Francis Birley - 2 Caps (0 Goals)

  • Full Name: Francis Hornby Birley
  • Born: 14th March 1850, Chorlton, Manchester
  • Died: 1st August 1910, Lingfield, Surrey aged 60
  • England Career: 1874 - 1875
  • Positions whilst with England: Half Back
  • Clubs (and caps) whilst with England: Oxford University (1) & Wanderers (1)
  • FA Legacy Number: 23
  • Birley attended Winchester College and then Oxford – where he received his Blue in 1874 and won the FA Cup with Oxford University in the same year. He played for Wanders from 1873 and received an FA Cup winners medal that year before rising to captain them in their 1876 and 1877 FA Cup wins. He was originally selected to win his third cap for England as captain for the 1876 Scotland game but was unavailable for reasons unknown. Played cricket for Lancashire, Surrey and minor county Cheshire. A Barrister by profession, called to the bar at Inner Temple in January 1876 and then as a JP in Surrey.

England Career Statistics

England Match Statistics

    • Match Type
    • Caps
    • Goals
    • Capt
    • Mins
    • FriendlyFR
    • 2
    • 0
    • 0
    • 180
    • 0
    • 0
    • Competitive
    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    • Home, Away or Neutral
    • Caps
    • Goals
    • Capt
    • Mins
    • Away
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
    • 90
    • 0
    • 0
    • Home
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
    • 90
    • 0
    • 0
    • Match Result
    • Caps
    • Goals
    • Capt
    • Mins
    • Lost
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
    • 90
    • 0
    • 0
    • Drawn
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
    • 90
    • 0
    • 0
    • Playing Positions
    • Caps
    • Goals
    • Capt
    • Mins
    • Half Back
    • 2
    • 0
    • 0
    • 180
    • 0
    • 0
    • Total
    • 2
    • 0
    • 0
    • 180
    • 0
    • 0

England Managers

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    • Mins

    England Team Mates (Top 10)

    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 63.
    • England's Who's Who by Tony Matthews (Pitch Publishing 2013)
    • ESPN cricinfo.com
    • 12 sources from 2 matchesSelect from match list to see sources.

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