England Football Online
Players Index Page Last Updated
16 August 2022
 
 

Peter Sillett

Chelsea FC

3 appearances, 0 goals

P 3 W 0 D 1 L 2 F 2: A 5
17% successful

1955-58

captain: none
minutes played:
270

Timeline

  Richard Peter Tudor Sillett
note: Tudor is his mothers maiden name
Birth 1 February 1933 in Southampton, Hampshire [registered in Southampton, March 1933].
 

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.

Marriage to Constance S. Limb [registered in Southampton, March 1954].
Death 13 March 1998, aged 65 years 40 days [registered in Ashford, March 1998]. Died of cancer following a short illness.
Funeral March 1998 at Charing Crematorium

Source

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

Club Career

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.
Club honours x
Individual honours Football League (one appearance)
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)
Height/Weight 6' 1½", 12st. 7lbs [1955].

Source

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

England Career

Player number One of two who became the 746th players (746) player to appear for England.
Position(s) Right-back
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.
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.
Major tournaments World Cup Finals 1958
Team honours None
Individual honours England B (one appearance, February 1957)
England U23
(three appearancesᶜ, 1955)
Distinctions The thirteenth Hampshirian to represent England.
Died sixteen days after Jimmy Hagan.

Beyond England

x.  - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x.


The Numbers
parties Appearances comp. apps unused/
reserve
minutes captain
4 3 0 three 270 0 none
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.
P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
3 0 1 2 2 5 -3 1 0 0.667 1.667 16.7 -2
all his matches were played at an away venue, were friendly matches, and played in a white shirt

Match History

Age 21 under 23
one appearance - Italyᶜ January 1955
Age 22  
one appearance - Scotlandᶜ February 1955;
unofficial - England over30'sᶜ 6 May 1955;

 Club: Chelsea F.C. - three full appearances (270 min) manager: Walter Winterbottom - three full appearances (270 min)x

apps match pic match details comp res. rundown shirt

1 295 15 May 1955 - France 1 England 0
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris
tour AL   2

one of two who became the 746th player (746) to appear for England.
the eighteenth Chelsea player to represent England

2 296 18 May 1955 - Spain 1 England 1
Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
  AD   2
3 297 22 May 1955 - Portugal 3 England 1
Estádio do FC Porto, Oporto
AL   2
 

under 23
one appearance - Denmarkᶜ January 1955

301 30 November 1955 - England 4 Spain 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley Fr HW unused sub
 

Age 23 under 23
withdrew - Scotlandᶜ February 1956

Age 24 B
one appearance - Scotland February 1957

Age 25
319 7 May 1958 - England 2 Portugal 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley Fr HW party member
320 11 May 1958 - Yugoslavia 5 England 0, Stadion JNA, Beograd tour AL reserve
321 18 May 1958 - USSR 1 England 1, Lenin Stadium, Moskva AD
 
WCF
reserve rb 14x
322 8 June 1958 - England 2 USSR 2, Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg ND
party member
323 11 June 1958 - Brazil 0 England 0, Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg ND
324 15 June 1958 - Austria 2 England 2, Ryavallen Stadion, Borås ND
325 17 June 1958 - USSR 1 England 0, Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg NL
   


   

 
cg