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Richard
Geaves |
Clapham
Rovers FC
1
appearance,
0 goals
P 1 W 0 D 0 L 1 F
2:
A 2
50% successful
1875
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Captain
Richard Lyons Geaves |
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Birth |
Saturday, 6 May 1854, as a British subject born in Mexico [registered in the GRO Consular Birth Indices 1849-1965]. |
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According to the 1861
census, Richard was the eldest of two children to Richard and Helen M. His
younger sister, Adelade, had been born in West Derby in 1858, meaning the
Geaves family returned to England after 1854, but before 1858. His father,
a British subject born in Turkey, was a commission merchant. His mother
was a British Subject born in Malta. The four of them, along with four
servants, lived at Bankfield Road in West Derby. |
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According to the 1871
census, Richard is a pupil at Harrow School.
Appointed a lieutenant
of the the 15th (York) Battalion on 15 November 1875. |
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"DEVONSHIRE
WILLS AND BEQUESTS.
"The will of the late Mr.
James Lyon Geaves, of Heavitree, who died on 11th January last, has been
proven in the Exeter District Court of Probate, the personalty being sworn
under
£140,000. The will, which was made last year, was proven on 14th
February by James Richard Geaves, the son, Richard Geaves, the nephew,
residing at 6 Gloucester Square, Hyde Park;... To his nephew Richard the
deceased bequeathed
£25,000....The residue of the personalty and the whole
of the real estate is left to the testator's son, James Richard Geaves,
absolutely."
- Friday, 4 March 1881, The Western Times
[2018 equivalent personalty = £16,182,795 & bequethed = £2,889,785] |
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According to the 1881
census, R.L. is living with his parents and his sister at 6 Gloucester
Square in Paddington [left]. He is a Lieutenant in the 14th Regiment. |
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Marriage |
to Jane Chute Ellis,
on 9 August 1881 at St. Stephen's Church, South Kensington.
[registered in Kensington, September 1881]
"GEAVES―ELLIS―On
the 9th inst., at St. Stephen's Church, South Kensington, Lieutenant R.
Lyon Geaves, West Yorkshire Regiment, son of Mr. R. Geaves, Esq., of 6
Gloucester-square, Hyde-park, to Janet Chute, daughter of the late Mr.
John Ellis, Esq., of Benara, South Australia." -
Thursday, 11 August 1881, Pall Mall
Gazette/The Globe |
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"The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)―Lieutenant Richard
Lyon Geaves resigns his commission" - Saturday, 1 October
1881, London Morning Post. |
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According to the 1891
census, Richard is now married to an Australian, Jane, living with three
daughters, May, Violet and Dorothy. Along with six servants, they live in
the Manor House on Blackwater Road in Yateley, Hampshire. Richard is
a retired Army Officer. |
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According to the 1901
census, 'Lyon' still married and still living at The Manor House in
Yateley with his six daughters. Evelyn, Gladys and Phyllis are the
additions to those found in the 1891 census. They have four servants. |
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According to the 1911
census, Richard is still married to Jane, and live with four daughters.
They have five servants, all still living at The Manor House [left]. |
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"CLIMO―GEAVES―On
the 9th inst., at Rangoon, Major Percy Hill Climo, R.G.A., fourth son of
Lieut.-Colonel and Mrs. W. Hill Climo, Fir Glen, Yateley, Hants, to Gladys
Helen, second daughter of Mr. R. L. Geaves (late 14th Regt.) and Mrs.
Geaves, Silverthorne, Camberley, Surrey, and late of the Manor House,
Yateley, Hants." - Saturday,
13 November 1915, Hampshire Advertiser. |
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Death |
Thursday, 21 March 1935,
at The Manor House in Yateley, aged
80 years 319 days
[registered in Aldershot, March 1935] |
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Probate |
"GEAVES
Richard Lyon of The Manor House Yateley
Hampshire died 21
March 1935 Probate
London 20 May to
Sidney Lyon Geaves farmer.
Effects £10226 10s. 5d."
[2019 equivalent: £732,735] |
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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) |
Geaves was educated at Harrow School, playing
his football there. Moved up to Cambridge University and earned his
'Blue' in 1874. Joined
Clapham Rovers FC and also played for Old Harrovians AFC. |
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Club honours |
None |
| Individual honours |
None |
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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
28th players
(33) to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-left |
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Only match |
No. 4, 6
March 1875, England 2 Scotland 2, a friendly match at
The Surrey Cricket Ground,
The Oval, Kennington, London,
aged 20 years 304 days. |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Geaves was the last member of the 1875 team to die. |
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Beyond England |
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Geaves was commissioned into the
Bucks Militia in 1874 and transferred to the 14th Regiment in November of
the following year. He embarked with the Regiment to Afghanistan and was
present at the action at Mazina and took part of the Kama Expedition.
Along with a fellow Officer he was invalided home following contracting an
illness in the field and resigned his commission on the 1 October 1881. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1971). Hatton Press, p.105./FindMyPast.com/Bosleys
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Appearances |
minutes |
Goals |
captain |
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1 |
1 |
90 |
0 |
none |
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The minutes here given
can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an
approximation. |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
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1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
Match Record
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Venue &
Competition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
Home
venue
Friendly match |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
Match History
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Club:
Clapham Rovers F.C.
- one full appearance (90 min) |
F.A. Committee (Charles Alcock) - one full
appearance (90 min)x
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Notes
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CG
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