palace were a separate entity from the modern club.

Darwen
Thomas Brindle
2
1880


Thomas Marshall
2
1880-81


Thurston Rostron
2
1881


Joseph Marsden
1
1891

Darwen were the premier side in Lancashire before the advent of Preston North End and Blackburn Rovers.

Great Lever
Alfred Jones
1
1883

A Bolton based club. Jones was also 'capped' from Walsall Swifts.

Harrow Chequers
Reginald de Courtney Welch
1
1872

A club for alumni of Harrow school. Hence- Morton Peto Betts’ Cup Final pseudonym of A. Harrow-Chequer.

Hendon
Charles Plumpton Wilson
2
1884

A suburban London amateur team, not connected with the present Hendon FC. Wilson was also a Rugby Union internationalist. 

Herts Rangers
Robert Barker
1
1872

Francis Sparks
1
1879

A Watford based club, a surrogate Cambridge University team. Joined the FA in 1866 and disolved in 1882.

Liverpool Ramblers
Gerald Dewhurst
1
1895

A Merseyside Amateur club. Dewhurst had the rare distinction of having a locomotive named in his honour, but for his business achievements rather than his renown as a footballer. 

New Brighton Tower
Jack Robinson
3
1898

The man credited with modernizing the art of goalkeeping was part of NBT's bought to order squad.

Notts Rangers
Charlie Shelton
1
1888

Founded 1868, regulars in the FA Cup, founder members of the Midland League and expelled in the same season (1889-90).

Old Brightonians
George Cottrell
3
1892-93

Leslie Gay
3
1893-94


Old Carthusians
Edward Perry
3
1879-82

William Cobbold
7
1885-87

A.M Walters
9
1885-90

P. M Walters
13
1885-90

Andrew Amos
2
1885-86

Charles Wreford-Brown
4
1889-98

Walter Gilliat
1
1893

Hugh Stanbrough
1
1895


Old Etonians
Rupet Anderson
1
1879

Lindsay Bury
1
1879

Herbert Whitfield
1
1879

Edward Christian
1
1879

John Hawtrey
2
1881

Harry Goodhart
3
1883

Arthur Dunn
2
1892

Robert Gosling
5
1892-95


Old Foresters
Percy Fairclough
1
1878

Frederick Pelly
3
1893-94

Forest School is an independent school on the edge of Epping Forest, in Walthamstow in northeast London. That was cut and pasted from Wikipedia.

Old Harrovians
Morton Betts
1
1877

Arnold Hills
1
1879


Old Westminsters
William Moon
7
1888-91

Rupert Sandilands
5
1892-96

William Winckworth
2
1892-93

Alban Harrison
2
1893

John Veitch
1
1894


Owlerton Sheffield
William Carr
1
1875

Another early Sheffield club.

Pilgrims
Harry Swepstone
6
1880-83

Swepstone, a goalkeeper, was a founder member of Corinthian and actually named that august club. Pilgrims were an amateur club run along similar lines. 

Royal Engineers
Alfred Goodwyn
1
1873

Pelham George von Donop
2
1873-75

Herbert Rawson
1
1875

Cecil Wingfield-Stratford
1
1877

Horace Barnet
1
1882

Bruce Russell
1
1883


Saltley College
Edward Johnson
1
1880

An educational establishment in Birmingham.

Sheffield
John Owen
1
1874


John Hudson
1
1883

The original Sheffield FC.

Sheffield Albion
William Edwin Clegg
1
1879

Billy Mosforth
4
1879-80


Sheffield Heeley
John Hunter
7
1878-82

A major force in early Sheffield football. Hunter was player - coach of Blackburn Olympic when they won the FA Cup.

Shropshire Wanderers
John Edwards
1
1874

A gentleman's club  based in Shrewsbury that featured in the development of the Welsh game. Edwards was later capped by Wales. Wanderers hold the distinction of being the only team to be knocked out of the FA Cup on the toss of a coin. (v Sheffield 1873-74)

Small Heath
Charles Charsley
1
1893

Evolved into Birmingham City.

Stafford Road
Richard Baugh
1
1886

Based in a railway works in Wolverhampton and founded by Charles Crump (later a major administrator of the game). They reached 2 of the first 3 Birmingham Senior Cup finals. They were ultimately overshadowed by the advent of Wolverhampton Wanderers. 

Swifts
Edward Haygarth
1
1875

Ernest Henry Bambridge
1
1876

Charlie Bambridge
18
1879-87

Arthur Bambridge
3
1881-84

William Rose
3
1884

Francis Pawson
1
1885

George Brann
3
1886-91

Frank Saunders
1
1888

An amateur club from Slough, near London.

Thursday Wanderers
Thomas H Sorby
1
1879

A Sheffield club who didn't want to play on the same evening as one of the city's other clubs!

Upton Park
Conrad Warner
1
1878

Segar Bastard
1
1880

Clement Mitchell
5
1880-85

A London based amateur club, the stalking horses for the attack on Preston North End's professionalism.

Walsall Swifts
Alfred Jones
2
1882


Wednesbury Strollers
Alfred Harvey
1
1881

Staffordshire club founded in 1875.