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Charles
Wollaston |
Oxford
University AFC, Wanderers FC, Lancing Old Boys FC & Clapham Rovers FC
4 appearances, 1 goal
P 4 W 0 D 1 L 3 F 8:
A 12
13% successful
1874-80
captain: one
minutes played: 360 |
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Timeline |
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courtesy of SFA museum |
Charles Henry Reynolds Wollaston |
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Birth |
Tuesday, 31 July 1849
in The Rectory, Vicarage Lane, Felpham,
Sussex |
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registered as a male in West
Hampnett July-September 1849 |
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"On the 31st ult.,
at Felpham Rectory, Sussex, the wife of the Rev. Charles B. Wollaston, of
a son." - The London
Morning Post, Friday, 3 August
1849. |
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Baptism |
Tuesday, 5 September 1849
at Parish Church, Vicarage Lane, Felpham |
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Education |
Temple House in Brighton and Trinity College at Oxford University |
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According to the 1851 census,
Charles is the youngest of two children to Charles Buchanan and Eleanor
(née Reynolds). His
father is the Vicar of Felpham and along with four servants, they live at
Felpham Rectory. |
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According to the 1861 census, Charles
is a scholar at Temple House (Grammar School) in Brighton. |
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According to the 1871 census,
C.H.R. is a visiting Law Student to Hayes Common. Headed up by the Morris
family. |
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According to the 1881 census,
Charles H.R. is a Solicitor lodging at 14 Coleshill Street in Westminster, with the Wheatley's.
(His father died on 11 August
1887 in Reading). |
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According to the 1891 census,
Charles H.R. is a visitor at the home of
Francis H.
Birley, who is now a practising barrister. They live at Claridges House in Haxted, in
Dormans Lands in East Grinstead.
(His mother died on 10 December
1891) |
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According to the 1901 census, Charles H.R., a
bank director, is head of his household at 13 St. George's Road in
Belgrave, along with two servants. |
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Cannot be found on the
1911 census. |
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According to the 1921 census, Charles H.R. is
now a retired bank director, is head of his household at 146 Belgrave Road in Belgrave, along with one servant. |
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Death |
Tuesday, 22 June 1926 at
46 Belgrave Road [left below], Pimlico, London |
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aged 76 years 326 days |
registered in St. George
Hanover Square April-June 1926 |
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Obituary |
,%20Charles.jpg) "DEATH
OF MR. C. H. R. WOLLASTON. - WARWICKSHIRE ASSOCIATIONS~
"At Golder's Green Crematorium, London, last week-end, there took place
the funeral of Mr. Charles Henry Reynolds Wollaston, a member of the
family of that name who has owned and occupied Shenton Hall, near
Nuneaton, since 1625. Born in 1850, Mr. Wollaston was the eldest son of
the late Prebendary Charles Buchanan Wollaston, Canon of Chichester and
Vicar of Amport; and he resided at 46, Belgrave Road, London, where his
death occurred suddenly, He left instructions that there were to be no
flowers and no mourning.
"Mr. Wollaston was descended from
illustrious ancestors. Thomas Wollaston, of Peron (Staffordshire) was a
person of rank and influence in the reign of Henry VII., and had a grant
from the Crown of the office of keeper of the outwoods of Lyndridge. Sir
John Wollaston was Lord Mayor of London, and William Wollaston, of
Shenton, held the position of High Sheriff of Leicestershire in 1629.
Another William Wollaston was an eminent writer of ethics and theology,
and the author of 'The Religion of Nature'."
-
The Coventry Herald, Saturday, 3 July 1926. |
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Funeral |
Saturday, 3
July 1926 at Golder's Green Crematorium, London |
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Probate |
"WOLLASTON
Charles Henry Reynolds of 46 Belgrave-road Victoria
Middlesex died 22 June 1926 Probate
London 28 July to
Ella Wollaston Greeve and Clare Wollaston Bartholomew spinsters.
Effects £22946 18s. 2d."
[2019 equivalent: £1,413,102]
"Mr. Charles Henry Reynolds Wollaston,
of Belgrave-road, Victoria, S.W., who died on 22 June, aged 76, left
£100
each to 'his faithful guides in Switzerland for some 25 years, Joseph Biner
and Augustin Gentinetta, both of Zermatt.' His estate is valued at
£23,000."
- Wednesday, 4 August 1926, Birmingham Daily
Gazette. |
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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) |
Wollaston
attended Lancing College, and Trinity College, Oxford University. Also played for
Lancing Old Boys AFC and Clapham Rovers FC before joining Wanderers FC. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup winners
1871-72, 1872-73, 1875-76, 1876-77, 1877-78;
In all he won five winner's medals, the first player to achieve
this feat. |
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Individual honours |
Middlesex
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
seven who became the
21st players
(24)
to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Forward |
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First match |
No. 3, 7 March 1874,
Scotland 2 England 1, a friendly match at The West of
Scotland Cricket Ground, Hamilton
Crescent, Partick, Glasgow, aged
24 years 219 days. |
Last match
6 years 6 days
(new record) |
No. 10, 13
March 1880,
Scotland 5 England 4, a friendly match at Hampden Park,
Hampden Terrace, Glasgow, aged
30 years 226
days.ᶜ |
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Individual honours |
England's joint-Top
Goalscorer (one 1875);
The
South (one appearance, 1ᶜ March 1880). |
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Distinctions |
Referee for
Match No. 9,
England 5 Scotland 4, a friendly match at The
Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London.
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Beyond England |
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A solicitor by profession, admitted
1875. He was in the employ of the National Provincial & Union Bank of
England 1878-98,
first as assistant secretary and then as secretary. Becoming one of its
directors afterwards. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.274. |
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Appearances |
minutes |
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Goals
ave.minutes |
captain |
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4 |
4 |
360 |
1 |
360
min |
one |
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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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4 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
8 |
12 |
-4 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
12.5 |
-3 |
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All of his matches were friendly matches and all against Scotland |
Venue Record
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Venue |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Home |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
1.50 |
2.50 |
25.0 |
-1 |
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Away |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
7 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
2.50 |
3.50 |
00.0 |
-2 |
Captain Record
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Venue |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Away |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
5.00 |
00.0 |
-1 |
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1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
-1 |
Match History
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his goal in his second match makes him the =most experienced player to
score for England so far |
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England's third top goalscorer for
the season
and
calendar year
(with Charlie Alcock) |
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England
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