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Tom
Porteous |
Sunderland AFC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 1 D
0 L 0 F 4: A 1
100%
successful
1891
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Thomas Stoddart Porteous |
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Birth |
Autumn 1865 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland |
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registered in Newcastle-upon-Tyne October-December 1865 |
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Baptism |
Sunday, 15 October 1865 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
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According to the 1871
census, Thomas is the second of three children to Thomas and Elizabeth
(née McBeth) is
living in Tolbooth Close in Dalkeith. His father is a brass finisher. |
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"At Lothian Street, Dalkeith, on the 13th inst., David, youngest son of
Thomas S. Porteous, Dalkeith, aged 29 years."
- The North Briton, Saturday, 19 February 1876. |
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According to the 1881
census, Thomas is now a tinman, the second of seven children, still with
their parents, living at 26 Dean Street in Kilmarnock. His father is still
a brass finisher. |
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Marriage |
to Mary, in 1890 in Scotland |
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registered in Scotland 1890 |
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Children |
Thomas and Mary had a number of children together. |
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According to the 1891
census, Thomas is now married to Mary. He is a glazier and they live at 5
Zetland Street in Monkwearmouth are of Sunderland.
(His father died
in Kilmarnock, 5 June 1892)
(One of their sons, Thomas
Stoddart, dies on 2 May 1898, he was just two years old, while they
were living in Chorlton-cum-Hardy). |
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(His mother died in
Kilmarnock, 15 January 1900)
According to the 1901
census, Thomas and Mary now have four children, Thomas, Mary, Nellie and
Maggie. They live at 8 Bonny Street in Blackpool. Thomas is still a
glazier. |
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According to the 1911
census, Thomas is a house painter, still married to Mary, they still have
four children, although a fifth had died. They also have three boarders
with them at 24 Bonny Street in Blackpool. |
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Death |
Sunday, 23 February 1919
at 19 Saville Road, in Blackpool, |
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aged
52 years nk days |
registered in Fylde January-March 1919 |
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Probate |
"PORTEOUS
Thomas Stoddart of 19 Savile-road
Blackpool died 23
February 1919 Administration London
6 May to
Mary Porteous widow.
Effects £374 14s. 1d."
[2019 equivalent: £19,456] |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Started his junior career as a forward with Springwell
FC in 1878, becoming a back before the end of the season. Then having been brought up in Kilmarnock, Porteous joined
his local club, Kilmarnock FC in 1884, becoming club captain, before he
joined Sunderland AFC in August 1889, becoming club captain in 1891.
Porteous left for Rotherham Town FC in June 1894 and onto Manchester City FC a
year later in January 1896. He joined South Shore FC later in the year. |
League History
133 appearances |
Sunderland AFC 1890-93 79
appearances.
debut: 13 September 1890 Sunderland AFC 2 Burnley FC 3.
Rotherham Town FC 1894-96 49 appearances.
debut (second
division): 1 September 1894 Rotherham Town FC 1 Burton Wanderers FC 3.
Manchester City FC February 1896 five appearances.
debut
(second division): 10 February 1896 Burslem Port Vale FC 0 Manchester
City FC 1.
last (second division): 29 February 1896 Notts County FC 3
Manchester City FC 0. |
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Club honours |
Ayshire Cup winners, Kilmarnock Charity Cup winners, Ayr Charity Cup
winners.
Football League Champions 1891-92
(25ᵃ), Division One Champions 1892-93 (30ᵃ), runners-up 1893-94 (2ᵃ); Division Two
runners-up 1896-96 (5ᵃ). |
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Individual honours |
Ayrshire FA (three
appearances as captain), Durham FA (one appearance) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5'
10½", 10st.
6lbs [1891],
5'
9¼", 11st.
10lbs [1894]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & ENFA. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of
six who became the 179th players
(180) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Right-back |
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Only match |
No. 42, 7 March 1891, England 4
Wales 1, a British Championship match at Football Ground, Newcastle Road, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, aged
25 years
nk days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1890-91; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners 1890-91; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
The first
Sunderland AFC player to represent England |
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Beyond England |
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Painter by trade. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.199/200. |
