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Heathcote
Sorby |
Thursday
Wanderers FC
1 appearance,
1
goal
on debut
P 1 W 1 D
0 L 0 F 2: A 1
100% successful
1879
captain: none
minutes played: 60 |
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Timeline |
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Thomas Heathcote Sorby |
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"MARRIAGES |
...Sorby―Heathcote.―March
7, at Taddington, Derbyshire, by the Rev. Thomas Brailsford, M.A.., Mr.
Thomas Austin Sorby, of Sheffield, to Dorothy Martha, daughter of Arthur
H. Heathcote, Esq., Blackwell."
- Sheffield Independent, Saturday, 16 March 1850. |
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Birth |
Saturday, 16 February
1856 at Park Grange Cottage, Heeley, Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire |
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registered in Sheffield
January-March 1856 |
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Baptism |
1856 at St. Peter & St. Paul's
Cathedral, Sheffield |
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According to the
1861 census, Thomas H. is visiting his uncle and aunty, John and Elizabeth
Heathcote. His parents are in the next house living
with her father, Arthur, a gentleman, with Thomas's older brother Robert.
His father is a hardware merchant, his mother Dorothy Martha (née
Heathcote) and they are all in Hall Green in
Blackwell, near Bakewell. |
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According to the
1871 census, the family live back at Park Grange, although Thomas is not
in the list. But he does have four more siblings. |
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According to the 1881 census, the family are still at
Park Grange, Thomas is one of ten children at home with their parents. His
father is a Justice of the Peace, as well as a merchant and manufacturer.
They have four servants.
(His father died on 12 August 1885) |
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Marriage |
to Annie Maud Laycock, on 7 August
1889 at the Upper Chapel, Norfolk Street Chapel, Sheffield |
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registered in Sheffield
July-September 1889 |
"FASHIONABLE WEDDING AT SHEFFIELD
,%20Heathcote.jpg) "Norfolk
street never looks particularly bright or cheerful even in fine weather,
and this morning, with the rain coming down in torrents, it looked even
worse than usual. Inside the Upper Chapel
[left],
however, everything was bright and cheery, and if only there had been a
little more sun nothing more could have been wished for.
Owing doubtlessly to the wretchedness of the weather the congregation that
assembled in the chapel to witness the marriage between Miss Annie Maud
Laycock, youngest daughter of Mr. Laycock, of Stumperlowe Grange, to Mr.
Thomas Heathcote Sorby, second son of the late Mr. L. A. Sorby, was
comparatively a very small one; besides, it was. fixed at the early hour
of 10 a.m. Before the bride entered the organist―Mr. J.
Wragg―played a very pretty meditation by Clarkson Scott. The guests soon
began to arrive, but the majority of the ladies wore plain morning dress,
the few exceptions being a charming costume of light terra-cotta pongee,
stamped with a white feathery-looking pattern; this was trimmed with white
Honiton lace. The wearer carried a bouquet of flowers artistically
arranged to match in colour the gown. An ecru merve was relieved at the
bodice with a zouave-like arrangement of dark brown galon. A fawn merve
was trimmed with white lace. A tailor-made gown of stone cloth was
relieved with dark velvet, and a comely lady gowned in black silk and jet,
and carrying a handsome bouquet of red roses, looked exceedingly well.
"Shortly after the hour appointed the bride entered, leaning on the arm of
her father, who gave her away. She was attired in her travelling dress,
which was of fine grey cloth, relieved with a vest of white corded silk.
She wore a white toque hat, trimmed with white lace and flowers, and
carried a beautiful bouquet of white flowers. At her neck flashed a
diamond brooch. The two bridesmaids were Miss Hilda Laycock and Miss
Gladys Dunderdale (nieces of the bride), dainty little maidens becomingly
gowned in frocks of white nun veiling and large white silk sashes. Their
quaint Liberty hats of white muslin and lace were adorned with sprays of
white flowers, and they carried baskets of deep crimson roses. The
marriage service was most impressively given by the Rev. L. W. Frickleton,
and the bridegroom, who looked particularly happy and self-possessed, was
attended by his best man, Mr. R. Wake. After the ceremony the splendid
'Wedding March,' from 'Lohengrin,' was played, but it was to Mendelsohn's
March that the happy young couple walked down the aisle as man and wife.
"Amongst the guests in chapel were Mr. and Mrs. Laycock (parents of the
bride), Mrs. Sorby (mother of the bridegroom), Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Laycock,
Mr. and Mrs. J. Dunderdale, and Mr. Thomas Heath. The presents were very
numerous and costly." -
Sheffield Evening Telegraph, Wednesday,
7 August 1889. |
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Children |
Heathcote and Annie Sorby had one daughter
together. Violet (b.25 June 1891) |
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According to the
1891 census, Thomas H. is now married to Annie M. living at 43 Marlborough
Road in Nether Hallam area of Sheffield, where they have two servants.
Thomas is an edge tool merchant and manufacturer. |
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"BIRTHS |
...SORBY.―June
25, at 43 Marlborough road, Sheffield, the wife of Heathcote Sorby, of a
daughter."
- Cork Constitution, Wednesday, 1 July 1891. |
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According to the
1901 census, Thomas H. is still married, with one daughter, Violet, now
living at 15 Endcliffe Vale Roadin Nether Hallam, still with two servants.
Thomas is an edge tool and saw manufacturer.
(His mother died on 17
June 1904)
According to the 1905
edition of Kelly's Directory for North Riding... Sorby, known as
Heathcote, was living in Trinity Road in Scarborough. |
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According to the 1911 census,
Thomas H., Annie M., and Violet M. are now all living at 79 Scalby Road in
Scarborough. Thomas is a retired manufacturer. |
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According to the 1921
census, Thomas H., still a retired edge tool and saw manufacturer, still
married, and still with one daughter, at still at 79 Scalby Road. |
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Death |
Friday, 12 December 1930 at Thornbury, Scalby Road in Scarborough,
North Riding of Yorkshire |
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aged
74 years 300 days |
registered in Scarborough
October-December 1930 |
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"SORBY.―On
December 12th, at Thornbury, Scarborough, Thomas Heathcote, the dearly
beloved husband of Annie Maud Sorby, and second son of the late Thomas
Austin and Mrs. Sorby, of Park Grange, Sheffield."
- Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Thursday, 18 December 1930. |
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"Miss
Mary Jane Sorby, of Bridge House, Cromford, formerly supervisor of the
women students of Sheffield University for 16 years, who died on September
5 last, left estate of the gross value of £8,173 8s. 11d, with net
personalty £7,639 19s. 3d... The testatrix left
£100 to he brother, Thomas
Heathcote Sorby." - Derby Daily
Telegraph, Friday, 12 February 1932.
[2018 equivalent £398,862; personalty £372802;
left £4880] |
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"DEATHS |
...SORBY.―On
25 October, at Thornbury, Scalby Road, Scarborough, Annie Maud, widow of
Thomas Heathcote Sorby, late of Sheffield, and youngest daughter of the
late W. E. Laycock, Stumperlowe Grange, Sheffield." -
Sheffield Independent, Saturday, 28 October 1933. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Attended
Cheltenham College, before playing for Thursday Wanderers FC and Sheffield
FC, where he became the captain; |
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Club honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
Sheffield FA |
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Height/Weight |
not known |
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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
six who became the
57th player (60)
to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Forward |
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Only match |
No. 8, 18 January 1879,
England 2 Wales 1, a friendly match at The Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington,
London, aged 22 years
336 days.
 20
min |
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Individual honours |
The North
(postponed, January 1879);
The Improbables (one
appearance, February 1879); |
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Distinctions |
Died
sixteen days after Herby Arthur |
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Beyond England |
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Was a director in the business (Robert
Sorby and sons) manufacturing and selling edge tools in Sheffield. After
he retired, he settled in Scarborough. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.230 |
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Appearances |
minutes |
| Goals
ave.min |
captain |
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1 |
1 |
60 |
1 |
60
min |
none |
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The minutes here given
can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an
approximation. |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
100 |
+1 |
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His only match was a friendly match played at a home venue |
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