Frank Englefield

Frank Englefield (August 1878 – 1945) was an English professional footballer who played for Southampton in the late 1890s, generally at outside-left although his only Southern League appearance came at left-half.

Frank George Englefield
Personal information
Date of birth Aug 1876
Place of birth Southampton, England
Date of death Feb 1945
Place of death Bournemouth, England
Position(s) Outside-left
Youth career
Freemantle Mission
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1897–1898 Freemantle
1898–1900 Southampton 1 (0)
1900–1901 Fulham 12 (0)
1902–1904 Southampton Wanderers
1904–? Freemantle
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Football career

Englefield was born in Southampton and played his youth football for the Freemantle Mission before joining the Freemantle club.[1]

In May 1898, he moved across the town to join Southampton who had just been crowned as Southern League champions for the second successive year. He initially played in the reserves, including two appearances in the United League, which led to him being selected to play for the Hampshire County F.A. against Dorset in March 1899.[1]

His only appearance in the first-team came on 25 November 1899, when he was selected to replace Bob Petrie at left-half for the match at Bedminster. Englefield failed to make any impression in the match, which was won 2–0,[2] and, with England international Alf Milward becoming the established left-winger, Englefield returned to the reserves.[1]

In the 1900 close season, Englefield left Southampton and joined Fulham for one season before returning to Freemantle, where he stayed for two years before playing out his career with Southampton Wanderers.[1]

Family

Englefield's sister, Beatrice, was married in 1908 to Phil Mead,[3] the Hampshire and England cricketer, who also played football for Southampton, making one first-team appearance as an emergency goalkeeper in December 1907.[4]

References
  1. Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. p. 118. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
  2. Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan (1987). Saints – A complete record. Breedon Books. p. 27. ISBN 0-907969-22-4.
  3. Jenkinson, Neil (November 1993). C.P.Mead: Hampshire's Greatest Run-maker. Paul Cave Publications. ISBN 0-86146-086-3.
  4. The Alphabet of the Saints. pp. 235–236.
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