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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 BA |
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Birth |
19 July 1881 at Glenavon House, Sea Mills, Clifton,
Bristol, Gloucestershire [registered as Stanley Shute, in Barton
Regis, September 1881]. |
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According to the 1881
census, Constance M. was pregnant with her first child, that would become
Stanley Shute (Shute is her maiden name). She is married to a welshman,
Charles A., who is working in the colonial office. They were 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 three younger siblings and three servants at The
Homestead in Cuddington. |
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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
In the GWR Shareholders entries,
on 4 March 1919, Stanley Shute Harris was 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.
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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Death |
4 May 1926
at Greenhill Brow, Farnham, aged
44 years 289 days
[registered as Stanley S., in Farnham, Surrey, June 1926]. |
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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) |
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, and the
world-famous Corinthians FC team between 1904 and 1910. Played with the
Portsmouth FC team between 1905 and 1907 also, as well as representing
Surrey FA. |
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Club honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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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
265 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 |
England Amateur
(one appearance as captain, 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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Stanley Harris - Career Statistics |
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Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
 | goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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6 |
6 |
6 |
540 |
2 |
270
min |
2 |
four |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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Stanley Harris
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
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Type |
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 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
2 |
+6 |
0 |
3 |
2.00 |
0.50 |
87.5 |
+3 |
| All
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British Championship |
6 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
4 |
+8 |
0 |
3 |
5.00 |
0.667 |
75.0 |
+4 |
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Stanley Harris
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
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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 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
2 |
2.333 |
0.667 |
66.7 |
+2 |
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BC
All |
6 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
4 |
+8 |
0 |
3 |
5.00 |
0.667 |
75.0 |
+4 |
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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 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
4 |
+8 |
0 |
3 |
5.00 |
0.667 |
75.0 |
+4 |
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All |
6 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
4 |
+8 |
0 |
3 |
5.00 |
0.667 |
75.0 |
+4 |
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Stanley Harris
- Match History |
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F.A. International
Select Committee - 6
full capsx
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Club: Old
Westminsters F.C., Cambridge University F.C. & Corinthians F.C. - 1 full cap |
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Age 22 |
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1 |
82 |
9 April 1904 - Scotland 0 England 1,
Celtic Park, Glasgow |
BC |
AW |
Start |
il |
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Club: Old
Westminsters F.C. & Corinthians F.C. - 5 full appearances |
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Age 23 |
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2 |
83 |
25 February 1905 - England 1 Ireland 1,
Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough |
BC |
HD |
captain |
il |
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3 |
84 |
27 March 1905 - England 3 Wales 1,
Anfield Road, Liverpool |
HW |
Start
80 |
il |
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Age 24 |
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4 |
86 |
17 February 1906 - Ireland 0 England 5,
Solitude Ground, Belfast |
BC |
AW |
Capt
56 |
il |
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5 |
87 |
19 March 1906 - Wales 0 England 1,
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff |
AW |
captain |
il |
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6 |
88 |
7 April 1906 - Scotland 2 England 1, Hampden Park,
Glasgow |
AL |
captain |
il |
Notes
Cambridge entrant:
Stanley Shute
Harris, 1881-1926
Admitted at Pembroke College in October 1900
son of Sir Charles Alexander Harris, Lincoln's Inn Principal Clerk: in
Colonial Office of The Homestead, Cuddington, Worcester Park, Surrey.
and Constance Maria Shute Harris, daughter of John Clifton Shute.
born at Glenavon House, Clifton,
Bristol, 19 July 1881.
School: Westminster School
Matric October 1900, BA 1903, MA 1909
Football (assoc.) "blue" 1902,
1903, 1904
captain of Football (assoc.) 1904
Translator into French
on behalf of Foreign Office 1903
Joint Headmaster of St Ronan's School
Worthing, Sussex
Publ.: The Master and his Boys
died 4 May
1926.
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CG
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