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Henry Hammond

Oxford University AFC & Lancing Old Boys AFC
& Corinthians FC

1 appearance, 0 goals

P 1 W 0 D 0 L 1 F 2: A 3
0% successful

1889-90

captain: none
minutes played:
90

Timeline

  Henry Edward Denison Hammond BA
Birth Monday, 26 November 1866 in Priston, Somerset
  registered in Keynsham October-December 1866
"HAMMOND.—Nov. 26, at Priston, near Bath, the wife of Henry W. Hammond, of a son." - The Exeter & Plymouth Gazette, Friday, 30 November 1866
Baptism Sunday, 13 January 1867 in Priston
 

According to the 1871 census, Henry E.D. is the third of five children, the second son of four, to Henry Walmsley and C[K]atherine Mary (née Cobb). They live at Rutland Lodge on Linden Road, Clevedon, with four servants.
According to VWML, his father retired prematurely from the H.M. Bengal Civil Service due to ill health. Their father's condition eventually resulted in a move to Madeira in 1873 where the unfortunate Henry Walmsley died within eight days of arrival, leaving a widow and six young children.

 

Not on the 1881 census, still living in Madeira.

 

According to the 1891 census, the Hammond's are living at Payston House in Highdale Road, Clevedon. Five of the children are living with widow Catherine. One of them is not Henry (he is in Edinburgh). They have three servants.
Henry, however, does appear in the Edinburgh Electoral Register for 1894-95, living at 25 India Street. He is a schoolmaster. By 1896, he is at 47 Castle Street. By 1897, he is at 40 Great King Street, and by 1898 at 27 Dundas Street.

 

According to the 1901 census, the Hammond's remain at Payston House. Henry is visiting the Wyllie household at 36 Great King Street in Edinburgh.
(His mother died 4 November 1905)

Death Thursday, 16 June 1910, in Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, of pneumonia.
aged 43 years 202 days registered in Scotland
Funeral Buried in Edinburgh.
Probate "HAMMOND Henry Edward Denison of the Tower Gullane in the county of Haddington died 16 June 1910 Probate London 21 July to Robert Francis Frederick Hammond gentleman.
Effects £24101 1s."

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990], Vaughan Williams Memorial Library &

Oxford University Alumni Hammond, Henry Edward Denison, 2S. Henry Walmesley, of Priston, Somerset, arm.
       CORPUS CHRISTI COLL., matric. 26 Oct., 1885, aged 18; scholar 1885.

Playing Career

Club(s) Attended and played for Lancing College between 1883 and 1885, being the captain in the final year. Earned his blue with Oxford University AFC in 1888 and 1889. During his final year at Corpus and into 1890, he turned out for Lancing Old Boys AFC, and he was playing for his local amateur team, Clevedon FC.
Corinthians 1889-90.
Club honours None
Individual honours Oxford & Cambridge Universities AFC
Distinctions Assisted Somerset CC in 1889, before they became a first-class outfit.
Height/Weight not known

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

England Career

Player number 166th player to appear for England.
Position(s) Right-half
Only match No. 37, 13 April 1889, England 2 Scotland 3, a British Championship match at The Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London, aged 22 years 138 days.
Major tournaments British Championship 1888-89;
Team honours None
Individual honours The South (one appearance, January 1889; withdrew in 1890)
The Whites (one appearance, March 1890)
Distinctions Died just two days after Fred Forman

Beyond England

Henry was educated at Lancing College and then, from 1885, at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. From there he spent a year at Blairlodge School before joining the staff of the Edinburgh Academy, where he taught classics, became renowned for his work on the theory of education and met George Gardiner. In 1899, he acted as superintendent of the British Education Section at the Paris Exhibition. The year after, he was appointed Director-General of Education in Rhodesia until his health failed and he returned home after only a year. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.116./Vaughan Williams Memorial Library


The Numbers
parties Appearances comp. apps minutes captain
3 1 1 90 0 none
The minutes here given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an approximation.
P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0 0 2 3 0 -1
His only match was played in the British Championship competition and at a home venue

Tournament Record

British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1888-89 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0 0 2.00 3.00 0.00 -1
BC 1889-90 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 00.0 =0
BC All 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0 0 2.00 3.00 0.00 -1
All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0 0 2.00 3.00 0.00 -1
1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0 0 2 3 0 -1

Match History

 Club: Oxford University A.F.C., Lancing Old Boys A.F.C. & Corinthians F.C.  - one full appearance (90 min)  
  F.A. International Select Committee - one full appearance (90 min)x

Age 22 trial  
one appearance - The North vs. The South, 19 January 1889;

apps match match details comp res. rundown pos

36 2 March 1889 - England 6 Ireland 1, Anfield Road, Liverpool BC HW reserve
1 37 13 April 1889 - England 2 Scotland 3
The Surrey Cricket Ground, Kennington
BC HL   rh
  

one of nine who became the 166th player to appear for England
the fourteenth Oxford University AFC player to represent England
the third and final Lancing Old Boy AFC player to represent England
the 32nd Corinthian to represent England

Age 23 trial  
withdrew - The South vs. The North, 13 January 1890; one appearance - The Whites vs. The Blues, 24 March 1890;

40 5 April 1890 - Scotland 1 England 1, Hampden Park, Glasgow BC AD reserve
  


     

 
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