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England Players' Club
Affiliations
Clapham Rovers
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Clapham Rovers FC Profile |
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Club name
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Clapham Rovers Football Club |
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Ground(s) |
Clapham Common, Tooting Bec Common and Wandsworth
Common; |
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Founded
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1869 |
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Colours |
Cerise and french grey |
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Domestic honours |
FA Cup winners 1879-80, runners-up 1878-79; |
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European honours |
None |
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International honours |
None |
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Most capped player |
Norman Bailey, 19, England |
Chronologically
Player
No. |
England
Players |
Years |
Starts |
Subs |
Apps |
Capt |
Goals |
| 53 |
Bailey, Norman Coles |
1878-87 |
19 |
0 |
19 |
15 |
2 |
| 35 |
Field,
Edgar |
1876-81 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| 68 |
Sparks,
Francis John |
1880 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
| 21 |
Ogilvie,
Robert Andrew Muter Macindoe |
1874 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 33 |
Geaves,
Richard Lyon |
1875 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 39 |
Buchanan, Walter Scott |
1876 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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Sources indicate that this is the correct W.S.
Buchanan. |
| 62 |
Birkett, Reginald Halsey |
1879 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 65 |
Prinsep,
James Frederick McLeod |
1879 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 8 |
Total |
1874-80 |
28 |
0 |
28 |
16 |
2 |
Notes
Two Clapham Rovers players started in the same England
side. Ed Field and Walter Buchanan started against Scotland, 4 March
1876.
Again, three years later, Reg Nirkett and Norman Bailey
started against Scotland, 5 April 1879.
Francis Sparks partnered Norman Bailey in the line-up
against Scotland a year later, 13 March 1880.
Ed Field returned to partner Norman Bailey against
Scotland, 12 March 1881.
England Football Online thanks Oliver Purnell for his
additional information.
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