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Arthur Bambridge

Swifts FC & Corinthians FC

 3 appearances, 0 goals

P 3 W 2 D 0 L 1 F 13: A 2
67% successful
1881-84

captain: none
minutes played: 270

Timeline
  Arthur Leopold Bambridge
Birth Sunday, 16 June 1861 at 3 Sheet Street, New Windsor, Berkshire
registered in Windsor July-September 1861
 

According to the 1861 census, Sophia (née Thorrington) Bambridge is pregnant with Arthur, living at 3 Sheet Street in New Windsor, and five other children. His father, William Samuel, is a Photographer.
 

According to the 1871 census, Arthur, is living at Kings Road, Adelaide Place in New Windsor with his parents and brother, Edward.
(His mother died in 1876 in Windsor, and then his father died on 1 May 1879 in Wandworth)
 

According to the 1881 census, four brothers (George, Ernest, Edward and Arthur) living together at 22 Spencer Road in Battersea, London. Arthur is an art student. They have two servants.
 

According to the 1891 census, Arthur L. is a painter and artist lodging with the Hibbitt's at 57 Bedford Gardens in Kensington.
Marriage to Anna Charlotte Caroline Siebert, on 2 November 1891, in Friedrishcort, Kiel, Germany
no registration found
"BAMBRIDGE—SIEBERT ― Nov. 2, at Friedrichsort, near Kiel, by Pastor Runze, Arthur Leopold, son of the late William Bambridge, of Windsor, to Anna Charlotte, daughter of the late Jacob Wilhelm Siebert, of Frankfort on-the-Main." - Saturday, 21 November 1891, Berkshire Chronicle
Children Arthur and Anna Bambridge had two children together. Emily Louisa Georgina (b.17 August 1893) and Frederick Edward Arthur (b.7 March 1897)
"BIRTHS ...BAMBRIDGE―On March 7th, at 12, Edith-villas, West Kensington, the wife of Arthur L. Bambridge, of a son." - Wednesday, 10 March 1897, The London Standard
 

According to the 1901 census, Arthur L., still an artist, is married to German national, Anna, with two children, Frederick and Emily Louise, and two servants. Living at 12 Edith Villas in Fulham.
According to 1902 Post Office Directory, Arthur is still living at 12 Edith Villas.

Divorce
6 June 1904
"In the Divorce Court yesterday, the case of Bambridge v. Bambridge and Murphy was heard before Mr. Justice Barnes and a common jury. This was the petition of the husband, Mr. Arthur Leopold Bambridge, described as an artist, for the dissolution of his marriage on the ground of his wife's adultery with captain Murphy.
"Mr. Barnard, for the petitioner, said that the respondent had originally filed a petition for divorce, alleging cruelty and adultery on the part of her husband, but she was not now represented and did not appear. The parties were married in November, 1891, in Germany, and they lived together in England down to the years 1902. There were two children of the marriage. The husband and wife lived happily for six or seven years, and then there were certain disputes, the respondent complaining that her husband did not spend sufficient money in taking her about so that she might enjoy herself. The evidence would show that Mrs. Bambridge used to be alone with captain Murphy in his sitting-room, and also frequently went driving with him.
"The jury awarded petitioner £500 damages, and his lordship granted a decree nisi." - Thursday, 12 November 1903, St. James' Gazette/London Daily News [2018 equivalent £42,505]
 

According to the 1911 census, Arthur L. is single, and certainly living on his own as an artist. Living at Norfolk Cottage in Pinner, Harrow in London.
(Ernest Bambridge died on 16 October 1917 in Southend-on-Sea)
London Electoral Rolls stated that from 1918, he is living at two addresses, at Farncombe, Southfield Park, and at The New House in Station Road, both in Pinner.
 

According to the 1921 census, Arthur Leopold, is a divorced lodger, and still an artist. Living at Farncamber on Southfield Park in Pinner.
Death Tuesday, 27 November 1923 at Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
aged 62 years 164 days registered in Rochford October-December 1923
  Charlie Bambridge died on 8 November 1935 in London.
  Anna Bambridge died on 1955 in Chelmsford

Source

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

Playing Career
Club(s) Attended St. Mark's School in Windsor, making the football team in 1877; joined Upton Park FC in 1879, and through his playing career played for Swifts FC, Clapham Rovers FC. Retired in 1884 because of injury.
Corinthians guested for the team
Club honours Berkshire FA
Individual honours None
Height/Weight not known

Source

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

England Career
Player number One of seven who became the 81st players (83) to appear for England.
Position(s) Left-back and inside-right;
First match No. 12, 26 February 1881, England 0 Wales 1, a friendly match at East Lancashire Cricket Ground, Alexandra Meadows, Blackburn, aged 19 years 255 days.
Last match
2 years 362 days		 No. 20, 23 February 1884, Ireland 1 England 8, a British Championship match at Ulster Ground, Ballynafeigh Park, Belfast, aged 22 years 252 days.
Major tournaments British Championship 1883-84;
Team honours None
Individual honours The Stripes (one appearance 2ᵍ February 1879)
The South (four appearances 4ᵍ 1881-84)
The Probables (one appearance March 1882)
Distinctions Arthur Bambridge was the younger brother of Charlie Bambridge and Ernest Bambridge. One of the elder brothers, George, was the Private Secretary to the Duke of Edinburgh.

Beyond England

After his injury enforced his retirement, Bambridge journeyed abroad to study art and was a member of the Royal Academy. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.21.


The Numbers
parties Appearances withdrew comp. apps minutes captain
5 3 one 1 270 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
3 2 0 1 13 2 +11 1 1 4.333 0.667 66.7 +1

Match Record

Venue & Competition P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Home venue
Friendly matches		 2 1 0 1 5 1 +4 1 1 2.50 0.50 50.0 =0
Away venue
 British Championship		 1 1 0 0 8 1 +7 0 0 8.00 1.00 100.0 +1

Tournament Record

British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1883-84 1 1 0 0 8 1 +7 0 0 8.00 1.00 100.0 +1
BC All 1 1 0 0 8 1 +7 0 0 8.00 1.00 100.0 +1

All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1 1 0 0 8 1 +7 0 0 8.00 1.00 100.0 +1
1 1 0 0 8 1 +7 0 0 8 1 100 +1

Match History

 Club: Swifts F.C. - one full appearance (90 min) F.A. Committee - three full appearances (270 min)x

Age 17 trial  
one appearance - The Whites vs. The Stripes, 26 February 1879.
Age 19    
one appearance - The North vs. The South, 19 February 1881.

apps match match details comp res rundown pos

1 12 26 February 1881 - England 0 Wales 1
East Lancashire Cricket Ground, Blackburn		 Fr HL   lb
   

one of seven who became the 81st (83) players to appear for England
the sixth player from Swifts to represent England
followed his brothers Charlie & Ernest in playing for England - the only set of three brothers
the sixth set of brothers to play for England

Age 20 trial  
one appearance - The South vs. The North, January 1882

14 18 February 1882 - Ireland 0 England 13, Knock Ground, Belfast Fr AW reserve
   

trial  
one appearance - The Improbables vs. The Probables, March 1882.

 Clubs: Swifts F.C. & Corinthians F.C. - two full appearances (180 min)  

Age 21    
one appearance - The North vs. The South, January 1883.

2 17 3 February 1883 - England 5 Wales 0
The Surrey Cricket Ground, Kennington		 Fr HW goal disallowed [3-0] offside ir

one of four who became the fifth Corinthian to represent England
his brother Charlie also played in this match - the fourth set to do so in the same match

18 24 February 1883 - England 7 Ireland 0, Liverpool Cricket Ground, Aigburth Fr HW replacement, then withdrew
   

Age 22 trial  
one appearance - The South vs. The North, January 1884

3 20 23 February 1884 - Ireland 1 England 8
Ulster Cricket Ground, Belfast		 BC AW   ir
It was Cursham's goal, not AB's
   

his brother Charlie also played in this match - the second set to do so in the same match twice

   

 
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