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W N Winckworth

Old Westminsters FC & Corinthians FC

 2 caps, 1 goal

P 2 W 2 D 0 L 0 F 8: A 1
100% successful
1892-93

disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 180

Profile
Full name William Norman Winckworth
Born 9 February 1870 in Pimlico, Middlesex [registered in St George Hanover Square, March 1870].

Census Notes

According to the 1871 census, William N. was the youngest of four children to Lewis and Francis.  Along with five servants, they live at St George Square in Westminster.

According to the 1881 census, his mother had died, and his father and family were still living at 128 Holland Road in Kensington.  There is no William though.

According to the 1891 census, one of four children (not the youngest), living with his father in Holland Road, with three servants.  He is a clerk in the Tea Trade.

Does not appear in the 1901 and 1911 census' because he is in Canada.

According to a 1937 who's who of Devonshire (available on Genuki), William Norman Winckworth was living at Dunchideock House, near Exeter.
Married to Mary R. Watson [registered in Chelsea, December 1916].
Died 9 November 1941 in Exeter, aged 71 years 273 days [registered in Exeter, December 1941].
Height/Weight Not known.

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990],  FindMyPast.com & Genuki.co.uk

Club Career
Club(s) Attended and played for Westminster School in 1888, and then playing for Old Westminsters, as well as Corinthians from 1890 to 1894.
Club honours None.
Individual honours None.
Distinctions None.

Source

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

England Career
Player number One of thirteen players, across two matches, who became the 185th player to appear for England.
Position(s) Right-half.
First match No. 44, 5 March 1892, Wales 0 England 2, a British Championship match at The Racecourse, Mold Road, Wrexham, aged 22 years 25 days.
Last match No. 47, 25 February 1893, England 6 Ireland 1, a British Championship match at Wellington Road, Perry Barr, Birmingham, aged 23 years 17 days.
Major tournaments British Championship 1891-92, 1892-93;
Team honours British Championship winners 1891-92, 1892-93;
Individual honours None.
Distinctions None.

Beyond England
Winckworth's football career ended in 1894 when he went to Calcutta and was in business there until 1914.  He later lived near Exeter in Devonshire. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.273.

 

WN Winckworth - Career Statistics
Squads Apps Comp.
Apps		 Mins. Goals Goals Av.min Comp.
Goals		 Capt. Disc.
2 2 2 180 1 180 min 1 None None
Due to the fact that many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries, errors and substitutions.  The minutes here given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an approximation.

 

WN Winckworth - Match Record - All Matches - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 1 1 0 0 6 1 +5 0 0 6.00 1.00 100.0 +1
Away 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 0 1 2.00 0.00 100.0 +1
All - British Championship 2 2 0 0 8 1 +7 0 1 4.00 0.50 100.0 +2

 

WN Winckworth - Match Record - Tournament Matches
British Championship Tournaments
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1891-92 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 0 1 2.00 0.00 100.0 +1
BC 1892-93 1 1 0 0 6 1 +5 0 0 6.00 1.00 100.0 +1
BC All 2 2 0 0 8 1 +7 0 1 4.00 0.50 100.0 +2
All Tournaments
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 2 2 0 0 8 1 +7 0 1 4.00 0.50 100.0 +2
All 2 2 0 0 8 1 +7 0 1 4.00 0.50 100.0 +2

 

WN Winckworth - Match History
 Club: Old Westminsters F.C. & Corinthians FC - 2 full caps

Coach: FA Committee - 2 full capsx

Age 22
1 44 5 March 1892 - Wales 0 England 2, The Racecourse, Mold Road, Wrexham BC AW Start rh
Age 23
2 47 25 February 1893 - England 6 Ireland 1, Wellington Road, Perry Barr, Birmingham BC HW Start rh

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