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William
Bromley-Davenport |
Oxford University
AFC & Old Etonians FC & Corinthians FC
2 caps, 2 goals
P 2 W x D x L x F x:
A 2
50% successful
1884
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Brigadier-General Sir William Bromley-Davenport KCB CMG CBE DSO TD |
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Born |
21 January 1862
in St George Hanover Square, Middlesex [registered
as William Davenport Bromley, in St. George Hanover Square, March 1862]. |
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Surname Notes |
WILLIAM BROMLEY DAVENPORT, of Capesthorne, Cheshire,
Baginton Hall, Warwicks, and Wootton Hall, Staffs, DL and JP, MP for N.
Warwick 1864-84, Lt-Col Staffordshire Yeo Cav, authorised by Royal
Licence, 13 Jan 1868, to discontinue the surname of DAVENPORT before that
of BROMLEY, and to take the surname of DAVENPORT in addition to, and after
that of BROMLEY, and to bear the arms of Davenport quarterly with those of
Bromley; |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1871 census,
William is the fourth child of eight to William and Augusta Elizabeth,
living at The Hall in Baginton, Kenilworth in Warwickshire. They have 21
servants. |
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According to the 1881 census,
William is one of four with their parents and they have fifteen servants
at 1 Belgrave Place, Kensington. His MP father is Lieutenant Colonel of
Yeomanry. |
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According to the 1891 census,
William B. is head of the household at 1 Belgrave Place, living with his
mother and four young siblings, and nine servants. William is an MP. |
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Not found on the 1901 census,
his family remained at 1 Belgrave Place. Army duty abroad? |
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According to the 1911 census,
William is once more head of the household over his mother and a younger
sibling and his family, also ten servants, at 6 St Aubuyn's Grove in Hove. |
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According to a 1916 Will
of Testement, William was a Lt Col and residing in Egypt. From 1925
evidence, he was living at Capesthorne in Cheshire. |
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Died |
6 February 1949, aged
87 years x days
[registered as William B.B. in Macclesfield, March 1949]. Buried
in All Saints Church, Siddington, Cheshire. |
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Height/Weight |
not known. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Educated at
Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford; He thus played his football for
Old Etonians FC and Oxford University FC (earning his Blue in 1884), and
also made appearances for Corinthians FC; |
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Club honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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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
three who became the 111th players to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Centre-forward |
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First match |
No. 21, 15
March 1884, Scotland 1 England 0, a British Championship match at Cathkin
Park, Cathcart Road, Glasgow, aged 22 years 53 days. |
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Last match |
No. 22, 17
March 1884, Wales 0 England 4, a British Championship match at
The Racecourse,
Mold Road, Wrexham, aged 22 years 55 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championship 1883-84 |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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He was made a Member of Parliament for
Macclesfield in the July 1886 general election. He served in the
Conservative administration of Arthur Balfour as Financial Secretary to
the War Office from 1903 to 1905 and was a Civil Member of the Army
Council from 1904 to 1905. However, he lost his seat in the 1906 Liberal
landslide. Bromley-Davenport fought in the Second Boer War in the
Imperial Yeomanry, where he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order.
During the First World War he commanded the 22nd Mounted Brigade of the
Egyptian Expedition Force with the rank of Brigadier-General from 1916 to
1917. He was also Assistant Director of Labour from 1917 to 1918. Between
1920 and 1949 he held the honorary post of Lord-Lieutenant of Cheshire. He
was made a CMG in 1918, a CBE in 1919 and a KCB in 1924. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.48. |
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William Bromley-Davenport - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Comp.
Apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Comp.
Goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
| 2 |
2 |
2 |
180 |
2 |
90 min |
2 |
None |
None |
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Due to the fact that
many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time
for injuries, errors and substitutions. The minutes here
given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only
an approximation. |
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William Bromley-Davenport
- 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
-
British Championship |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
1 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| All |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
1 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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William Bromley-Davenport
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
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British Championship Tournaments |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
BC 1883-84 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
1 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC Total |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
1 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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All
Tournaments |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
1 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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All |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
1 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
Notes
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