Baven Penton

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Baven Penton
Personal information
Full name	Harry Baven Penton
Date of birth	1890
Place of birth	Boscombe, England
Date of death	Not known
Playing position	Centre forward / Goalkeeper
Youth clubs
	Pokesdown
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1911–1912 1912 1912–1913 1913–1914 1914–1928	Boscombe Southampton Boscombe Southampton Boscombe Eastleigh Athletic	12 0(3) 01 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Harry Baven Penton (born 1890) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre-forward for Southampton prior to the First World War.

[edit] Playing career

Penton was born in Boscombe in early 1890 and was a prolific marksman in his minor league days, scoring 60 in one season with Pokesdown and 26 in another for Boscombe.^[1] His form attracted him to Southern League Southampton who were suffering from a lack of a suitable centre-forward, as the regular choice, Percy Prince was injured and replacement Sid Kimpton was not scoring regularly.

Penton moved across the New Forest in February 1911 and made his debut at Crystal Palace on 25 February 1911, scoring in his home debut at The Dell in his next match (against Brentford). He retained his place until the end of the season, although he failed to live up to expectations with only three goals from twelve appearances. For the following season, the "Saints" signed Henry Hamilton and Penton only made one appearance. He returned to Boscombe in January 1912 for a fee of £10 and became their first ever professional player on a wage of 30 shillings (£1.50) per week. In September 1912 he returned to The Dell but made only one further appearance.

He once again returned across the New Forest to Boscombe, but in 1914 he joined Eastleigh Athletic where he remained until 1928, playing as goalkeeper rather than centre-forward.

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