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Ben
Garfield |
West
Bromwich Albion FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F
3:
A 2
100% successful
1898
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Benjamin Garfield |
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Birth |
Sunday, 21 May 1871 in The Lodge, Raunds, near Highams Ferrar, Northamptonshire. |
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confirmed by his birth certificate and 1939 register—registered in Thrapston April-June 1871 |
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Education |
Stoke Doyle School |
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According to the 1871
census, Mary Ann (née Wightman) is due to give birth to her third child, Benjamin. His
father, Joseph, is an agricultural labourer. They live at the Lodge in
Raunds. |
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"CRANFORD |
...EXTRAORDINARY
SUICIDE.—On Friday last J. T. Parker, Esq., Coroner, held an inquest, at
the Red Lion inn, Cranford, touching the death of Joseph Garfield, who
committed suicide by throwing himself into a shallow stream of water near
that village, on the previous day.—The jury returned a verdict of 'Suicide
whilst in a state of temporary insanity'." - The Northampton Mercury,
Saturday 15 February 1879. |
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According to the 1881
census, Benjamin is the second of four children with their widowed mother, Mary Ann.
They live with the Smith family, Mary's brother, at Spring Gardens in
Higham Ferrers, Wellingborough. His mother is also the housekeeper. |
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According to the 1891
census, Benjamin, now a clicker, is still one of four children living with
their widowed mother. They now live at Corporation Row in
Highams Ferrers, where Mary's nephews live with them. |
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"PETTY SESSIONS |
...Feb.12.—Clara
Holyoak, Chelveston, v. Benjamin Garfield, Finedon; order, 2s. a week till
the child is 14." - The Northampton/Bedfordshire
Mercury's, Friday 19 February/Saturday 20 February 1892. |
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Children |
Ben and Clara Holyoak had a daughter
together. Florence Elizabeth
(b.12 February 1891).
Clara will marry Robert Walter Hanwell on 3
November 1894 in Chelveston, and will go on to have another daughter and
three sons. |
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Marriage |
to Elizabeth
Ann Wilson, late 1895 |
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registered in Burton-upon-Trent October-December 1895 |
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Children |
Ben and Eliza Garfield had eight
children together. Benjamin Percy (b.22 May 1896), Florence
Ethel
(b.1898), Edith (b.1900), Elizabeth
(b.1902), Albert Edward (b.1904), Frederick
(b.1910), Stanley (b.1 November 1913) and another that died between census' |
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According to the 1901
census, Benjamin is a professional footballer, married to Elizabeth, and
has three children, Benjamin, Florence and Edith. They live at 14 Farley
Street in West Bromwich. |
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According to the 1911
census, Benjamin, now a labourer on the railway, is living with his wife
and three more children, Elizabeth, Edward and Frederick. The census
reveals that another child had died. They live at 39 New Bank Street in
Longsight, Manchester.
Ben and
Elizabeth's son, Benjamin married on 6 August 1917 at St. Giles', Ardwick,
address stated as 210 Cowell's Hops and Benjamin is a warehouseman.
Their daughter, Florence Ethel
married James Twigg on 3 April 1920 at St. Mark's, Gorton, address stated
as 24 Prescott Street and Benjamin is a stoker.
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According to the 1921 census,
Benjamin, a warehouse hand, still married, but is boarding at 25 Herbert
Street in Newton Heath, with the Hardman family.
(His mother died
in spring 1923)
Ben and Elizabeth's daughter, Elizabeth, married on 1
August 1925 at St. Clement's, Longsight, address stated as 29 New Bank
Street and Benjamin is a tradesman.
Their son, Albert Edward, married on 30 July 1927 at St. Clement's,
address still 29 New Bank Street and Benjamin is now a foreman. |
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According to the 1939 register, Benjamin is now a
retired labourer living with 84 year-old widow, Lily Hardman, a fish
fryer, at 67 Oldham Road in Failsworth. His wife, however, is still at home
at 39 New Bank Street, both are still married, and now with an eighth child, Stanley. |
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Death |
April to
June 1958 in the Manchester area |
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age 86 yrs 315 dys-87 years 40 dys |
registered in Manchester April-June 1958 |
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A date of
1942 had been mentioned by Lamming, with 10
December been filled in by historian Tony Matthews, but there is
no registration to confirm this. However, a registration in
Manchester was found for second quarter 1958, and at the age of 87, his birth can
only be placed as 1871. His last known whereabouts was the 1939
census...in Manchester. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Started his
junior career with Finedon FC, and then Kettering Town FC and then Burton
Wanderers FC in 1893,
before joining West Bromwich Albion FC on 11 May 1896.
Garfield left for Brighton & Hove Albion FC in August 1902, where he remained
until 1905. Afterwhich he was turning out for Tunbridge Wells Rangers FC.
Garfield was later suspended by the Football Association for playing in
Olympia, the suspension was lifted in May 1907. In 1911, he was playing
for White City FC. |
League honours
168 appearances 61 goals |
Burton Wanderers
FC 1894-96 59 appearances, 27 goals.
debut (division two): 1
September 1894 Rotherham Town FC 1 Burton Wanderers FC 3 .
West Bromwich Albion FC 1896-1901 109 appearances, 39 goals.
debut: 1
September 1896 Blackburn Rovers FC 1 West Bromwich Albion FC 2.
last
(div. two): 21 September 1901 West Bromwich Albion FC 3 Burslem Port Vale
FC 1. |
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Club honours |
Football League Division
Two fourth place 1896-96 (29ᵃ 16ᵍ),
winners 1901-02 (4ᵃ 1ᵍ)
Southern League Division
Two winners 1902-03; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5' 7½", 11st 7lbs
[1899], 5'
7", 10st.
3lbs [1903]. |
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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 four who became 236th
players (239) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Inside-left |
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Only match |
No. 62, 5 March 1898,
Ireland 2
England 3, a British
Championship match at
Cliftonville Gardens,
Cliftonville, Belfast, aged 26 years 321 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1897-98; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners 1897-98; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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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.104. |
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