Charlie
Shelton |
Notts Rangers
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 |
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Timeline |
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Charles Shelton |
Birth |
Friday, 22 January 1864 in Sneinton,
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [registered in
Nottingham, March 1864]. Birthdate confirmed by the 1939
register |
Baptised |
Sunday, 10 November 1872 at St.
Nicholas' Church,
Nottingham, alongside his brother Alfred. |
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According to the
1871 census, Charles, and his young brother, Alfred, are the two youngest
sons of four sons to Robert and Hannah. His father is a greengrocer and
they live at 11 Orchard Street in the Castle area of Nottingham. His older
brother, Cecil, is blind in one eye following an accident. |
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According to the
1881 census, the family of six, including Charles and Alfred, and one
servant, live at 4 Castle Street in the Sneinton area of Nottingham. His
father is a shopkeeper and all of the sons work with him. |
Marriage |
to Eliza Kirkham
[registered in
Nottingham, September 1887]. |
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According to the 1891 census,
Charles is a bookkeeper, married to Eliza with two children, Archibald
Charles and Mabel Ivy, and they live at 3 Queen's Walk in the St. Mary's
area of Nottingham. |
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According to the
1901 census, Charles is still a bookkeeper, still married to Eliza and now
have a third child, Alfred Reginald. They all live at 15 Epperstone Road
in West Bridgford. |
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According to the
1911 census, Charles and Eliza are still married and still with three
children, although Alfred had died and they now had Edna Blanche. Charles
is a Municipal Clerk and they all live at 2 Devonshire Road in West
Bridgford. |
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According to the 1939 register, Charles and Eliza are
retired and living at 84 Gloucester Road in Twickenham. |
Death |
Sunday, 18 September
1955 in Eastwell, Melton Mowbray, aged 91 years 259 days [registered Melton Mowbray, September
1955]. |
Probate |
"SHELTON
Charles of Eastwell Leicestershire died 18
September 1955 Probate Leicester 25 October to Annie
Maria Darby spinster.
Effects £1115 11s. 8d." |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Played
junior football in Nottingham, including South Notts. FC, before joining the Nottingham Rangers FC. Shelton then guested for Notts County FC in
1885-86 before being appointed as the Rangers captain. Shelton severed his
long standing connection with Rangers on 31 August 1888. He joined Notts
County FC soon after and played with them periodically until 1893; He did
return to Rangers in the mid-1889, where he was appointed as the honorary
secretary for the summer. Then re-appointed in March 1890. He was also
playing for Burton Wanderers FC in 1889 and 1891. Nottingham Forest FC in October 1891,
as well as Loughborough FC the same year. |
League History 20 appearances, 1 goal |
Notts
County FC 1888-92, twenty
appearances one goal. debut: 22 September 1888 Stoke FC 3 Notts
County FC 0. last: 27 February 1892 Darwen FC 2 Notts County FC 3. |
Club honours |
FA Cup runners-up 1890-91 (no appearances).
Football League
third place 1890-91 (4). |
Individual honours |
Birmingham FA
(1885) |
Height/Weight |
not known |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & ENFA. |
England Career |
Player number |
One of
five who became the 147th player
(149) to appear for England. |
Position(s) |
Left-half |
Only match |
No. 34, 7 April
1888, Ireland 1 England 5, a British Championship match at Ulster
Cricket Ground, Ballynafeigh Park, Belfast,
aged 24 years 76 days; |
Major tournaments |
British
Championship 1887-88; |
Team honours |
British
Championship winners 1887-88; |
Individual honours |
None |
Distinctions |
Older brother of
Alf Shelton; Died six days after Bob
Hawkes. At the time of his death, Shelton was the oldest ex-England
footballer to die. It broke a record by four years set by Alf Harvey in
1943. |
Beyond England |
No additional information. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming
(1990). Hatton Press, p.222. |