Rex
Corbett |
Old Malvernians AFC &
Corinthians FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 2:
A 1
100% successful
1903
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Reginald Corbett |
Birth |
13 June
1879 in Thame, Oxfordshire [registered in
Thame, September 1879]. |
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According to the 1881 census,
one year-old Reginald is the youngest of eight children, alongside
Reginald, to Vicar Elijah Bagott and Mary Anne (née Davies). They live at The Vicarage
at Thame with one servant. |
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According to the 1891 census,
Reginald is now the seventh of nine children, still with their parents and
still living at The Vicarage with one servant. Father is a clerk in the
holy orders. |
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According to the 1901 census,
Reginald is a schoolmaster at Durnford School in Langton Matravers. |
Marriage |
to Katheleen
Wolferstan Thomas
[registered in Wareham, Dorset, September 1906]. Two
children, Michael Wolferstan and Simon Philip Wolferstan |
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According to the 1911 census,
Reginald is now headmaster at The Old Malthouse School (having founded the
school in 1906) in Langton Matravers, and is now married to Kathleen. They
have one son, Michael. |
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According to the 1921 census,
Reginald, still a schoolmaster and still married, still lives at The Old
Mathouse. They have a new son, Simon. |
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According to the 1939 register, Reginald and Kathleen
are still married. They are at The Richmond Hotel, on the Victoria Road in
Swanage. Reginald is a retired schoolmaster. |
Death |
2 September
1967 in Shaftesbury, Dorset, aged
88 years 81 days
[registered in Mere, Wiltshire, September 1967]. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Attended Malvern College
and earned a place in its team in 1898. He left to play for the Old
Malvernians club and also for the Corinthians FC between 1902 and 1905. |
Club honours |
FA Amateur Cup winners
1901-02; |
Individual honours |
None |
Distinctions |
None |
Height/Weight |
not known |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
England Career |
Player number |
One of three who became the
285th
players (287)
to appear for England. |
Position(s) |
Outside-left |
Only match |
No. 85, 2 March 1903,
England 2 Wales 1, a British
Championship match at Fratton Park, Frogmore Road, Southsea, Portsmouth,
aged 23 years
262 days. |
Major tournaments |
British Championship 1902-03; |
Team honours |
British Championship shared 1902-03; |
Individual honours |
None |
Distinctions |
Brother of
Bertie Corbett.
Died one day after Harry Storer. |
Beyond England |
A schoolmaster by profession, like
his brother. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.74. |