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Arthur
Topham |
Casuals FC &
Corinthians FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 1 D
0 L 0 F 5: A 1
100% successful
1894
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Arthur George Topham
BA |
Birth |
Friday, 19 February 1869 at Elson, Ellesmere,
Shropshire [registered in
Ellesmere, March 1869]. Attended Oswestry School. |
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According to the 1871
census, Arthur is the youngest of six children, and the youngest of two
sons, the other being Robert, to Robert and Anne. His father is a farmer
of 15 acres, employing four men and a boy. Along with five servants, they
live at 9 Tumpley Toll Gate in Elson, Ellesmere. |
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According to the 1881
census, both Robert and Arthur are two of four boarding as pupils with the
Humphrey's family at Lower Brook Street in Oswestry. |
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According to the 1891
census, Arthur George is a tutor living at The Royal Marine Hotel in Royal
Parade, Eastbourne. |
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According to the 1901
census, Arthur G. is an assistant schoolmaster. He is living at 5 Dalton
Terrace in Eastbourne. |
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Cannot be found
on the 1911
census. According to 1917 newspaper announcements, Arthur was
living at St Botolphs, The Goffs in Eastbourne |
Death |
Saturday, 16 or Monday, 18 May 1931 at Ashburnum
Road, Eastbourne, aged
62 years 88 days
[registered in Eastbourne, June 1931]. Left £4,938 8s.
6d. in his will. Buried at Ocklynge Cemetery, Eastbourne
"Sacred to the memory of ARTHUR GEORGE TOPHAM,
born Feb 19th 1869, died May 16th 1931." |
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"The death occurred
suddenly at Eastbourne of Mr. Arthur George Topham, the international and
Corinthian footballer. Mr. Topham, who was aged [62], was a private tutor.
After giving a pupil some work to do he went into the garden, mowed a
lawn, returned, and after saying to the pupil, "How are you getting on?"
collapsed." - Hartlepool Northern Mail, 19 May 1931. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Attended Keble
College at Oxford University, earning his Blue in 1890. After leaving, he
played for the Casuals FC, Eastbourne FC, Chiswick Park FC. |
Corinthians |
between 1893-97. |
Club honours |
FA Amateur Cup
runners-up 1893-94; |
Individual honours |
None |
Distinctions |
None |
Height/Weight |
not known |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
England Career |
Player number |
One of three who became the 214th
players (215) to appear for England. |
Position(s) |
Left-half |
Only match |
No. 51, 12 March 1894, Wales 1 England
5, a British Championship match at The Racecourse, Mold Road, Wrexham, aged
25 years
24 days. |
Major tournaments |
British Championship
1893-94; |
Team honours |
None |
Individual honours |
None |
Distinctions |
Younger brother of
Robert Topham Died twelve days after Billy Garraty |
Beyond England |
He was a schoolmaster, first as
co-proprietor of a school in Eastbourne and then, from 1912, at Ascham St.
Vincent's School, another Eastbourne academy. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.248. |
The Numbers |
parties |
Appearances |
comp. apps |
minutes |
| goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
captain |
1 |
1 |
1 |
90 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
none |
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
+4 |
0 |
0 |
5.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Match Record
Venue &
Competition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
Away venue
British Championship |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
+4 |
0 |
0 |
5.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Tournament Record
British Championship Competition |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
BC 1893-94 |
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 |
5.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Match History
Notes
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CG
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