One of the joys of reading about 19th century football is to see the wide range of clubs that have provided England with representatives in international football.
The first England XI shows a nice cross section:
Herts Rangers, Notts County, Harrow Chequers, Oxford University, 1st Surrey Rifles, Cambridge University, Wednesday, Crystal Palace and Barnes.
Here are some of the more unusual club affiliations of England internationals from 1872 to 1899:
During the 19th century Oxford (16) and Cambridge University (18) provided
players. Wanderers, 5 times FA Cup winners, had 15 players capped by England. The
famous Corinthians also had 7 England internationals pre 1900.
Here are some of the more unusual club affiliations of England internationals from 1872 to 1899:
Club
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Players
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Caps
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Dates
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1st Surrey Rifles
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William Maynard
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2
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1872-76
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Maynard played in the 1st
international. Founded in 1869, 1st
Surrey Rifles were based in Camberwell and competed in the FA Cup 1872-78.
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Accrington
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George Haworth
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5
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1887-90
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Joseph Lofthouse
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2
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1889-90
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Jimmy Whitehead
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1
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1893
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Accrington were founding
members of the Football League.
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Barnes
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Charles Morice
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1
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1872
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Better known for Rugby, Barnes
(Surrey) were pioneers of Association and the club of E.C Morley.
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Birmingham Excelsior
|
George Tait
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1
|
1881
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Excelsior participated in the
FA Cup for 5 seasons (1883–84 to 1887–88)
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Blackburn Olympic
|
James Ward
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1
|
1885
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The first northern team to win
the FA Cup, Olympic were in decline as neighbours Rovers prospered. They folded in 1889.
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Casuals
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Arthur Topham
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1
|
1894
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Robert Topham
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1
|
1894
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Richard Raine Barker
|
1
|
1895
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London Amateurs, 1878-1939.
Merged with Corinthians.
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Clapham Rovers
|
Richard Geaves
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1
|
1874
|
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Robert Ogilvie
|
1
|
1875
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Walter Scott Buchanan
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1
|
1876
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Edgar Field
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2
|
1876-81
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Norman Bailey
|
19
|
1878-87
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Reg Birkett
|
1
|
1879
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James Prinsep
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1
|
1879
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Francis Sparks
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2
|
1880
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A successful London club.
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Crewe Alexandra
|
John Hargreaves Pearson
|
1
|
1892
|
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Crewe were members of the
Football Alliance when Pearson was capped. They joined the league the
following season.
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Crystal Palace (#1)
|
Charles Chenery
|
3
|
1872-74
|
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Alexander Morten
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1
|
1873
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Arthur Savage
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1
|
1876
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Charles Smith
|
1
|
1876
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The original Crystal Palace
were a separate entity from the modern club.
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Darwen
|
Thomas Brindle
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2
|
1880
|
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Thomas Marshall
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2
|
1880-81
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Thurston Rostron
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2
|
1881
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Joseph Marsden
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1
|
1891
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Darwen were the premier side in
Lancashire before the advent of Preston North End and Blackburn Rovers.
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Great Lever
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Alfred Jones
|
1
|
1883
|
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A Bolton based club. Jones was also 'capped' from Walsall Swifts.
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Harrow Chequers
|
Reginald de Courtney Welch
|
1
|
1872
|
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A club for alumni of Harrow
school. Hence- Morton Peto Betts’ Cup Final pseudonym of A. Harrow-Chequer.
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Hendon
|
Charles Plumpton Wilson
|
2
|
1884
|
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A suburban London amateur team, not connected with the present Hendon FC. Wilson was also a Rugby Union internationalist.
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Herts Rangers
|
Robert Barker
|
1
|
1872
|
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Francis Sparks
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1
|
1879
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A Watford based club, a surrogate Cambridge University team. Joined the FA in 1866 and disolved in 1882.
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Liverpool Ramblers
|
Gerald Dewhurst
|
1
|
1895
|
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A Merseyside Amateur club. Dewhurst had the rare distinction of having a locomotive named in his honour, but for his business achievements rather than his renown as a footballer.
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New Brighton Tower
|
Jack Robinson
|
3
|
1898
|
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The man credited with modernizing the art of goalkeeping was part of NBT's bought to order squad.
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Notts Rangers
|
Charlie Shelton
|
1
|
1888
|
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Founded 1868, regulars in the FA Cup, founder members of the Midland League and expelled in the same season (1889-90).
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Old Brightonians
|
George Cottrell
|
3
|
1892-93
|
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Leslie Gay
|
3
|
1893-94
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Old Carthusians
|
Edward Perry
|
3
|
1879-82
|
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William Cobbold
|
7
|
1885-87
|
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A.M Walters
|
9
|
1885-90
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P. M Walters
|
13
|
1885-90
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Andrew Amos
|
2
|
1885-86
|
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Charles Wreford-Brown
|
4
|
1889-98
|
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Walter Gilliat
|
1
|
1893
|
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Hugh Stanbrough
|
1
|
1895
|
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Old Etonians
|
Rupet Anderson
|
1
|
1879
|
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Lindsay Bury
|
1
|
1879
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Herbert Whitfield
|
1
|
1879
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Edward Christian
|
1
|
1879
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John Hawtrey
|
2
|
1881
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Harry Goodhart
|
3
|
1883
|
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Arthur Dunn
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2
|
1892
|
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Robert Gosling
|
5
|
1892-95
|
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Old Foresters
|
Percy Fairclough
|
1
|
1878
|
|
Frederick Pelly
|
3
|
1893-94
|
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Forest School is an independent school on the edge of Epping Forest, in Walthamstow in northeast London. That was cut and pasted from Wikipedia.
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Old Harrovians
|
Morton Betts
|
1
|
1877
|
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Arnold Hills
|
1
|
1879
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Old Westminsters
|
William Moon
|
7
|
1888-91
|
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Rupert Sandilands
|
5
|
1892-96
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William Winckworth
|
2
|
1892-93
|
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Alban Harrison
|
2
|
1893
|
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John Veitch
|
1
|
1894
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Owlerton Sheffield
|
William Carr
|
1
|
1875
|
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Another early Sheffield club.
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Pilgrims
|
Harry Swepstone
|
6
|
1880-83
|
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Swepstone, a goalkeeper, was a founder member of Corinthian and actually named that august club. Pilgrims were an amateur club run along similar lines.
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Royal Engineers
|
Alfred Goodwyn
|
1
|
1873
|
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Pelham George von Donop
|
2
|
1873-75
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Herbert Rawson
|
1
|
1875
|
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Cecil Wingfield-Stratford
|
1
|
1877
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Horace Barnet
|
1
|
1882
|
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Bruce Russell
|
1
|
1883
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Saltley College
|
Edward Johnson
|
1
|
1880
|
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An educational establishment in Birmingham.
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Sheffield
|
John Owen
|
1
|
1874
|
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John Hudson
|
1
|
1883
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The original Sheffield FC.
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Sheffield Albion
|
William Edwin Clegg
|
1
|
1879
|
|
Billy Mosforth
|
4
|
1879-80
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Sheffield Heeley
|
John Hunter
|
7
|
1878-82
|
|
A major force in early Sheffield football. Hunter was player - coach of Blackburn Olympic when they won the FA Cup.
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Shropshire Wanderers
|
John Edwards
|
1
|
1874
|
|
A gentleman's club based in Shrewsbury that featured in the development of the Welsh game. Edwards was later capped by Wales. Wanderers hold the distinction of being the only team to be knocked out of the FA Cup on the toss of a coin. (v Sheffield 1873-74)
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Small Heath
|
Charles Charsley
|
1
|
1893
|
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Evolved into Birmingham City.
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Stafford Road
|
Richard Baugh
|
1
|
1886
|
|
Based in a railway works in Wolverhampton and founded by Charles Crump (later a major administrator of the game). They reached 2 of the first 3 Birmingham Senior Cup finals. They were ultimately overshadowed by the advent of Wolverhampton Wanderers.
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Swifts
|
Edward Haygarth
|
1
|
1875
|
|
Ernest Henry Bambridge
|
1
|
1876
|
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Charlie Bambridge
|
18
|
1879-87
|
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Arthur Bambridge
|
3
|
1881-84
|
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William Rose
|
3
|
1884
|
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Francis Pawson
|
1
|
1885
|
||
George Brann
|
3
|
1886-91
|
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Frank Saunders
|
1
|
1888
|
||
An amateur club from Slough, near London.
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Thursday Wanderers
|
Thomas H Sorby
|
1
|
1879
|
|
A Sheffield club who didn't want to play on the same evening as one of the city's other clubs!
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Upton Park
|
Conrad Warner
|
1
|
1878
|
|
Segar Bastard
|
1
|
1880
|
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Clement Mitchell
|
5
|
1880-85
|
||
A London based amateur club, the stalking horses for the attack on Preston North End's professionalism.
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Walsall Swifts
|
Alfred Jones
|
2
|
1882
|
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Wednesbury Strollers
|
Alfred Harvey
|
1
|
1881
|
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Staffordshire club founded in 1875.
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