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Charlie Shelton

Notts Rangers FC

 1 appearance, 0 goals

P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 5: A 1
100% successful
1887-88

captain: none
minutes played: 90

Timeline
  Charles Shelton
Birth Friday, 22 January 1864 in Sneinton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
  registered in Nottingham January-March 1864
Baptism Sunday, 10 November 1872 at St. Nicholas' Church, Nottingham, alongside his brother Alfred.
 

According to the 1871 census, Charles, and his young brother, Alfred, are the two youngest sons of four sons to Robert and Hannah (née Boultby). His father is a greengrocer and they live at 11 Orchard Street in the Castle area of Nottingham. His older brother, Cecil, is blind in one eye following an accident.
 

According to the 1881 census, the family of six, including Charles and Alfred, and one servant, live at 4 Castle Street in the Sneinton area of Nottingham. His father is a shopkeeper and all of the sons work with him.
(His mother died in early 1887)
Marriage to Eliza Kirkham, in mid-1887 in Nottingham.
  registered in Nottingham July-September 1887
Children Charlie and Eliza Shelton had four children together. Archibald Charles (b.12 April 1889), Mabel Ivy (b.6 August 1890), Alfred Reginald (b.1893) and Edna Blanche (b.14 October 1903).
 

According to the 1891 census, Charles is a bookkeeper, married to Eliza with two children, Archibald and Mabel, and they live at 3 Queen's Walk in the St. Mary's area of Nottingham.
 (His father died in later 1892)
 

According to the 1901 census, Charles is still a bookkeeper, still married and now with a third child, Alfred. They all live at 15 Epperstone Road in West Bridgford.
(His son, Alfred, died in 1906)
 

According to the 1911 census, Charles and Eliza are still married and still with three children. Charles is a Municipal Clerk and they all live at 2 Devonshire Road in West Bridgford.
 

According to the 1921 census, Charles, an accountant for the Corporation of Nottinghamshire Gas Dept., is still married and with two of their children, they still live at 2 Devonshire Road.
(His younger brother Alf Shelton died 24 July 1923)
(Mabel married Leonard Widdowson, of West Bridgford, on 28 July 1927. Leonard was the son of Albert Widdowson, a cousin of Sam.)
  According to the 1939 register, Charles and Eliza are retired and living at 84 Gloucester Road in Twickenham.
Death Sunday, 18 September 1955 in Eastwell, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
  aged 91 years 259 days registered in Melton Mowbray July-September 1955
Probate "SHELTON Charles of Eastwell Leicestershire died 18 September 1955 Probate Leicester 25 October to Annie Maria Darby spinster.
Effects £1115 11s. 8d."

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &

Playing Career
Club(s) Played junior football in Nottingham, including South Notts. FC, before joining the Nottingham Rangers FC. Shelton then guested for Notts County FC in 1885-86 before being appointed as the Rangers captain. Shelton severed his long standing connection with Rangers on 31 August 1888. He joined Notts County FC soon after and played with them periodically until 1893; He did return to Rangers in the mid-1889, where he was appointed as the honorary secretary for the summer. Then re-appointed in March 1890. He was also playing for Burton Wanderers FC in 1889 and 1891. Nottingham Forest FC in October 1891, as well as Loughborough FC the same year.
League History
20 appearances, 1 goal		 Notts County FC 1888-92, twenty appearances one goal.
debut: 22 September 1888 Stoke FC 3 Notts County FC 0.
last: 27 February 1892 Darwen FC 2 Notts County FC 3.
Club honours FA Cup runners-up 1890-91 (0ᵃ).
Football League third place 1890-91 (4ᵃ).
Individual honours Birmingham FA (1885)
Height/Weight not known

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & ENFA.

England Career
Player number One of five who became the 147th player (149) to appear for England.
Position(s) Left-half
Only match No. 34, 7 April 1888, Ireland 1 England 5, a British Championship match at Ulster Cricket Ground, Ballynafeigh Park, Belfast, aged 24 years 76 days;
Major tournaments British Championship 1887-88;
Team honours British Championship winners 1887-88;
Individual honours The North (two appearances, 1887-88, reserve in 1886)
Distinctions Older brother of Alf Shelton;
At the time of his death, Shelton was the oldest ex-England footballer to die. It broke a record by four years set by Alf Harvey in 1943.
Died seventeen days after Billy Watson.

Beyond England

No additional information. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.222.


The Numbers
parties Appearances comp. apps minutes captain
4 1 1 90 0 none
The minutes here given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an approximation.
P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
1 1 0 0 5 1 +4 0 0 5 1 100 +1
His only match was played in the British Championship competition and at a home venue

Tournament Record

British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1886-87 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 00.0 =0
BC 1887-88 1 1 0 0 5 1 +4 0 0 5.00 1.00 100.0 +1
BC All 1 1 0 0 5 1 +4 0 0 5.00 1.00 100.0 +1

All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1 1 0 0 5 1 +4 0 0 5.00 1.00 100.0 +1
1 1 0 0 5 1 +4 0 0 5 1 100 +1

Match History

 Club: Nottingham Rangers F.C. - one full appearance (90 min) F.A. Committee - no full appearancesx

Age 22 trial  
reserve - The South vs. The North, 30 January 1886;
Age 23    
one appearance - The North vs. The South, 22 January 1887;

apps match match details comp res. rundown pos

29 5 February 1887 - England 7 Ireland 0, Yorkshire Cricket Ground, Sheffield BC HW reserve
30 26 February 1887 - England 4 Wales 0, Surrey Cricket Ground, Kennington BC HW reserve
  

  F.A. International Select Committee - one full appearance (90 min)x

trial  
one appearance - The South vs. The North, 14 January 1888;

Age 24
32 4 February 1888 - Wales 1 England 5, Alexandra Recreation Ground, Crewe BC AW reserve
1 34 7 April 1888 - Ireland 1 England 5
Ulster Cricket Ground, Belfast		 BC AW   lh
  

one of five who became the 147th player (149) to appear for England
the only player from Nottingham Rangers FC to represent England

his brother Alf also played for England in 1889 - the tenth set of brothers to do so

     

 
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