Gordon Wright	Cambridge University AFC & Corinthians FC, Hull City FC 1 appearance, 0 goals P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 1: A 0 100% successful 1906-10 captain: none minutes played: 90
Timeline
	Edward Gordon Dundas Wright
Birth	Friday, 3 October 1884 in Englefield Green, Surrey
	registered in Windsor, Berkshire, October-December 1884
"WRIGHT—October 3, at Englfield Green, the wife of the Rev. W. Heber Wright, of a son." - Belfast News-Letter, Wednesday, 8 October 1884
Baptism	Friday, 31 October 1884 at St. Jude's Church in Englefield Green
Education	Attended St. Lawrence School, Ramsgate
	According to the 1891 census, EGD is the second of three children to an Irish clergyman, William Hebert and Edith Margaret (née Leslie). They are living in Beetorg, just of Harewood Lane in Pencord, Herefordshire.
	According to the 1901 census, Edward is a boarder at St. Lawrence School in Ramsgate.
	According to the 1911 census, Edward Gordon Dundas is an engineering student, he is the only child living at home with his clergyman father and his aunty Charlotte. With one servant, they live at The Vicarage in North Ferriby.
	"Gordon Wright, the Hull 'Tiger,' hopes that gold-mining at Johannesburg will prove more lucrative than teaching." - The Football News, Saturday, 15 February 1913. "GORDON WRIGH RETIRING "E.D.G. Wright, the captain and brilliant winger of Hull City, has finished his career as a player in England. He goes to Johannesburg as a mining engineer, in the gold fields of the Rand."  - Hamilton Daily Times, Wednesday, 26 February 1913.
	His father died on 21 June 1913 in North Ferriby. A Passenger List from 25 October 1913 shows him as a mining engineer leaving the port of Liverpool bound for Cape Town on board the White Star Line Suevic.
Marriage	to Mary Ethel Vivien Travis-Cook on Wednesday, 13 September 1916 in Capetown, South Africa
	not registered in the UK
Children	Gordon and Mary Wright have two twin daughters together. Bridget Leslie and Hazel Vivien (b.18 June 1917)
	His mother died around the same time as the birth of his twin daughters. Then his two brothers, one older, William, died in France on 2 September 1918, followed by his younger brother, Robert, who died elsewhere in France, the day after. Not on the 1921 census, as they are in South Africa.
"A WANDERER ABROAD.	...It is three years since he last played soccer, but meantime he has had a bad illness and exertion of this kind isn't permitted again. He thinks of taking up golf. Mrs Wright's many friends in Hull and district will be pleased to know she is very well, has changed very little in appearance, and the twins are delightful."  - Daily Mail, Thursday, 26 March 1925.
	A Passenger List from 3 August 1933 shows the entire family leaving River Plate, Brazil, bound for London on board the RML Highland Chieftain. Not on the 1939 register, presumed to be in South Africa.
Death	Thursday, 5 June 1947 at 14 Elray Street, Raedene, Johannesburg, South Africa
aged 62 years 245 days	registered in the Transvaal Estates Death Index 1947
Obituary
"FORMER CITY CAPTAIN DEAD "NEWS has been received of the death this week in Johannesburg of Mr. Gordon D. Wright, Hull City's first regular captain, and one of the most popular players the club has had. He played outside-left many times for England in amateur internationals and was also capped in a full international side against Wales. He also played for Cambridge and the Corinthians, and held the captaincy of Hull City for five seasons. He was a son of a former vicar of Elloughton, and at one time was master at Hymers College. He left Hull for Johannesburg in 1913 to take up an appointment as mining engineer in the Crown Diamond Mines. His widow is a daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Travis Cook, and he also leaves two daughters." - Daily Mail, Friday, 6 June 1947.
Probate	"WRIGHT Edward Gordon Dundas of 14 Elray-street Raedene Johannesburg Transvaal South Africa died 5 June 1947 Administration (with Will) (limited) London 12 June to Archibald Edward Horsley bank sub-manager attorney of Mary Ethel Vivien Wright. Effects £754 15s. 1d." [2025 equivalent: £25,430].
	His wife, Mary Wright died in Johannesburg on 16 July 1955
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
Playing Career
Club(s)	Attended and played for Cambridge University, earning his blue in 1904-05-06. During and after which he assisted numerous clubs, including Portsmouth FC from September 1905-06. Wright accepted a mastership at Hymers College, and accepted a role at Hull City AFC in April 1906 until 1913, becoming the club captain. Assisted Leyton FC in 1909-10, as well as helping Worthing FC and Reigate Priory FC along the way.
Corinthians	1905-07
League honours 152 appearances, 14 goals	Hull City FC 1906-13 152 appearances, fourteen goals debut (division two): 7 April 1906 Hull City FC 4 West Bromwich Albion FC 0. last (division two): 26 April 1913 Hull City FC 2 Leicester Fosse FC 0.
Club honours	Football League Division Two third place 1909-10 (16ᵃ 3ᵍ);
Individual honours	None
Distinctions	None
Height/Weight	5' 10½", 11st. 0lbs [1907].
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].
England Career
Player number	317th player to appear for England.
Position(s)	Outside-left
Only match	No. 87, 19 March 1906, Wales 0 England 1, a British Championship match at The Cardiff Arms Park, Temperance Town, Cardiff, aged 21 years 167 days.
Major tournaments	British Championship 1905-06;
Team honours	British Championship shared 1905-06;
Individual honours	The South (one appearance, January 1906); England Amateur (nineteen appearances, 4ᵍ December 1907-November 1912); FA XI Tour South Africa in 1910, until he was injured; Olympic Gold Medal July 1912 (one semi-final appearance);
Distinctions	None
Beyond England
Wright first worked as a schoolmaster and then qualified as a mining engineer. He practiced in the Kimberley goldmines (Robinson Deeps Mine, Johannesburg) in South Africa from 1913 and then across in United States. On his return to South Africa, he died. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.278.

The Numbers
parties	Appearances	comp. apps	minutes		captain
1	1	1	90	0	none
The minutes here given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an approximation.

P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts%	W/L
1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	0	1	1	0	100	+1
His only match was in the British Championship competition and at an away venue

Tournament Record

Match History

Club: Cambridge University A.F.C. & Corinthians F.C. - one full appearance (90 min)

F.A. International Select Committee - one full appearance (90 min)x

Age 21	trial
one appearance - The North vs. The South, 22 January 1906;

apps	match	match details	comp	res.	rundown	pos

1	87	19 March 1906 - Wales 0 England 1 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	BC	AW		ol

the 317th player to appear for England

the 26th and final Cambridge University AFC player to represent England

the 66th Corinthian FC player to represent England

Club: Hull City F.C. & Corinthians F.C. - no full appearances

Age 23	amateur
two appearances - Ireland December 1907; France March 1908;

Age 24
four appearances - Netherlands & Belgium April 1909; Switzerland & France May 1909;

Age 25
two appearances - Sweden November 1909; Wales February 1910;

FA Tour of South Africa	29 June 1910 - South Africa 0 England 3, Durban, Natal Province	tour	AW	withdrew injured
	23 July 1910 - South Africa 2 England 6, Wanderers Ground, Johannesburg		AW
	30 July 1910 - South Africa 3 England 6, Cape Town, Cape Province		AW

Age 26	amateur
five appearances - Wales February 1911; Belgium & France March 1911; Germany & Netherlands April 1911;

Age 27
five appearances - Denmark October 1911; Ireland November 1911; Wales February 1912; Netherlands March 1912; Belgium 8 April 1912; unofficial appearance - Bruges 6 April 1912;

olympic
one appearance for Great Britain - Finland July 1912;

Age 28
one appearance - Belgium November 1912;