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Arthur
Berry |
Oxford University AFC,
Everton FC, Oxford City FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 4:
A 0
100% successful
1909-12
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Arthur Berry BA |
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Birth |
Tuesday, 3 January 1888 at 97 Newsham Drive
in
West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire |
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registered in West Derby & Toxteth Park January-March 1888 |
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Baptism |
Wednesday, 7 March 1888 at St. Margaret's
Church
in Anfield, Liverpool |
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Education |
"educated
at Denstone College and Wadham College, Oxford" |
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According to the 1891 census,
the three year-old Arthur was the youngest of five children to Edwin and
his wife, Isabella (née Fazackerly). They live at 11 Fairfield Crescent in West Derby. His
father is a solicitor and they have two servants. |
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According to the 1901 census,
Arthur is a pupil at St Chad College in Denstone, Uttoxeter. His father,
now a solicitor in the Supreme Court, his mother, and his three
siblings, all live at 26 Prescot Drive in West Derby. |
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According to the 1911 census,
Arthur has returned to the family home, he is now one of three
children, living with their parents, at Brynavon in Machwiel, near
Wrexham. His father is a solicitor once more (he had been a
director at Liverpool FC between 1904-09), Arthur himself, a law student.
There are two servants. |
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According to the 1921
census, Arthur, a barrister-at-law, is the youngest of two children living
at home with their parents and three servants, at Grange Cottage, on Rose
Brow in the Gateacre area of Liverpool. |
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Arthur cannot be found on the 1939 register. |
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Marriage |
to Irene Silver, on Monday, 23 December 1946 |
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registered in Liverpool North October-December 1946 |
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"MARRIAGES |
BERRY—SILVER—Dec. 23. ARTHUR, B.A.,
barrister-at-law, eldest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Berry, of
Liverpool, to IRENE, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Wilson
Silver., of West Derby." - The Liverpool Echo, Tuesday, 24
December 1946 |
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Death |
Sunday, 15 March 1953 at 58 Belvidere Road in Liverpool,
Lancashire |
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aged
65 years 71 days |
registered in Liverpool South January-March 1953 |
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"DEATHS |
BERRY.—March 15, suddenly at his residence, 58 Belvidere Rd., ARTHUR, dearly-loved
husband of Irene Berry...." |
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Obituary |
"MR. ARTHUR BERRY—Liverpool Barrister
Dies
"Mr. Arthur Berry, the Liverpool
barrister and member of the firm of Edwin Berry and Company, solicitors,
21 Old Hall Street, Liverpool, died yesterday. He was the son of the late
Mr. Edwin Berry, founder of the firm. He was educated at Denstone College
and Wadham College, Oxford, where he gained his degree of B.A. with
honours in law. Later he was called to the bar. In his youth, Mr. Berry
was well known as an Association footballer. He got his Blue for Oxford
University and was 'capped' a number of times for England, and
subsequently toured with the F.A. eleven in South Africa. He also played
at outside right for Liverpool F.C. at a time when his father was chairman
of the club. Later he played in the Everton side, He leaves a widow." -
The Liverpool Echo, Monday, 16 March 1958 |
Funeral
Thursday, 19
March 1958
Anfield Crematorium |
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"...Cremation at Liverpool Crematorium, Anfield, on Thursday next,
at 11. (Flowers in bunches, please, to W. R. Williams' Private
Chapel, 106-114 Smithdown Rd.)" -
The Liverpool Echo, Tuesday, 17 March 1958 |
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Probate |
"BERRY
Arthur of 58 Belvidere-road
Liverpool 8 died 15 March 1953 Probate
Liverpool 4 August to
Arthur Edwin Bevan and Harold Lackland Bevan company directors.
Effects £842 11s."
[2025 equivalent: £20,467] |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing
Career |
Club(s) |
Arthur
attended Wadham college at Oxford University and earned his 'blue' in 1908 and 1909. At the same
time, he signed as an amateur for
Liverpool FC on 4 October 1907. He joined Fulham
FC in September 1909, but found the commuting difficult, so he returned to
the north-west and joined Everton FC on 1 February 1910. He played with Oxford City FC in 1911 until 1913. He also rejoined
Liverpool FC on 19 June 1912, he left to rejoin neighbours Everton
FC on 11 November. He also assisted Wrexham AFC and Northern Nomads FC. He retired from playing in 1913. |
League honours
43 appearances, 7 goals |
Liverpool FC 1908 three appearances
debut: 11 April
1911 Newcastle United FC 3 Liverpool FC 1.
Fulham FC
1909-10 twelve appearances
debut (division two): 4 September 1909
Stockport County FC 0 Fulham FC 2.
Everton FC 1910-11
27 appearances, seven goals
debut: 26 February 1910 Sheffield United FC
3 Everton FC 0.
Liverpool FC 1912 one appearance
only: 14 October 1912 Sheffield United FC 4 Liverpool FC 1. |
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Club honours |
Football
League Division One fourth place 1910-11 (21ᵃ 5ᵍ);
FA Amateur
Cup runners-up 1912-13; |
| Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5'
8½", 11st.
6lbs [1912]. |
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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 two who became the 336th
players (337) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-right |
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Only match |
No. 99.
13 February 1909, England
4
Ireland
0,
a British
Championship match at Horton Park Avenue, Horton Park, Bradford, aged 21 years
41 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championship 1908-09; |
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Team honours |
British
Championship winners 1908-09; |
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Individual honours |
England Amateur
(27 appearances, 10ᵍ 2ᶜ March 1908-February 1913);
Great Britain London 1908
(three appearances, 1ᵍ) Olympic Gold Medal;
The South (one
appearance, January 1909);
FA Tour of South Africa
1910 (including the three tests)
Great Britain
Stockholm 1912
(two appearances, 1ᵍ) Olympic Gold Medal; |
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Distinctions |
Two Olympic Golds,
1908 and 1912. |
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Beyond England |
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Arthur retired from football in 1913 after
being called to the bar at Gray's Inn. He also
served as Adjutant of the Lancashire Fusiliers during WWI. Following the
war, joined the family law firm, which his father headed. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.32./LfcHistory |
England
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