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Evelyn
Lintott |
Queen's Park
Rangers FC, Bradford City AFC
7 appearances, 0 goals
P 7 W 6 D
1 L 0 F 29: A 7
93% successful
1908-09
captain: none
minutes played: 630 |
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Timeline |
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Temporary Lieutenant Evelyn Henry Lintott |
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Birth |
Friday, 2 November 1883 in
Hazelville, 16 Wolseley Road,
Farncombe, Surrey |
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registered in Guildford October-December 1883 |
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Baptism |
Sunday, 9 December 1883 at
St. Peter's & St. Paul's Church in Godalming |
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Education |
Attended King Edward VI Grammar School in Guildford. |
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According to the 1891
census, Evelyn is the second of five children, four of them sons, to
Arthur Frederick and Eleanor
Anne (née Stacey), with three servants, living at Tuesley House,
Culmer Mullards Row, Busbridge, Godalming. His father
is not on this census. |
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36388 15th Battn:
Prince of Wales's Own |
According to the 1901
census, Evelyn has an new younger brother, and still living with his
cattle servant father and his mother, they live at Clovelly, on Commercial
Road in Woking. Evelyn is a pupil teacher. |
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According to the 1911
census, Evelyn is a school teacher living with his brother Frederick and
his wife Edith, living in 22 Granville Road in Bradford. |
"LIEUTENANT EVELYN LINTOTT
"Evelyn Lintott, the international half-back,
formerly connected as an amateur with Devonshire and Queen's Park Rangers
and afterwards as a professional with Bradford City, has been given a
commission. On Leeds City's list of professionals at the outbreak of the
war, he also held at one time the position of scool teacher under the
Bradford Education Authority."
- The Football Echo, Saturday, 26 December
1914 |
"LIEUT. EVELYN LINTOTT ON LEAVE.
"Lieut. Evelyn H. Lintott, of the Leeds Pals,
the old international footballer, has just returned to England on a few
days' leave, and will be in Brdford to-morrow. Some days ago, just before
leaving the front line trenches, Lieut. Lintott was concerned in a couple
of personal exploits which are likely to bring him considerable
distintion. He appears, so far, to have excaped unscathed, though he has
been through a pretty hot time.
"
- Bradford Daily Telegraph, Wednesday, 31
May 1916 |
"LIEUT. EVELYN LINTOTT
WOUNDED
"Mr. Arthur Lintott, of Wolseley Road, Farncombe, received a
telegram on Wednesday afternoon announcing that his son, Lieut. Evelyn Lintott,
West Yorks. Regt., was wounded on July
1st." -
The Woking News and Mail, Friday, 7 July 1916 |
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Death
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Saturday, 1 July 1916 in
Somme, Picardy, France,
in the Battle of Albert, he was
temporary Lieutenant in the Prince of Wales' Own West Yorkshire Regiment,
15th Battalion.
Tragically - his death was not reported for some time, it was only
announced that he was wounded on 1 July 1916. His death was not announced
until 8th July. |
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aged
32 years 242 days |
registered in War Death Army Officers |
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Obituary |
,%20Evelyn.jpg) "NOTED
FOOTBALLERS DEATH.—LIEUT. EVELYN LINTOTT NOW REPORTED
KILLED IN ACTION.
"Yesterday it was reported that Lieut. Evelyn
Lintott, the well-known footballer, had been wounded, but to-day the
sudden intelligence comes to hand that he has been killed in action,
official intimation to that effect having been received this morning by
his father, Mr. A. Lintott. The deceased officer, who belonged to the the
West Yorkshire Regiment, was the well-known amateur International
Association footballer. He first played for Woking and Surrey, and while
studying at Exeter College he assisted Plymouth Argyle, and afterwards
Queen's Park Rangers, Bradford City, and Leeds City. During the last
playing season proper he was capped for England."
- The Nottingham Evening Post, Friday, 7
July 1916
His
death was officially reported by Private David Spink.
The report said "Lt. Lintott killed by machine gun at 3pm in the advance.
He was struck in the chest." More detail was forthcoming in a letter to
the Yorkshire Post. It described his last moments: "Lt. Lintott's end was
particularly gallant. Tragically, he was killed leading his platoon of the
15th West Yorkshire Regiment, The Leeds Pals, over the top. He led his men
with great dash and when hit the first time declined to take the count.
Instead, he drew his revolver and called for further effort. Again he was
hit but struggled on but a third shot finally bowled him over."
Evelyn's body was never found, he is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial
to the Missing. It has 72,000 names of British and Commonwealth troops
killed during the Battle of the Somme who have no known grave. |
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Evelyn's brother, Lance Corporal Keith Lintott (New Zealand Engineers) is
killed in action on 23 September 1916 |
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Probate |
"LINTOTT
Evelyn Henry of 13 Cornwall-place
Bradford a temporary lieutenant attached to the 15th (Service) battalion West Yorkshire regiment died 1 July
1916 on active military service in France Probate
Wakefield 29 September to Frederick Stacey Lintott
journalist.
Effects £1662 17s. 9d."
[2025 equivalent: £125,258] |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990], BantamsPast.co.uk/FallenHeroes
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Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Played part-time football for
Woking FC while studying to be a schoolteacher. He captained Woking in
1905-06 and represented Surrey. He joined Plymouth Argyle FC in summer
1906, where he made only two appearances, before signing as an amateur for
Southern League Queen's Park Rangers FC in the summer of 1907. He signed
professional terms in May 1908, and made 35 Southern League appearances,
scoring once. On 21 November 1908, Lintott signed for
Bradford City AFC at Paddington station for over £1,000.
He then moved to
Leeds City FC on 7 June 1912. |
League honours
96 appearances, 3 goals |
Bradford City FC 1908-12 53 appearances, two goals
debut:
28 November 1908 Bradford City FC 1 Everton FC 1.
Leeds City
AFC 1912-14 43 appearances, one goal
debut (division
two): 7 September 1912 Fulham FC 4 Leeds City AFC 0.
last
(division two): 3 January 1914 Leeds City AFC 5 Stockport County FC 1.
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Club honours |
Southern League Champions
1907-08;
FA Charity Shield runners-up 1908;
FA Cup
winners 1910-11 (0ᵃ);
Football League
Division One best: fifth place 1910-11 (7ᵃ) |
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Individual honours |
Football League (one
appearance) |
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Distinctions |
Was President of
the Players' Union until his resignation on 20 March 1911. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
10", 12st.
0lbs [1908]. |
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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
three who became the 330th
players (331)
to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Left-half |
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First match |
No. 92, 15 February 1908,
Ireland 1 England 3,
a British Championship
match at Solitude Ground, Cliftonville, Belfast, aged 24 years
105 days. |
Last match
1 year 105 days |
No. 103, 31 May 1909,
Hungary 2 England 8, an
end-of-season European
tour match at Millenáris Sportpálya, Zugló, Buda-Pesth, aged 25 years 210 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1907-08, 1908-09; |
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Team honours |
British Championship shared 1907-08, winners 1908-09; |
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Individual honours |
England Amateur
(five appearances, December 1907-April 1908);
The South
(one appearance, January 1908);
The North (one appearance, January 1909); |
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Distinctions |
most appearanced Englishman at Bradford City FC |
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Beyond England |
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Whilst at QPR he remained in the
teaching profession at a school in Willesden, North London. On arriving at
Valley Parade, Bradford City found him employment at 'Sports and Pastimes'
- the makers of City's shirts. However, he expressed a wish to return to
teaching and he found a post at a school in Dudley Hill. Evelyn was also
heavily involved with the emerging Players Union.
From 1910 he headed the organisation. - An
English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990).
Hatton Press, p.158./Bantamspast |
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Appearances |
comp. apps |
minutes |
 |
captain |
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12 |
7 |
5 |
630 |
0 |
none |
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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
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
7 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
29 |
7 |
+22 |
0 |
2 |
4.143 |
1 |
92.9 |
+6 |
Venue Record
|
Venue |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Home |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
+6 |
0 |
2 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
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Away |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
23 |
7 |
+16 |
0 |
0 |
4.60 |
1.40 |
90.0 |
+4 |
Competition Record
|
Competition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
British Championship |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
17 |
3 |
+14 |
0 |
2 |
3.40 |
0.60 |
90.0 |
+4 |
| Friendly |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
4 |
+8 |
0 |
0 |
6.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
Tournament Record
|
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 1907-08 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
11 |
3 |
+8 |
0 |
0 |
3.667 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+2 |
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BC 1908-09 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
+6 |
0 |
2 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
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BC
All |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
17 |
3 |
+14 |
0 |
2 |
3.40 |
0.60 |
90.0 |
+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 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
17 |
3 |
+14 |
0 |
2 |
3.40 |
0.60 |
90.0 |
+4 |
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5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
17 |
3 |
+14 |
0 |
2 |
3.4 |
0.6 |
90 |
+4 |
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