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Harry Clarke

Tottenham Hotspur FC

 1 appearance, 0 goals

P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 4: A 2
100% successful
1954

captain: none
minutes played: 90

Timeline
  Henry Alfred Clarke
Birth 23 February 1923 in Woodford Green, Essex [registered in West Ham, March 1923].
To Henry Richard and Winifred Anne (née Walker)
Marriage to Eunice Evelyn Tanner on 2 April 1951 in Newport Register Office, Newport, Monmouthshire [registered in Newport, June 1951]. Eunice died 11 January 1994
Death 16 April 2000 in Romford, Essex, aged 77 years 53 days [registered in Havering, April 2000].

Source
Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &

Club Career
Club(s) Played schoolboy football in Woodford and junior level in Woodford Green. Played with the RAF during his wartime service, representing his command. After the war, he was turning out for Lovell's Point FC until Tottenham Hotspur FC signed him for £1000 in March 1949. He remained for a decade, making 295 league appearances, scoring four goals, before returning to Wales who became the player-manager at Llanelly FC in February 1959 until his retirement in 1962.
Club honours Welsh League winners 1945-46, 1946-47; Welsh Cup winners 1947-48; Football League Division Two winners 1949-50; Football League Champions 1950-51;
Individual honours None
Distinctions None
Height/Weight 6' 3", 12st. 8lbs [1954].

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

Management Career
Club(s) His first taste of management came came at Llanelly FC in February 1959 as player-manager. He took over at Romford FC in March 1962 for a long spell.

England Career
Player number One of four who became the 727th players (729) to appear for England.
Position(s) Centre-half
Only match No. 285, 3 April 1954, Scotland 2 England 4, a British Championship and World Cup qualification match at Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow, aged 31 years 39 days.
Major tournaments British Championship 1953-54;
Team honours British Championship winners 1953-54;
Individual honours England B (one appearance, 1954)
Distinctions Died two days after Wilf Mannion

Beyond England
No additional information. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.66.


The Numbers
parties Appearances comp. apps minutes captain
2 1 1 90 0 none
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.
P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 0 0 4 2 100 +1
his only match was played at an away venue, it was a World Cup preliminary/British Championship match, and played in a white shirt

Tournament Record

World Cup Preliminary Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WCP/BC 1953-54 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 0 0 4.00 2.00 100.0 +1
WCP All 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 0 0 4.00 2.00 100.0 +1

British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC/WCP 1953-54 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 0 0 4.00 2.00 100.0 +1
BC All 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 0 0 4.00 2.00 100.0 +1

All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WCP 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 0 0 4.00 2.00 100.0 +1
BC 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 0 0 4.00 2.00 100.0 +1
The 1953-54 records of the World Cup preliminaries and British Championship are duplicated, and one set is deducted from the grand total.
1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 0 0 4.00 2.00 100.0 +1

Match History
   
Age 31 B  
one appearance - West Germany March1954
   

 Club: Tottenham Hotspur F.C. - one full appearance (90 min) manager: Walter Winterbottom - one full appearance (90 min)x

apps match pic match details comp res. rundown shirt

1 285 3 April 1954 - Scotland 2 England 4
 Hampden Park, Glasgow		 BC/
WCP		 AW   5
  

one of four who became the 727th player (729) to appear for England.
the 23rd Tottenham Hotspur player to represent England

286 16 May 1954 - Yugoslavia 1 England 0, Stadion JNA, Beograd tour AL withdrawn
party member
B  
withdrawn party member - Yugoslavia 16 May 1954
287 23 May 1954 - Hungary 7 England 1, Népstadion, Budapest   AL  
B  
withdrawn party member  - Switzerland 23 May 1954
  


  

 
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