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Harry
Betmead |
Grimsby Town
FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 8:
A 0
100% successful
1937
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Harry Betmead |
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Born |
11 April 1912 at 46
Albion Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire [registered in
Grimsby, June 1912]. To Ernest and Alice (née Lamming). |
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According to passenger lists, Harry was one of many footballers
arriving at Southampton on 21 July 1939 from South Africa on board the UCL
Athlone Castle. His address was stated as being 192 Convamore Road in
Grimsby. |
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Married |
to Margaret Grace 'Peggy' Marshall
(b.12.October 1910), on 27 July 1939,
St Giles Church, Scartho, near Grimsby
[registered in Grimsby, September 1939].
Three children, John and twins, Margaret and Ann. |
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According to the 1939
register, Harry is a professional footballer, married to Margaret, and
living at 'Highfield', a farm on Fairfield Road in the Scartho area of
Grimsby, the home of his wife's parents, Thomas and Annie Marshall. |
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Died |
26 August 1984 at
South Cleveland Hospital,
Middlesbrough, Cleveland, aged
72 years 137 days
[registered in Central Cleveland, August 1984].
His ashes are scattered on Blundell Park, home of Grimsby Town FC. |
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Height/Weight |
6'
0½", 12st.
0lbs [1936]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990], FindMyPast.com &
Margaret Gore (Harry's daughter). |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Played
schoolboy football in Grimsby and played with local side Hay Cross FC.
Signed for Grimsby Town FC in October 1930. Betmead was to sign for
Chelsea FC in September 1939, but war broke out and put the transfer in
hold. Sadly, football did not resume for over six years and Harry
was past his prime, he did however, turn out as a guest player for Heart
of Midlothian FC in 1941. He retired a Grimsby Town player in December 1947,
having played 296 league appearances, scoring
ten goals. |
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Club honours |
Football League
Division Two winners 1933-34; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Was also a
right-hand batsman for Lincolnshire CCC. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of four who
became the 636th player (637) to
appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Centre-half |
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Only match |
No. 211, 20 May 1937, Finland 0 England 8,
an
end of tour match at
Töölön pallokenttä, Töölö, Helsinki, aged 25 years
39 days. |
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Major tournaments |
None |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
FA Representative team (two appearances, 1939) |
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Distinctions |
The tenth
Lincolnshirian to represent England |
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Beyond England |
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Apparently, worked on the railways as
a porter. After retiring, he went into a
business in Hertfordshire in 1956. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.33. |
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Harry Betmead - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
minutes. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
captains |
Discipline |
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
90 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
none |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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Harry Betmead
- Match Record - All Matches - By Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Away
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Friendly |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
+8 |
0 |
1 |
8.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
| All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
+8 |
0 |
1 |
8.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Notes
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