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John Bain |
Oxford University FC & Old
Wykehamists FC
1 cap, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D 0 L 1 F 1:
A 3
0% successful
1877
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
John Bain |
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Born |
15 July 1854 in
Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1861
census, John Bain was the eldest of four children, living with only their
mother, Mary. They all lived together at 5 Melbourne Grove in the
Everton region of Liverpool. His parents were Joseph and Margaret (née
Ambrose). |
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According to the 1871
census, John is now a pupil at Warden's House in St Mary's College in
Winchester, Hampshire. |
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According to the 1881 census,
John is a B.A. Oxford Classical assistant at Marlborough and Pershute at
Marlborough College in Wiltshire. |
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Nowhere to be found in the
1891 census. Where is he? |
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According to the 1901 census,
John is now a schoolmaster boarding with Thomas and Martha Burgess, at
84/85 High Street in Marlborough. |
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According to the 1911 census,
John is now the Assistant Master at Marlborough College, still boarding
with the Burgess' in the Marlborough High Street. |
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Married |
to Frances
Preece
[registered in Haverfordwest, South Wales, March 1927]. |
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Died |
7 August 1929
at Mount Pleasant, Saint David's,
aged 75 years 23 days
[registered in Haverfordwest, September 1929].
This is the only 75 year-old John Bain in the death register in 1929. Left
£3690 to his wife. |
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Height/Weight |
not known |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Attended
Sherborne School, Winchester College and Oxford University, earning his
Blue in 1876. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup
runners-up 1876-77; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of
seven who became the 43rd players
(48) to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Forward |
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Only match |
No. 6,
3 March 1877, England 1 Scotland 3, friendly match at Surrey Cricket Ground,
The Oval, Kennington, London, aged 22 years 231 days. |
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Major tournaments |
None |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
The
only Scot to play for England |
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Beyond England |
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A barrister, called to the Bar 1880,
he was master of Marlborough College 1879-83 and from 1886 to his
retirement in 1913. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.19. |
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