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John
Veitch |
Old Westminsters
FC & Corinthians FC
1
appearance, 3 debut 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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John Gould Veitch |
Birth |
Monday, 19 July 1869
in Kingston Hill, Surrey [registered in
Kingston, September 1869]. |
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According to the 1871
census, John G. is the youngest of two sons, and along with his brother
James, they live with their widowed mother, Jane, at 7 Charlwood Road in
Putney. They have two servants. His father was also John Gould Veitch,
of leading horticulturist firm based in Chelsea, Gould & Sons, he was 32
years old when he died. |
According to the 1881
census, John G. is now a pupil at Cranford College in Cookham, Berkshire.
His mother remarried on 7 March 1874 to Richard W. Ewer, of West
Dulwich. |
Cannot be found on the 1891
census. |
According to the 1901
census, John, a nurseryman is head of his own household, a servant and a
boarder, living at 10 Ashburnham Mansions on the Ashburnham Road in
Chelsea. |
According to the 1911
census, John Gould is a horticulturist married to Dorothy Maud and they
have one daughter, Phyllis Mary. There is also an older child, fourteen
year old Dallas Gerard, from Dorothy's first marriage. They have two
servants and they live at 66 Bankston Gardens in Kensington. |
Marriage |
to
Dorothy Maud Leoux
[registered in Kensington, December 1903]. |
Death |
Saturday, 3 October 1914, aged
45 years 76 days
[registered in Kingston, December 1914]. Left £1496 in
his will. |
Funeral |
Wednesday, 7 October
1914 at Putney Vale Cemetery in Wandsworth. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Attended and played for
Westminster School, making the XI in 1887. Went on to attend and play for
Cambridge University, earning his blue in 1888-91. By default, became an
Old Westminster. |
Corinthians |
between 1889-1898,
72 appearances, 63 goals. |
Club honours |
None |
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 (216) to appear for England. |
Position(s) |
Inside-left |
Only match |
No. 51, 12 March 1894, Wales 1 England
5, a British Championship match at The Racecourse, Mold Road, Wrexham, aged
24 years
236 days.
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Major tournaments |
British Championship
1893-94; |
Team honours |
None |
Individual honours |
England's Top
Goalscorer (three 1894) |
Distinctions |
None |
Beyond England |
No additional information, but his
census returns reveal that Veitch followed in his father's footsteps by
becoming a horticulturist. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.254. |
The Numbers |
parties |
Appearances |
comp. apps |
minutes |
| goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
captain |
3 |
1 |
1 |
90 |
3 |
30
min |
3 |
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 1888-89 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
00.0 |
=0 |
BC 1889-90 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
00.0 |
=0 |
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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