Corinthians for England

Corinthian FC were formed very much along the lines of an Old Boys club. A de facto England XI for ex Varsity men, who were invariably products of the public schools' system.
Corinthian came into being in 1882. Professionalism was still outlawed, but the influence of the  northern and midland clubs who gave assistance to their working class players was on the rise. 6 of the England team to face Scotland in 1882 came from Lancashire, Sheffield or midlands clubs- the regions in which professional football was about to flourish.
N.L Jackson's reasoning for the founding of Corinthian FC is often reported as being to ensure that England were able to keep pace with Scotland on the international front. Their role, however, was also to preserve an amateur foothold in the higher reaches of the English game.
Amateurs, of course, could play for whomsoever they wished to. We read of England XIs in the 1890s as being 'entirely Corinthians' but one could be a member of Corinthian FC and play occasionally or go on tour with them whilst still being primarily a member of another club.
There have, however, been 17 men who represented England whilst Corinthian was their primary club.


Cecil White (left half) 

	apps
1888	2

Henfrey

Arthur Henfrey (half back / forward) 

	apps	goals
1891-96	5	2

Anthony  Hossack (right half) 

	apps
1892-94	2

Smith

Gilbert Oswald Smith (centre forward) 

	apps	goals	capt
1893-1901	20	11	14

Smith has been described as the greatest player of the 19th century.

Lodge 

Vaughan Lodge (fullback) 

	apps
1894-96	5

Lodge's parents were Welsh. It appears that he drowned himself whilst suffering from depression.

W.J. Oakley (fullback)   

	apps		capt
1895-1901	16		1

Middleditch 

Bernard Middleditch (right half) 

	apps
1897	1

Geoffrey Wilson (inside left) 

	apps	goals
1900	2	1

Foster

• Reginald Erskine 'Tip'  Foster  (inside forward) 

• 	apps	goals	capt
  1900-02	5	3	1

  
  
• The only man to captain England at football and cricket.

Fry

C B Fry (right back) 

	apps
1901	1

The legendary great all rounder.

Corbett

Bertie Corbett  (outside left)

	apps
1901	1

Corbett was the author of The Annals of the Corinthian F. C. (1906).

K.E Hegan (outside forward)

	apps	goals
1923	4	4

Later to become Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Edward Heg

Norman Creek (forward) 

	apps
1923	1

Creek was a  decorated pilot from the 1914-18 war and the author of  The History of the Corinthian Football Club (1933) 

  Basil Patchitt  (fullback or half back)

	apps
1923	2

Bower

Alfred George 'Baishe'  Bower (fullback)

• 	apps		capt
  1923-27	5		3

  
  

Bower was the last amateur to captain England and the last amateur to play for England in the Home Championship.

Doggart

Graham Doggart (inside left)

	apps	goals	capt
1923	1		1

I read a description of Graham Doggart as being a 'useful' footballer. His goalscoring record for Corinthian (1919-1933) suggests a degree of understatement there:  appearances 203 goals 207.

Ashton

• Claude Ashton (centre forward)   

• 	apps		capt
  1925	1		1

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Malvern College

Malvern College, 1900

Malvern College was one of the 'public' schools that retained Association football as its winter game when many others drifted towards Rugby. The photograph above shows the school first XI.
In 1897 former pupils formed the Old Malvernians FC. The club won the FA Amateur Cup in 1902 and 4 club members represented England:
Cuthbert Pinky Burnup (1896- 1 cap).
Rex Corbett (1903 - 1 cap). 
Sammy Day (1906- 3 caps, 2 goals).
 R. E. Foster (1900-02- 5 caps, 2 goals).

Dual Internationals- Cricket and Association Football

When the football season ended by May 1st and didn't resume until September there was a lot more scope for men to play both sports at the highest level.  A number of England internationals were also first class cricketers. The tradition began in the earliest years of the Association- men like Alcock, the Lyttletons, Cuthbert Ottaway and Monty Betts were top class performers in both sports. The increasing engagement of the proletariat in top level sports saw players such as Jack Devey, Ernest Needham, Harry Daft and William Foulke playing countycricket as well as football, whilst the old Public Schools' tradition was maintained by the likes of G.O Smith and Pinky Burnup.
Between 1872 and 1937 only 10 men represented England at both football and cricket.

Alfred Lyttleton
A forward, Lyttleton was a doyen of the old style of Association Football, all about strength, pluck and individual skill.
Club football:	First class cricket:
Cambridge University, Old Etonians	Cambridge University, Middlesex
International football:	International cricket:
1-1878 v Scotland. 1 goal.	4 tests, 1880-84 v Australia
William Gunn
An amateur footballer (as all were officially pre 1885) and professional cricketer- he gave up soccer to focus on cricket, Famous for his long, one arm hurl throw ins he was, nevertheless an underarm bowler! Outside Left.
Club football:	First class  cricket:
Notts County, Nottingham Forest	Nottinghamshire
International football:	International cricket:
2-1884 v Scotland, Wales. 1 goal.	11 tests, 1887-99 v Australia
Leslie Gay
Corinthian Leslie Gay was a goalkeeper and wicketkeeper.
Club football:	First class cricket:
Old Brightonians,  Cambridge University, Corinthian	Cambridge University, Hampshire, Somerset
International football:	International cricket:
3- 1893-94	1 test on the 1894-95 tour of Australia
R.E. Foster
The only man to have captained England at cricket and football. Played at inside forward.
Club football:	First class  cricket:
Oxford University , Old Malvernians , Corinthian	Oxford University , Worcestershire
International football:	International cricket:
5-1900-02, 2 goals.	8 tests, 1903-07
C.B. Fry
Fry’s CV reads like an impossible romance from the boys’ comics of the era. He actually turned professional and joined Southampton with the aim of getting an international cap. He played at right back.
Club football:	First class  cricket:
Oxford University, Corinthian, Southampton, Portsmouth	Oxford University, London County, Hampshire, Sussex
International football:	International cricket:
1-1901 v Ireland	26 tests, 1896-1912
Jack Sharp
Sharp was an FA Cup winner with Everton in 1906, he played at outside right.
Club football:	First class cricket:
Aston Villa, Everton.	Lancashire
International football:	International cricket:
2-1903-05, 1 goal	3 tests, 1909.
Harry Makepeace
Wing half. A teammate of Jack Sharp in both sports and an FA Cup winner in 1906.
Club football:	First class  cricket:
Everton	Lancashire
International football:	International cricket:
4- 1906 -12	4 Tests, 1920-21
Wally Hardinge
Hardinge’s first class cricket career spanned 30 years.  He briefly managed Tottenham Hotspur.
Club football:	First class  cricket:
Newcastle United, Sheffield United, (Woolwich) Arsenal	Kent
International football:	International cricket:
1-1910 v Scotland	1 Test, 1921
Andy Ducat
Ducat captained the Aston Villa Cup winning team of 1920. He started out as a centre forward but won his international caps as a right half. Later managed Fulham. He has the macabre distinction of being the only player to die on the cricket field at Lords.
Club football:	First class  cricket:
Southend United, Woolwich Arsenal, Aston Villa, Fulham	Surrey
International football:	International cricket:
6-1910–20, 1 goal	1 Test, 1921
Johnny Arnold
Outside left. Johnny Arnold was an umpire for many years after he retired from cricket.
Club football:	First class  cricket:
Southampton, Fulham	Hampshire
International football:	International cricket:
1-1933 v Scotland	1 test, 1931