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Dick Baugh

Stafford Road Railway Works FC,
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC


2 appearances, 0 goals

P 2 W 2 D 0 L 0 F 15: A 2
100% successful

1886-90

captain: none
minutes played:
180

Timeline

  Richard Baugh
Birth Sunday, 14 February 1864 in Barrow Hill, near Staveley, Chesterfield, Derbyshire
  registered as Bough, in Chesterfield January-March 1864.
"R.BAUGH was born at Staveley in Derbyshire, and went with his family to Wolverhampton when he was seven years old." - Sporting Life, 25 March 1893
 

According to the 1871 census, Richard is the youngest of two children to Enoch and Sarah (née Taylor), living at Dudley Road in Wolverhampton. His father is a coal miner.
(His mother died through 1875)

According to the 1881 census, Richard, now a tin plate worker, is living with his widowed father with his older sister, Elizabeth, in 58 Chapel Street, Wolverhampton.

 

According to the 1891 census, Richard, now a Professional Footballer, is residing with his married sister, Elizabeth Paskin, and her family, at 10 St Mary's Terrace in Wolverhampton.

Marriage to Jemima Speak, in late 1894, in Wolverhampton
  registered in Wolverhampton October-December 1894.
Children Dick and Jemima Baugh had six children together. Edith (b.1895), Richard (b.6 March 1896), James (b.30 December 1898), Thomas (b.4 November 1899) and Elsie Sarah (b.1901), another had born and died before 1911.
 

According to the 1901 census, Richard, now married to Jemima, and with five children, Edith, Richard, James, Thomas and Elsie, all live at 5 Wolverhampton Road in Moseley. Richard is again, a tin and iron plate worker.
(His daughter, Elsie Sarah, died 10 September 1904. His father died in 1906)

 

According to the 1911 census, Richard remains married and has four of his children are living with him at 170 Willenhall Road in Moseley. Richard is still a sheet metal worker.

 

According to the 1921 census, Richard remains married and three of his children are living with him at 39 Chapel Street in Moseley. Richard is san out-of-work sheet metal worker.

Death Wednesday, 14 August 1929 in Moseley, Staffordshire
aged 65 years 181 days registered in Wolverhampton July-September 1929.

Obituary

"DICK BAUGH DEAD―Passing of a Well-known Footballer
"Dick Baugh, the former international and Wolverhampton Wanderers footballer, died at Wolverhampton yesterday, aged 65. At the age of 17 Baugh was playing regularly for Wolverhampton and four years later played for his country. When the Wolverhampton team included no fewer than eight internationals he was a prominent player. His last game was against Sheffield Wednesday in the Cup Final of 1896. Baugh's son has played for Wolverhampton and West Bromwich Albion." - Daily Herald, Thursday, 15 August 1929
"Famous Footballer's Death.―
The death took place at Moseley village, on Wednesday, of Richard Baugh, who for many years
was one of the best-known players in the Wolverhampton Wanderers' team. Having learnt the game with St. Luke's, he joined the Wanderers when he was 17, and in 1882-83 helped to win the Wrekin Cup, now the Wolverhampton Charity Cup. For a short time he played with the Stafford Road club, but in 1886-7 he was again with the Wanderers. Mr. Baugh, who was 65 years of age, had been seriously ill for three months." - Staffordshire Advertiser, Saturday, 17 August 1929
Funeral

Monday, 19 August 1922
Heath Town Church
"FOOTBALLER BURIED―Nine Colleagues of Dick Baugh Attend
"Nine of the 'Wolves' old players
―contemporaries of the late Dick Baugh, attended Heath Town Church yesterday to pay a last tribute to a former comrade. The nine club mates were Charles Mason, who as a back partnered Baugh, Arthur Blackham, Tom Cliff, Enoch Hadley, Jack Baynton, Dick Danks, Hill Griffith, Joe Copper and Arthur Pearson. The simple funeral was conducted by the Rev T. W. Bensley, and the mourners included Ted Scott, another contemporary who played with Stafford-road." - Birmingham Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 20 August 1929.
  Jemima Baugh died in 1953

Source

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

Playing Career

Club(s) "He has only played for Wolverhampton clubs—Rose Villa FC [in 1880], Wolverhampton Wanderers Reserves, Rangers FC, Wanderers, Stafford-road [Railway Works FC], and [Wolverhampton] Wanderers..." FC days after his first England call-up, debuting for the Wolves on 30 March 1886, where he remained until 1896, when he joined Walsall FC. Baugh retired in 1897 with a knee injury. - Sporting Life, 25 March 1893
League History
191 appearances, 1 goal
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 1888-96, 185 appearances, one goal
debut: 8 September 1888
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 1 Aston Villa FC 1.
Walsall FC 1896, six appearances
debut (second division): 7 September 1896 Newton Heath FC 2 Walsall FC 0.
last (second division): 31 October 1896 Walsall FC 5 Loughborough FC 1.
Club honours Wrekin Cup winners 1882-83;
FA Cup
runners-up 1888-89 (6ᵃ), 1895-96 (6ᵃ), winners 1892-93 (5ᵃ);

Football League third place 1888-89 (22ᵃ);
Distinctions Father of Dickie Baugh (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, Cardiff City FC, West Bromwich Albion FC, Exeter City FC & Kidderminster Harriers FC: 1918-33)
A benefit match was played for Baugh between Wolverhampton Wanderers FC and Aston Villa FC on 1 October 1894, raising £86 4s 3d.
Height/Weight 5' 9½" 11st, 12lbs [1889], 5' 10", 13st 2lbs [1893].

Source

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

England Career

Player number One of eight who became the 125th player (125) to appear for England.
Position(s) Left-back, right-back;
First match No. 26, 13 March 1886, Ireland 1 England 6, British Championship match at Ulster Cricket Ground, Ballynafeigh Park, Belfast, aged 22 years 27 days;
Last match No. 38, 15 March 1890, Ireland 1 England 9, British Championship match at Ulster Cricket Ground, Ballynafeigh Park, Belfast, aged 26 years 29 days;
Major tournaments British Championship 1885-86, 1889-90;
Team honours British Championship shared 1885-86, 1889-90;
Individual honours The Players (one appearance, January 1886),
The South (one appearance, January 1886);
Distinctions Died seven days after John Bain

Beyond England

In the 1901 census, following Baugh's retirement, he returned to his trained vocation of a tin and iron plate worker. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.28./FindMyPast.com


The Numbers
parties Appearances comp. apps minutes captain
2 2 2 180 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
2 2 0 0 15 2 +13 0 0 7.5 1 100 +2
Both of his matches were played in the British Championship competition and at an away venue

Tournament Record

British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1885-86 1 1 0 0 6 1 +5 0 0 6.00 1.00 100.0 +1
BC 1889-90 1 1 0 0 9 1 +8 0 0 9.00 1.00 100.0 +1
BC All 2 2 0 0 15 2 +13 0 0 7.50 1.00 100.0 +2

All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 2 2 0 0 15 2 +13 0 0 7.50 1.00 100.0 +2
2 2 0 0 15 2 +13 0 0 7.5 1 100 +2

Match History

 Club: Stafford Road Railway Works F.C. - one full appearance (90 min) F.A. Committee - one full appearance (90 min)x

Age 21 trial  
two appearances - The Players vs. The Gentlemen, 16 January 1886. The South vs. The North, 30 January 1886;

apps match match details comp res. rundown pos

Age 22
1 26 13 March 1886 - Ireland 1 England 6
Ulster Cricket Ground, Belfast
BC AW   lb
  

one of eight who became the 125th player (125) to appear for England
the only player from Stafford Road RW FC to represent England

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

Age 26
2 38 15 March 1890 - Ireland 1 England 9
Ulster Cricket Ground, Belfast
BC AW   rb
  

the sixth player from Wolverhampton Wanderers FC to represent England

     

 
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