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Alf
Quantrill |
Derby County FC
4 appearances, 1 goal
P 4 W 2 D
1 L 1 F 8: A 6
63% successful
1920-21
captain: none
minutes played: 360 |
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Timeline |
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Alfred Edward Quantrill |
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Birth |
22 January 1897 as a British Subject in
Rawal Pindi, Punjab, Pakistan [registered
in Army Returns Births, 1896-1900]. |
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Baptism |
12 February 1897 at Christ
Church, Rawal Pindi. His father is a gunner in the Royal
Artillery. |
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The Quantrill's
are not on the 1901 census'. Presumed still in India. |
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According to the 1911 census',
fourteen year old Alfred Edward is a clerk and the youngest of four
children to James N. and Mary Ann (née Digweed). His father is now
a club steward, his mother a stewardess. They live at The County Club in
Brewery Street, Grimsby.
According to his WWI Service Records, his
address was Chatsworth House, 38 Bedford Place, Russell Square in London.
He was a clerk/solicitor for Derbyshire County Council at the time of his
enlistment. Although his medical history states him as a professional
footballer. |
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Marriage |
to Hetty Winifred Bloomer, on 9 June 1921 at St. Thomas' Church, Derby
[registered in Derby, June 1921].
Performed by the Rev. T.G. Shelmerdine. Hetty is the eldest of four daughters to
Steve Bloomer.
They were engaged to marry from November 1919. Honeymoon was spent in
Tintagel, Cornwall. They had two children, Patricia M. (b.1923)
and Alan
E.S. (b.1928). |
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According to the
1921 census, Alfred Edward, a solicitor's clerk (for Allan & Nut), is now
married to Hetty and a visiting the home of Samuel and Mary Jane Brown at
Pendennis Treknow in Tintagel.
The 1932 Edition of Kelly's Directory places A.E.
Quantrill at 29 North Side in Derby. |
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According to the 1939 register, Alfred E., an insurance branch manager,
and Hetty W., are still married and are living at 42 Acacia Avenue in
Hale.
Hetty died at their home on 18 November 1950. They were
living at 42 Acacia Avenue in Hale, at the time. |
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Death |
19 April 1968 in
Trefriw, Caernarvonshire, Wales,
aged
71 years 88 days
[registered in Conway, Caernarvonshire, June 1968]. |
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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 junior career playing football with
the Boston Swifts FC. It was from his Lincolnshire home that he signed for
Derby County FC in August 1914, despite Bolton Wanderers FC refusing to
sign him. After 72 league appearances and five goals,
Preston North End FC paid £4000 for him on 29 June 1921.
Despite suffering from a torn cartilage injury in his debut, he
went on to complete 64 league appearances and seven goals followed.
In early 1924, both Blackburn Rovers FC and West Bromwich Albion FC were
linked with Quantrill, however, on 2 August, he found himself out on loan
at Chorley FC, an arrangement to last as long as was necessary, for on 27
September, Bradford AFC paid Preston £1000 for his services.
He made 191 league appearances and scored 58 goals. On 10 May
1930, he had joined Nottingham Forest FC and retired two years later
after fifteen league outings and two goals, his time at Forest was
curtailed by stomach complaints. |
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Club honours |
Football League Division Three North winners 1927-28; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5'
8", 9st.
9lbs [1915], 5'
10", 11st.
0lbs [1921], 5'
9½", 11st.
8lbs [1925]. |
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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 five who became the 390th
players (394)
to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-left |
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First match |
No. 121,
15 March 1920,
England 1 Wales
2, a British
Championship match at Arsenal Stadium, Highbury,
London, aged 23 years
53 days. |
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Last match |
No. 124, 14 March 1921, Wales
0 England 0, a British Championship match at Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff, aged
24 years 51 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1919-20, 1920-21; |
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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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Part of the 5th Dragoon Guards of the
Derbyshire Yeomanry, enlisted 31 May 1915, discharged 2 May 1919, during
which he contracted Malaria in 1916. Remarkably, he forfeited a day's
pay after breaking Regiment rules, he was talking after lights out (13
June 1916). He was also a skilful boxer and during his football days, he
was a solicitor's clerk, after football, he became a successful insurance
broker in Manchester. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.201. |
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Alf Quantrill - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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4 |
4 |
4 |
360 |
1 |
360
min |
1 |
none |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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Alf Quantrill
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Home |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
6 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
2.333 |
2.00 |
66.7 |
+1 |
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Away |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| All
-
British Championship |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
6 |
+2 |
1 |
2 |
2.00 |
1.50 |
62.5 |
+1 |
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Alf Quantrill
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
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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 1919-20 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
6 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
3.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC 1920-21 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
+2 |
1 |
2 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
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BC
All |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
6 |
+2 |
1 |
2 |
2.00 |
1.50 |
62.5 |
+1 |
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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 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
6 |
+2 |
1 |
2 |
2.00 |
1.50 |
62.5 |
+1 |
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All |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
6 |
+2 |
1 |
2 |
2.00 |
1.50 |
62.5 |
+1 |
Notes
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CG
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