William Kenyon-Slaney - 1 Cap (2 Goals)

  • Full Name: Colonel the Rt. Hon. William Slaney Kenyon-Slaney
  • Born: 24th August 1847, Rajkot, Gujarat, India
  • Died: 24th April 1908, Shifnal, Shropshire aged 60
  • England Career: 1873
  • Positions whilst with England: Forward
  • Clubs (and caps) whilst with England: Wanderers (1)
  • FA Legacy Number: 19
  • Kenyon-Slaney played for Oxford University, Old Etonians and Wanderers and was a FA Cup winner with the latter in 1873. He played cricket for the MCC and Shropshire, served in the Grenadier Guards from 1867 to 1888 and was MP For Newport Salop 1886-1908.
    He scored England's very first international goal. And the third.

England Career Statistics

England Match Statistics

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    • Match Result
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    • Playing Positions
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    • Forward
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    Sources

    • An English Football Internationals' Who's Who by Douglas Lamming (Hutton Press 1990)
    • The Early FA Cup Finals by Keith Warsop (SoccerData 2004) p 92.
    • England's Who's Who by Tony Matthews (Pitch Publishing 2013)
    • ESPN cricinfo.com
    • 8 sources from 1 matchSelect from match list to see sources.

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