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Harry
Betmead |
Grimsby Town
FC
1 cap, 0 goals
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 8:
A 0
100% successful
1937
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Harry Betmead |
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Born |
11 April 1912 in
Grimsby, Lincolnshire [registered in
Grimsby, June 1912]. To Ernest andd Alice (née Lamming). |
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Notes |
Betmead's mother's maiden name was Lamming.
Leading and authoritative historian, Doug Lamming also spent his post-war
years in Lincolnshire... related? |
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Married |
to Margaret Grace 'Peggy' Marshall, on 27 July 1939,
St Giles Church, Scartho, near Grimsby
[registered in Grimsby, September 1939].
Three children, John and twins, Margaret and Ann. |
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Died |
26 August 1984 at
South Cleveland Hospital,
Middlesbrough, Cleveland, aged
72 years 137 days
[registered in Central Cleveland, August 1984].
His ashes are scattered on Blundell Park, home of Grimsby Town FC. |
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Height/Weight |
6'
0½", 12st.
0lbs [1936]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990], FindMyPast.com &
Margaret Gore (Harry's daughter). |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Played
schoolboy football in Grimsby and played with local side Hay Cross FC.
Signed for Grimsby Town FC in October 1930. Betmead was to sign for
Chelsea FC in September 1939, but war broke out and put the transfer in
hold. Sadly, football did not resume for over six years and Harry
was past his prime. He retired a Grimsby Town player in December 1947. |
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Club honours |
Football League
Division Two winners 1933-34; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Was also a
right-hand batsman for Lincolnshire CCC. |
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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 |
637th player to
appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Centre-half |
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Only match |
No. 211, 20 May 1937, Finland 0 England 8, an
end of tour match at Pallokentta
Stadium, Helsinki, aged 25 years
39 days. |
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Major tournaments |
None |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
Football
Association Representative team (2 appearances, 1939) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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Apparently, worked on the railways as
a porter. After retiring, he went into a
business in Hertfordshire in 1956. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x. |
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Harry Betmead - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Comp.
Apps |
Minutes. |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Comp.
Goals |
Captains |
Discipline |
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
90 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
None |
None |
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Due to the fact that
many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time
for injuries, errors and substitutions. The minutes here
given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only
an approximation. |
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Harry Betmead
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Colour of Shirt - By Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
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Away
- White
- Friendly |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
+8 |
0 |
1 |
8.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
| All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
+8 |
0 |
1 |
8.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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Harry Betmead
- Match History |
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Club: Grimsby
Town F.C. - 1 full cap |
Coach: F.A. Committee - 1
full capx
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Age 25 |
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209 |
14 May 1937 - Norway 0 England 6,
Ullevål
Stadion, Oslo |
Tour |
AW |
squad/reserve |
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- |
210 |
17 May 1937 - Sweden 0 England 4,
Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna kommun, Stockholms län |
AW |
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1 |
211 |
20 May 1937 - Finland 0 England 8,
Pallokentta
Stadium, Helsinki |
AW |
Start |
ch |
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Age 27 |
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FA Tour |
1939 - South Africa 0 FA XI 0,
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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1 July 1939 - South Africa 0 FA XI 0,
x |
x |
x |
Captain |
x |
Notes
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