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Alf
Harvey |
Wednesbury
Strollers FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D 0 L 1 F
0:
A
1
0% successful
1881
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Alfred Harvey |
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Birth |
Saturday, 5 July 1856 in Aston, Birmingham,
Warwickshire |
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registered as Hervey in Aston July-September 1856 |
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Baptism |
Sunday, 24 August 1856 at St. Peter's & Paul's
Church, Aston, ceremony performed by the Vicar, George Peake |
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According to the 1861 census, Alfred
is the third child of four to Joseph Charles and Mary (née Taylor). They
live in Aston village, and his father is a gun barrel borer. |
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According to the
1871 census, Alfred is a gun barrel borer, the third
of nine children, living in their parents in Aston village. |
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According to the 1881
census, Alfred is still a
gun barrel borer. He now lives at The Clarenden Arms, at 54 Upper Webster
Street in Aston with his parents and siblings. |
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Marriage |
to Margaret Jane Jenkins, on Thursday, 26 March 1891, at St. George's
Parish Church in Birmingham. Their address was
stated as 54 Mott Street. |
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registered in Birmingham January-March 1891 |
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According to the
1891 census, Alf is still a gun barrel borer, and is now married to
Margaret Jane. They are living on Coventry Road in
Yardley. |
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According to the
1901 census, Alfred Harvey is still a gun barrel borer, and still married,
now living at
6 Park Grove in Bordesley. |
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According to the
1911 census, 54 year-old
Aston-born Alfred is boarding with the American's Addicott's in Coventry.
Still married, now 'Tool Stores!'! His wife is a headteacher, living at
Claydon Villas, in Newbold-on-Avon in Rugby, with a single servant.
(His father died toward the end of 1915) |
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According to the
1921 census, Alfred, now a retired gun barrel borer. His wife is still a headteacher,
both are still living at Claydon Villas. |
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According to the 1939 register, Alfred is a retired gun
barrel borer, still married to Margaret, now a retired head teacher. They
live at Avondene, on the Newbold Road in Newbold-on-Avon, Rugby. |
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"VILLA STAR WED 50 YEARS
"An Aston Villa star of last century, Alf
Harvey has just celebrated his golden wedding at Newbold, Rugby, where he
is living in retirement."
- Saturday, 5 April 1941, Evening Dispatch |
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Death |
Friday,
26 February 1943 at The Rugby Emergency Hospital, Barby Road, Rugby,
Warwickshire |
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aged 87 years 236 days |
registered in Rugby January-March 1941 |
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Obituary |
"DEATH OF MR A. HARVEY―FORMER ASTON
VILLA FOOTBALLER
"One of Aston Villa's finest utility
footballers of yesteryear, who played for England against Wales, Mr.
Alfred Harvey, of 'Avondene,' Newbold Road, Newbold, died at Rugby
Emergency Hospital last Friday. He was 86.
"Mr. Harvey began his
football career as a rugger player. Born in Birmingham, he took up Rugby
football with the St. Mary's Sunday School team, Aston. When the Sunday
School team broke up, Moseley Rugby Club invited 'Alf' Harvey to play for
them, but it was too far away from his home, and, to use his words, he
took the line of least resistance and joined the Wednesday Strollers'
soccer club. Next he donned the famous colours of Aston Villa, for whom he
played on the old Wellington Road ground. Being a 'two-foot' man, able to
kick almost equally well with either foot, 'Alf' Harvey filled varied
positions, including full-back and goalkeeper. Although he never played in
an English Cup final, he was a member of the English XI, which met Wales
at Blackburn in 1881. At that time he was a member of the Wednesbury
Strollers F.C. In 1884
Mr. Harvey gave up first-class football, and afterwards occasionally
played for the old Birmingham Excelsior Club. The last time he saw a
first-class game was before the Great War. He gave away a large collection
of medals and cups he had won, the only memento kept being a certificate
presented to him by the then Mayor of Birmingham for his work in
connection with football charities in Birmingham and district.
"Mr. and
Mrs. Harvey were married in Birmingham in 1890. He worked at engineering
and arms factories in Birmingham and Coventry, and for many years his wife
was village schoolmistress at Newbold. Both were keen Conservatives, and
Mrs. Harvey was secretary of the village Conservative Association for 25
years"
- Friday, 5 March 1943,
Rugby Advertiser |
Funeral
Tuesday afternoon,
2 March 1943
St. Botolph's Church in Newbold |
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"The funeral took place at St.
Botolph's Church in Newbold, on Tuesday afternoon, where a short service,
conducted by the Rural Dean, Rev. W. H. Trickett, was held. The hymn,
'Abide with me' was sung."
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Friday, 5 March 1943, Rugby Advertiser |
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Probate |
"HARVEY
Alfred of Avondene Newbold-on-Avon
Rugby died 26 February
1943 at The Emergency Hospital Rugby Probate
Llandudno 26 March to
Margaret Harvey widow.
Effects £227 7s. 10d."
[2019 equivalent £10,428]" |
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Margaret Harvey died towards the end of 1959 in Rugby |
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Source
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 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990],
Kevin Powell & |
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Playing
Career |
Club(s) |
Began playing the rugby game at St. Mary's Sunday School, but began his
football career with Aston Holte Wanderes FC from January 1876 alongside
his brother, Walter. He also played with Birmingham FC during his time at
the Wanderers. Next to be seen playing with Wednesbury
Strollers FC in January 1878. Although he missed his debut, he helped the
club reach the Birmingham Cup Final. He was playing for Aston Villa FC from
March 1882, overlapping with his Strollers career, which ultimately led to
his expulsion from Wednesbury. He remained in the Villa line-up until
a serious knee injury on 5 February 1883. He returned later in the year in Holte Villa FC colours.
He was back at Aston Villa FC as a goalkeeper
from February 1884 until March 1885, when a professional goalkeeper
usurped his place. Harvey is not heard of again until he was playing as a
full-back with Birmingham Excelsior FC from October 1886 until October
1888. Although he did take over in goal in a match in 1887. |
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Club honours |
Birmingham Cup
runners-up 1877-78, winners 1883-84, 1884-85;
Lord Mayor of Birmingham's Charity Cup winners 1884, runners-up
1885; |
| Individual honours |
Birmingham FA
(eleven appearances, 1879-82), Staffordshire FA (one
appearance, 1880) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
not known |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & Kevin Powell. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of
seven who became the
81st players
(82)
to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Full-back |
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Only match |
No. 12, 26
February 1881, England 0 Wales 1, a friendly match at
East Lancashire Cricket Ground, Alexandra Meadows, Blackburn, aged
24 years
236 days. |
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Individual honours |
Birmingham & District (one
appearance, March 1881) |
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Distinctions |
By far (six years),
the last member of the 1881 team to die.
By living an extra six days,
Harvey became the oldest ex-England player at the time of his death.
Reginald Welch had set the record four years previously in 1939. |
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Beyond England |
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'A clever defender,
apparently, who dodges well', Evidently a gun barrel borer throughout his
entire career. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming
(1990). Hatton Press, p.123./FindMyPast.com/Kevin
Powell |
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Appearances |
minutes |
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captain |
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1 |
1 |
90 |
0 |
none |
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The minutes here given
can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an
approximation. |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
-1 |
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His only match was a friendly match played at a home
venue |
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