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Vince
Matthews |
Sheffield United FC
2 appearances, 1 goal
P 2 W 2 D
0 L 0 F 8: A 2
100% successful
1928
captain: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Vincent Matthews |
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Born |
15 January 1896 in Osney, Oxford,
Oxfordshire [registered in
Oxford, March 1896]. |
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Baptised |
14 June 1896 at St Mary Magdelane's Church
in Paddington. His father was a Railway Guard and they
were living at 48 West Street in Osney. Baptised by HP Frost. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1901
census, Vincent is the middle child of three children to George and Rosa
(née Baker). His father is a railway guard and they live at Par
Green in Par, Tywardreath, Cornwall. |
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According to the 1911
census, Vincent has two more younger siblings. His father is a labourer on
the railway whilst Vincent was a mechanichal engineer on the locomotives.
The census reveals that Geore and Rosa had six children, and one had died.
They are all living in 31 South Street in Osney. |
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According to the 1939 register, Vincent is a
fitter and turner, married to Daisy, living at 35 Langley Close in the
Headington area of Oxford, with his two children, Phyllis and Maurice. |
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Married |
to Daisy Ada Hillsdon
[registered in Headington, June 1917]. Two children, Phyllis (b.31
October 1917) and Maurice (b.26 May 1919) |
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Died |
15 November 1950 at The
Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, aged
54 years 304 days
[registered in Oxford]. Address stated as 35 Langley Close in
Headington. Left £576 to his widow. |
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Height/Weight |
6'
2", 13st. [1927]. 6'
0", 13st. [1928]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & Ancestry.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Started
his football career with St. Frideville FC, before joining Oxford City FC. He then travelled to Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic FC and then sold to
Bolton Wanderers FC in January 1923 for a £1000 transfer fee. Joined Tranmere Rovers FC in the 1924-25 close season. Then following
three goals in 84 league appearances, joined Sheffield United FC
on 23 July 1927 for a 'substantial fee'. Joined Shamrock Rovers FC in May 1931 and
onto Oswestry Town FC in the Birmingham League as their player-manager. Finally joined
Shrewsbury Town FC in June 1935 until his retirement. |
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Club honours |
FAI Cup winners 1931-32, 1932-33; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Played cricket for Aylesbury Town CC (1929-30) |
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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 six who became 528th
players (530) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Centre-half |
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First match |
No. 160,
17 May 1928,
France
1 England 5, an end-of-season tour
match at
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris, aged
32 years
123 days. |
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Last match |
No. 161,
19 May 1928,
Belgium
1 England
3,
an end-of-season tour match at
Olympisch Stadion, Antwerpen, aged
32 years 125 days.
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Major tournaments |
None |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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A late developer, he did not make his
league debut until he was 27, and made his England appearances when he
was 32. Returned to Oxford in 1944, worked for Morris Motors at Cowley and
coached the works team from 1948 until his death. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.170. |
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