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Hubert Heron
Uxbridge FC, Wanderers FC

5 caps 0 goals
30% successful
1873-78
disciplined: none
captaincies: 1
minutes played: 450


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Hubert Heron Profile

Full name George Hubert* Hugh Heron - [actual March 1852 birth register cannot define*]
Popular name Hubert Heron [signed in the 1881 census as George H.H. Heron]
Born  30 January 1852 in Uxbridge, London
Died 5 June 1914
Height/Weight -

Club Career

Club(s) Heron attended Mill Hill School. On leaving school he played as an amateur for Uxbridge before playing with the Wanderers on 4 March 1874.  Also appeared for Swifts.  As well as representing Middlesex and London. The Wanderers F.C.: Five Times F.A. Cup Winners. Cavallini, Rob (2005). Dog N Duck Publications, p.74/5.
Club honours FA Cup winner 1875-76, 1876-77, 1877-78;
Individual honours None.
Distinctions None.

England Career

Player number One of nine who became the 12th players to appear for England.
Position(s) Centre-forward;
First match No. 2, 8 March 1873, England 4 Scotland 2, friendly match at Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London.  Aged 21 years, 37 days.
Last match No. 7, 2 March 1878, Scotland 7 England 2 Scotland 2, friendly match at Hampden Park, Hampden Terrace, Glasgow.  Aged 26 years, 31 days.
Major tournaments None.
Team honours None.
Individual honours None.
Distinctions Brother of Francis Heron.

Beyond England

Heron served on the F.A. committee between 1873 and 1876 and earned his living as a commercial clerk in Uxbridge and a wine merchant in Bournemouth, apparently with his brother, Francis. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1971). Hatton Press, p.127./FindMyPast.com

 

Hubert Heron - Career Statistics
Squads Apps Mins. Goals Gls Av. min Capt. Disc.
5 5 450 0 0 min 1 None

 

Hubert Heron - Match Record - All Matches
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 2 1 1 0 6 4 +2 0 0 3.00 2.00 75.0 +1
Away 3 0 0 3 3 12 -9 1 0 1.00 4.00 00.0 -3
All 5 1 1 3 9 16 -7 1 0 1.80 3.20 30.0 -2

 

Hubert Heron - Match Record  - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Friendly 5 1 1 3 9 16 -7 1 0 1.80 3.20 30.0 -2
All 5 1 1 3 9 16 -7 1 0 1.80 3.20 30.0 -2

 

Hubert Heron - Match History
Club: Uxbridge F.C. - 1 full cap
Coach: F.A. Committee - 5 full caps
1 2 08-Mar-1873 England 4 Scotland 2 The Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London Fr HW Start n/a
Club: Wanderers F.C. - 4 full caps
2 3 07-Mar-1874 Scotland 2 England 1 The West of Scotland Cricket Ground, Hamilton Crescent, Partick, Glasgow Fr AL Start n/a
3 4 06-Mar-1875 England 2 Scotland 2 The Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London Fr HD Start n/a
4 5 04-Mar-1876 Scotland 3 England 0 The West of Scotland Cricket Ground, Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow Fr AL Captain n/a
5 7 02-Mar-1878 Scotland 7 England 7 Hampden Park, Hampden Terrace, Glasgow Fr AL Start n/a

Notes

[Biographical sketch to come]

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