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Bertie
Corbett |
Corinthians
FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 6:
A 0
100% successful
1901
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Captain
Bertie Oswald Corbett
BA |
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Birth |
Saturday, 15 May 1875, at The Vicarage, Crendaro Road, in Thame, Oxfordshire. |
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registered in Thame April-June 1875 |
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"CORBETT.—At the Vicarage, Thame, on the
15th inst., the wife of the Rev. E. B. Corbett, of a son."
- Bicester Herald, Friday, 21 May 1875/Bucks Herald,
Saturday, 22 May 1875 |
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Baptism |
Sunday, 27 June 1875 in the Parish Church
in Thame, by Rev. E. Greenwich |
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According to the 1881 census,
five year-old Bertie is the sixth of eight children, alongside Reginald,
to Vicar Elijah Bagott and Welsh wife Mary Anne (née Davies). They live at The Vicarage
on Crendaro Road at Thame, with one servant. |
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According to the 1891 census,
Bertie is now the sixth of nine children, still with their parents and
still living at The Vicarage with one servant. Father is a clerk in the
holy orders.
(His father died on 30 December 1892 in Thame) |
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"UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE... |
"Bachelor in Arts.—Bertie O. Corbett,
Oriel;" - London Standard, Monday, 12 April 1897. |
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According to the 1901 census,
Bertie is an assistant schoolmaster at The Junior House at Brighton
college, on Eastern Road in Brighton. |
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According to the 1911 census,
Bertie Oswald is headmaster at Rycote College in Kidlerton Road in Derby.
He is assisted by a couple of his sisters, Winifred and Theodora. |
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Marriage |
to Ella Stagg,
on Tuesday, 20 August 1912, at St. Michael the Archangel Church in Braintree,
Essex |
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registered in Braintree July-September 1912 |
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(His mother died in Poole on 28 February
1917)
According to the 1921 census,
Bertie Oswald, a school master, now married to Ella, and have two boarders
and four servants, are all living at the preparatory school, Shardlow Hall in Shardlow.
Kelly's Directory for Derbyshire for 1925 confirms Corbett at Shardlow
Hall. It's Dorsetshire version places him at Waddon House by 1931. |
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According to the 1939 register, Bertie and Ella are
still married and living in Waddon House in Portesham. Bertie is a retired
schoolmaster, now farming. |
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"COUNTY COUNCIL CANDIDATES... |
"Lively interest in county administration is reflected in the
nominations received for Dorset County Council election, which takes place
on March 1st, for there will be contests in 31 of the 67 electoral
divisions.
ABBOTSBURY—Bertie Oswald
Corbett, Waddon, Portesham, gentleman." - The Western Gazette,
Friday, 22 February 1946. |
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His
wife, Ella Corbett, died, aged 90 years, in Waddon House on 9 July 1967.
His brother,
Rex Corbett,
died on 2 September 1967. |
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Death |
Thursday, 30 November 1967
at Waddon House,
Waddon Road, Portesham, Dorset. |
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aged
92 years 199 days |
registered in Weymouth October-December 1967 |
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"PLAYED IN FAMOUS CORINTHIANS TOUR... |
"The death is announced today of Bertie Oswald Corbett, England
left-winger against Wales in 1901 and a member of the legendary
Corinthians team that conquered Europe in 1904. He died at Portesham,
Dorset, yesterday, aged 92." - Derby Evening Telegraph,
Friday, 1 December 1967. |
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Funeral |
Monday, 4
December 1967 in Portesham
Cemetery in Dorset. |
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Probate |
"CORBETT
Bertie Oswald
of Waddon Manor Portesham Dorset
died 30 November 1967 Probate
Nottingham
26 January.
£83976."
[2024 equivalent: £1,248,238]. |
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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) |
Attended Thame Grammar
School, learning his football, before moving up to Oxford University and
earning his Blue in 1896-97. He joined the Corinthians FC, becoming it's
secretary in 1902 for three years, until he left the club. |
.jpg) Corinthians |
1897-1906 |
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Club honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Played first class
cricket with Buckinghamshire, and once for Derbyshire |
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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 six who
became the 262nd players (267) player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-left |
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First match |
No. 72, 18 March 1901, England
6 Wales 0, a British Championship match at St. James' Park, Gallowgate,
Newcastle upon Tyne, aged 25 years
307 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1900-01; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners
1900-01; |
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Individual honours |
The South (four appearances 1ᶜ March 1900-January 1903)
The Amateurs (withdrew, September 1901) |
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Distinctions |
The older brother of
Rex Corbett,
died three months after him. |
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Beyond England |
Assisted Reading and Slough in
1906-07 while he was also teaching. He was a schoolmaster by profession,
he started Shardlow School in Derbyshire.
And the Editor of 'Annals of the Corinthian Football Club'
(Longmans 1906). He became proprietor of
a Dorset preparatory school. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.74.
Served as captain of the
Grenadier Guards and served as a councillor for Dorset County Council. |
