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Harry
Maskrey |
Derby County FC
1 appearance,
1 goal against
P 1 W 1 D
0 L 0 F 3: A 1
100%
successful
1908
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Harry Mart Maskrey |
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Birth |
8 October 1880 in Unstone,
Dronfield, Derbyshire [registered as Maskerey, in
Chesterfield, December 1880]. |
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According to the 1881
census, the six-month old Harry is the youngest of four children, all
sons, to William and Elizabeth (née Mart). His father is a
stonemason. They live on Derby Road in Hasland, a suburb of Chesterfield. |
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According to the 1891
census, Harry remains the youngest son living at home with his widowed
mother. He is a scholar living on Pentrich Road in Ripley. |
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According to the 1901
census, Harry is now the youngest of three sons still at home with his
mother on Pentrich Road. All three are hewers in the coal mines. |
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Marriage |
to Agnes
Beeson, at Bourne Chapel, Kedleston Street
[registered in Derby, June 1905]. |
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According to the 1911
census, Harry Mart, a professional footballer, is now married to Agnes, a
shopkeeper. The census return calls her the Head! They have one son, also
named Harry Mart (born in 1905). They live at 58 Priestman Terrace in
Manningham, Bradford, with his niece, Annie Elizabeth Maskrey. |
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According to the 1921 census, Harry, a grocer,
is still married, and with their son and niece, they live at 61 Cedar
Street in the Markeaton area of Derby. |
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Death |
21 April 1927 at The New Inn,
Russell Street, Derby, aged
46 years 254 days
[registered in Derby, June 1927]. Left effects worth £3958
7s. 5d. to his widow Agnes. |
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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) |
Began his career
in the coalmines and played his football with Ripley Athletic FC before
being signed by Derby County FC in December 1902.
He kept goal for 197 league matches. He
signed for Bradford City AFC in October 1909.
After 47 league appearances, he returned to Ripley and Ripley Town
FC in 1911. Signed up with the Grenadier Guards during WW1. Signed for
Burton All Saints FC before re-signing for Derby County FC from September
to December 1920, earning another five league appearances. He returned to
Burton All Saints FC until his retirement in December 1922. |
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Club honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
Football League
(one appearance) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
6'
1", 13st.
2lbs [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 (330) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Goalkeeper |
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Only match |
No. 92, 15 February 1908, Ireland 1 England
3, a British Championship match at
Solitude Ground,
Cliftonville, Belfast, aged 27 years
130 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championship 1907-08; |
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Team honours |
British Championship shared
1907-08; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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A Derby businessman after leaving
football in 1922. Like many retired footballers, turned his hand to
victualling. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.169. |
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