1891–92 St. Mary's F.C. season

English football club season March 2015 March 2015 St. Mary's F.C. 1891–92 John Hendin Secretary Canon Basil Wilberforce Honorary President Antelope Ground FA Cup Second Qualifying round Hampshire Senior Cup Winners N/A Ernie Nicholls (6) 4,000 vs Reading(24 October 1891) (FA Cup) _upperwhite _redquarters14 FFFFFF FF0000 000080 000080 1890–91 1892–93 The 1891–92 season was the seventh since the foundation of St. Mary's F.C. based in Southampton in southern England. For the first six years, the club had been restricted at first to friendly matches and then in cup tournaments organised by the Hampshire Football Association. In 1891, the team (known as the "Saints") entered a national competition for the first time, when it competed in the qualifying rounds of the F.A. Cup. Summary of the season The club had entered the Hampshire Junior Cup in its inaugural year, 1887–88, winning it for three consecutive years, thus retaining the trophy. In 1890–91, they had moved up to the Hampshire Senior Cup, which they had also won, with a victory over a team from the Royal Engineers based at Aldershot.Chalk Holley 1987 9–13 In May 1891, at their Annual General Meeting, the club's president, Dr. Russell Bencraft announced that the club had a membership of 400 and a bank balance of over £100. As a consequence of their success in local tournaments, the club were "going further afield" and had entered the "English Cup". The club "had no expectation of doing much, but they would be satisfied if they got through to the first round, and some day he hoped they would do even more".Bull Brunskell 2000 10–11 At the A.G.M., it was agreed that the club should provide the players with their kit but, as this would be in breach of the Football Association's rules, the club would "loan" the players the cost. This was agree at 12s (60p) for a pair of boots, 7s (35p) for a shirt and 4s 2d (21p) for a pair of "knickers". The players would still be required to wash and repair their own kit.Chalk Holley 1987 13 Since 1889, the club's home ground had been the Antelope Ground in St. Mary's Road, which they rented from St. Mary's Church.Juson Bull 2001 28–29 In the FA Cup, St. Mary's reached the second qualifying round where they defeated Reading 7–0 before the result was overturned following an appeal by Reading. The club retained the Hampshire Senior Cup for the second year but experienced their first defeat in a cup tournament in the Hampshire County Cricket Club Charity Cup, losing 3–1 to the Royal Engineers.Chalk Holley 1987 13–14 FA Cup The club's first match in the FA Cup was at Warmley, near Bristol. The match was refereed by Mr. J. Lewis,Juson Bull 2001 28–29 who had helped found Blackburn Rovers, the FA Cup holders and would later referee three FA Cup finals and the Gold Medal match at the 1920 Olympic Games. (The "Saints" would meet Mr. Lewis again in controversial circumstances in the 1898 FA Cup Semi-final.) The match at Warmley passed without incident with Ernie Nicholls scoring the club's first goal in the FA Cup as St. Mary's progressed to the second qualifying round.Bull Brunskell 2000 10–11 The draw for the next round was a home match against Reading to be played on 24 October 1891. Two weeks before the tie at the Antelope Ground, the Saints arranged a friendly against the 93rd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, after which two members of the Highlanders side, Pte. Jock Fleming and Sgt. Sandy McMillan, were signed by the Saints.Chalk Holley 1987 13 For the first FA Cup match to be staged in Southampton, the St. Mary's committee "pulled out all the stops" to make sure that the Antelope Ground met the standards expected of a venue for the country's top football tournament, although the local press complained of the poor facilities, not having a covered press box, and there were problems with the pitch markings.Juson Bull 2001 28–29 The crowd (estimated at 4,000) watched the match from behind a rope around the perimeter of the pitch. The walls and banks around the ground were crowded with spectators trying to get a better view, as were the windows of neighbouring houses.Bull Brunskell 2000 10–11 Delamotte opened the scoring from the Saints' first attack before Fleming's aggressive style of play earned him a hat-trickHolley Chalk 1992 124 en route to a 7–0 victory. The report in the local press said that "it was manifest to all observers that the Saints were superior to their opponents and outplayed them on every point". The Saints "were helped by two new members from the 93rd Highlanders, but I honestly believe they would have won easily with their ordinary team".Bull Brunskell 2000 10–11 The reporter for the Bournemouth Guardian described the match as "about the best game I ever saw the Saints play".Juson Bull 2001 28–29 At the reception after the match, the Reading secretary (Mr. H. Walker) asked for, and received, an advance of £3 on the share of the gate money.Chalk Holley 1987 13 With this he immediately sent a telegram of protest accompanied by the necessary fee of 2 guineasJuson Bull 2001 28–29 to the Football Association claiming that the Saints had fielded illegally registered players in Fleming and McMillan. Rule 5 of the Rules of The Challenge Cup Competition stated that "each individual must have been a recognised playing member of the club ... at least 28 days before the match".Bull Brunskell 2000 10–11 The appeal was heard by the F.A. on the Wednesday after the match when St. Mary's were represented by Dr. Bencraft and the secretary, Mr. J. Hendin. Although the F.A. agreed that St. Mary's "had acted in perfect good faith in the matter" they had not complied with the requirements of Rule 5 and were thus expelled from the competition.Bull Brunskell 2000 10–11 After the appeal hearing, Mr. Hendin sent a telegram from London to The Southampton Times newspaper which said: "Poor old Saints. Disqualified. Hendin."Bull Brunskell 2000 10–11 Following the elimination from the cup, Fleming and McMillan both left the club; Fleming went on to play in The Football League with Aston VillaHolley Chalk 1992 124 whereas McMillan was posted to India where he died within a year of enteric fever.Holley Chalk 1992 231 Local reaction to the F.A.'s decision claimed that an injustice had been done: "A thunderbolt has fallen in the middle of their camp. innocent of wilful intent, they are punished severely, and added to this, is the feeling that Reading acted in anything but a sportsmanlike manner in this affair".Juson Bull 2001 28–29 Results DateRoundOpponentsH / AResultF – AScorersAttendance 3 October 1891 1st Qualifying Round Warmley A 4 – 1 Nicholls (2), Carter, Delamotte 24 October 1891 2nd Qualifying Round Reading H 7 – 0 Fleming (3), Verney, Nicholls, Delamotte, Own goal 4,000 Legend WinDrawLoss Hampshire Senior Cup DateRoundOpponentsH / AResultF – AScorersAttendance 20 February 1892 Semi-final Bournemouth N 2 – 0 Deacon, Farwell 12 March 1892 Final Medical Staff N 5 – 0 Nicholls (2), Carter, Delamotte, Farwell Hampshire County Cricket Club Charity Cup DateRoundOpponentsH / AResultF – AScorersAttendance 23 April 1892 Final Royal Engineers (Aldershot) N 1 – 3 Nicholls Friendly matches In addition to the matches in the various cup tournaments, St. Mary's organised several friendly matches against teams from around southern England, including matches against military sides, such as the 93rd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (lost 2–0) and twice against the South Staffordshire Regiment (lost 6–1 and 2–0). Amongst the club sides, St.Mary's played Woolwich Arsenal; the first-ever meeting between the two clubs (on 27 February 1892) resulted in a 6–2 victory for the "Gunners".Chalk Holley 1987 210 On 18 April 1892, St. Mary's played their final friendly of the season at the County Ground against an army select side from the Aldershot Division. For this match, the Saints gave a debut to Charles Miller, a 17-year-old from Brazil who was a schoolboy at Banister Court School.Juson Bull 2001 29–30 Miller, who opened the scoring as the Saints won 3–1, thus became not only the first Brazilian to play for Southampton, but almost certainly the first Brazilian to play in Europe.Juson Bull 2001 29–30 Two days later, Miller played for the Corinthians against the Hampshire F.A.Cavallini 2007 33 Following his return to Brazil in 1894, Miller helped found the São Paulo Athletic Club (SPAC) and the Liga Paulista, the first football league in Brazil, thus becoming the father of football in Brazil.Hamilton 1998 Of the 19 friendly matches known, only five were victories, with six draws and eight defeats.Chalk Holley 1987 210 Player statistics The players who appeared in any of the three Cup tournaments were as follows. This list does not include players, such as Charles Miller, who only played in friendly matches.Chalk Holley 1987 13–14 PositionNationalityName FA CupappsFA CupgoalsHampshire CupappsHampshire CupgoalsOther CupsappsOther CupsgoalsTotalappsTotalgoals 2 FBEngland George Carter George Carter (footballer born 1867) 212100423 HBNot knownCharles Deacon002110314 FWNot knownFreeman Delamotte222100434 FWEngland Francis Ellaby A a000010104 FWEngland Arthur Farwell Arthur Farwell (footballer)202210524 FWScotland Jock Fleming130000132 FBWales David Hamer David Hamer (footballer)000010104 FWEngland Bob Kiddle202010502 FBEngland George Marshall George Marshall (footballer, born 1869)202010503 HBScotland Sandy McMillan100000103 HBNot knownBill Measures100000104 FWEngland Arthur Mulford102000304 FWEngland Ernie Nicholls232211564 FWNot knownRichard Richardson Richard Richardson (footballer) B b000010101 GKEngland Ralph Ruffell202010503 HBEngland William Stride202010503 HBNot knownGeorge Verney21201051 Key GK — Goalkeeper FB — Full back HB — Half-back FW — Forward Notes A a Francis Norbury Ellaby (1873–1949) was a keen local sportsman, who also played rugby for the Trojans. A regular in Saints' reserves, he only made one first team appearance. He died in Calgary, Canada in 1949.Chalk Holley Bull 2013 65 His elder brother, Christopher George Ellaby (1859–1931),Christopher George Ellaby http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=austfoulds&id=I1421 Foulds Family Tree Ancestry.com 18 January 2013 was headteacher at Bannister Court School, Southampton and the son of Revd. George Watts Ellaby (1823–1874), founder of the school. Christopher Ellaby introduced Charles Miller to football.Hamilton Keith Southampton player Charles Miller brought the beautiful game to Brazil http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/heritage/hampshireheritage/4474010.The_Southampton_player_who_introduced_football_to_Brazil/ Daily Echo 18 January 2013 3 July 2009 B b Richard Lewis Richardson (1869–1962) made only one appearance for the first team, but captained the reserve team from 1894 to 1896. He was an organist and music teacher by profession.Chalk Holley Bull 2013 159 References Bibliography Match of the Millennium Bull David Brunskell Bob Hagiology Publishing 2000 0-9534474-1-3 Cavallini Rob Play Up Corinth – A History of the Corinthian Football Club Tempus Publishing 2007 0-7524-4479-4 Saints – A complete record Chalk Gary Holley Duncan Breedon Books 1987 0-907969-22-4 Chalk Gary Holley Duncan Bull David All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC 2013 Southampton Hagiology Publishing 978-0-9926-8640-6 Hamilton Aidan An Entirely Different Game, The British Influence on Brazilian Football Mainstream Publishing 1998 1-84018-041-2 The Alphabet of the Saints Holley Duncan Chalk Gary ACL & Polar Publishing 1992 0-9514862-3-3 Full-Time at The Dell Juson Dave Bull David Hagiology Publishing 2001 0-9534474-2-1 registration https://archive.org/details/fulltimeatdellfr0000juso External links Southampton's kit designs Category:Southampton F.C. seasons Southampton