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Francis Birley |
Oxford University AFC, Wanderers
FC
2 appearances, 0 goals
P 2 W 0 D 1 L 1 F 3:
A 4
25% successful
1874-75
captain: none
minutes played: 180 |
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photo credit:
University College, Oxford |
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Timeline |
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Francis Hornby Birley
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Birth |
Thursday, 14 March 1850, at 12 York Place, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire |
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registered in Chorley April-June 1850 |
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his coffin inscription states he was born on 6 March, however, his
baptism entrant states 14th |
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Baptism |
22 July 1850, at Manchester Cathedral. Living at York Place in Chorlton. |
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According to the 1851 census, Frances is the
youngest of three children to Thomas and Irish-born Ann (née Latham). His father is a
cotton skinning and waterproof manufacturer. They live at 12 York Place in Chorlton-upon-Medlock. |
According to the 1861 census, Francis is an 11 year-old pupil at a school
for boys in Littleham, Exmouth.
(His mother died on 11 September
1866) |
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According to the 1871 census,
Francis H is an undergraduate, the eldest of two children (the other was
Caroline) living with their father and eleven servants, living at 49
Eccles Old Road, Pendleton in Salford. |
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photo credit:
University College, Oxford |
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Marriage |
to Margaret
Kenrick, on 1 August 1876, at Reigate Parish Church, Surrey |
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registered in Reigate July-September 1876 |
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"BIRLEY―KENRICK.―On
Tuesday, the 1st August, at the Parish Church, Reigate, by the Rev. J. N.
Harrison, Vicar, Francis Hornby Birley, son of Thomas Hornby Birley, of
Hart Hill, Pendleton, Manchester, to Margaret, youngest daughter of the
Revd. Jarvis Kenrick, of Reigate, Surrey" -
Manchester Courier, Friday, 4 August 1876. |
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Children |
Francis and Margaret Birley had seven children together. Margaret
(b.30 May 1877), Dorothy (b.12 August 1879), Elizabeth (b.6 August 1882), James Leatham
(b.12 July 1884), Katherine (b.2 October 1888),
Francis Kenrick (b.8 June 1892) and George
Hornby (b.31 January 1894). |
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(His daughter, Dorothy, died 17 January
1880 aged five months)
According to the 1881 census,
Francis H. and his wife, Margaret are visiting his widowed father, Thomas
H., with their daughter, also Margaret, at The Mansion in Hart Hill,
Pendleton. Francis was a non-practising barrister.
(His father died
26 January 1885) |
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"We deeply regret to announce the death of
Mr. Thomas Hornby Birley, which took place at his residence, Seedley
Terrace, Seedley-road, Pendleton, on Monday." -
Manchester Courier, Wednesday, 28 January
1885. |
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According to the 1891 census,
Francis H. is now a practising barrister, with three more children,
Elizabeth, James and Katherine. With four servants and a visitor, a
certain Charles HR Wollaston. They live at Claridges House in Haxted, in
Dormans Lands in East Grinstead.
(His son, Francis, died 30 July
1892, aged seven weeks) |
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According to the 1901 census,
Francis Hornby, still practising and still married, with a fifth child,
George Hornby, and still at Claridges House. With six servants. |
Death
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Bank Holiday Monday, 1 August 1910
at Claridges House, Lingfield, Dormans Lands, Godstone, Surrey |
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aged 60 years 132 days |
registered in Godstone July-September 1910 |
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"BIRLEY.―On
the 1st inst, at Lingfield, Surrey, Francis Hornby Birley, of Claridges,
Lingfield, son of Thomas Hornby Birley, of Hart Hill, Pendleton,
Manchester, aged 60." -
The Globe/Bedfordshire Mercury, Friday,
5 August 1910. |
Funeral
Thursday 3.15pm, 4 August 1910
St John's Evangelist Church, Dormans
Land |
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"Amid
numerous manifestations of sympathy and regret, the funeral took place at
St. John's Church, Dormans Land, on Thursday of last week, of Mr. Francis
Hornby Birley, of Claridges, Lingfield, who passed away to his rest on
Bank Holiday. A large and representative company attended the funeral
service...where the deceased gentleman for many years occupied the
position of people's warden. The blinds of nearly all the places of
business and private houses were closely drawn, while the last sad rites
were being performed.
The service, which was conducted by the Vicar (the Rev. T. A. Purvis.
D.D.), and the Rev. Kenneth Clarke (Vicar of Lingfield), was fully choral.
"The grave was lined with choice white blooms. The coffin bore the
inscription: 'Francis Hornby Birley, born 6th March, 1850, died 1st
August, 1910.' There was a very large number of people in the church,
which was almost filled with relatives and friends of the deceased
gentleman." -
The Surrey Mirror & County Post, Friday, 12 August 1910. |
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"BIRLEY
Francis Hornby of Claridges (Dorman's Land) Lingfield
Surrey died 1 August 1910 Probate
London 8 October to Margaret
Birley widow Jarvis Kenrick and James Leartham Birley esquires and Charles
Henry Reynolds Wollaston banker.
Effects £37420 8s. 2d."
[2019 equivalent: £4,440,896]
"Mr. Francis Hornby Birley, J.P., of
Lingfield, barrister-at-law, aged 60, who
left estate valued at £37,429,
gave £52 per annum to his gardener,
Allen Webster, payable from the time when he shall be incapable of work,
and after his death, his wife, Mrs. Catherine Ann Webster, shall receive
£39 per annum, and the testator stated
that he made these provisions as his said gardener had been a good and
faithful servant." - The
Surrey Mirror & County Post, Friday, 14 October
1910. |
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According to the 1911 census, widow Margaret remains at Claridges House. Their eldest daughter has married and her new family
ae also residing at the House. They have five servants. |
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Margaret Birley died on 19 February
1942 in Southborough, Kent, and is buried with
Francis |
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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) |
At the age of
13, Birley started at Winchester College where he remained until 1868. He
was an all round sportsman who played for the school at both cricket and
football. He was also a keen athlete and was the school champion at the
pole vault and high jump. In 1868, he went up to University College
at Oxford, taking his BA degree in 1873, he represented the university at football in 1874. Joined Wanderers FC
after 1874. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup
runners-up 1872-73, 1875-76, 1876-77 (as captain); winners 1873-74; |
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Individual honours |
Middlesex FA |
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Distinctions |
Played
first-class cricket for Lancashire, Surrey and Cheshire and a member of
the East Grinstead cricket club. Also played billiards. |
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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
21st players
(23) to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Full-back |
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First match |
No. 3, 7 March 1874,
Scotland 2 England 1, a friendly match at The West of
Scotland Cricket Ground, Hamilton
Crescent, Partick, Glasgow, aged 23 years 358 days. |
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Last match |
No. 4, 6 March 1875, England 2 Scotland 2,
friendly match at The Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London,
aged
24 years 357 days. |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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A barrister by
profession, called to the Bar 26 January 1876.
He later worked on the Northern Circuit, but
'rarely practiced' and
became a Justice of the Peace in Surrey.
A one time mebr of the Godstone Board of Guardians and Rural District
Council, and he also served on the Vestry, Parish Council, and the Old
School Board. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.34/5./obituary |
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Appearances |
minutes |
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captain |
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2 |
180 |
0 |
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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2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.5 |
2 |
25 |
-1 |
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Both of his matches were friendly matches |
Venue Record
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Venue |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Home |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
50.0 |
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Away |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
00.0 |
-1 |
Match History
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