England Players - Alexander Bonsor

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Alexander Bonsor	Wanderers FC & Old Etonians FC 2 appearances, 1 goal on debut 0 goals against P 2 W 0 D 1 L 1 F 0: A 3 25% successful 1872-75 captain: none minutes played: 180

Timeline
	Alexander George Bonsor
	According to the 1851 census, Eliza (née Denne Orme) Bonsor is pregnant with her sixth child that is to become Alexander George. His father, Joseph is a stationer and bookseller. There are twelve servants, all living at Polesden House [left] in Bookham, Surrey
	Birth: Tuesday, 7 October 1851, in Polesden Lacey [left], Great Bookham, Dorking, Surrey
	no registration found
"BONSOR.―Oct. 7, the wife of Joseph Bonsor, Esq., of Polesden, Great Bookham, of a son." - London Daily News, Friday, 10 October 1851.
Baptism	9 December 1851, in Great Bookham Parish.
	According to the 1861 census, nine year-old Alex Geo. is the seventh of ten children to Joseph, a magistrate, and his mother Eliza. They have eleven servants and live at 6 Hill Street in Westminster.
	According to the 1871 census, living at 88 Eaton Place in St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Alex G., a scholar, is the fourth of eight children. With thirteen servants. His father is a Magistrate Brewer. (His father died on 27 November 1873)
First marriage	to Maria Charlotte Silvie, in 1875
	registered in Shoreditch April-June 1875
Children	Alexander and Maria had one child together. Edwina (b.1890)
	On 6 May 1878, an entry into the Great Western Railway Shareholders shows Alexander George Bonsor as an Executor, upon Malcolm Orme's death. Living at 51 Eaton Place.
	According to the 1881 census, Alexander G. is now married, to a Belgian named Maria Charlotte. They had one Lady's Maid and living/visiting The Grand Hotel in The Strand.
	According to the 1891 census, still married to Maria, with one child Edwina, Alexander G. is living at Popeswood House in Bracknell Road, Binfield, Berkshire.
	On 8 July 1891, an entry into the Great Western Railway Shareholders shows Alexander George Bonsor as an Executor, upon Sir Archibald Little's death. In charge of Coombe's Brewery in Long Acre, Middlesex.
Second marriage	to Jeanne Marie David, on 24 June 1893, in St George Hanover Square
Divorce	Petition filed: on 17 October 1895. Decree Nisi: on 21 February 1896. Final Decree: 16 September 1896, on the ground of adultery and desertion.
Third marriage	to Clara Marie Silvie Kint in 1897.
	Alexander cannot be found on the 1901 census, already in Belgium?
Death	Saturday, 17 August 1907 at 56 rue Locquemhein, Brussels, Belgium
aged 55 years 314 days	no registration found
Probate	"BONSOR Alexander George of 56 rue-Locquemhein Brussels died 17 August 1907 Probate London 12 September to Clara Marie Silvie Bonsor widow. Effects £5." [2019 equivalent: £606]
	Clara Bonsor died summer 1952
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990], Keith Warsop's The Early F.A Cup Finals and the Southern Amateurs, Andy Mitchell's First Elevens [2012] &
Playing Career
Club(s)	Began life with Eton College, before moving over to the Wanderers FC. Became a part of Old Etonians towards 1874.
Club honours	FA Cup winner 1871-72, 1872-73; runners-up 1874-75, 1875-76;
Individual honours	None
Height/Weight	not known
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].
England Career
Player number	One of nine who became the twelfth players (18) to appear for England.
Position(s)	Forward;
First match	No. 2, 8 March 1873, England 4 Scotland 2, a friendly match at The Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London, aged 21 years 152 days.10
Last match	No. 4, 6 March 1875, England 2 Scotland 2, a friendly match at The Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London, aged 23 years 150 days.
Individual honours	Bonsor became the second player to score on his England debut, nine minutes after the first, William Kenyon-Slaney.
Distinctions	The first member of the 1875 team to die.
Beyond England
A brewer by trade, a director of Combe & Co., the family business. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.38.

The Numbers
parties	Apps	minutes		Goals ave.min	Goals Against	GA ave.min	clean sheets	clean sheet ave.	captain
2	2	180 (c.15 as gk)	1	180 min	0	none	one	100%	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	1	1	0	6	4	+2	0	0	3	2	75	+1
Both his matches were friendly matches and played at a home venue

Match History

Club: Wanderers F.C. - one full appearance (90 min) 1ᵍ F.A. Committee (Charles Alcock) - two full appearances (180 min) 1ᵍx

apps match match details comp res. rundown pos

Age 20

u/o 24 February 1872 - England 1 Scotland 0, The Surrey Cricket Ground, Kennington Fr HW Start for



Age 21

1 2 8 March 1873 - England 4 Scotland 2
The Surrey Cricket Ground, Kennington Fr HW 10 corner for



one of nine who became the twelfth (eighteen) players to appear for England

one of four players to became the third (three) from Wanderers FC to represent England

the first England player to score direct from a corner-kick

the second player to score on his England debut - youngest so far

Clubs: Wanderers F.C. & Old Etonians F.C. - one full appearance (90 min)

Age 22

2 4 6 March 1875 - England 2 Scotland 2
The Surrey Cricket Ground, Kennington Fr HD started in goal
made one save for



the third player from Old Etonians AFC to represent England

his (& von Donop) gap of 728 days (1 years, 363 days) is a new record between appearances