Percy Fairclough
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Percy Fairclough (1 February 1858 – 22 June 1947) was an English amateur footballer who made one appearance for England in 1878.
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[edit] Football career
Fairclough was born in in Mile End, East London and was educated at Forest School, Walthamstow, where he played for the school football team.[1]
After leaving school, he joined the Old Foresters. In 1878, shortly after his twentieth birthday, he was selected by England for the match at Hampden Park, Glasgow against Scotland on 2 March. Although England "fielded a side they thought capable of defeating the Scots, ...(they) returned home with a humiliating 7-2 defeat"[2], with three of the Scottish goals coming from John McDougall.[3] Fairclough was described as a "powerful if somewhat ungainly forward"[1] but was never selected to represent his country again.
He subsequently joined the Corinthian club, although he does not appear to have actually played for them.[4] He also played representative football for Essex and London.
[edit] Life outside football
Fairclough was a partner in a stockbroking firm and became a member of the London Stock Exchange for forty years.
He was killed on 22 June 1947 in a road accident at the age of 89.[1][5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Betts, Graham (2006). England: Player by player. Green Umbrella Publishing, p.99. ISBN 1-905009-63-1.
- ^ Gibbons, Philip (2001). Association Football in Victorian England - A History of the Game from 1863 to 1900. Upfront Publishing, p.50. ISBN 1-84426-035-6.
- ^ Scotland 7 - England 2; 2 March 1878 (Match summary)
- ^ Rob Cavallini (2007). Play Up Corinth - A History of the Corinthian Football Club. Tempus Publishing, p.275 & p.279. ISBN 0-752444-79-6.
- ^ Brief note on www.iffhs.de
