Edgar Kail	Dulwich Hamlet FC 3 appearances, 2 debut goals P 3 W 2 D 0 L 1 F 12: A 6 67% successful 1925-29 captain: none minutes played: 270
Timeline
	Edgar Isaac Lewis Kail
Birth	26 November 1900 in Camberwell, London [registered in Camberwell, March 1901]. Attended Goodrich Road School
	According to the 1901 census, four month old Edgar is the youngest of three children, all sons, to James Walter Isaac and Rosa Mary (née Yells). They live at 11 Thompson Road in Camberwell. His father is a Post Office sorter.
Baptism	12 May 1902 in Winterbourne
	According to the 1911 census, Edgar is now the third of seven, six of them all sons. His father remains with the Post Office and they live at 80a Landcroft Road in Dulwich.
	According to the 1921 census, Edgar is a clerk (for The Bennett Furnishing company) and is the third of nine children living with their parents at 13 Nutfield Road in East Dulwich. According to London Electoral Registers, Kail was still living at 13 Nutfield Road until 1925.
Marriage	to Irene Margaret Ramsey, on 17 February 1926, at St, John's Church, Goose Green, in East Dulwich [registered in Camberwell, March 1926]. Daughter of the groundsman, Dalhousie Ramsey. Their wedding is pictured left. They had one son, John Colin (b.1929). Irene died in 1946.
	According to London Electoral Registers, Kail was living at 5 Tintagel Crescent in Southwork from 1926 until 1935 (his in-laws were at number 4). By 1936-39, both Kail's were living at Flat 1, Parklands in Peckham Rye, Southwark. According to the 1939 register, Edgar is a wines and spirit's salesman and is married. However, Edgar is staying at the White Hart Inn on Market Place in Chippenham. According to London Electoral Registers, Edgar was living with his in-laws following the death of his wife, at 76 Napier Court in Fulham.
Death	17 January 1976 at Craigdhu Nursing Home in Skelmorlie, Ayrshire, aged 75 years 52 days [registered in Glasgow?]. After suffering from a stroke
	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990], The Hamlet Historian, Andy Mitchell's research &
Playing Career
Club(s)	Represented schools around South London before signing with Dulwich Hamlet in 1915. Kail played one match for Queen's Park FC of Glasgow in a charity match against Rangers FC in May 1932. He also signed amateur forms with Chelsea FC on 6 March 1930, but made no league appearances. Kail became the Dulwich captain from 1932. Retired from playing in 1934.
Club honours	FA Amateur Cup winners 1919-20, 1931-32
Individual honours	Isthmian League (24 appearances); FA Charity Shield (with Amateurs) runners-up 1924, winners 1925, 1926;
Distinctions	When Kail was invited to play for the famous Queen's Park club, he was the first Englishman to receive the honour.
Height/Weight	not known
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].
England Career
Player number	One of four who became the 540th players (542) to appear for England.
Position(s)	Inside-right
First match	No. 165, 9 May 1929, France 1 England 4, an end-of-season tour match at Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris, aged 28 years 164 days.
Last match	No. 167, 15 May 1929, Spain 4 England 3, an end-of-season tour match at Estádio Metropolitano, Madrid, aged 28 years 170 days.
Major tournaments	None
Team honours	England amateur (21 appearances), England Schoolboy (two appearances, 1915)
Individual honours	None
Distinctions	Edgar Kail was the last to play for the senior England team while exclusively with an amateur club
Beyond England
After retiring from football, remained on the Dulwich Hamlet committee until 1956. Employed as a wine merchant until his retirement in 1966. He retired to Glasgow, where he would die in 1976. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.147.

Edgar Kail - Match History
 

Club: Dulwich Hamlet F.C. - three full appearances (270 min), 2 goals

F.A. International Selection Committee - three full appearances (270 min)x

Age 24
146	21 May 1925 - France 2 England 3, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris	Fr	AW	withdrawn

Age 28
164		13 April 1929 - Scotland 1 England 0, Hampden Park, Glasgow	BC	AL	reserve
1	165	9 May 1929 - France 1 England 4, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris	tour	AW	Start 35,68	ir
2	166	11 May 1929 - Belgium 1 England 5, Parc Duden Stadion, Bruxelles		AW	Start	ir
3	167	15 May 1929 - Spain 4 England 3, Estádio Metropolitano, Madrid		AL	Start	ir
168		19 October 1929 - Ireland 0 England 3, Windsor Park, Belfast	BC	AW	reserve
169		20 November 1929 - England 6 Wales 0, Stamford Bridge, Fulham	BC	HW	replacement reserve

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