Walter Gilliat

Walter Evelyn Gilliat (22 July 1869 – 2 January 1963)[1] was an English amateur footballer who played for Oxford University and Old Carthusians, as well as making one appearance for the English national side, when he scored three goals.[2] He subsequently became an ordained minister in the Church of England

Career

Education

Gilliat was born at Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire and was educated at Charterhouse School, where he was a member of the school football team for two years. He then went up to Magdalen College, Oxford,[3] and was awarded his blue in 1892.

Football career

After graduating, he played football for the Old Carthusians and was a member of the Corinthian amateur club, although he never played any matches for them.[4]

He made his one international appearance at outside right against Ireland on 25 February 1893, in a team consisting mainly of players with Corinthian connections. He scored a hat-trick in the first 30 minutes as England won comfortably 6-1[5] but was never selected again, thus becoming one of only five players to have scored three goals in their only England international appearance.[6][7] Gilliat was an "excellent dribbler of the ball, who would certainly have played more (for England) had it not been for his religious beliefs."[8]

Ministry

He was ordained in 1895 and served as a curate at Woking and Tunbridge Wells, before becoming vicar of Iver between 1901 and 1920.[9] He then became Rector of Sevenoaks until 1929 when he retired to Woking.[1]

He died in Woking on 2 January 1963 aged 93 years old. His son was the cricketer and footballer Ivor Gilliat.[1]

References
  1. "England players: Walter Gilliat". englandfootballonline. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  2. Walter Gilliat at Englandstats.com, Retrieved 23 September 2018
  3. "Oxford men, 1880-1892, with a record of their schools, honours and degrees. Illustrated with portraits and views (1893)".
  4. Cavallini, Rob (2007). Play Up Corinth: A History of the Corinthian Football Club. Tempus Publishing. p. 279. ISBN 0-7524-4479-4.
  5. England 6 - Ireland 1, 25 February 1893 (Match summary)
  6. The other four are Albert Allen, John Yates, John Veitch and Frank Bradshaw.
  7. Betts, Graham (2006). England: Player by player. Green Umbrella Publishing. p. 110. ISBN 1-905009-63-1.
  8. Gibbons, Philip (2001). Association Football in Victorian England - A History of the Game from 1863 to 1900. Upfront Publishing. pp. 225–226. ISBN 1-84426-035-6.
  9. "No. 31946". The London Gazette. 18 June 1920. p. 6691.
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