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Arthur
Capes |
Stoke
FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D 0 L 1 F 1:
A 2
0% successful
1903
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Arthur John Burton Capes
He was
not born with the middle name of Burton, but he certainly died with it. |
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Birth |
23 February 1875 in
Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire [registered in
Burton-upon-Trent, June 1875] |
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According to the 1881 census,
Arthur is the fourth of six children to licensed victualler Edwin and Ann.
They live in The Railway Inn in Little Burton, Burton-upon-Trent, with two
servants. |
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Cannot be found on the 1891
census. |
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Marriage |
to Ada Annie
Botham
[registered in Nottingham, March 1899] |
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According to the 1901 census,
Arthur J. is now married to Ada and have one daughter, Sarah Ann. Arthur
is a professional footballer and a plumber, living at 4 Beauvale Road,
Nottingham. |
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According to the 1911 census,
Arthur John, still married and with a son, Frederick William, now just a
plumber, living at 72 Sutherland Road in Longton, Stoke. |
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According to the 1921 census,
Arthur John cannot be found but his wife, Ada Annie is at home with their
two children and two boarders at 17 Castle Street in Tutbury.
According
to passenger lists, Arthur arrived back in London from Australia on 9
November 1933 on board the P&O Baradine, living at Victoria Street in
Burton. |
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According to the 1939 register, Arthur J. is
now a widow, living by private means, at 96 Hunter Street in Burton-upon-Trent with his son
Frederick W. and his wife Minnie. |
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Death |
26 February 1945 at
64 Hunter Street in
Burton-upon-Trent, aged
70 years 3 days
[registered in Burton-upon-Trent, March 1945]. Left £468 16s.
11d. to his son, Frederick William Capes, a blacksmith. |
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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) |
Started his career with
Burton Wanderers FC making 57 league appearances
and scoring 23, before joining Nottingham Forest FC in the summer
of 1896, where he scored 33 goals in 68 league
outings. Joined
Stoke FC on 25 April 1902 and returned sixty
league appearances with eighteen goals. Joined Bristol City FC on 8 May 1904,
making 29 league appearances, scoring seven.
On 19 September 1905, Capes signed for Langton Hall FC, of the North
Staffordshire Combination. He then spent the 1905-06
season with Swindon Town FC, scoring
five in 22 Southern League appearances. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup winners
1897-98; |
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Individual honours |
Football League
(one appearance) |
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Distinctions |
His brother, Adrian, also
played with Burton Wanderers FC and Nottingham Forest FC |
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Height/Weight |
5'
8½", 12st.
3lbs [1903]. |
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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
two who became the 288th
players (289) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Inside-right |
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Only match |
No. 79,
4 April 1903, England 1 Scotland 2,
a
British Championship match at Bramall Lane, Highfield, Sheffield,
aged 28 years 40 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1902-03; |
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Team honours |
British Championship shared 1902-03; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Died 22 days after
Ron Sewell |
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Beyond England |
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no added information. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.58. |
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