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Henry
Wace |
Wanderers
FC &
Clapham Rover
FC
one,
possibly two
captaincy, no goals
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 5:
A 4
100% successful
1879
full appearances: three
minutes as captain: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Henry Wace |
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Birth |
Wednesday, 21 September
1853 in Cottage Hill, St. Chad's, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
[registered in Shrewsbury, December 1853]. |
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Death |
Wednesday, 5 November 1947
at 1 Lansdown Place West, aged
94 years 45 days
[registered in Bath, December 1947]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Attended
Shrewsbury School; and then St. John's College, Cambridge University, earning his Blue
1874-75. Played for Wanderers FC, Clapham Rovers FC and Shropshire
Wanderers FC. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup winners
1876-77, 1877-78; |
| Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Not content
with just playing football, Wace was also an accomplished cricketer and
oarsman. He gained a rugby blue in 1873, and in 1878, represented the
South of England against the North in a Rugby Union trial.
Uncle of
Heny Wace, Principal of King's College
(1883-97) and Dean of Canterbury (1903-24) |
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Height/Weight |
not known |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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Captain Career |
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Captain number |
Seventh player to captain England. |
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Player number |
One of
seven who became the 50th players
(56) to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Centre-forward |
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Only captaincy |
No.
9, 5 April 1879,
England 5 Scotland 4, a friendly match at The
Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London, aged
25 years 196 day. |
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Individual honours |
The victorious
captain since Alec Morten in 1873 |
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Distinctions |
The last
surving member of both the 1878 and 1879 teams. |
Captain Record
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Venue &
Competition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
Home
venue
Friendly match |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
5.00 |
4.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Captain History
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Age 25 |
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? |
8 |
18 January 1879 - England 2 Wales 1, The Surrey Cricket Ground,
Kennington |
Fr |
HW |
second app 60 |
for |
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Three reports,
The Field,
The Sportsman and
Football Annual give the captaincy to Arthur
Cursham, whilst The London Times,
Athletic News and
Bell's Life, gives it to Wace. The fact that Charles Alcock's own
Football Annual lists Cursham makes us favour the
Notts County forward, but one can never be sure and we will not commit
ourselves with any degree of certainty. |
Notes
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