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George
Cotterill |
Cambridge
University AFC & Old Brightonians AFC & Corinthians FC
4 appearances, 2 goals
1 goal on his
debut
P 4 W 4 D 0 L 0 F
19:
A 4
100% successful
1889-93
captain:
two
minutes played: 360 |
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Timeline |
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Major
George Huth Cotterill MA |
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Birth |
Saturday, 4 April 1868
at 5 Arlington Villas
in Brighton, Sussex |
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registered unnamed in Brighton April-June 1868 |
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"COTTERILL―On the 4th inst.,
at 5 Arlington-villas, Brighton, the wife of the Rev. G.
E.Cotterill, of a son." - The Morning Post/The
Morning Advertiser, Wednesday, 8 April 1868 & The West Sussex
Journal, Tuesday, 14 April 1868. |
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Baptism |
Friday, 15 May 1868
at St. Nicholas Church,
in Brighton |
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According to the 1871 census,
three year-old George is the third of four children to Edward George and
Annie Manuela (née Walters). They live at Arlington Villas in Brighton, along with his
uncle and eight servants. His father, born in India, is a clergyman. |
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According to the 1881 census,
George Huth is the eldest of the three children remaining with their
parents, alongside sixteen pupils and five servants at 5, 6 and 7
Arlington Villas. His father is the schoolmaster and clergyman. |
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"2nd Volunteer Battalion,
the Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)―George Huth Cotterill,
Gent., to be Lieutenant July 24, 1886." - Army & Navy
Gazette, Saturday, 24 July 1886 & Volunteer Service Gazette,
Saturday, 31 July 1886 |
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According to the 1891 census,
George H. is now a schoolmaster with his parents at Weybridge School in
Chertsey. His father is head and clergy. |
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According to War Records,
Cotterill served as a captain in the
Royal Army Medical Corps between 1899-1902. |
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Cannot be found on the 1901
census, he was captain of the Royal Army Medical Corps in the Boer War. |
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"MR
G. H. COTTERILL,
son of the Rev George Cotterill, of Arlington Villas, celebrates
his 35th birthday on Saturday, April 11th, having been born in
Brighton in 1868. When captain of the Brighton College Cricket
Club he gave promise of becoming a famous batsman, but on going to
Cambridge he gradually lost his form in the King of Games. While
at the University he gained the International prize, and made a
name in the football teams" -
Brighton Gazette, Thursday, 9 April 1903 -
notes: Cotterill was born on the 4th. |
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According to the 1911 census,
George Huth is a boarder at the Lonsdale household at 104 Lloyd Street in
Chorlton, Manchester. He is a director of a Home agents and Decorating
company. He is boarding alongside actors Herbert Lomer and Guy Newall, and
his wife Mary Newall.
(His mother died on 11 June 1911 in Idicote
Rectory. His father died 2 June 1913)
During WWI, achieved the rank of Major of the
11th Lancashire Fusiliers. |
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According to his British Army
Medal Rolls, Cotterill serves
in France as a Major in the Lancashire Fusiliers from 24 September 1915,
earning
three medals, victory, British and Star on 20 June 1921. |
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According to the 1921 census, George Huth is single and an ex-army officer and
visiting the home of Mary Lombardini at 12 Edwardes Square in Kensington. |
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Marriage |
to Margaret Robina
? (b.27 May 1886)
Only a Clegg turns up in the registration
for this quarter - and she never married. Presumed therefore, to
be not British. |
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registration not found, only the 1939
register and Midland Electoral Register confirm a wife |
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According to the 1935 Midland Electoral Registers, George Huth and Margaret
Robina are living at Flat 2, 6 Alcester Road in the Moseley area of
Birmingham. |
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According to the 1939 register, author, George H. and fashion buyer,
Margaret R. are still married, living at 4 Greenwood Road in Cardiff. |
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Death |
Sunday, 1 October 1950
in Llandaff, Glamorgan, in Wales |
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aged
82 years 180 days |
registered as George R. in Cardiff October-December 1950 |
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"COTTERILL.―On Oct 1,
at 22, Greenwood-rd., Llandaff, Major G.
H. Cotterill (late Lancs. Fusiliers), aged 82...Greatly missed."
- South Wales Echo, Monday, 2 October 1950. |
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Obituary |
"Old
Corinthian major dies.
"Former
outside right for the famous Corinthians football club, elected 12th man
in a Cambridge cricket team, Major G. H. Cotterrill, has died at the age
of 82. He was a member of the 11th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers during
the 1914-18 war, during which time the battalion cricket team also
included A. E. R. Gilligan and A. N. Jewel. A member of the old Manchester
Constitutional Club, Major Cotterrill lived for a time in Wright-street,
near Manchester University. He retired to Llandaff, Glamorganshire."
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Evening Chronicle, Wednesday, 4 October 1950, |
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Funeral |
Wednesday noon, 3 October 1950
at Glyntaff Crematorium & Cemetery
in Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf.
"...Funeral Wednesday, leaving
house 11.30am for Glyntaff Crematorium. No flowers..."
- South Wales Echo, Monday, 2 October 1950. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Cambridge University Alumni |
COTTERILL,
George Huth.
Adm sizar Trinity Oct. 6, 1887.
s. of George Edward (above) of Weybridge, Surrey.
b. Apr. 4, 1868, at Brighton.
Sch: Brighton College. Matric.Michs.1887. |
B.A. 1890; M.A.1894;
Football
(assoc.) 'blue,' 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891.
Sometime captain of Surrey County XI.
Served in
Great War (Major, Lancs. Fusiliers). |
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(Brighton
Coll. Reg., where he is confused with his brother (1889).) |
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Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Attended and played for
Brighton College between 1882 and 1886, being the captain in his final
three years. Then attended Trinity College and played for Cambridge
University and earning his blue between 1888 and 1891, being the captain
in 1890. Consequently played for the Old Brightonians FC team and also assisted Weybridge
FC, Burgess Hill FC and Newbury FC. |
.jpg) Corinthians |
1886-98 (65 appearances
as centre-forward, 53 goals). |
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Club honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
Surrey FA and Sussex FA |
Distinctions |
A
typical example of the Victorian games all-rounder. At cricket he played
for Cambridge University 1888-89 (without getting a Blue) and Sussex
1886-90. Blackheath and Corinthians and later Richmond, as well as Surrey,
twice at Rugby. He was also a multi-event athlete - track, field and
rowing. |
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Height/Weight |
over 6'
3", weight unknown [?]. |
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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
five who became the 174th players
(177) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Inside-right,
centre-forward |
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First match |
No.
41, 7 March 1891,
England 6
Ireland 1,
a British Championship
match at Molineux Ground, Waterloo Road North, St. Peter's, Wolverhampton, aged
22 years
337 days.
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Last match
2 years 25 days |
No. 49, 1 April 1893,
England 5 Scotland 2, a British Championship match at
Athletic Ground, Kew Foot Road, Richmond, London, aged
24 years 362 days.
65 |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1890-91, 1891-92, 1892-93; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners 1890-91, 1891-92, 1892-93; |
Individual honours |
The South
(three appearances,1887-91, withdrew in January 1889)
The Blues (one appearance, March 1890)
The Amateurs
(one appearance 1ᵍ, March 1896; withdrew in March 1893)
The Stripes (one appearance, March 1894) |
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Beyond England |
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No additional information. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.75. |
