James Prinsep	Clapham Rovers FC 1 cap, 0 goals P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 5: A 4 100% successful 1879-82 disciplined: none captaincies: none minutes played: 90
Profile
Full name	Sub-Inspector General James Frederick McLeod Prinsep
Born	27 July 1861 in India
Census Notes	According to the 1871 census, James is a scholar living at 14 Warwick Place, Milverton in Warwickshire.
	There is no James Prinsep on the 1881 and 1891 census'. Evidently, James was on army duty in Egypt.
	At the time of his death, Prinsep had a home at 46 Thurloe Square in Kensington. As well as home in Alexandria in Egypt.
Married	To Evelyn Elizabeth Campbell, registered in Kensington, September 1891
Died	22 November 1895 in Nairn, Scotland, aged 34 years, 118 days. He died while on holiday to Scotland.  A game of golf on a wet day turned into pneumonia.  After seven weeks of illness, Prinsep died of blood poisoning and kidney disease.
Height/Weight	not known.
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com
Club Career
Club(s)	Attended Charterhouse School (1874-78), playing football there 1877-78; Played his regular football with Clapham Rovers FC and Old Carthusians FC; Attended The Royal Military College in Sandhurst from 1878; also represented Surrey FA.
Club honours	FA Cup runners-up 1878-79, winner 1880-81;
Individual honours	None.
Distinctions	Prinsep held the record for being the youngest player to play in an FA Cup final, playing in the 1879 final against Old Etonians at the age of 17 years and 245 days. This record was broken in the 2004 final.
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].
England Career
Player number	One of eight who became the 63rd players to appear for England.
Position(s)	Half-back
Only match	No. 9, 5 April 1879, England 5 Scotland 4, friendly match at Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London, aged 17 years 252 days;
Major tournaments	None.
Team honours	None.
Individual honours	None.
Distinctions	Held the record of England's youngest ever player for just under 124 years.
Beyond England
Prinsep was commissioned into the Essex Regiment in May 1882, serving in the Sudan campaign 1884-85. In 1885, he joined the Egyptian Army, making Lieutenant in 1886, he was involved in operations around Suakin, Sudan in 1888. He was promoted Captain in 1890 and transferred to the Egyptian Coastguard Service, becoming Sub-Inspector General.  He received two Royal Humane Society awards for rescuing men from the Nile. On 23 December 1884, Lieut. Prinsep saved Private Wheeler from drowning.  He then saved a Sudanese sailor almost a year later. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.200.

James Prinsep - Match History
Club: Clapham Rovers F.C. - 1 full cap Coach: F.A. Committee - 1 full capx
Age 17
1	9	5 April 1879 - England 5 Scotland 4, The Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London	Fr	HW	Start	hb
Age 18
-	11	15 March 1880 - Wales 2 England 3, The Racecourse, Mold Road, Wrexham	Fr	AW	withdrew injured
Club: Old Carthusians F.C. - 0 full caps
Age 20
-	15	11 March 1882 - Scotland 5 England 1, Hampden Park, Hampden Terrace, Glasgow	Fr	AL	withdrew injured

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