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Ben
Garfield |
West
Bromwich Albion FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F
3:
A 2
100% successful
1898
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Benjamin Garfield |
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According to all registrations...there is no evidence of
Walter as a middle name. |
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Birth |
4 April 1871 in The Lodge, Raunds, near Highams Ferrar, Northamptonshire
[registered in
Thrapston, June 1871].
There were no Ben or Benjamin Garfields
registered in Northants at any other time. Other sources state 4 April
1872, another states 18 August 1872.
Attended Stoke Doyle School |
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According to the 1871
census, Mary Ann is about the give birth to her third child, Benjamin. His
father, Joseph, is an agricultural labourer. They live at the Lodge in
Raunds.
According to his school admissions, |
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According to the 1881
census, Benjamin is the second of four children with their widowed mother, Mary Ann.
They live with the Smith family, Mary's brother, at Spring Gardens in
Higham Ferrers, Wellingborough. His mother is also the housekeeper. |
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According to the 1891
census, Benjamin, now a clicker, is still one of four children living with
their widowed mother. They now live at Corporation Row in
Highams Ferrers, where Mary's nephews live with them. |
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Marriage |
to Elizabeth
Ann Wilson
[registered in Burton-upon-Trent, December 1895]. |
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According to the 1901
census, Benjamin is a professional footballer, married to Elizabeth, and
has three children, Benjamin, Florence and Edith. They live at 14 Farley
Street in West Bromwich. |
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According to the 1911
census, Benjamin, now a labourer on the railway, is living with his wife
and three more children, Elizabeth, Edward and Frederick. The census
reveals that another child had died. They live at 39 New Bank Street in
West Gorton, Manchester. |
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According to the 1921 census,
Benjamin, a warehouse hand, still married, but is boarding at 25 Herbert
Street in Newton Heath, with the Hardman family. |
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According to the 1939 register, Elizabeth A. is at home
at 39 New Bank Street, still married, with a seventh child, Stanley, but
without Benjamin. |
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Death |
April to
June 1958, aged 87, nk days [registered in Manchester, June
1958]. |
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Death
notes |
A date of
1942 had been mentioned by Lamming, with 10
December been filled in by historian Tony Matthews, but there is
no registration to confirm this. However, a registration in
Manchester was found for June 1958, and at the age of 87, his birth can
only be placed as 1871. His last known whereabouts was the 1939
census...in Manchester. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Started his
junior career with Kettering Town and then Burton Wanderers FC in 1893,
making 59 league appearances, scoring 27 goals,
before joining West Bromwich Albion FC in May 1896.
After 109 league matches and 34 goals,
he left for Brighton & Hove Albion FC in August 1902, where he remained
until 1905. Afterwhich he was turning out for Tunbridge Wells Rangers FC.
Garfield was later suspended by the Football Association for playing in
Olympia, the suspension was lifted in May 1907. In 1911, he was playing
for White City FC. |
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Club honours |
Southern League Division
Two winners 1902-03; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5'
7", 10st.
3lbs [1903]. |
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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 four who became 236th
players (239) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-left |
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Only match |
No. 62, 5 March 1898,
Ireland 2
England 3, a British
Championship match at
Cliftonville Gardens,
Cliftonville, Belfast, aged 26 years
335 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1897-98; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners 1897-98; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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No additional information. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.104. |
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Ben Garfield - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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1 |
1 |
1 |
90 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
none |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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Ben Garfield
- Match Record - All Matches |
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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
-
British Championship |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
| All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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Ben Garfield
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
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British Championship Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1897-98 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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BC
All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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Ben Garfield
- Match History |
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Club: West
Bromwich Albion F.C. - 1 full cap |
F.A. International
Select Committee - 1
full capx
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Age
25 |
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1 |
62 |
5 March 1898 - Ireland 2 England 3,
Cliftonville Gardens,
Belfast |
BC |
AW |
Start |
il |
Notes
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CG
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