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Frank Saunders

Swifts FC & Corinthians FC

 1 appearance, 0 goals

P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 5: A 1
100% successful
1887-88

captain: none
minutes played: 90

Timeline
  Frank Etheridge Saunders
Birth Friday, 26 August 1864 in Brighton, Sussex
  registered in Brighton July-September 1864
Baptism Friday, 25 February 1865 in Brighton.
 

According to the 1871 census, Frank A. is one of two children to John and Jane Rebecca (née Whitwell), who owns, and all live at Bristol Hotel on the Marine Parade in Brighton, along with sixteen servants.
 

According to the 1881 census, Frank E. is now a pupil at Repton College.
 

According to the 1891 census, Frank is a medical student, lodging at 83 Lambeth Palace Road in Lambeth.
 

No where to be found in the 1901 census.
 

According to Passenger Lists Frank Etheridge Saunders left London for Cape Town on 18 June 1902. He is a doctor. One of 47 passengers on the Bulawayo.
Death Sunday, 14 May 1905 in Ficksburg, Orange River Colony, South Africa
aged 40 years 261 days no registration found
Probate "SAUNDERS Frank Etheridge of Ficksburg Orange River-colony South Africa spinster died 14 May 1905 Probate London 8 November to George Digby Stillwell army-accoutrement-maker.
 Effects £422." [2019 equivalent: £51,697].
Cambridge University Alumni
SAUNDERS Frank Etheridge
Adm. at CAIUS, Oct. 1, 1883.
S. of John Saunders, deceased. B. Aug. 26. 1864, at Brighton.
School, Repton. Matric. Michs. 1883; B.A. 1886.
Football (assoc.) 'blue' 1885, 1886, 1887; played for England, 1888. 		At St. Thomas's Hospital. L.S.A., 1896.
Of Battersea, London, in 1900.
Lived subsequently at Ficksburg, Orange River Colony.
Died there, May 14, 1905.
(Charterhouse Sch. Reg. The Times, Apr. 11, 1922.)

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &

Playing Career
Club(s) Attended Repton School where he was educated privately, making the XI in 1882-83. Went onto Caius College in Cambridge University, earning his Blue in 1885-86-87; Joined Swifts FC, and also played for St Thomas' Hospital in London. After 1891, Saunders became a member of the staff at Barnwood Mental Health Hospital in Gloucester and played friendlies for Gloucester FC in January and February 1891.
Corinthians 1885-91
Club honours None
Individual honours Sussex FA
Height/Weight not known

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & Timothy RD Clark, Gloucester City FC's club statistician.

England Career
Player number One of seven who became the 140th player (141) to appear for England.
Position(s) Half-back
Only match No. 32, 4 February 1888, Wales 1 England 5, a British Championship match at the Alexandra Recreation Ground, Nantwich Road, Crewe, aged 23 years 162 days;
Major tournaments British Championship 1887-88;
Team honours British Championship winners 1887-88;
Individual honours The South (one appearance, January 1888)

Beyond England

He was a licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries, before emigrating to South Africa. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.217.


The Numbers
parties Appearances comp. apps minutes captain
1 1 1 90 0 none
The minutes here given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an approximation.
P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
1 1 0 0 5 1 +4 0 0 5 1 100 +1
His only matches was played in the British Championship competition and at an away venue

Tournament Record

British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1886-87 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 00.0 =0
BC 1887-88 1 1 0 0 5 1 +4 0 0 5.00 1.00 100.0 +1
BC All 1 1 0 0 5 1 +4 0 0 5.00 1.00 100.0 +1

All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1 1 0 0 5 1 +4 0 0 5.00 1.00 100.0 +1
1 1 0 0 5 1 +4 0 0 5.00 1.00 100.0 +1

Match History

 Club: Swifts F.C. & Corinthians F.C. - one full appearance (90 min) F.A. Committee - no full appearancesx

apps match match details comp res. rundown pos

Age 22
31 19 March 1887 - England 2 Scotland 3, Leamington Street, Blackburn BC HL reserve

  F.A. International Select Committee - one full appearance (90 min)x

Age 23 trial  
one appearance - The South vs. The North, 14 January 1888;

1 32 4 February 1888 - Wales 1 England 5
Alexandra Recreation Ground, Crewe		 BC AW   hb
  

one of seven who became the 140th player (141) to appear for England
 - the first new players from the International selection committee
one of two who became the tenth Swift to represent England
one of three who became the 27th Corinthian to represent England

     

 
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