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Stanley
Harris |
Old Westminsters AFC, Cambridge University AFC &
Corinthians FC
6 appearances, 2 goals
P 6 W 4 D 1 L 1 F
12:
A 4
75% successful
1904-06
captain: four
minutes played: 540 |
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Timeline |
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Stanley Shute Harris
MA, BA |
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Birth |
Tuesday, 19 July 1881 at Glenavon House, Sea Mills, Clifton,
Bristol, Gloucestershire |
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registered as Stanley Shute in Barton Regis July-September 1881 |
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Baptism |
Sunday, 25 September 1881 in
Hawes, North Yorkshire. Living at the Colonial Office in Downing
Street |
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According to the 1881
census, Constance Maria (née Shute) is pregnant with her first child, that
will become
Stanley Shute. She is married to a welshman,
Charles Alexander, who is working in the colonial office. They are living at 107
Victoria Street in Westminster, London, with a single servant. |
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According to the 1891
census, Stanley is the oldest of three children to Charles A. and
Constance M.. His father is in the civil service of colonial office in the
higher division. They have three servants and live at The Hermitage, The
Avenue in Cuddington, Epsom. |
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According to the 1901
census, Stanley is now an undergraduate at Cambridge, still living with
his parents and now with three younger siblings and three servants at The
Homestead in Cuddington.
According to West & East Sussex Electoral
Registers, Stanley is at St. Ronan's from at least 1907 until his death. |
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According to the 1911
census, Stanley Shute is headmaster at St. Ronans School on Mill Road in
East Preston, Worthing in Sussex.
Kelly's Directory 1911-18 for
Sussex also confirms.
In 1917, his father becomes the
Governor of Newfoundland, where he spent much of his childhood. In this
year too, he receives a knighthood.
In the GWR Shareholders entries,
on 4 March 1919, Stanley Shute Harris is an executor (along with his
brother Walter) of captain George Augustus Williams will, upon his death
on 6 February 1919. Stanley was living at St. Ronan's in Worthing. |
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According to the 1921 census,
Stanley Shute is still the headmaster at St. Ronans.
His father,
now Sir Alexander, in 1922, turns down the opportunity to become the
Governor-General of Australia in favour of retirement. |
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Death |
Tuesday, 4 May 1926
at Greenhill Brow, Farnham, Surrey. |
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aged
44 years 289 days |
registered as Stanley S. in Farnham April-June 1926 |
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Obituary |
"x.
"to come." - . |
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Probate |
"HARRIS
Stanley Shute of St. Ronan's West
Worthing died 4 May 1926 at Greenhill Brow Farnham Surrey Probate
London 5 October to Walter Bruce Harris schoolmaster and John Mackenzie bank manager. Effects £16972 3s. 5d."
[2024 equivalent: £880,161] |
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Stanley Shute's own death is mentioned as an entrant in 1926, his brother
Walter being the executor. His address again, was St. Ronan's. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Cambridge University Alumni |
HARRIS,
Stanley Shute.
Adm pens. at PEMBROKE, Oct. 1900.
S. [and h.] of [Sir]
Charles Alexander, K.C.M.G. (1874), of Lincoln's Inn, and
Principal Clerk in the Colonial Office, of The Homestead,
Worcester Park, Surrey [and Constance Maria, dau. of John Shute,
of Clifton].
B. July 19, 1881, at Glenavon House, Clifton, Bristol.
Sch:
Westminster. Matric.Michs.1900. B.A. 1903; M.A. 1909; |
Football (assoc.) 'blue,' 1902,
1903, 1904; Captain, 1904; played for England v. Scotland, 1904-6;
v. Wales, 1905-6; v. Ireland, 1905-6; v. France, 1909;
Translator into French on behalf of Foreign Office, 1903. Joint
Head Master of St. Ronan's School, Worthing, Sussex. Author,
The Master and his Boys.
Died, May 4, 1926. |
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(Record
of Old Westminsters; Book of Blues; The Times, May 22, 1926.) |
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Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Attended and played
for Westminster School, making the XI in 1900 and 1901. Went on to attend
Pembroke College in Cambridge University, earning his Blue in 1902, 1903
and 1904, being the captain in his final year. By default then, Harris
became a player for the Old Westminster AFC team, as well as turning out
for Casuals FC, Worthing FC, while he was headmaster there. Played with
the Portsmouth FC team between 1905 and 1907. |
.jpg) Corinthians |
between 1904-1910. |
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Club honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
Surrey FA. |
Distinctions |
Played cricket for
Cambridge University between 1902 and 1904, but did not earn his Blue.
Played once for Gloucestershire CCC (1902)
and once for Surrey CCC (1904).
Three times for Sussex CCC (1919).
In June 1928
through an appeal to Saint Ronan's families, the Stanley Harris
Memorial Scholarship was established at Pembroke College and endowed
with a gift of £2,800 worth of stock. Now called the Harris Fund
this scheme continues to support undergraduates.
In 2005 a Stanley
Harris Scholarship was established at Saint Ronan's. This is awarded
annually in February to academically gifted and/or children talented at
sport, art or music who wish to applying for a place in the Prep School. |
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Height/Weight |
6'
0", 13st.
0lbs [1904]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & SaintRonans. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of four who became 298th
players (301) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Inside-left |
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First match |
No. 82, 9 April 1904, Scotland 0 England 1, a
British Championship match at Celtic Park, Kerrydale Street, Parkhead, Glasgow, aged 22 years
264 days. |
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Last match |
No. 88, 7 April 1906, Scotland 2 England 1,
a British Championship match at
Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow, aged 24 years 262 days.
captain |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championship 1903-04, 1904-05, 1905-06; |
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Team honours |
British
Championship winners 1903-04, 1904-05, shared 1905-06; |
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Individual honours |
The South
(two appearances 2ᶜ February 1905-January 1906);
The Amateurs (one appearance 1ᶜ December 1906);
England Amateur
(one appearance, 7ᵍ 1ᶜ November 1906) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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BA (Cantab) and a headmaster of a
Worthing preparatory school, St. Ronan's, 1904-26. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.121. |
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Appearances |
comp. apps |
minutes |
| goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
captain |
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6 |
6 |
6 |
540 |
2 |
270
min |
2 |
four |
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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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6 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
4 |
+8 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
0.667 |
75 |
+4 |
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All of his matches were played in the British Championship
competition |
Venue Record
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Venue |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Home |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
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Away |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
2 |
+6 |
0 |
3 |
2.00 |
0.50 |
87.5 |
+2 |
Captain Record
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Venue |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Home |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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Away |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
2 |
2.333 |
0.667 |
66.7 |
+1 |
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4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
3 |
+5 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0.75 |
62.5 |
+1 |
Tournament Record
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British Championship Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1903-04 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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BC 1904-05 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
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BC 1905-06 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
2 |
2.333 |
0.667 |
66.7 |
+1 |
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BC
All |
6 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
4 |
+8 |
0 |
3 |
2.00 |
0.667 |
75.0 |
+3 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC |
6 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
4 |
+8 |
0 |
3 |
2.00 |
0.667 |
75.0 |
+3 |
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6 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
4 |
+8 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
0.667 |
75 |
+3 |
Match History
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