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Charlie
Wreford-Brown |
Old
Carthusians AFC & Corinthians FC
three or two captaincies,
no goals
P 2 W 1 D
1 L 0 F 4: A 2
75% successful
1895-98
full appearances: four
minutes as captain: 180
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Charles Wreford-Brown
BA |
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Birth |
Tuesday, 9 October 1866 at Paragon, in Clifton, Bristol,
Gloucestershire |
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registered as Charles W. Brown in Clifton October-December 1866 |
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Death |
Monday, 26 November 1951 at 10
Portchester Terrace, Paddington, Middlesex |
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aged
85 years 48 days |
registered as Wreford-Brown and W. Brown in Paddington October-December 1951 |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Attended and played for Charterhouse School
from 1883 until 1885, being the Captain in his final year. He moved up to
Oriel College at Oxford University, earning his blue in 1888 and captained
them in 1889. He had already started playing for the Corinthians from 1887
and did so until 1903. After which, he played for the Old Salopians AFC.
Also played with the Old Carthusians AFC team and Casuals FC, as well as
representing London FA. |
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Club honours |
FA Amateur
Cup winners 1893-94, 1896-97; London Senior Cup winners
1894-95, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1898-99; London Charity Cup
winners 1895-96, 1897-98; Arthur Dunn Cup winners
1902-03; |
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Individual honours |
London FA |
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Distinctions |
Also played cricket for Charterhouse
(1883-1885, Captain in 1885) and Oxford
University FC (1887) and Gloucestershire
CC (1886-98). |
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Height/Weight |
not known |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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Captain Career |
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Captain number |
23rd player to captain England. |
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Player number |
One
of nine who became the 157th players (159)
to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Right/centre-half |
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First possible captaincy |
No. 51, 12
March 1894, Wales 1 England 5, a British Championship match at Racecourse Ground, Mold Road, Wrexham, aged 27 years 155
days. |
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First definite captaincy |
No. 54, 18 March 1895, England 1 Wales
1, a
British Championship match at The Recreation Ground, Queen's Club, West Kensington, London, aged 28 years 160
days. |
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Last captaincy |
No.
64,
2 April 1898,
Scotland
1 England 3, a British Championship match at
Celtic Park, Kerrydale Street, Parkhead, Glasgow, aged
31 years 175 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championships 1893-94, 1894-95, 1897-98; |
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Team honours |
British
Championships winners 1894-95,
1897-98; |
Captain Record
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
75 |
+1 |
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Both of his matches were played in the British Championship
competition |
Captain Venue & Opposition Record
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Venue &
Opposition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
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Home (Wales) |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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Away (Scotland) |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Captain Tournament Record
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British Championship Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1893-94 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
+4 |
0 |
0 |
5.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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BC 1894-95 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC 1897-98 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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BC
All |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
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2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
75 |
+1 |
Captain History
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capts |
match |
match details |
comp |
res. |
appearance |
pos |
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Age 27 |
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1? |
51 |
12 March 1894 - Wales 1 England 5
The
Racecourse, Wrexham |
BC |
AW |
second app |
ch |
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Various sources cannot decide who was captain for this
match, probably Charles Wreford-Brown, but possibly Cunliffe Gosling. Wreford-Brown was by far the oldest in an inexperienced team, but neither
Sporting Life, Manchester Guardian,
North Wales
Guardian, The Times,
The Field,
The Sportsman,
Sporting Chronicle and
Northern Whig make mention of a captain |
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Age 31 |
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2/3 |
64 |
2 April 1898 - Scotland 1 England 3
Celtic Park, Glasgow |
BC |
AW |
fourth &
final app |
ch |
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The London Times
and Sporting Life say Gilbert Smith was captain, but the
Northern Whig and the
Ulster Football & Cycling News say
Wreford-Brown, as does The Sportsman,
Glasgow Herald, and Manchester Guardian. The Guardian sums it up: 'Wreford-Brown,
the captain, was said to be the weak spot... but he justified his
selection.' The FA's own minutes, and his own obituary, also confirm Wreford-Brown as
captain. |
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