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Harry
Davis |
The Wednesday Club
3 caps, 1 goal
P 3 W 2 D 0 L 1 F x:
A x
67% successful
1904
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 270 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Harry Davis |
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Born |
November 1879 in Wombwell, near Barnsley,
Yorkshire
[registered in
Barnsley, December 1879]. |
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Birth notes |
There was a Henry Davis born in Barnsley and
registered in July to September 1880. This is where most publications
fail, because all census returns call him Harry, and besides, Henry was
born in Hoyland. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1881 census,
Harry is the youngest of six children to Elisha and Eliza (née
Cliff). They board with
the Berry's at 2 Pearsons Field in Wombwell. His father is a coal miner. |
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According to the 1891 census,
Harry has two younger siblings, They live at 19 Cemetery Road in Wombwell
in Barnsley. His father is a coal miner. |
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According to the 1901 census,
Harry is now a professional footballer married to Florence, with two
children, Clare and Lewis. They lived at 27 Vere Road. In fact, his
back yard overlooked Hillsborough stadium, in Ecclesfield area of
Sheffield. |
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According to the 1911 census,
Harry is still married with three more children, Stanley, Harry and
Dorothy. He is now a publican, at 11 Matilda Street in Sheffield. |
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Married |
to Florence
Ogley
Parkin, 25 December 1898 in St Peter's Church, Barnsley
[registered in Barnsley, December 1898]. |
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Died |
19 October 1945, aged
65 years x days
[registered in Sheffield, December 1945]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
4", 11st.
10lbs [1903]. |
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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) |
x |
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Club honours |
x |
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Individual honours |
x |
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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. |
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Position(s) |
x |
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First match |
No. x, aged x years
x days. |
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Last match |
No. x, aged x years x 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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x. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x. |