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Fred
Titmuss |
Southampton FC
2 appearances, 0 goals
P 2 W 1 D
1 L 0 F 3: A 2
75% successful
1922-23
captain: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Timeline |
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Gunner Frederick Titmuss |
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Birth |
15 February 1895 in Pirton, Hertfordshire [registered in
Hitchin, Hertfordshire, June 1895]. His baptism confirms his
correct year of birth. His school admission confirms the date.
Attended
Pirton School |
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Baptism |
2 June 1895 in Pirton |
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According to his school
admission record for Pirton School, Freddie started school on 18 April
1898. He left on 31 March 1903.
According to the 1901 census, Freddie is the youngest of five
children to George and Emma Selina (née Cherry). They live at Burge End in
Pirton. |
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According to the 1911 census,
Fred, a general labourer, is living with his widowed father and three of
his older siblings at Church Baulk in Pirton, his mother had died in 1909.
The census reveals that he is one of eight children, all still alive. |
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According to the 1921 census,
Frederick is now a professional footballer (for Southampton FC) and lives
with his older sister, Peggy and her husband and children, at Great Green
in Pirton. |
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Marriage |
to Vera Floris Redmond
[registered in Southampton, June 1926]. One daughter, Patricia
M. (b.1930) |
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Despite our best efforts, the Titmuss' cannot be found on the 1939
register. And neither can the Cherry Tree Inn. |
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Death |
2 October 1966, aged
71 years 229 days
[registered in Plymouth, Devon, December 1966]. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Began his playing career in 1914-15 with Pirton United
FC in the Luton Alliance. Played with Hitchin Town FC before joining the
army, serving with the Royal Garrison Artillery, The Labour Corps and The
Lancashire Fusiliers, playing football for his battalion team while in
France. Returned from serving alongside
Bert Lee,
who recommended him to play for Southampton FC.
He made 210 league appearances, eventually becoming captain.
Moving to Plymouth Argyle FC on 12 February 1926, again
becoming club captain until he retired in 1932
after completing another 166 league appearances. Played with St.
Austell Seniors FC during 1935 and 1937. |
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Club honours |
Football League
Division Three
runners-up 1920-21,
Division Three (South) winners 1921-22, 1929-30,
runners-up 1926-27; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5'
8½", 11st.
0lbs [1925]. |
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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 |
One of five who became the 426th players
(427) to
appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Left-back |
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First match |
No. 128, 13 March 1922, England 1 Wales 0, a
British Championship match at Anfield Road, Anfield, Liverpool, aged
27 years
26 days. |
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Last match |
No. 131, 5 March 1923, Wales 2
England 2, a British Championship match at
Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff, aged
28 years 18 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championship 1921-22, 1922-23; |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Third/fourth player to appear for England from
a third tier club, alongside
Bill
Rawlings. |
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Beyond England |
,%20Fred.jpg) After
retiring, he assisted St. Austell FC as a part-time professional, before
becoming a licensee/newsagents in Plymouth. He left a position in Truro as
a secondary school coach, to become the very first tenant
of The Cherry Tree Inn, Ham Lane, Pennycross on the Plympton-Plymouth
border from January 1938 (left in 2012).
His coaching position went to
Fred Fox. He was also appointed Argyle's scout in November 1938. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.247/248. |
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Fred Titmuss - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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3 |
2 |
2 |
180 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
none |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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Fred Titmuss
- 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 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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Away |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| All
-
British Championship |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.50 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
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Fred Titmuss
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
|
British Championship Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1921-22 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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BC 1922-23 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC
All |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.50 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.50 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
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All |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.50 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
Notes
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CG
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