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Monty
Betts |
West Kent
FC, Harrow Chequers FC, Old Harrovians AFC
& Wanderers FC
1 appearance,
3 goals against
P 1 W 0 D 0 L 1 F 1:
A 3
0% successful
1870-77
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Morton Peto Betts |
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Birth |
Monday, 30 August 1847 in Bloomsbury, Middlesex |
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registered in Pancras
October-December 1847 Pancras was in Middlesex County Registration up until 1889. |
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Education |
Attended Harrow School |
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According to the 1851 census,
Morton Peto is the middle child, the third of five, of Edward Ladd and
Ann (née Peto), living at 29 Tavistock Square in St Pancras, Marylebone, London, with
eight servants. His father is an Engineer. |
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According to the 1861 census,
Morton P. is the eldest of six children (three more since ten years
ago!). Living with eleven servants at Preston Hall Mansion, Bridge
Cottage in Aylesford. His parents are on holiday at the Royal Hotel in
Plymouth. |
There are none of the
Bett's family on the 1871 census! Morton visiting North America in August
1865 from Liverpool, with Arthur Kinnaird, before enrolling into Trinity
College, Cambridge. They return in the October.
(His father died on
21 January 1872) |
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First marriage |
to Jeannie Bouch, on Thursday, 17 April 1879, at St.
George's Church in Bickley, Kent |
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registered in Bromley
May-June 1879 |
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"BETTS―BOUGH.―April
17, inst., at St. George's Church, Bickley, Morton, second son of the late
Edward Ladd Betts, by the Rev. Ernest W. Betts, M.A., brother of the
bridegroom, to Jeannie, fourth daughter of John Bouch, of Coombe Lea,
Bickley. No cards." - London Daily News/Evening
Standard/Pall Mall Gazette, Thursday, 24 April 1879. |
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Children |
Monty and Jeannie Betts had three
children together. Marion Alice (b.January 1880) and
another (b.29 November 1882), Ethel Maud Liddell (b.20
October 1885) |
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According to the 1881 census,
now a Civil Engineer and married to Jane with a daughter Marrin and two
servants. At 1 Plaistow Road in Bromley. |
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"BIRTHS |
..BETTS.―On
the 29th ult., at Streatham, Surrey, the wife of Morton Betts, of a
daughter." - London Morning Post, Saturday, 2 December 1882. |
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The Kelly's Directory of 1890 puts Morton
at The Chestnuts in Fairlop Road, Leytonstone.
According to the 1891 census,
Morton is visiting the Henley Arms, at 31 Fishergate in Preston. He
remains a Civil Engineer!
(Jeannie Betts dies in March 1892) |
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According to the 1901 census,
Morton P. is a widower and a Civil Engineer. He is boarding at the home of
the Winstone's in 10 Oaklands Terrace in Swansea. |
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Second marriage |
to Jane Eva Morgan, on 6 July
1901, in Croydon, Surrey |
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registered in Croydon
July-September 1901 |
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"BETTS―MORGAN.―On
the 6th inst., at Croydon, Morton P. Betts, Esq., to Eva J. Morgan,
daughter of the late Rev. Herbert Morgan, of Swansea."
- The Globe, Thursday, 11 July 1901/Sussex Agricultural Express, Saturday, 13 July 1901. |
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(His mother died on 23 January 1908)
Not on the 1911 census, he is living at Villa Massa St.Anne, Garavan,
Mentone, Alpes Maritimes in France. |
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Death |
Sunday, 19 April 1914
in Villa Massa St. Anne, Garavan, Mentone, Alpes Maritimes, France |
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aged 66 years 232 days |
no registration found |
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Probate |
"BETTS
Morton Beto of Villa Massa Mentone
France died 19 April
1914 Probate
London 5 August to
Jane Eva Betts and Frank Amsden manufacturer.
Effects £40 8s. 8d."
[2019 equivalent: £4,650] |
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Jane Eva Betts dies in March 1937 |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Began his
education at Harrow School and played with Harrow Chequers in 1871, before
becoming an Old Harrovian. In between times, he played for West Kent
FC and Wanderers
FC. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup winners
1871-72; [under the pseudonym A.H. Chequer] |
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Betts was
cup-tied for the 1872 FA Cup final match; he had begun the tournament
registered with Harrow Chequers. They had withdrawn prior to the first
game but, under the rules of the time, Betts could not play with another
club in the same tournament. |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Also played
first-class cricket for Middlesex & Kent, as well as Essex. |
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Height/Weight |
not known |
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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
seven who became the
43rd players
(43)
to appear
for England.
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Position(s) |
Goalkeeper;
Seventh goalkeeper to appear. |
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Only match |
No. 6, 3 March 1877, England 1 Scotland 3,
a friendly match at The Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London, aged 29 years 185 days. |
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Individual honours |
The South (one appearance,
1870) |
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Beyond England |
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Member of the F.A.
Council for twenty years,
served as a Committee member 1870-71 & 1881-90, commencing to FA
vice-President 1890-91.
A Civil Engineer circa 1881. Was also the secretary of Essex County
Cricket. - Cricket
Archive. |
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Apps |
withdrew |
minutes |
Goals
Against |
GA ave.min |
clean sheets |
captain |
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1 |
one |
90 |
3 |
30 min |
none |
none |
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The minutes here given
can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an
approximation. |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
-1 |
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His only match was a friendly match and at one of his home grounds |
Match History
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apps |
match |
match details |
comp |
res. |
rundown |
pos |
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England
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