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Edgar
Field |
Clapham Rovers FC
2 caps,
0 goals, 1 own goal
P 2 W 0 D 0 L 2 F
1:
A
9
0% successful
1876-81
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Edgar Field |
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Born |
29 July 1854 in
Wallingford, Berkshire [registered in
Wallingford, September 1854]. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1861
census, Edgar is the sixth of seven children to Thomas E. and Mary. His
father is the Aldermans of Wallingford, as well as draper and brewer. They
all live at The Paddock House on London Road, Benson in Wallingford along
with three servants. |
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According to the 1871
census, Edgar is a pupil at St Nicholas Cottage in Lancing. In Shoreham,
Sussex. |
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According to the 1881
census, Edgar is the only one of the children living with his parents at
Paddock House, with two servants. Edgar is an accountant, his father is
still the Alderman, and now just a brewer. |
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According to the 1891
census, Edgar is married to Emily and is now a wine merchant. They live
with Emily's brother and sister, at St Mary's Street in Wallingford, with
one servant. |
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According to the 1901
census, Edgar is now a widower and accountant. He is visiting his cousin,
Alfred Edward Howard Field, a mechanical engineer, living at 80 Onslow
Gardens in Hornsey, with his own daughters and three servants. |
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According to the 1911
census, Edgar, still a chartered accountant, is living with his neice and
her husband, Blanche and Herbert Smith. Herbert is a bank clerk and they
both live in 38 Griffiths Road in Wimbledon, along with their two
daughters and two servants. |
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Married |
to Emily Florence Fuller [registered in
Wallingford, December 1889].
Died, aged 32, in Barnet
[registered March 1898]. |
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Died |
11 January 1934
in Derby, aged
79 years x days
[registered in Derby, Derbyshire, March 1934]. |
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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
Lancing College before leaving to play for Reading FC during the
mid-1870's. Joined Clapham Rovers FC before his only international
match; also represented Berkshire and Buckinghamshire FA. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup
runners-up 1878-79, winner
1879-80; |
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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
nine who became the 34th (35)
player to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Full-back |
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First match |
No.
5, 4 March 1876, Scotland 3 England 0, friendly match at The West of
Scotland Cricket Ground, Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow,
aged 21 years,
219 days. |
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Last match |
No. 13, 12 March 1881, England 1 Scotland 6,
friendly match at Surrey Cricket Ground, The
Oval, Kennington, London, aged 26 years,
226 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 |
At least two
sources say Field scored an own goal in his last international. If
he did (most reports credit John Smith with a hat-trick), he was the first
player to do so in an England match. |
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Beyond England |
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Field was a Chartered
Accountant by profession. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.97. |
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Edgar Field - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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2 |
2 |
180 |
0 |
0
min |
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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Edgar Field
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
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Home |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
-5 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
6.00 |
00.0 |
-1 |
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Away |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
3.00 |
00.0 |
-1 |
| All
- Friendly |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
9 |
-8 |
1 |
0 |
0.50 |
4.50 |
00.0 |
-2 |
Notes
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