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Arthur
Knight |
Portsmouth FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D
1 L 0 F 1: A 1
50% successful
1919
captain:
one
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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captain Arthur Egerton Knight |
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Birth |
Wednesday, 7 September 1887
in Wharf Street, Godalming, Surrey [registered in
Guildford, December 1887]. |
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Education |
Attended King Edward VI Grammar School, Guildford |
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According to the 1891
census, Arthur E. is the fifth of six children to William and Sarah A..
His father is a painter and plumber, they all live at Wharf Street in
Godalming. |
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According to the 1901
census, thirteen year old Arthur E. remains the fifth of six, remaining with
their parents in Wharf Street. His father is still a plumber and painter. |
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According to the 1911
census, Arthur Egerton is a clerk, boarding with the Cronin family, Bertha
Janet and her seven sons, at 61 Cottage Grove in Southsea. |
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Marriage |
to Florence E.
Clark
[registered in Portsmouth, September 1918]. |
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According to the
1921 census, Arthur Egerton, an inspector of motor insurance claims, is
now married to Florence Gladys, and with two children, Kathleen, Egerton
and Geoffrey Egerton, they live at 26 Chetwynd Road in Southsea with one
servant, Dorothy New. |
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According to the 1939 register (which states a 21 September birthdate - a
confirmed error), Arthur E., a home gardener, is still married, and they live at Evelen, on Elm Grove in Chichester. |
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Death |
Saturday, 10 March 1956
in Milton, Hampshire, aged
68 years 185 days
[registered in Portsmouth, March 1956]. Buried in Highfield
Road cemetery, Portsmouth. |
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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) |
After playing junior football in Guildford, he signed for Portsmouth FC in
1909, where he remained until 1922. He started playing for the Corinthians
club from 1921 until 1931. |
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Club honours |
Southern League winners 1919-20; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Also
played as a 'useful' batsman for Hampshire CC 1913-23 |
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Height/Weight |
5'
11", 12st.
0lbs [1919]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of seven who became the 383rd players
(384) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Left-back |
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Only match |
No.
120,
25 October 1919,
Ireland
1 England
1,
a British Championship match at Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast, aged 32 years
34 days. |
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Major tournaments |
Olympic Games 1912; British Championship 1919-20 |
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Team honours |
Olympic Games Gold Medal
1912; |
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Individual honours |
England
victory Internationals (one appearance), England Amateur
(thirty appearances) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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Knight served with the Border &
Hampshire regiments during the Great War, rising to the rank of captain. Became
a wine merchant after retiring. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.152. |
