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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
Phil Bach

Timeline
  Philip Bach

According to the 1871 census, Richard and Elizabeth (née Morgan) are living at Mount Flirt in Bitterley with their four sons, Francis, Richard, Edward and Thomas, and daughter, Sarah.
Birth Sunday, 8 September 1872, at Mount Flirt, Bitterley, Shropshire
  registered in Ludlow July-September 1872
Baptism Sunday, 29 September 1872 in Bitterley. His father is a farmer.

According to the 1881 census, Bach is living at 46 Westward Street in Middlesbrough. He was attending school, the youngest sibling of six, living with their parents.

(His mother died on 16 March 1891 in Middlesbrough)
According to the 1891 census, Bach is living in the Masham Hotel, at 49 Linthorpe Road in Middlesbrough. His elder brother, Thomas, is the landlord. Philip is the youngest sibling of five, is working as an Iron Merchant.

According to the 1901 census, Bach i now living at 9 Howard Road in Bristol. He is trading as a Professional Footballer, boarding with John and Margaret Curtis.
(His father died 5 February 1908 in Hungerford)

According to the 1911 census, Bach has 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 is also chairman of Middlesbrough FC.
North Yorkshire Electoral Registers also confirm Bach as residing at The Empire Hotel between 1911 and 1913.

 

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 servants 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 afternoon, 30 December 1937, at The Empire Hotel on Linthorpe Road in Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire
"Mr. Phil Bach died this afternoon, and had been a sufferer for a long time from a painful illness."
aged 65 years 113 days registered in Middlesbrough October-December 1937

Obituary
  "PHIL BACH DEAD.
"MR. Phil Bach, a former English international full back and memebr of the F.A. Council, died at Middlesbrough yesterday. He was sixty-four years old. After playing for Middlesbrough as an amateur, he went to Reading, and captained the Southern League side. Later he was with Sunderland and while there gained his cap against Ireland in 1899. Besides his duties on the F.A. Council, Mr. Bach was a member of the Football League Management Committee, president of the North-Eastern League and a vice-president of the North Riding F.A. A member of the Middlesbrough F.C. board of directors for twenty-four years, he was chairman of the club during the greater part of that time." - Daily Mirror, Friday, 31 December 1937.
Funeral
Monday, 3 January 1938
 St. Barnabas Church, Linthorpe
"MR. PHILIP BACH
"Football representatives from all parts of the country attended the funeral of Mr. Philip Bach, for many years chairman of Middlesbrough Football Club, which took place at Middlesbrough yesterday. The Rev. G. F. Turnley officiated at a service in St. Barnabas' Church before the internment at Linthorpe Cemetery. The family mourners were Mr. P. Bach (newphew), Miss M. Bach (sister), Miss P. Bach (niece) and Mrs. T. Bach (sister-in-law). The Mayor of Middlesbrough (Alderman William Turford) was present, accompanied by the Town Clerk (Mr. Preston Kitchen), Mr. S. F. Rous (secretary of the Football Association), Mr. F. W. Winder (Football League) and Mr. A. G. Hines (F. A.). Directors and players of Middlesbrough Football Club also attended. Mr. Bach's colleagues on the board of the club leading the procession." - The Yorkshire Post, Tuesday, 4 January 1938
"BACH Philip of The Empire Hotel Linthorpe-road Middlesbrough died 30 December 1937 Probate London 13 April to Mary Bach spinster Charles Percival Borrowcliff incorporated accountant and ernest Borrie solicitor.
 Effects £21496 13s. 2d." [2024 equivalent: £1,197,720]
"Estate of Former Famous Footballer
"Mr. Philip Bach, of the Empire Hotel, Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough, licensed victualler and a member of the Football Association Council for 24 years, left £21,496 (nnet personalty, £15,652). Testator left £156 annuity and effects to Amy evans 'for long and meritous service,' and £25 to Rose McQuade, if serving." - The Yorkshire Evening Post, Wednesday, 20 April 1938
Source

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 rejoined Middlesbrough FC in April 1899. Joined Bristol City FC in the Southern League in 1900 until 1904, as a Football League club. 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.

League honours
47 appearances		 Sunderland AFC 1897-99 44 appearances
debut: 4 September 1897 Wednesday FC 0 Sunderland AFC 1.
Bristol City FC 1903-04 three appearances
debut (division two): 12 September 1903 Bristol City FC 5 Glossop FC 0.
last (division two): 20 February 1904 Chesterfield Town FC 1 Bristol City FC 0.
Club honours Football League Division One runners-up 1897-98 (20ᵃ); Division Two fourth place 1903-04 (3ᵃ);
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;
Was in charge of the FA Tour of Canada in 1931, with HJ Huband.
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.


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 13 2 +11 0 0 13 2 100 +1
His only match was played in the British Championship and at a home venue

Tournament Record

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
1 1 0 0 13 2 +11 0 0 13 2 100 +1

Match History

 Club: Sunderland F.C. - one full appearance (90 min) F.A. International Select Committee - one full appearance (90 min)x

apps match match details comp res. rundown pos

Age 26
1 65 18 February 1899 - England 13 Ireland 2
Roker Park, Sunderland		 BC HW   rb
 

one of four who became the 242nd players (243) to appear for England
the second Sunderland AFC player to represent England

Age 27
FA Tour of Germany 23 November 1899 - Germany 2 England 13, Athletik-Sportsplatz, Berlin
tour		 AW  
rb
24 November 1899 - Germany 2 England 10, Athletik-Sportsplatz, Berlin AW  
25 November 1899 - Austria 0 England 8, Stadión Letná, Praha AW  
28 November 1899 - Germany 0 England 7, Military Exercise Ground, Karlsruhe AW  

     

 
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