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Alec
Leake |
Aston Villa FC
,%20Alec.jpg) 5 caps, 0 goals
P 5 W 4 D
1 L 0 F 9: A 3
90% successful
1904-05
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 450 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Alexander Leake |
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Born |
11 July 1871 at 5
Chamberlain Buildings, in Talford Street, Aston, Warwickshire
[registered in
Aston, September 1871].
Attended Green Lane School, King's Heath |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1871
census, Hannah Leake is pregnant with he fifth child, to be Alexander. She
lives her Blacksmith husband, Edward and four children at 5 Chamberlain
Buildings in Aston. |
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According to the 1881
census, Alexander is the fifth of eight children to his Blacksmith father,
Edward (1838) and Hannah (1837), all living at 136 Grange Road in Aston. |
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According to the 1891
census, Alexander is a bicycle machinist boarding with Sophia Tye at 7
Read Street in Coventry. |
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According to the 1901
census, Alexander is a Professional Footballer and is now married to Ellen
C. They have two children, Alexander Cecil and Howard Sidney. They live at
51 Somerville Road in Aston. |
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According to the 1911
census, Alexander, though 39 years-old, is still a Professional
Footballer, still married with a third child, Horace Victor. They all live
at 240 Somerville Road. |
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Married |
to Ellen Christiana Bird
[registered in Aston, June 1897]. |
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Died |
29 March 1938 in Birmingham,
aged
66 years 261 days
[registered in Birmingham, March 1938]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
8½", 12st.
1lbs [1904]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Biographies |
x |
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x.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999). |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Played
schoolboy football in Birmingham, particularly Jenkins Street & Little
Green Lane Schools in Bordesley Green, Hoskins and Sewell FC, Kings Heath
Albion FC, Saltley Gas Works FC and Singers FC. He turned professional
with Old Hill Wanderers FC in 1893-94. Joined Small Heath Alliance FC in
1894 and Aston Villa FC in June 1902. After 127 league matches
and eight goals, went on to Burnley FC in December 1907.
Wednesbury Old Athletic FC in 1910. Retiring from playing in 1913. |
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Club honours |
Football
League runners-up 1902-03; FA Cup winners
1903-04; |
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Individual honours |
Football
League (one appearance) |
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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 |
297th
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Left-half |
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First match |
No. 81, 12 March 1904, Ireland
1 England 3, a British Championship match at
Solitude
Ground, Cliftonville, Belfast, aged 32 years
245 days. |
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Last match |
No. 85, 1 April 1905, England
1 Scotland 0, a British Championship match at
The Crystal Palace,
Sydenham Hill, London, aged 33 years 265 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1903-04, 1904-05; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners 1903-04,
1904-05; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Cousin of Jimmy
Windridge |
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Beyond England |
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After retiring from playing,
Leake joined Crystal Palace FC as a trainer from 1913 to 1915. He took up
the same position after the war with Merthyr Town FC from October 1919 for
the rest of that season. His full-time involvement with football ceased
but did a little coaching with Walsall FC in September 1932. A blacksmith
by trade. - An
English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990).
Hatton Press, p.155. |
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Alec Leake - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Comp.
Apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Comp.
Goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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5 |
5 |
5 |
450 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
None |
None |
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Due to the fact that
many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time
for injuries, errors and substitutions. The minutes here
given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only
an approximation. |
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Alec Leake
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
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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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Home |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
1.667 |
0.667 |
83.3 |
+2 |
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Away |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.50 |
100.0 |
+2 |
| All
-
British Championship |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
3 |
+6 |
0 |
2 |
1.80 |
0.60 |
90.0 |
+4 |
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Alec Leake
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
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British Championship
Tournaments |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1903-04 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.50 |
100.0 |
+2 |
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BC 1904-05 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
1.667 |
0.667 |
83.3 |
+2 |
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All |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
3 |
+6 |
0 |
2 |
1.80 |
0.60 |
90.0 |
+4 |
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All
Tournaments |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
3 |
+6 |
0 |
2 |
1.80 |
0.60 |
90.0 |
+4 |
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All |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
3 |
+6 |
0 |
2 |
1.80 |
0.60 |
90.0 |
+4 |
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Alec Leake
- Match History |
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Club: Aston
Villa F.C. - 5 full caps |
Coach: F.A. Select
Committee - 5
full capsx
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Age 32 |
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1 |
81 |
12 March 1904 - Ireland 1 England 3,
Solitude
Ground, Cliftonville, Belfast
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BC |
AW |
Start |
hb |
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2 |
82 |
9 April 1904 - Scotland 0
England 1,
Parkhead, Glasgow |
AW |
Start |
hb |
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Age 33 |
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3 |
83 |
25 February 1905 - England
1 Wales 1,
Ayresome
Park, Middlesbrough |
BC |
HD |
Start |
hb |
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4 |
84 |
27 March 1905 - England 3
Ireland 1,
Anfield Road, Liverpool |
HW |
Start |
hb |
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5 |
85 |
1 April 1905 - England 1 Scotland 0,
The Crystal Palace,
Sydenham Hill, London |
HW |
Start |
hb |
Notes
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