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Players
Index
"Prince of Dribblers"
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Robert
Vidal Profile |
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Full
name |
Reverend
Robert Walpole Sealy Vidal |
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Popular name |
Robert
Vidal |
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Born |
3 September
1853 in Cornborough, nr Bideford, Devon. |
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Died |
5 November
1914, as R.W. Sealy, aged 61, in Bideford, Devon. |
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Height/Weight |
- |
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Club Career |
|
Club(s) |
Vidal attended
school at Westminster, London and university at Christ Church, Oxford
before becoming a reverend. He was a member of the Wanderers F.C. team.
The following year, 1874, Vidal moved to Oxford University. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup
winners 1871-72 [probably the only schoolboy ever to win the FA Cup],
1873-74; runners-up 1872-73; |
| Individual
honours |
None. |
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Distinctions |
Vidal also has
the very peculiar honour of being the only person to score a hat-trick
without anybody else touching the ball! Such were the rules of the day,
that the team who had scored got to restart the match. Vidal scored his
first, took the ball out of the net, put it down on the centre spot, ran
the length of the field and scored again (his second), took the ball out
of the net, ran back and repeated the feat (his third). The changing of
the rules in 1877 prevented further scenes like this to happen. The "king
of dribblers" showed why he was so called with this amazing feat. |
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England Career |
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Player
number |
One of
nine who became the 12th players to appear
for England. |
|
Position(s) |
Half-Back; |
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First match |
No. 2, 8 March 1873,
England 4 Scotland 2, friendly match at Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval,
Kennington, London. Aged 19 years, 186 days. |
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Last match |
No. 2, 8 March 1873,
England 4 Scotland 2, friendly match at Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval,
Kennington, London. Aged 19 years, 186 days. |
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Major
tournaments |
None. |
|
Team honours |
None. |
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Individual
honours |
None. |
|
Distinctions |
Became for a
short while, England's
youngest ever international at 19 years, 186 days. Held between
1873 and 1877. |
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Beyond
England |
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Served on the FA
Committee 1872 and 1874. Ordained in 1877 and Vicar of Abbotsham, Devon,
1881 to his death.
-
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1971). Hatton Press, p.255. |
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Robert Vidal
- Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
Goals Avg |
Capt. |
Disc. |
| 1 |
1 |
90 |
0 |
0.000 |
0 |
None |
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Robert Vidal
- Match Record - All Matches |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
|
Home |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
|
All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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Robert Vidal
- Match Record - By Type of Match |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| Friendly |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
| All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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Robert Vidal - Match History |
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Club: Oxford University F.C. - 1 cap |
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Coach:
F.A. Committee - 1 cap |
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App |
No. |
Opponent |
Date |
Venue |
Type |
F |
A |
Res. |
Details |
Shirt |
|
1 |
2 |
Scotland |
08-Mar-1873 |
Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval,
Kennington, London |
F |
4 |
2 |
HW |
Start |
n/a |
Notes
[Biographical sketch to
come]
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