Benjamin Spilsbury

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Benjamin Ward Spilsbury (born 1st August 1864, died 15th August 1938) is a former English international footballer. He made his debut for the internationl team against Ireland on the 28th February 1885. Spilsbury played 3 games for England, and scored 5 goals.

His biggest game for England came in 1886, when he scored four of England's goals in the 6-1 win over Ireland.

Spilsbury was an all-round athlete when he was at Rossall School and laterRepton School where he played football, cricket and athletics. At Repton he was school champion 4 times in long jump, and in 1882 he broke the school record.

After that, he began at Jesus College in Cambridge, and he played football for Cambridge University from 1884 to 1887. In his last year at the university, he was also captain of the team.

After representing Cambridge University and his country, he also played games for Derby County in the years 1884 to 1889. He is best remembered for having scored the first recorded Derby goal in 1884. In total he played 8 FA cup games, and scored 7 FA cup goals for Derby. He is also recorded as having played 1 league game, and scoring 1 goal.

After his playing career was over, he moved to Canada, where he worked as an estate agent.

[edit] England career

Cap	Opponent	Date	Place	Result	Goals	Club
1	Ireland	28/02-1885	Manchester	4-0	1	Cambridge University
2	Ireland	13/03-1886	Belfast	6-1	4	Cambridge University
3	Scotland	27/03-1886	Glasgow	1-1	0	Cambridge University