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Walter
Buchanan |
Clapham Rovers
FC, Wanderers FC
& Barnes FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D 0 L 1 F 0:
A 3
0% successful
1876-77
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Walter Scott Buchanan |
The early
publications gave nothing more than W.S. as a forename to this player. On the basis that the only W.S. Buchanan born in this era is the one we
have noted here. This MUST be treated with caution, because no one
has any certainty on his identity.
After all, it was not unheard of
for the early publications to add an initial. |
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Birth |
Friday, 1 June 1855 in
Hornsey, Essex |
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registered as Walter Scott in Islington July-September 1855 Islington was in Essex County Registration until 1889 |
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Baptism |
Friday, 27 July 1855 at St.
Mark's Church, Tollington Park, Islington,
to James and Mary (née MacMahon) |
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This Walter S. cannot be found in
the 1861 census. |
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According to the 1871 census,
Walter Scott is a pupil at Surrey County School in Cranleigh. |
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On 10 December 1877, Buchanan (living in Hornsey Rise) is a witness
at Old Bailey. He is employed by the defendant, Harry Hopkinson, for six
weeks, and his testimony, amongst others, led to his 'not guilty' verdict
of fraud and deception charges. |
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According to the 1881 census,
Walter Scott is lodging with the Dawson's, at 19 Hill Street,
Westminster. The census shows no occupation. |
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According to the 1891 census,
Walter, now an advertising agent, is a visitor to the Lupp's, at 2
Blackfriars Road, at Southwark. |
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According to the 1901 census,
Walter S. is lodging at a boarding house, at 38 Lillie Road in Fulham. He
is an advertising agent. |
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Marriage |
to Elizabeth Jane Norris (née Ford)
in spring 1908 in Ealing
Elizabeth had been previously married to Henry Charles Norris (m.8 January
1896 d.20 December 1904). |
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registered in Brentford April-June 1908 |
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According to the 1911 census,
Walter is now married and has a new family. His wife, Elizabeth, and
her children, the five Norris children, and their own daughter, Daisy
Scott, all live together at Chapel Villas in Twickenham. There is
evidence that they had a son, also Walter Scott, who died within his first
year of life. Walter is an still an agent.
(Elizabeth died in the early part of
1914.) |
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According to the 1921 census,
Walter is noted as being single and is one of the many lodgers at Rowton
House in Hammersmith. He is a clerk (racing). |
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Death |
Remembrance
Sunday, 11 November
1926 at Rowton House, Hammersmith Road in Hammersmith, London |
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aged 71 years 163 days |
registered in Hammersmith October-December 1926 |
"FOUND DEAD IN BATH—
PORTER'S DISCOVERY ON ARMISTICE DAY.—
A porter at Rowton House, Hammersmith Road, on
going to clean the baths at the establishment on Armistice Day, discovered
Walter Scott Buchanan, 71, who had been staying at the House for some
time, lying dead in a bath of water. At the inquest held by Mr. H. R.
Oswald at Hammersmith on Saturday, the porter stated he found the man with
his head immersed under about a foot of water in the bath. The body was
identified by Mrs. Margaret Bridgewater, wife of a land agent, of
Cambridge Terrace, Hyde Park, who said she had not seen the deceased, her
brother, for 31 years. He had never followed any occupation, but led a
wasted life. About three years ago he met with an accident in Hammersmith,
being knocked down and run over by a car. Dr. P. McCabe said the man had
been dead about 20 minutes when he saw him lying in the bath. A postmortem
examination revealed that the heart and other organs were diseased. There
were no signs of suffocation, and he considered that the man was dead
before he slipped under the water. Death was due to syncope, probably
caused through the hot water acting on the man's diseased heart. A verdict
of 'Natural causes' was recorded." - West
London Observer, Monday, 19 November 1926 |
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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) |
Clapham Rovers FC
from 1873 until 1878, and played for the Barnes club from October 1876 and
again in December 1877; also assisted the Wanderers FC
team in November & December 1876 and again in November 1877. |
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Club honours |
None |
| Individual honours |
Surrey FA (vs. Middlesex FA, October
1875 & vs. Essex FA, February 1876);
London FA (vs.
Sheffield, January 1876); |
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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
nine who became the
34th player
(39) to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Half-back (played as a
forward and half-back at club and county level). |
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Only match |
No. 5, 4 March
1876,
Scotland 3 England 0, a friendly match at The West of Scotland Cricket
Ground, Hamilton Crescent, Partick, Glasgow, aged 20 years 277 days. |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Died fourteen days after Oliver Whateley |
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Beyond England |
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His census' reveal Buchanan to be
an advertising agent. However, his 1926 obituary says he 'led a wasted
life'... that is if this is the correct Buchanan, and the advertising
agent did die in 1926. |
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