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Joseph
Gettins |
Millwall Athletic
FC
reserve
1897 |
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Timeline |
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Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Holmes Gettins
DSO
OBE |
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Birth |
Thursday, 19 November 1873 in Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire |
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registered
in Stockton-on-Tees, October-December 1873 |
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According to the 1881 census, Joseph Holmes is
the youngest of six children to his father and Mary, now a widow, and they
live at 20 High Millbank Street in Linthorpe, Middlesbrough. |
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According to the 1901 census,
Joseph H, a lecturer and tutor,. is a visitor at the home of James and
Lila Skeggs at 9 Woodstock Road in Poplar. |
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First marriage |
to Agnes Katherine Legge in 1904 |
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registered
in Reading, October-December 1904 |
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Children |
Joseph and Agnes Gettins had two sons together. Oliver Holmes
(b.1907) and Geoffrey Legge (b.1910) |
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According to the 1911 census, Joseph Holmes is
the Principal at the Training College for Teachers, married to Agnes, with
two sons, Oliver and Geoffrey. With his widowed mother, three visitors and
two servants, they live at 20 Lilley Road in Fairfield, Liverpool.
Served as a captain in the Royal Army Service Corps during WWI
Awarded a Distinguished Service Order in 1918. Returned to the Army in
1920 to become the Chief Education Officer. |
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Second marriage |
to Kathleen Winifred Campbell on 22 September 1934 at Christ
Church in Holborn |
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aged 60 years 307 days |
registered
in Reading October-December 1934 |
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According to the 1939 Register, Joseph H. is a
civil servant, married to Kathleen W., living at 7 Wolsey Row in East
Molesey. |
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Death |
Saturday, 6 June 1954 at 7 Wolsey Row in East Molesey, Surrey |
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aged 80 years 199 days |
registered
in Surrey Northern April-June 1954 |
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Funeral |
Thursday, 11 June 1954 at St. Paul's Church in East Molesey |
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Source |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
As an amateur,
Gettins had multiple spells with Millwall Athletic
FC between 1892 and 1904 and inbetween, would play for his hometown club, Middlesbrough FC.
Also had a spell with Brentford FC during 1894-95. |
.jpg) Corinthians |
Was a
member of the 1897 tour of South Africa. |
League honours
10 appearances 1 goal |
Middlesbrough FC
1899-1903 ten appearances one goal
debut (division two): 2
September 1899 Lincoln City FC 3 Middlesbrough FC 0.
last: 14 March
1903 Middlesbrough FC 2 Grimsby Town FC 0 |
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Club honours |
Southern League winners
1894-95, 1895-96, runners-up 1896-97;
FA Amateur Cup winners 1894-95;
Northern
League winners 1896-97;
FA Cup
semi-finalist 1899-1900 (6ᵃ 3ᵍ),
1902-03 (4ᵃ 1ᵍ)
Football League
best Division One 13th place 1902-03 (4ᵃ) |
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Individual honours |
not known |
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Distinctions |
His appearances for Millwall Athletic FC
intertwined with his appearances with Middlesbrough FC. In the 1902-03
season, he helped Athletic progress through the FA Cup, beating Everton FC
in a quarter-final ties on 7 March 1903, then played a League match with
Middlesbrough against Grimsby Town FC a week later, and then returned for
Millwall a week after that, for an unsuccessful FA Cup semi-final against
Derby County FC at Villaa Park. |
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Height/Weight |
not known |
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England Career |
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Player number |
Did not appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
inside-left |
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Major tournaments |
None |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
The Amateurs (one appearance, March
1896) |
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Distinctions |
Of the eleven Amateurs that made up the trial match against The
Professionals in 1896, ten of the team had, or would go on to, make a
senior team appearance. Gettins was the only member who did not. |
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Beyond England |
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Awarded the OBE in 1933 |
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