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Norman Bailey

Clapham Rovers FC, Corinthians FC

15 captaincies, one goal

P 15 W 6 D 3 L 6 F 40: A 28
50% successful

1881-87

full appearances: nineteen
minutes as captain:
1350

Timeline

  Norman Coles Bailey
Birth Thursday, 23 July 1857 on Springfield, Leigham Court Road in Streatham, Surrey [registered in Wandsworth, September 1857]. St. Julian Road and Leigham Court Road are the same!
notes: Streatham was in the Surrey Registration County up until 1889.
"BAILEY.―On the 23rd inst., at Leigham-court-road, Streatham, the wife of Edward Bailey, Esq., of a son" - Saturday, 25 July 1857, London Morning Post
Death Saturday, 13 January 1923 at The Beeches, Cowley, Middlesex, aged 65 years 174 days [registered in Uxbridge, March 1923] following a short illness.

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &

Playing Career

Club(s) Educated at Westminster School, where he played his football. Also with the Old Westminsters and Clapham Rovers, Wanderers, Swifts and Corinthians (1886-89), as well as earning representative honours for Surrey and London.
Club honours FA Cup runners-up 1878-79, winners 1879-80;
Height/Weight not known

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

Captain Career

Captain number The tenth player to captain England.
Player number One of seven who became the fiftieth players (53) to appear for England.
Position(s) Half-back
First captaincy No. 13, 12 March 1881, England 1 Scotland 6, a friendly match at The Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London, aged 23 years 233 days.
Last captaincy No. 31, 19 March 1887, England 2 Scotland 3, a British Championship match at Leamington Street, Wagtail, Blackburn, aged 29 years 239 days.
Major tournaments British Championship 1883-84, 1884-85, 1885-86, 1886-87;
Team honours British Championship shared 1885-86;
Individual honours First player to receive the captaincy on a permanent basis. The first competitive England captain in 1884.
Distinctions Record England appearance holder 1883-1901, shared with Gilbert Smith in 1900-01 who overtook his tally in April 1901.
His five appearances at the time of his first captaincy in 1881, made him the most experienced player to receive the honour.
Also the holder of the record number of captaincies from 1882 until 1912.

Captain Record

15 6 3 6 40 28 +12 1 4 2.667 1.867 50.0 =0
Venue P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 8 3 2 3 20 14 +6 0 3 2.50 1.75 50.0 =0
Away 7 3 1 3 20 14 +6 1 1 1.857 2.00 50.0 =0

Captain Competition Record

Competition P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
British Championship 10 5 3 2 28 9 +19 1 3 2.80 0.90 65.0 +3
Friendly 5 1 0 4 12 19 -7 0 1 2.40 3.80 20.0 -3

Captain Tournament Record

British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1883-84 3 2 0 1 12 2 +10 1 1 4.00 0.667 66.7 +1
BC 1884-85 3 1 2 0 6 2 +4 0 1 2.00 0.667 66.7 +1
BC 1885-86 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 0 0 2.00 1.00 75.0 +1
BC 1886-87 2 1 0 1 6 3 +3 0 1 3.00 1.50 50.0 =0
BC All 10 5 3 2 28 9 +19 1 3 2.80 0.90 65.0 +3

All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 10 5 3 2 28 9 +19 1 3 2.80 0.90 65.0 +3
10 5 3 2 28 9 +19 1 3 2.80 0.90 65.0 +3

Captain History
 
 Club: Clapham Rovers F.C. - eleven captaincies (990 min)

F.A. Committee (Charles Alcock) - fifteen captaincies (1350 min)x

Age 23
1 13 12 March 1881 - England 1 Scotland 6, The Surrey Cricket Ground, Kennington Fr HL fifth app hb
14 18 February 1882 - Ireland 0 England 13, Knock Ground, Belfast Fr AW withdrawn captain

Age 24
2 15 11 March 1882 - Scotland 5 England 1, Hampden Park, Glasgow Fr AL sixth app hb
3 16 13 March 1882 - Wales 5 England 3, The Racecourse, Wrexham AL seventh app hb

Age 25
4 17 3 February 1883 - England 5 Wales 0, The Surrey Cricket Ground, Kennington Fr HW eighth app hb
18 24 February 1883 - England 7 Ireland 0, Liverpool Cricket Ground, Liverpool Fr HW withdrawn captain
5 19 10 March 1883 - England 2 Scotland 3, Bramall Lane, Sheffield Fr HL ninth app hb

Age 26
6 20 23 February 1884 - Ireland 1 England 8, Ulster Cricket Ground, Belfast BC AW tenth app hb
7 21 15 March 1884 - Scotland 1 England 0, Cathkin Park, Glasgow BC AL eleventh app hb
8 22 17 March 1884 - Wales 0 England 4, The Racecourse, Wrexham AW twelfth app
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hb

Age 27
9 23 28 February 1885 - England 4 Ireland 0, Manchester Football Ground, Manchester BC HW thirteenth app hb
10 24 14 March 1885 - England 1 Wales 1, Leamington Street, Blackburn BC HD fourteenth app hb
11 25 21 March 1885 - England 1 Scotland 1, The Surrey Cricket Ground, Kennington BC HD fifteenth app hb

 Clubs: Clapham Rovers F.C. & Corinthians F.C. - four captaincies (360 min)  

Age 28
26 13 March 1886 - Ireland 1 England 6, Ulster Cricket Ground, Belfast BC HW withdrawn captain
12 27 27 March 1886 - Scotland 1 England 1, Hampden Park, Glasgow BC AD sixteenth app hb
13 28 29 March 1886 - Wales 1 England 3, The Racecourse, Wrexham AW seventeenth app hb

Age 29
14 30 26 February 1887 - England 4 Wales 0, The Surrey Cricket Ground, Kennington BC HW eighteenth app hb
15 31 19 March 1887 - England 2 Scotland 3, Leamington Street, Blackburn BC HL nineteenth app hb
   

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