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Harry
Daft |
Notts County FC &
Corinthians FC
5 caps, 3 goals
P 5 W 4 D 1 L 0 F 18:
A 4
90% successful
1889-92
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played:
450 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Harry Butler Daft |
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Born |
5
April 1866 in
Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire [registered in
Bingham, June 1866]. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1871 census,
Harry Butler is the youngest of two sons (the older is Richard Parr) to
Richard and Mary (née Parr). They live at Radcliffe Hill in Radcliffe-on-Trent,
with one servant. His father is a brewing agent and cricket outfitter. |
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According to the 1881 census,
Harry now has three younger sisters living with their parents at Main
Street in Radcliffe. Harry himself was a student at Trent College in Long
Eaton. |
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According to the 1891 census,
Harry B. is a manager of a sports warehouse. He lives alone with a
servant at 43 Dovecote Lane in Beeston, Nottingham. |
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According to the 1901 census,
Harry B. is a professional cricketer, married to Florence with one
daughter, Dorothy. They live with Florence's mother, Catherine Whitlock,
at Lorne Grove in Ratcliffe-on-Trent. |
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According to the 1911 census,
Harry Butler is living with his wife and daughter and his older brother,
Richard, at High Cross in Ware, Hertfordshire. |
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Married |
to Florence Whitlock, on 23 April 1891 [registered in
Bingham, June 1891]. |
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Died |
12 January 1945
in High Cross, Ware, aged
78 years 282 days
[registered in Ware, Hertfordshire, March 1945]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
9", 11st.
7lbs [1895]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Played football
while he attended Trent College, after leaving he joined Notts County FC
in the mid-1880's. Daft played for the Corinthians team as well
beteen 1887 and 1890. He joined Nottingham Forest FC in January 1893,
where he played for only eight months, before rejoining County in August.
Joined Newark FC in December 1894 before retiring. Throughout, he
represented Nottinghamshire FA. |
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Club honours |
Football League
(2 appearances) |
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Individual honours |
FA Cup
runners-up 1890-91, winner 1893-94; |
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Distinctions |
Also played
first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire CC 1885-99. |
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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 |
164th player to
appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-left |
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First match |
No. 36, 2 March 1889, England 6 Ireland 1, a
British Championship match at Anfield Road, Liverpool, aged 22 years
331 days. |
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Last match |
No. 44, 5 March 1892, Ireland 0 England 2, a
British Championship match at Solitude Ground, Cliftonville, Belfast, aged
25 years 335 days.  |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championship 1888-89, 1889-90, 1890-91, 1891-92; |
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Team honours |
British
Championship winner 1889-90, 1890-91, 1891-92; (shared)
1888-89; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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Served on the FA Committee from 1884-85.
Carried on with his professional cricket career after he hung up his
football boots -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.83. |
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Harry Daft - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Comp.
Apps |
Minutes |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Comp.
Goals |
Captain |
Discipline |
| 5 |
5 |
5 |
450 |
3 |
150 min |
3 |
None |
None |
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Due to the fact that
many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time
for injuries, errors and substitutions. The minutes here
given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only
an approximation. |
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Harry Daft
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
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Home |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
2 |
+10 |
0 |
0 |
6.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
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Away |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
+4 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
1.50 |
83.3 |
+2 |
| All
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British Championship |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
18 |
4 |
+14 |
0 |
1 |
3.60 |
0.80 |
90.0 |
+4 |
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Harry Daft
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
|
British Championship Tournaments |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1888-89 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
+5 |
0 |
0 |
6.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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BC 1889-90 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
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BC 1890-91 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
+5 |
0 |
0 |
6.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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BC 1891-92 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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BC
All |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
18 |
4 |
+14 |
0 |
1 |
3.60 |
0.80 |
90.0 |
+4 |
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All
Tournaments |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
18 |
4 |
+14 |
0 |
1 |
3.60 |
0.80 |
90.0 |
+4 |
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All |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
18 |
4 |
+14 |
0 |
1 |
3.60 |
0.80 |
90.0 |
+4 |
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Harry Daft
- Match History |
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Club: Notts
County F.C. & Corinthians F.C. - 3 full caps |
Coach: F.A. Committee - 5
full capsx
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Age 22 |
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1 |
36 |
2 March 1889 - England 6 Ireland 1, Anfield Road, Liverpool |
BC |
HW |
Start |
ol |
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Age 23 |
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2 |
38 |
15 March 1890 -
Wales 1 England 3,
The Racecourse,
Mold Road, Wrexham |
BC |
AW |
Start |
ol |
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Age 24 |
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3 |
40 |
5 April 1890 -
Scotland 1 England 1,
Hampden Park,
Crosshill, Glasgow |
BC |
AD |
Start |
ol |
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Club: Notts
County F.C. - 2 full caps |
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4 |
41 |
7 March 1891 -
England 6 Ireland 1,
Molineux Ground, Wolverhampton |
BC |
HW |
Start  |
ol |
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Age 25 |
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5 |
44 |
5 March 1892 -
Ireland 0 England 2,
Solitude Ground,
Cliftonville, Belfast |
BC |
AW |
Start   |
ol |
Notes
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CG
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