Charlie Athersmith - 12 Caps (3 Goals)

Full Name: William Charles Athersmith Harper
Born: 10th May 1872, Bloxwich, Staffordshire
Died: 18th September 1910, Shifnal, Shropshire aged 38
England Career: 1892 - 1900
Positions whilst with England: Outside Right
Clubs (and caps) whilst with England: Aston Villa (12)
FA Legacy Number: 195
Harper was his real surname but he seemed to have dropped it in the 1880s.

England Career Statistics

Debut: v Ireland (HC) on 5th March 1892 aged 19 years, 9 months, 26 days
Last Cap: v Scotland (HC) on 7th April 1900 aged 27 years, 10 months, 28 days
First Goal: v Ireland (HC) on 20th February 1897 aged 24 years, 9 months, 10 days
Career Length: 8 years, 32 days
Starts: 12
Substitute: 0
Withdrawn: 0
Full Games: 12

England Match Statistics

Match Type
Caps
Goals
Capt

British Home ChampionshipHC
12
3
0
0
0

Competitive
12
3
0
0
0

Home, Away or Neutral
Caps
Goals
Capt

Away
6
1
0
0
0

Home
6
2
0
0
0

Match Result
Caps
Goals
Capt

Won
9
3
0
0
0

Lost
2
0
0
0
0

Drawn
1
0
0
0
0

Playing Positions
Caps
Goals
Capt

Outside Right
12
3
0
0
0

Total
12
3
0
0
0

England Managers

Manager
Caps
Goals
Capt

England Committee
12
3
0
0
0

England Team Mates (Top 10)

GO Smith
11 Matches

Jack Robinson
9 Matches

Ernest Needham
9 Matches

William Oakley
8 Matches

Steve Bloomer
8 Matches

Billy Williams
6 Matches

Frank Forman
5 Matches

Jimmy Crabtree
5 Matches

Fred Wheldon
4 Matches

Howard Spencer
3 Matches

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)
19 sources from 12 matchesSelect from match list to see sources.

Match List

SCO, 1 - 4, 7th Apr 1900 (HC) Aston Villa, Cap: 12.
Age: 27 years, 10 months, 28 days.
WAL, 1 - 1, 26th Mar 1900 (HC) Aston Villa, Cap: 11.
Age: 27 years, 10 months, 16 days.
SCO, 2 - 1, 8th Apr 1899 (HC) Aston Villa, Cap: 10.
Age: 26 years, 10 months, 29 days.
WAL, 4 - 0, 20th Mar 1899 (HC) Aston Villa, Cap: 9.
Age: 26 years, 10 months, 10 days.
IRE, 13 - 2, 18th Feb 1899 (HC) Aston Villa, Cap: 8.
Age: 26 years, 9 months, 8 days.
SCO, 3 - 1, 2nd Apr 1898 (HC) Aston Villa, Cap: 7.
Age: 25 years, 10 months, 23 days.
WAL, 3 - 0, 28th Mar 1898 (HC) Aston Villa, Cap: 6.
Age: 25 years, 10 months, 18 days.
IRE, 3 - 2, 5th Mar 1898 (HC) Aston Villa, Cap: 5.
Age: 25 years, 9 months, 26 days.
SCO, 1 - 2, 3rd Apr 1897 (HC) Aston Villa, Cap: 4.
Age: 24 years, 10 months, 24 days.
WAL, 4 - 0, 29th Mar 1897 (HC) Aston Villa, Cap: 3.
Age: 24 years, 10 months, 19 days.
IRE, 6 - 0, 20th Feb 1897 (HC) Aston Villa, Cap: 2.
Age: 24 years, 9 months, 10 days.
IRE, 2 - 0, 5th Mar 1892 (HC) Aston Villa, Cap: 1.
Age: 19 years, 9 months, 26 days.
* Match was concluded via extra time, penalties or both.