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Peter
Sillett |
Chelsea FC
3 appearances, 0 goals
P 3 W 0 D
1 L 2 F 2: A 5
17% successful
1955
disciplined: none
captain: none
minutes played: 270 |
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Timeline |
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Richard Peter Tudor Sillett
Tudor is his mothers maiden name |
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Birth |
1 February 1933 in Southampton, Hampshire [registered in
Southampton, March 1933]. |
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According to the 1939
register, the six-year old Richard P.T. is a scholar living at The Lamb
Inn, in Nomansland, Salisbury, where his father, Charles, is the licensed
victualler, along with his mother, Ann (née Tudor), and his younger brother, John C.. |
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Marriage |
to Constance S.
Limb
[registered in Southampton, March 1954]. |
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Death |
13 March 1998, aged
65 years 40 days
[registered in Ashford, March 1998]. Died of cancer following a
short illness. |
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Funeral |
March 1998 at
Charing Crematorium |
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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) |
Southampton FC,
signed for Chelsea FC in 1953 for a £10,000 transfer fee. When Sillett was
capped in May 1955, it cost Chelsea another £1000. |
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Club honours |
x |
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Individual honours |
Football
League (one appearance) |
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Distinctions |
Son of Charlie
Sillett (Southampton FC full back 1931-38), brother of John
Sillett (Chelsea FC, Coventry City FC, Plymouth Argyle FC
full-back 1954-68, also managed Coventry City FC FA Cup Final victory in
1987) |
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Height/Weight |
6'
1½", 12st.
7lbs [1955]. |
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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 two who became the 746th players (746)
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Right-back |
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First match |
No. 295, 15 May 1955, France 1 England
0, an end-of-season tour match at
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris, aged
22 years
103 days. |
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Last match |
No. 297, 22 May 1955,
Portugal 3 England 1, an end-of-season final tour match at
Estádio do FC Porto,
Avenida Fernão de Magalhães,
Oporto, aged
22 years 110 days. |
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Major tournaments |
None |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
England B (one appearance, 1957), England U23
(three appearances as captain, 1955) |
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Distinctions |
The thirteenth
Hampshirian to represent England.
Died sixteen days after Jimmy Hagan. |
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Beyond England |
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x. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x. |
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Peter Sillett - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Starts |
Sub on |
Sub off |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
| 3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
270 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
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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Peter Sillett
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Colour of Shirt - 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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Away
- White - Friendly |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
-3 |
1 |
0 |
0.667 |
1.667 |
16.7 |
-2 |
| All |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
-3 |
1 |
0 |
0.667 |
1.667 |
16.7 |
-2 |
Match History
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Club:
Chelsea F.C. - three full appearances (270 min) |
manager: Walter
Winterbottom - three full appearances (270 min)x |
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Age 22 |
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2 |
u23 |
8 February 1955 - Scotland 0 England 6, Shawfield Park, Glasgow |
Fr |
AW |
captain |
3 |
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1 |
295 |
15 May 1955 -
France
1 England 0,
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris |
tour |
AL |
Start |
2 |
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2 |
296 |
18 May 1955 -
Spain
1 England 1, Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid |
AD |
Start |
2 |
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3 |
297 |
22 May 1955 - Portugal
3 England 1, Estádio do FC Porto, Oporto |
AL |
Start |
2 |
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3 |
u23 |
28 September 1955 -
England 5 Denmark 1,
Fratton Park, Portsmouth |
Fr |
HW |
captain |
2 |
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301 |
30 November 1955 -
England 4 Spain 1,
Empire Stadium, Wembley |
Fr |
HW |
unused sub |
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England's selectors announced their forty-man squad from whom the final
22 would be selected, on April 22 1958.
Of the 18 players who were cut from the squad on 28 May, they included
Peter Sillett. |
Notes
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