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Chris
Charsley |
Small Heath
FC
1 cap,
1 goal against
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 6:
A 1
100% successful
1893
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Charles Christopher Charsley |
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Born |
7 November 1864 in
Leicester, Leicestershire [registered in
Leicester, December 1864]. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1871 census,
Christopher is the younger brother of Lewis, older brother of Alfred and
Walter to Joseph and Lucy. They live at 5 Albert Terrace in Stafford. His
father is a shoe finisher. |
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According to the 1881 census,
Christopher is a Boot Putler Up, and with his widowed mother and brothers,
they live at 26 Greyfriars Place in Stafford. |
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According to the 1891 census,
Charles C is a police sergeant, he lives with his mother and two younger
brothers, and a servant. They all live at 15 Eversley Road in Bordesley,
Aston. |
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According to the 1901 census,
Charles Christopher is married to Sarah. He is Chief of Police. They live
with his mother and a servant at The Laurels, Little Heath, Cross Road,
Coventry. |
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According to the 1911 census,
Charles Christopher is still Chief of Police, with one son, Donald
Christopher James, and two servants. They live at 1 Barr's Hill Terrace in
Radford Road, Coventry. His wife was not on this census return, and nor
can be found elsewhere. |
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Married |
to Sarah Mary
Helena Keesey
[registered in Aston, Warwickshire, December 1896]. |
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Died |
10 January 1945 in
Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, aged
80 years x days
[registered in Weston-super-Mare, March 1945]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
11½", ?st.
?lbs [1891]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Biographies |
x |
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x.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999). |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Played
schoolboy football in Stafford before joining Stafford Town FC in 1881 and
onto Stafford Rangers FC, during which time he guested for Aston Villa FC.
Signed for Small Heath FC in 1886 and West Bromwich Albion FC in August
1891. Returned to Small Heath in December 1891 and retired in the 1893
close season. Although he did help Small Heath in the 1894 Test Matches. |
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Club honours |
Football League
Division Two winners 1892-93; |
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Individual honours |
Football League
(1 appearance) |
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Distinctions |
x |
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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 |
xth
player to appear for England. 22nd goalkeeper to appear. |
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Position(s) |
Goalkeeper |
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Only match |
No. x, 25 February 1893, England 6 Ireland 1,
a British Championship match at Wellington Road, Perry Barr, aged 28 years
110 days. |
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Major tournaments |
x |
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Team honours |
x |
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Individual honours |
x |
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Distinctions |
x |
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Beyond England |
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Charlsey joined the Birmingham City
police force in 1884, subsequently serving as Chief Constable of Coventry
from 1899 to 1918, retiring thereafter. He moved to Weston-super-Mare
where he was a borough councillor from 1933 until his death. He was also
Deputy Mayor 1939-40. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.63. |
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