15.6.14

England's New Internationals 1905-06




Club
Position
Caps
Goals
Herod Ruddlesdin
The Wednesday
wing half
3

One of the most curiously named footballers- Mothers, read your Bibles!

Harold Hardman
Everton
outside Left
4
1
A member of the gold medal-winning British team at the 1908 Olympics, Mr Hardman was later chairman of Manchester United.

Dicky Bond
Preston North End
outside right
8
2
Bond left the military in order to turn professional. During the 1914-18 war he rejoined the army, and was a prisoner of war.  

Herbert Smith
Reading
left back
4

An amateur, he also played for Great Britain in the 1908 Olympic games.

Joe Bache
Aston Villa
inside left
7
4

Charlie Roberts
Manchester United
centre half
3

It is remarkable that a man who was reckoned to be so complete a centre half only earned 3 caps. Roberts, as we know, influenced Vittorio Pozzo and was also a labour activist.

Harry  Linacre
Nottingham Forest
goalkeeper
2

Linacre kept a clean sheet vs Scotland

Arthur Bridgett
Sunderland
outside left
11
3
7 of Bridgett’s caps came against continental teams (unusual at the time). His England goals came in Vienna (2) and Budapest (1)

Frank ‘Tabby’ Booth
Manchester City
outside left
1