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Russell
Wainscoat |
Leeds United
AFC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D
0 L 1 F 0: A 1
0% successful
1929
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Sergeant William Russell Wainscoat |
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Birth |
28 July 1898 in East Retford,
Nottinghamshire [registered in
East Retford, September 1898]. |
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According to the 1901
census, William R. is the youngest of four children to Thomas and Annie
Elizabeth (née Hall).
They live at 66 Wharton Street in the Ordsall area of East Retford. His
father is a railway shunter. |
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According to the 1911
census, schoolboy William Russell is the only son living at home with his
widowed father. They live at Sunnyside Cottages on Carlton Road in Worksop
with a housekeeper. His father remains as a railway shunter.
Between 28 June 1915 and 20 March 1919, William R. was a member of the
Notts & Derbys Regiment, then 5th Battalion Highland Light Infantry,
becoming a sergeant. |
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According to the 1921 census,
William Russell is now a professional footballer (for Barnsley FC) is
living with Joe and Caroline Jackson, his uncle and aunty, and their two
children, at 63 Snydale Road in Cudworth.
According to Passenger Lists, William R. Wainscoat was part of the FA
Tour that left Southampton bound for Quebec, Canada on 15 May 1926 on
board the Empress of Scotland, they returned to Liverpool on 23 July 1926
on board the Montroyal. |
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Marriage |
to Alice Laura Davis, on 2 August 1926, at St. John the
Baptist Church in Cudworth
[registered in Barnsley, September 1926]. |
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According to West
Yorkshire Electoral Registers, William and Alice were living at 18 St.
John's Road in Hemsworth from at least 1927, and onto the Manor Inn from
1933 until at least 1950.
According to the 1939
register, William R., a licensed victualler, is married to Alice, and
living at The Manor Hotel in Brierley Road, Hemsworth. He was
also a WRC Head Warden. |
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Death |
after 28 July 1967, aged
69 years c.0 days
[registered in Worthing, September 1967].
Buried
in Broadwater & Worthing Cemetery |
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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) |
Began his football career playing with
his works' team, Maltby Main Colliery FC, before and after WWI. Signed for
Barnsley FC ahead of other league clubs on 4 March 1920, and
scored a hat-trick on his debut against Fulham FC two days later, going on
to score 54 goals in 144 league appearances. Middlesbrough FC
signed Wainscoat on 18 December 1923 for a £4850 transfer fee, a record
fee for Barnsley. After five goals in 34 league appearances,
Leeds United FC then paid £2000 fee for his signature on transfer deadline
day, 16 March 1925, he scored 85 goals in 215 league appearances.
Joined Hull City FC on 29 October 1931, scoring 42 goals in 79
league appearances. He was placed on the 'transfer list' on 2 May
1934. He announced his retirement from the game on 7 July. |
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Club honours |
Football League
Division Two runners-up
1927-28, 1931-32; Division Three North winners
1932-33; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5'
11", 11st. 10lbs [1920]. 12st.
11lbs [1923]. 12st.
7lbs [1928, 1929, 1931]. |
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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 |
539th
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Inside-left |
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First match |
No. 164, 13 April 1929, Scotland 1 England 0, a British
Championship match at Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow, aged
30 years 259 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1928-29; |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
FA Tour of
Canada 1926; |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
Held a variety of jobs outside the
game - they included at different times railway clerk, licensee (Manor Inn
in Grimethorpe for eighteen years. The Norfolk Hotel in Worthing from
October 1952) and shopkeeper both footwear and drapery. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.256/257.
Served twice during the war,
firstly as a private for the Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment, and
also as a sergeant with the Highland Light Infantry. |
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Russell Wainscoat - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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1 |
1 |
1 |
90 |
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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Russell Wainscoat
- Match Record - All Matches - 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
-
British Championship |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
| All |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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Russell Wainscoat
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
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British Championship Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1928-29 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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BC
All |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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All |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
Russell Wainscoat
- Match History
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Club:
Leeds United A.F.C.
- one full appearance (90 min) |
F.A. International Selection Committee - one full appearance
(90 min)x |
Notes
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