William Oakley (223) | englandstats.com - The England International Database 1872 - 2025.

Full Name:: William John Oakley
Born:: 27th April 1873, Shrewsbury
Died:: 20th September 1934, Carlisle aged 61
England Career:: 1895 - 1901
Positions:: Left Back and Right Back
Clubs (and caps):: Corinthians (16)
FA Legacy Number:: 223
Career Summary:: William Oakley (27th April 1873 - 20th September 1934) was an international footballer who represented England 16 times scoring 0 goals. His first cap was against Wales on 18th March 1895 at 21 years old, and his last was vs Scotland on 30th March 1901 aged 27. Oakley, born on 27th April 1873, in Shrewsbury, has a FA Legacy Number of 223 and played as a Left Back and Right Back for his country.

Notes:: English long jump champion 1894.

England Career Statistics

Debut:: v Wales (HC) on 18th March 1895 aged 21 years, 10 months, 21 day
Last Cap:: v Scotland (HC) on 30th March 1901 aged 27 years, 11 month, 3 days
First Captaincy:: v Ireland (HC) on 9th March 1901 aged 27 years, 10 months, 12 days
Career Length:: 6 years, 11 days
Starts:: 16
Substitute:: 0
Withdrawn:: 0
Full Games:: 16

England Match Statistics

British Home ChampionshipHC 16 0 1 0 0
Competitive 16 0 1 0 0

Home, Away or Neutral
Caps
Goals
Captaincies

Home 7 0 1 0 0
Away 9 0 0 0 0

Match Results
Caps
Goals
Captaincies

Drawn 3 0 0 0 0
Won 10 0 1 0 0
Lost 3 0 0 0 0

Playing Positions
Caps
Goals
Captaincies

Left Back 10 0 1 0 0
Right Back 6 0 0 0 0

Managers
Caps
Goals
Captaincies

Committee 16 0 1 0 0

Totals
16
0
1
0
0

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Sources

An English Football Internationals' Who's Who by Douglas Lamming (Hutton Press 1990)
England's Who's Who by Tony Matthews (Pitch Publishing 2013)
23 sources from 16 matchesSelect from match list to see sources.

Match List

SCO, 2 - 2, 30th Mar 1901 (HC) Corinthians, Cap: 16.
Age: 27 years, 11 month, 3 days.
WAL, 6 - 0, 18th Mar 1901 (HC) Corinthians, Cap: 15.
Age: 27 years, 10 months, 21 day.
IRE, 3 - 0, 9th Mar 1901 (HC) Corinthians, Cap: 14.
Age: 27 years, 10 months, 12 days.
SCO, 1 - 4, 7th Apr 1900 (HC) Corinthians, Cap: 13.
Age: 26 years, 11 month, 10 days.
WAL, 1 - 1, 26th Mar 1900 (HC) Corinthians, Cap: 12.
Age: 26 years, 10 months, 29 days.
IRE, 2 - 0, 17th Mar 1900 (HC) Corinthians, Cap: 11.
Age: 26 years, 10 months, 20 days.
SCO, 3 - 1, 2nd Apr 1898 (HC) Corinthians, Cap: 10.
Age: 24 years, 11 month, 5 days.
WAL, 3 - 0, 28th Mar 1898 (HC) Corinthians, Cap: 9.
Age: 24 years, 11 month, 1 day.
IRE, 3 - 2, 5th Mar 1898 (HC) Corinthians, Cap: 8.
Age: 24 years, 10 months, 8 days.
SCO, 1 - 2, 3rd Apr 1897 (HC) Corinthians, Cap: 7.
Age: 23 years, 11 month, 6 days.
WAL, 4 - 0, 29th Mar 1897 (HC) Corinthians, Cap: 6.
Age: 23 years, 11 month, 2 days.
IRE, 6 - 0, 20th Feb 1897 (HC) Corinthians, Cap: 5.
Age: 23 years, 9 months, 23 days.
SCO, 1 - 2, 4th Apr 1896 (HC) Corinthians, Cap: 4.
Age: 22 years, 11 month, 7 days.
WAL, 9 - 1, 16th Mar 1896 (HC) Corinthians, Cap: 3.
Age: 22 years, 10 months, 19 days.
IRE, 2 - 0, 7th Mar 1896 (HC) Corinthians, Cap: 2.
Age: 22 years, 10 months, 10 days.
WAL, 1 - 1, 18th Mar 1895 (HC) Corinthians, Cap: 1.
Age: 21 years, 10 months, 21 day.
* Match was concluded via extra time, penalties or both.