Horace Bailey	Leicester Fosse FC 5 appearances, 3 goals against two clean sheets, one penalty conceded P 5 W 5 D 0 L 0 F 35: A 3 100% successful 1908 captain: none minutes played: 450
Timeline
	Horace Peter Bailey
Birth	3 July 1881 at 33 London Road, Litchurch, Derby, Derbyshire [registered in Derby, September 1881]. Attended St. James' Church Boys School, Derby
	According to the 1881 census, Sarah is pregnant with the child who will become Horace. Her husband, Peter, is an Iron and Brass Moulder, and they live at 33 London Road in Litchurch, with their eldest sibling, Lilly.
	According to the 1891 census, Horace P. is the second oldest of four children to his parents. They live at 36 Dairy House Road in Litchurch. His father wis a Foreman at the Iron Moulders.
	According to the 1901 census, Horace was now a Railway Clerk, and now one of five children. No other changes to the ten years previous.
	According to the 1911 census, as with the previous census record, Horace P. is still a Railway Clerk and still living at 36 Dairy House Road. Although he is just one of the four children remaining in the family home. His WW1 Army Records state that Horace was living at 32 Portland Street at the time of his enlistment.
Marriage	to Minnie Dorothy Smith, at St John's Church, Hazelwood [registered in Belper, September 1913].
	According to the 1921 census, Horace Peter, still a railway clerk (for the Midland Railway Company) is now married to Minnie Dorothy, and they have one son, Peter Raymond. They are visiting the home of Minnie's parents at The Stanby in Hazelwood.
	According to the 1939 register, Horace P., a railway clerk, and Minnie D. remain married and are living at 39 Jennings Road in St. Albans, with their son, Peter R.
Death	1 August 1960 at 3 Common Road, Langford, Bedfordshire, aged 79 years 28 days [registered in Biggleswade, September 1960]. Left £1934 to his wife.
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
Playing Career
Club(s)	He was a goalkeeper who began his career in 1899 with Derby County FC reserves and subsequently played for Crich FC, Ripley Athletic FC, Leicester Imperial FC and Leicester Fosse FC, he played in 68 league matches before rejoining Derby County FC in April 1909, when he played his only three League games for them. He assisted Blackburn Rovers FC in August 1910 whilst their goalkeeper, Jimmy Ashcroft, recovered from an eye injury. He finished his career with spells at Stoke FC and Birmingham FC in February 1911. Although a good 'keeper', a number of disasters befell him, not least when he was on the wrong end of a 12-0 defeat by Nottingham Forest FC when in goal for Fosse.
Club honours	None
Individual honours	None
Distinctions	Also played lawn tennis for Derbyshire.
Height/Weight	5' 8¼" [WW1 army records].
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].
England Career
Player number	333rd player to appear for England. 38th goalkeeper to appear.
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
First match	No. 93, 16 March 1908, Wales 1 England 7, a British Championship match at Cardiff Arms Park, Temperance Town, Cardiff, aged 26 years 257 days.
Last match	No. 98, 13 June 1908, Bohemia 0 England 8, an end-of-season Continental tour match at Stadión Letná, Milady Horákové, Praha, aged 26 years 346 days.
Major tournaments	British Championship 1907-08;
Team honours	British Championship shared 1907-08;
Individual honours	England Amateur (eight appearances). Great Britain 1908 Olympic Football (Gold medal), Great Britain 1912 Olympic Football (reserve, Gold medal).
Distinctions	None
Beyond England
He worked as a rating official with the Midland Railway. During the First World War, he enlisted with the Royal Engineers 109th Railway Company, reaching the rank of corporal, and was posted to Italy. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.18.

Horace Bailey - Match History
Club: Leicester Fosse F.C. - 5 full appearances F.A. International Select Committee - 5 full capsx
Age 26
1	93	16 March 1908 - Wales 1 England 7, Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	BC	AW	Start	gk
2	95	6 June 1908 - Austria 1 England 6, Cricketer Platz, Wien	tour	AW	Start	gk
3	96	8 June 1908 - Austria 1 England 11, Hohe Warte Stadion, Wien		AW	Start	gk
4	97	10 June 1908 - Hungary 0 England 7, Millenáris Sportpálya, Buda-pesth		AW	Start	gk
5	98	13 June 1908 - Bohemia 0 England 4, Stadión Letná, Praha		AW	Start	gk

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