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Harold Hobbis

Charlton Athletic FC

2 appearances, 1 goal

P 2 W 0 D 0 L 2 F 3: A 5
0% successful

1936

captain: none
minutes played:
180

Timeline

  Harold Henry Frederick Hobbis
Birth Sunday, 9 March 1913 at 54 Walnut Tree Avenue, Wilmington, Kent [registered in Dartford, June 1913]. To Henry Hobbis and Agnes (née Hoadley)
Baptism 3 April 1913 at St Alban's Parish Church, St Alban's Road, Dartford.
Marriage to Gwendoline Quinn (b.19 March 1915) [registered in Dartford, December 1936].
 

According to Passenger Lists, Harold Hobbis was one of seventeen footballers who, courtesy of Canadian Pacific Railway Company, had left the port of Southampton on 22 May 1937, bound for Quebec, Canada, on the Empress of Australia.
According to the 1939 register, Harold, a police war reserve, is married to Gwendoline, and are living at 117 Wricklemarsh Road in Greenwich.

Death Friday, 17 May 1991 at 212 Sevenoaks Road, in Langley, Eastbourne, aged 78 years 69 days [registered in Eastbourne, Sussex, May 1991].

Source

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

Club Career

Club(s) x
Club honours x
Individual honours x
Distinctions x
Height/Weight 5' 9", 11st. 5lbs [1938].

Source

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

England Career

Player number One of two who became the 619th players (620) to appear for England.
Position(s) Outside-left
First match No. 203, 6 May 1936, Austria 2 England 1, an end-of-season tour match at Praterstadion, Prater, Wien, aged 23 years 58 days.
Last match No. 204, 9 May 1936, Belgium 3 England 2, an end-of-season tour match at Stade du Centenaire, Bruxelles, aged 23 years 61 days.
Major tournaments None
Team honours None
Individual honours None
Distinctions Eleventh Kent-born player to represent England.

Beyond England

x.  - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x.

 

Harold Hobbis - Career Statistics
Squads Apps comp. apps Mins. Goals goals ave.min comp. goals Capt. Disc.
2 2 0 180 1 180 min 0 none none
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.

 

Harold Hobbis - Match Record - All Matches - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Away - Friendly 2 0 0 2 3 5 -2 0 0 1.50 2.50 0.00 -2
All 2 0 0 2 3 5 -2 0 0 1.50 2.50 0.00 -2

 

Harold Hobbis - Match History
 Club: Charlton Athletic F.C. - 2 full appearances

F.A. International Select Committee - 2 full capsx

Age 23
1 203 6 May 1936 - Austria 2 England 1, Praterstadion, Wien tour AL Start ol
2 204 9 May 1936 - Belgium 3 England 2, Stade du Centenaire, Bruxelles AL Start 88 ol

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