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Harry
Wood |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC
3 appearances, 1 goal
P 3 W 1 D
1 L 1 F 5: A 4
50% successful
1890-96
captain: none
minutes played: 270 |
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Timeline |
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Harry Wood |
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Birth |
Friday, 26 June 1868 at Chapel Street, Walsall, Staffordshire |
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registered in Walsall July-September 1868 |
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Baptism |
Sunday, 2 August 1868 at St. John's Church, in Walsall, Staffordshire. |
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According to the 1871
census, Harry is the second of three children to Henry George William
Hathaway and Mary (née
Clifton). His
father is a puddler and they live with one servant at Chapel Street in
Walsall.
(His mother died in early-1876) |
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According to the 1881
census, Harry is still with his father Henry, but he has remarried, to
Sarah. Harry has two more younger sisters and has also two step-siblings.
They still live in Chapel Street. |
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Marriage |
to Alice
Bates, on Monday, 22 December 1890 at
St. George's Church, Walsall |
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registered in Walsall October-December 1890 |
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Children |
Harry and Alice
Wood have three sons together. Harry and Arthur amongst them. |
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According to the 1891
census, Harry, here stated as Henry, is married to Alice and 'living on
own means', they are living at 56 Rutter Street in Walsall.
At the time of their marriage, the end of
1890, they were both living at 104 Paddock Lane in Walsall. |
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According to the 1901
census, Harry is a football professional, still married to Alice. They
have two sons, Harry and Arthur (although Arthur is not on this census).
They live at 66 Milton Road in Southampton. |
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(His father died 24 May
1908)
According to the 1911
census, Harry remains married, and still with two sons. Harry is a
football trainer and they live at 34 Huslemere Road in Southsea. The
census reveals that they have tragically lost a third child. |
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According to the 1921 census,
Harry remains married, he is now a barman and with son, Arthur (a
professional footballer with Clapton Orient FC), they live at The Milton
Arms, on Milton Road in Portsmouth.
(Alice Wood died at The Milton
Arms in July 1927) |
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According to the 1939 register, widowed Harry is a
retired publican living at 11 Colbrook Avenue in Portsmouth, at the home
of his son Arthur, who is also widowed, and is an insurance agent. |
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Death |
Thursday, 5 July 1951,
at St. Marys Hospital in Milton,
Portsmouth, Hampshire |
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aged
83 years 10 days |
registered in Portsmouth July-September 1951 |
"WOOD—Harry
(late Wolverhampton and Southampton Football Clubs), passed peacefully
away at St. Mary's Hospital on the 5th July, aged 83 years. Re-united with
his wife and son Arthur. With deepest respect.—Mrs. Gray, Kenneth, Betty,
and family.
"WOOD—Harry.
In loving memory of my dear father, who passed away at St. Mary's Hospital
on 5th July, aged 83 years. God bless you Dad—From Harry and family, in
Australia." - Portsmouth Evening News, Friday, 6 July 1951 |
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Probate |
"WOOD
Harry of 6 Shaftesbury-road Southsea
Portsmouth died 5 July 1951 Probate
Winchester 13 February to
Leonard Rodolph Maidment solicitor and Philip Henry Stranger solicitors
clerk.
Effects £4377 10s.
Cessate. New Grant 5 April 1952."
[2019 equivalent: £138,520] |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
Club(s) |
"played for Pleck Unity and Walsall Swifts FC before
going to..." Wolverhampton Wanderers FC in the
summer of 1885, and helped them in the FA Cup, then Football League. A disagreement meant
he left for the amalgamated team, Walsall Town Swifts FC on 13 February
1891 as captain, before returning on 1 December for a £60 transfer fee.
Joined Southampton FC in May 1898, becoming club captain.
Retired in 1905.
- Sporting Life, 25 March 1893 |
League History
241 appearances,
110 goals |
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 1888-98, 241 appearances
110 goals.
debut: 6 October 1888 Accrington FC 4 Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC 4 .
last: 16 April 1898 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 5 Wednesday FC 0. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup
runners-up 1888-89 (6ᵃ 1ᵍ), 1895-96 (6ᵃ 3ᵍ), winners
1892-93 (6ᵃ 1ᵍ);
Football League third place 1888-89 (17ᵃ 13ᵍ);
Division One third place 1897-98 (27ᵃ 11ᵍ);
Southern League winners
1898-99, 1900-01, 1902-03, 1902-03, 1903-04; |
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Individual honours |
Football League (four appearances) |
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Distinctions |
Father
of Arthur Wood (Clapton Orient FC goalkeeper
1921-31). He was Guest of Honour at the 1939 FA Cup Final. |
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Height/Weight |
5' 9½", 12st 7lbs [1893],
12st. 6lbs [1896], 5'
10", 12st.
10lbs [1903]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990], ENFA & Patrick Talbot's White
Shirt, Black Country. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of three who became the 171st players
(173) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Inside-left |
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First match |
No. 39,
15 March 1890,
Wales 1
England 3, a British Championship match at
The
Racecourse, Mold Road, Wrexham, aged
21 years
262 days. |
Last match
6 years 20 days |
No. 58, 4 April 1896, Scotland 2 England 1, a
British Championship match at Celtic Park, Kerrydale Street, Parkhead, Glasgow, aged
27 years 283 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1889-90, 1895-96; |
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Team honours |
British
Championship shared 1889-90; |
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Individual honours |
The Blues
(one appearance 1ᵍ, March 1890);
The Stripes
(one appearance, March 1891)
The Professionals
(one appearance 1ᵍ, March 1893) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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A coach painter by trade. After
retiring from playing, took up an appointment as Portsmouth FC's trainer,
after which, he became a licensee, The Milton Arms, in the area. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.274. |
