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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
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Charles Shelton |
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Born |
22 January 1864 in Sneinton,
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [registered in
Nottingham, March 1864]. Birthdate confirmed by the 1939
register |
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Baptised |
10 November 1872 at St.
Nicholas' Church,
Nottingham, alongside his brother Alfred. |
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Census Notes
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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. |
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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. |
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Married |
to Eliza Kirkham
[registered in
Nottingham, September 1887]. |
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Died |
18 September
1955 in Eastwell, Melton Mowbray, aged 91 years 259 days [registered Melton Mowbray, September
1955]. Left £1115 11s. 8d. in his will. |
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Height/Weight |
not known |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Played
junior football in Nottingham before joining Notts Rangers FC.
Joined Notts County FC in cs 1888 and remained there until 1892; |
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Club honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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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 147th player
(149) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Left-half |
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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; |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championship 1887-88; |
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Team honours |
British
Championship winners 1887-88; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Older brother of
Alf Shelton; |
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Beyond England |
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No additional information. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming
(1990). Hatton Press, p.222. |
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