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Phil Bach |
Sunderland AFC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 1 D
0 L 0 F 13: A 2
100% successful
1899
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Philip Bach |
Birth |
Sunday, 8 September 1872, at Mount Flirt, Bitterley, Shropshire
[registered in
Ludlow, September 1872]. |
Baptism |
29 September 1872 in Bitterley. His
father is a farmer. |
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According to the 1881 census,
Bach was living at 46 Westward Street in Middlesbrough. He was attending
school, the youngest sibling of six, living with their parents, Richard
and Elizabeth (née Morgan). |
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According to the 1891 census,
Bach was living in the Masham Hotel, at 49 Linthorpe Road in
Middlesbrough. Elder brother Thomas was the landlord. Philip was the youngest sibling of five, working as an Iron
Merchant. No longer with their parents. |
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According to the 1901 census,
Bach was now living at 9 Howard Road in Bristol. He is trading as a
Professional Footballer, boarding with John and Margaret Curtis. |
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According to the 1911 census,
Bach had returned to Middlesbrough, living at the Empire Hotel as its
manager, his older sister is its proprietor. As a 39 year-old, he is still unmarried.
He was also chairman of Middlesbrough FC. |
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According to the
1921 census, Philip is the licensed victualler at The Empire Hotel where
he still lives along with the manageress, Amy Evans, and four ervants and
a barmaid. According to telephone
phone books, Phil and his sister were living at Hazeldene, on Phillips
Avenue, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough. He could be contacted on Linthorpe 40.
In 1929, the number had upgraded to 8740. By 1935 however, Philip was
living at The Empire Hotel, tel. no. Middlesbrough 2589, while his sister
remained at Hazeldene. |
Death: Thursday, 30 December
1937, aged
65 years 113 days
[registered in Middlesbrough, December 1937]. He left £21,496
13s. 2d. to his sister,
Sarah Mary. |
Funeral: 3 January 1938 at St. Barnabas Church, Linthorpe, officiated by Rev. G.F. Turnley. Buried (left) in
Linthorpe Road cemetery, Middlesbrough. Attended by his family
and Stanley
Rous, FA Secretary, A.G. Hines, also the F.A., F.W. Winder, Football
League, William Turford, Mayor of Middlesbrough, as well as members of
Middlesbrough FC, staff and players. |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Began his
football playing with the junior sides around Middlesbrough, before
joining Middlesbrough Swifts FC, as an amateur. Where he also represented
Cleveland. He joined Reading FC, of the Southern League, in 1895, becoming
captain, before returning to the North-East to join Sunderland AFC in June
1897. He made 43 league appearances, scoring once.
Rejoined Middlesbrough FC in April 1899. Joined Bristol City FC in the
Southern League in 1900 until 1904. He retired from professional football
but applied to regain his amateur status, which he did, and he played
full-back for Cheltenham Town FC in the Gloucester & District League. He
retired sometime before 1911. |
Club honours |
Football
League runners-up 1897-98; Southern League
runners-up 1900-01; |
Individual honours |
None |
Distinctions |
The
majority of the Bach brothers were involved in some capacity at
Middlesbrough FC. Philip was the captain, and later Chairman. Frank was a
Director of the club in 1892. Thomas Bach was also a captain. Richard was
a groundsman and trainer. |
Height/Weight |
not
known |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
England Career |
Player number |
One of four who became the 242nd
player (243) to appear for England. |
Position(s) |
Full-back |
Only match |
No.
65, 18 February 1899, England 13 Ireland 2, a British
Championship match at Roker Park Ground, Association Road, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, aged
26 years
163 days. |
Major tournaments |
British Championship
1898-99; |
Team honours |
British Championship winners
1898-99; |
Individual honours |
FA
Tour of Germany 1899 |
Distinctions |
Bach
was part of the FA tour that went to Germany in August 1899. He died
two days after Dan Cunliffe, twelve days after Johnny Holt and fifteen days after Reg Macauley.
Never before had four ex-England players died in one calendar month. |
Beyond England |
When he joined Cheltenham Town
FC as an amateur, he also became a licensee of the Coach and Horses Inn in
the Pittville area of Cheltenham. Became a Middlesbrough FC director in
February 1911, becoming chairman from July that year, until 1925, and
again from 1931 to 1935. He was an FA Councillor from 1925 to his death,
serving on the Football League Management
Committee from June 1929, and the International Select Committee from
October 1929. Also served as Presdient
of the North-Eastern League and vice-President of the North Riding
Football Association. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.16. |
Phil Bach - Career Statistics |
Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
1 |
1 |
1 |
90 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
none |
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. |
Phil Bach
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
Home
-
British Championship |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
2 |
+11 |
0 |
0 |
13.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
2 |
+11 |
0 |
0 |
13.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Phil Bach
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
British Championship Competition |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
BC 1898-99 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
2 |
+11 |
0 |
0 |
13.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
BC
All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
2 |
+11 |
0 |
0 |
13.00 |
2.00 |
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 |
13 |
2 |
+11 |
0 |
0 |
13.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
2 |
+11 |
0 |
0 |
13.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Phil Bach
- Match History |
Club:
Sunderland A.F.C. - 1 full cap |
F.A.
International Select
Committee - 1
full capx
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Age 26 |
1 |
65 |
18 February 1899 -
England 13 Ireland 2, Roker Park, Sunderland |
BC |
HW |
Start |
rb |
Age
27 |
FA Tour of Germany |
23 November 1899 -
Germany 2 England 13,
Athletik-Sportsplatz, Berlin |
tour |
AW |
Start |
rb |
24 November 1899 -
Germany 2 England 10,
Athletik-Sportsplatz, Berlin |
AW |
Start |
rb |
25 November 1899 - Austria 0 England 8,
Stadión Letná, Praha |
AW |
Start |
rb |
28 November 1899 -
Germany 0 England 7,
Military Exercise Ground, Karlsruhe |
AW |
Start |
rb |
Notes
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CG
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