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Richard
Geaves |
Clapham
Rovers FC
1 cap,
0 goals
P 1 W 0 D 0 L 1 F
2:
A 2
50% successful
1875
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Captain
Richard Lyons Geaves |
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Born |
6 May 1854 in Mexico [registered as
a British subject in the GRO Consular Birth Indices 1849-1965]. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1861
census, Richard was the eldest of two children to Richard and Helen M. His
younger sister, Adelade, had been born in West Derby in 1858, meaning the
Geaves family returned to England after 1854, but before 1858. His father,
a British subject born in Turkey, was a commission merchant. His mother
was a British Subject born in Malta. The four of them, along with four
servants, lived at Bankfield Road in West Derby. |
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According to the 1871
census, Richard is a pupil at Harrow School. |
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According to the 1881
census, R.L. is living with his parents and his sister at 6 Gloucester
Square in Paddington. He is a Lieutenant in the 14th Regiment. |
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According to the 1891
census, Richard is now married to an Australian, Jane, living with three
daughters, May, Violet and Dorothy. Along with six servants, they live in
the Manor House on Blackwater Road in Yateley, Hampshire. Richard is
a retired Army Officer. |
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According to the 1901
census, 'Lyon' still married and still living at The Manor House in
Yateley with his six daughters. Evelyn, Gladys and Phyllis are the
additions to those found in the 1891 census. They have four servants. |
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According to the 1911
census, Richard is still married to Jane, and live with four daughters.
They have five servants, all still living at The Manor House. |
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Married |
to Jane Chute Ellis
[registered in Kensington, September 1881] |
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Died |
21 March 1935, aged
80 years 319 days
[registered in Aldershot, March 1935] |
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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) |
Geaves was educated at Harrow School, playing
his football there. Moved up to Cambridge University and earned his
'Blue' in 1874. Joined
Clapham Rovers FC and also played for Old Harrovians FC. |
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Club honours |
None |
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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
seven who became the 28th players
(33) to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-left |
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Only match |
No. 4, 6
March 1875, England 2 Scotland 2, a friendly match at
The Surrey Cricket Ground,
The Oval, Kennington, London,
aged 20 years 304 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 |
None |
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Beyond England |
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Geaves was commissioned into the
Bucks Militia in 1874 and transferred to the 14th Regiment in November of
the following year. He embarked with the Regiment to Afghanistan and was
present at the action at Mazina and took part of the Kama Expedition.
Along with a fellow Officer he was invalided home following contracting an
illness in the field and resigned his commission on the 1st October 1881. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1971). Hatton Press, p.105./FindMyPast.com/Bosleys
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