Taken from newspaper reports. Errors, duplications and omissions are likely.
A.Abbis (1893) 6 games found
Andrew Frederick Albon (1902) 9
Rev Andrew Amos (1886) 2
Herbert Gilbert Maclachlan Amos (1886) 13 (15 goals, including two hat tricks)
James Percy Lax Amos (1887) 6
Rev A.Anderson (1871) 1
Rev Hubert Seymour Arkwright (1892) 4
Atkinson (1866) 7
H.Atkinson (1867) 1
William Osborn Atkinson (1868) 8
Austin (1871) 3
T.Austin (1871) 2
Bailey (1868) 5
A.Bailey (1868) 8
H.Bailey (1873) 2
F.Baily (1869) 1
Baker (1867) 5
Rev Charles Arthur Baker (1871) 1
George Dashwood Baker (1871) 1
H.Baker (1870) 1
Henry Edward Baker (1871) 2
R.Baker (1873) 1
Robert Hood Baker (1879) 3
Charles Loftus Barham (senior) (1873) 1
R.C.Bassett (1874) 2
Bastin (1881) 1
A.Beale (1885) 1
Rev C.E.Bennett (1889) 1
J.D.Bennett (1885) 15
C.S.Berry (1887) 1
T.Berry (1888) 1
R.F.Bond (1885) 2
A.Bott (1874) 1
A.K.Bower (1883) 2
A.Bowtell (1888) 1
Brackenbury (1885) 1
W.Brady (1898) 1
Buckle 1 (1871)
Robert William Burbage (1898) 1
W.Butler (1898) 1
G.Butterfield (1885) 1
P.Calderon (1889) 1
W.W.Callander (1873) 1
Benjamin Christian (1874) 4
L.Chudley (1891) 6
J.Coleman (1871) 1
Conder (1866) 3
Arnold Clarkson Conder (1866) 1
Constable (1866) 1
Arthur George Cox (1904) 12
H.O.Crow (1872) 1
Crompton (1873) 1
Darton (1866) 3
H.Darton (1866) 2
Thomas Harwood Darton (1871) 1
Dawson (1868) 1
A.Dawson (1872) 1
A.W.Dawson (1872) 1
E.Dawson (1873) 2
F.Dawson (1868) 3
W.Dawson (1868) 1
William James Denniss (1886) 14+
Downton (1873) 1
H.M.Downton (1872) 2
Elgood (1867) 1
G.Elgood (1867) 1
Ellgood (1866) 1
E.Ellard (1869) 1
George William Mariner Ellard (1868) 7
James Ellard (1868) 4
Sir Robert Dalrymple Horn Elphinstone (1867) 1
Emmanuel (1868) 1 (Possibly H.Emanuel, the enigmatic Wanderers player?)
William Henry English (1885) 12
Farmer (1866) 1
F.Farmer (1867) 1
H.Fishwick (1872) 1
H.W.Fitch (1874) 1
E.C.Foa (1874) 1
O.H.Forster (1866) 1 (Certainly Oswald Henry Foster Hitchin Surgeon & G.P.)
Foster (1871) 1
J.Foster (1869) 1
W.Foster (1872) 4
Fowler (1868) 1
George Melville Furr ?
Harold Frederick Furr 3
William Stanley Furr 5
Rev.George Bernard Gainsford (1889) 2
J.Gardner (1874) 1
J.A.Gardner (1873) 2
J.C.Gardner (1873) 1
J.R.Gardner (1874) 1
T.A.Gardner (1873) 1
C.T.C.Gilbert (or C.T. or C.J.C) (1873) 3
H.T.Greene (1871) 1
William John 'Curly' Grimes (1903) 10+
Halliley (1871) 1
H.Hawkins (1873) 1
Allen Martival Hazlerigg (1873) 4 (Awarded Hitchin Club cap, so possibly played more than 5 games)
Rev.William Greville Hazlerigg (1871) 2
W.Hickes (1871) 1
William Hill, jun. (1867) 22
Holgate (1868) 5
H.V.Holgate (1869) 1
W.Holgate (1870) 1
G.Hughes (1866) 1
H.Hughes (1868) 1
A.E.Hume (1873) 3
George Jackson, jun. (1867) 12
James (1867) 1
Ernest Arthur Jeakings (1903) 9
R.Ker (1869) 1
Latchmore (1868) 1
William Lattimer (1894) 7+
(C.T.?) Layton (1869) 2
B.J.Leverson (1874) 1
G.Lewin (1868) 1
Robert Lewthwaite (1890) 2
Billy Lindsay (1907) 2+
Edwin Logsdon (1868) 2
Loughborough (1871) 4
F.Loughborough (1874) 1
Lindsay Loughborough (1871) 10
Ralph 'Little' Loughborough (1873) 1 His father Rev Ralph Lindsay Loughborough (aged 53) is also possible.........
Lucas (1873) 1
Archibald William Tindall Lucas (1885) 3+
C.Lucas (1866) 1
C.C.Lucas (1866) 1 (Charles Cecil Lucas 1844-1898?)
F.H.Lucas (1872) 1
F.Lucas (1866) 6 (Fred Lucas 1841-1920?) Also played for the Wanderers?
J.Lucas (1866) 1
J.F.Lucas (1866) 1
J.J.Lucas (1867) 1 (Joseph John Lucas b 16 Jul 1840?)
J.W.Lucas (1869) 1
R.Lucas (1867) 1
T.J.Lucas (1867) 1
William Tindall Lucas (1868) 12
T.McKenzie (1872) 1
H.Mainwaring 1
J.Mainwaring 1
Mainwaring (1868) 8
F.C.Mainwaring (1873) 1
Thomas Charles Mainwaring (1868) 7
Henry Hawkes Mallandaine (1866) 6
Mill (1866) 1
Newton (1867) 3
Rev.John Pardoe (1866) 4
Rev.James Benjamin Parker (1866) 12
S.Parker (1868) 1
G.A.Passingham (1868) 1
Payne (1871) 1
George Clark Payne (1903) 2
Herbert William Perks (1885) 10+
George Arthur Phillips (1866) 3
George Pollitt (1898) 7
F.Preedie (1874) 1
T.Preedie (1874) 1
Gerard Ithel Eade Pryor (1892) 7+
H.F.Pryor (1874) 1
Radcliffe (1866) 1
A.Radcliffe (1868) 2
H.Radcliffe (1866) 1
Hubert Delme Radcliffe (1866) (President) 2
J.Read (1873) 1
F.M.Reid (1867) 1
Cecil Frederick Reid (1867) 6
J.Reid (1868) 1
F.Rooke (1871) 1
A.W.Sale (1874) 1
R.H.Sale (1874) 1
Francis Shillitoe (1866) 21
S.H.Silver (1868) 1
Arthur Lincoln Hitchcock Spencer (1889) 10
William Edward Hitchcock Spencer (1889) 1
Spriggs (1906) 7+
C.M.Stephens (1874) 1
P.R.Stephens (1874) 1
Clarke Hallett Lloyd Stoughton (1874) 1 (Under Rugby Union Rules)
G.Stucley (1870) 4
Charles Studman (1895) 1
Taylor (1866) 1
J.Taylor (1874) 1
Thompson (1867) 1
Thompson (1867) 1
L.Thompson (1867) 3
Toke (1871) 1
Tuck (1866) 2
A.J.Tuck (1869) 2
Tuke (1874) 1
S.Tuke (1873) 4
John Edmund Tully (1895) 1
Whittaker (1868) 1
Wiles (1866) 1
Wilkinson (1868) 2
H.Wilkinson (1868) 3
J.Wilkinson (1873) 2
J.Wood (1874) 1
Ernest Woodgate (1871) 13
Charles Worbey (1901) 5
A.Wright (1870) 1
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Re: Hitchin FC: Early Players
Reverend Andrew Amos (20 Sep 1863 Southwark - 2 Oct 1931 Rotherhithe)
Herbert Gilbert McLachlan Amos (28 Apr 1866 Southwark - 30 Jun 1924 Hitchin)
Reverend James Percy Lax Amos (25 Apr 1868 London - 23 May 1958 Lydart, Monmouth)
Andrew Frederick Albon (4 Sep 1884 Hitchin - 18 May 1948 Peterborough)
Reverend Hubert Seymour Arkwright (24 Apr 1865 Pencombe, Herefordshire - 3 May 1956 Penzance, Cornwall)
William Osborn Atkinson (Oct 1844 Potton, Bedfordshire - 14 Jul 1905 Birmingham)
Reverend Charles Arthur Baker (Apr 1847 Hartlebury, Worcs - 4 Mar 1927 Cheltenham, Gloucs.)
George Dashwood Baker (4 Mar 1849 Compton Martin, Somerset - 21 Dec 1879 Ayot St Lawrence, Herts)
Henry Edward Baker (8 Jun 1853 Compton Martin, Somerset - 27 Mar 1930 Hollingbourne, Kent)
Robert William Burbage (24 Aug 1875 Peterborough - Jun 1852 Peterborough)
Robert Hood Baker (Jan 1854 Hitchin - 26 Nov 1903 Hitchin)
Charles Loftus Barham (Jul 1852 Pimlico - 7 Aug 1921 City of London)
Thomas William Barnes (8 Mar 1879 Grantham, Lincs - Mar 1948 Newbury, Berks)
Frank Cannon (8 Nov 1884 West Mill, Hitchin - 15 Feb 1916 Potijze, Ypres)
Arnold Clarkson Conder (Apr 1848 Ryde, IOW - 24 Nov 1918 Knaresborough, Yorkshire)
Benjamin Christian (Jan 1854 Newington, London - 6 Aug 1904 Sidmouth, Devon)
Arthur George Cox (25 Feb 1874 Luton - 18 Feb 1953 Luton)
A bricklayer from Luton, he had appeared for Luton Town Reserves. A centre half back.
Appearances for Hitchin include:
3 Sep 1904 Norwich City 2 Hitchin 0; 10 Sep 1904 Leyton 2 Hitchin 2; 1 Oct 1904 Watford Reserves 5 Hitchin 0; 15 Oct 1904 Woolwich Arsenal Reserves 4 Hitchin 0; 29 Oct 1904 Hitchin 2 Clapton Orient 1; 12 Nov 1904 Lowestoft 0 Hitchin 2; 19 Nov 1904 Maidstone 5 Hitchin 0; 27 Dec 1904 Hitchin 0 Maidstone United 1; 7 Jan 1905 Brighton & HA Reserves 2 Hitchin 0; 18 Feb 1905 Aylesbury United 0 Hitchin 1; 12 Apr 1905 Luton 1 Hitchin 0; 26 Dec 1905 Hitchin 1 Luton 2.
Thomas Harwood Darton (5 Dec 1847, Temple Dinsley - 4 May 1885, The Cottage, Preston, Herts)
Lived in Preston village, near Hitchin. Head of Temple Dinsley Estate, Preston, Herts.
Royal Artillery 33rd Regiment 1868-76. Son in law of R.Rickman Shillitoe, Hitchin surgeon.
Appearances for Hitchin include: 21 Jan 1871 St Albans 0 Hitchin 1; 4 Feb 1871 Hitchin 8 Ware 0.
William James Denniss (19 Sep 1864 Hitchin - 12 Sep 1928 Hitchin)
Forward player. Member of Hitchin & District Harriers (Athletics Club).
Painter, House Decorator, Tobacconist. In 1881 he lived in Market Square, Hitchin. In 1891 he lived at 10, Radcliffe Road, Hitchin. In 1901 & 1911 he lived at 51, Walsworth Road, Hitchin.
Appearances for Hitchin include: 21 Apr 1886 Hitchin 4 Silsoe 4; 24 Nov 1886 Hitchin 8 Hertford 0; 5 Mar 1887 Hitchin 1 Royston 0; 12 Nov 1887 Bishops Stortford 3 Hitchin 2; 17 Dec 1887 Royston 0 Hitchin 1, 1 goal; 28 Jan 1888 Hitchin 2 Royston 0; 17 Nov 1888 Royston 0 Hitchin 1; 22 Dec 1888 Hitchin 2 Mr J.S.Berry's Eleven 0, 1 goal; 26 Dec 1888 Hitchin 3 Cambridge Swifts 0; 23 Feb 1889 Watford Rovers 6 Hitchin 0; 25 Feb 1889 Cambridge Granta 4 Hitchin 0; 30 Nov 1889 Luton 5 Hitchin 0; 21 Dec 1889 Hitchin 4 Hertford Excelsior 1, 1 goal.
George William Mariner Ellard Born in Easton, Northants in about January 1848, he died in Lambeth aged 90 in January 1938.
In 1871 he was a corn merchant's clerk living in Bucklersbury, Hitchin. He later became a commercial traveller. A newspaper article in the local press in 1930 shows he was a player between 1866 and 1872 and that in old age he recalled nothing at all about Hitchin Football Club's involvement in the first FA Cup competition in November 1871.
James Ellard Brother of George Ellard, he was born in Easton, Northants in about April 1850. In 1871 he was a chemist's assistant living in Bucklersbury, Hitchin.
Sir Robert Dalrymple Horn Elphinstone (12 Sep 1841, Oyne, Aberdeenshire - 11 Feb 1887, St James Hotel, Piccadilly)
3rd Baronet (he inherited his title shortly before he died). Harrow School XI 1859. Wanderers FC 1865-1868.
One game played for Hitchin: 9 Mar 1867 Hitchin 0 Old Harrovians 3.
The first visiting player to score against Hitchin 24 Feb 1866 (a 2-1 win for Hitchin against 'Mr Elphinstone's XI', a scratch team sent down by the famous Wanderers Club).
William Henry English (3 Jun 1864 Redditch - 7 Jul 1956 Canada)
Hitchin Boys Grammar School assistant master 1890-97.
In 1891 he was living at 33, Bedford Street, Hitchin with other HBGS school masters. In 1901 he was a private tutor living in Tilehouse Street, Hitchin.
He emigrated with his family to Canada in 1903, where he became a pioneer and a dissenting Canon (clergyman).
He served four years as Secretary of the Hertfordshire Football Association.
Appearances for Hitchin include: 11 Apr 1885 Hitchin 3 Stevenage 3 (left side forward); 5 Dec 1885 Royston 4 Hitchin 2 (left side forward); 24 Nov 1886 Hitchin 8 Hertford 0 (County Cup match, played as a full back); 12 Nov 1887 Bishops Stortford 3 Hitchin 2 (County Cup match, played as a full back), 17 Nov 1888 Royston 0 Hitchin 1; 23 Feb 1889 Watford 6 Hitchin 0; 30 Nov 1889 Luton Town 5 Hitchin 0; 21 Dec 1889 Hitchin 4 Hertford Excelsior 1; 12 Dec 1891 Hitchin 3 Luton Montrose 5; 15 Oct 1892 St Albans 9 Hitchin 2; 25 Feb 1893 Hitchin 3 West Herts Association 3; 18 Mar 1893 West Herts Association 2 Hitchin 1; 30 Sep 1893 Hitchin 2 Gresham Athletic Association 0; 20 Jan 1894 Hitchin 3 Luton Stanley 0; 19 Jan 1895 Lilley 0 Hitchin 2; 2 Mar 1895 Hitchin 2 Croxley 6; 16 Mar 1895 Hertford 5 Hitchin 2.
Appearances for Hertfordshire XI include: 27 Mar 1889 Herts 2 Middlesex 1.
Oswald Henry Foster M.A., M.D.
(about Aug 1843, Hitchin - 7 Apr 1924, Stevenage)
Bachelor of Medicine. Hitchin doctor. Lived at 13, Tilehouse Street, Hitchin.
Played in Hitchin Football Club's second game 17 Mar 1866 v. Mr Lucas's XI, a 1-0 win for Hitchin.
Harold 'Harry' Frederick Furr (13 Jan 1887 Barnet - 23 Nov 1971 Hitchin). Fish Merchant.
Goalkeeper. Also played for Hitchin St Johns, Hitchin Union Jack, Hitchin Blue Cross, Croydon Common, Brentford, Leicester Fosse, Letchworth Town, and Hitchin St Michaels. Appearances for Hitchin include: 18 Jan 1908 Norwich City Reserves 7 Hitchin 1; 1 Feb 1908 Clapton Orient Reserves 3 Hitchin 0.
William Stanley Furr (22 Jul 1891 Barnet - Dec 1975 Biggleswade). Fish Merchant.
Winger. Appearances for Hitchin include: 24 Sep 1910 Marlow 0 Hitchin 2; 26 Nov 1910 Hitchin 2 East Ham 3.
Reverend George Bernard Gainsford (Jan 1868 - 18 Feb 1933) Local clergyman. Assistant curate at St Paul's, Bedford 1891. Curate at St Saviour's, Hitchin 1893. Appearances for Hitchin include: 21 Dec 1889 Hitchin 4 Hertford Excelsior 1, 1 goal; 7 Oct 1893 Hitchin 0 Luton Reserves 5.
William John 'Curly' Grimes (27 Mar 1886 Hitchin - 6 Jan 1936 Arlesey). Winger. Also played for Hitchin St Johns, Hitchin Blue Cross, Watford, Glossop, Bradford City, and Derby County.
Appearances for Hitchin include: 11 Apr 1903 Spurs Res 6 Hitchin 1, 21 Nov 1903 Aylesbury United 8 Hitchin 3, 13 Feb 1904 Chesham Generals 2 Hitchin 3, 10 Sep 1904 Leyton 2 Hitchin 2, 1 Oct 1904 Watford Res 5 Hitchin 0. 15 Oct 1904 Woolwich Arsenal Reserves 4 Hitchin 0; 29 Oct 1904 Hitchin 2, Clapton Orient 1.
John Francis Downes Hawksley (26 Mar 1867 St Austell - 4 Feb 1952 Shepperton, Middlesex)
Educated at Repton School 1882-6 (a contemporary of C.B.Fry there). Selwyn College Cambridge, BA 1890. Schoolmaster.
In 1891 he lived at Arlesey.
Played for Bedfordshire at cricket 1891-4, 1902 & 1903 and also the Asylum XI.
Son of the Reverend John Downes Hawksley, who was chaplain of the Three Counties Asylum, Arlesey for 31 years.
Appearances for Hitchin Football Club include: 17 Nov 1888 Royston 0 Hitchin 1; 20 Dec 1888 Cassandra Cambridge 2 Hitchin 3; 26 Dec 1888 Hitchin 3 Cambridge Swifts 0; 29 Dec 1888 Hitchin 5 Mr Hawksley's Eleven 2; 23 Feb 1889 Watford Rovers 6 Hitchin 0; 25 Feb 1889 Cambridge Granta 4 Hitchin 0.
Allen Martival Hazlerigg (28 Oct 1855, Noseley Hall, Leics - 18 Jan 1949, South Africa)
Brother of the Reverend William Greville Hazlerigg. Educated at Harrow School (1869-1872).
Appearances for Hitchin include: 8 Nov 1873 Hitchin 0 Cambridge 0; 15 Nov 1873 Bedford Britannia 0 Hitchin 1; 29 Nov 1873 Hitchin 2 St Albans 0; 13 Dec 1873 Hitchin O Bedford Britannia 0. 28 Feb 1874 Bedford Britannia 0 Hitchin 0.
Reverend William Greville Hazlerigg, BA, MA (8 Jun 1847 - 1 Nov 1893) At Harrow School (1861-1865) with William Tindall Lucas. Son of 12th Baronet Arthur Grey Hazlerigg. Vicar of Billesden, Leicestershire 1873-9. Rector of Hallaton, Leicestershire 1889-93.
Appearances for Hitchin include: 11 Nov 1871 Hitchin 0 Crystal Palace 0; 4 Jan 1873 St Albans Pilgrims 0 Hitchin 1.
William Hill, junior (about April 1849-9 Nov 1914, The Maples, Hitchin, suicide)
Forward Player. Inn Keeper, Maltster & Farmer. Prominent local J.P., urban councillor (Tory), Board of Guardians member and freemason.
Committee Member 1872. Appearances for Hitchin include: 20 Feb 1868 Hitchin 0 Wanderers 2; 26 Nov 1868 Hitchin 1 Wanderers 1; 26 Dec 1868 Welwyn 0 Hitchin 2; 13 Mar 1869 Hitchin 0 Clapham Rovers 0; 27 Mar 1869 Hitchin 2 Welwyn 0; 6 Nov 1869 Clapham Rovers 4 Hitchin 0; 25 Nov 1869 Hitchin 2 Wanderers 0; 5 Feb 1870 Hitchin 2 Hornsey 1; 22 Oct 1870 Hitchin 0 Clapham Common Club 1; 4 Feb 1871 Hitchin 8 Ware 0; 11 Feb 1871 Hitchin 1 St Albans 0; 11 Nov 1871 Hitchin 0 Crystal Palace 0, FA Cup; 18 Nov 1871 Hitchin 0 St Albans 0; 10 Jan 1872 Royal Engineers 5 Hitchin 0, FA Cup; 4 Jan 1873 St Albans Pilgrims 0 Hitchin 1; 29 Nov 1873 Hitchin 2 St Albans 0.
George Edward Hughes (18 Sep 1821, Uffington, Berks - 2 May 1872, Hoylake, Cheshire)
Barrister. Squire of Offley Place. Club President 1869. Brother of author Thomas Hughes (Tom Brown's Schooldays).
Keen golfer. Played cricket for Oxford University (Varsity game 1845) and Hertfordshire.
Walter John Mansfield Hughes (30 May 1858 Pau, France - 23 Feb 1948 Paignton) 1891 Farmer living at Westbury Farm, Offley. Son of George Edward Hughes of Offley House. Later occupation (1911) Club Secretary, residing at 22 Gerald Road, Eaton Square, London.
Appearances for Hitchin include: 24 Nov 1886 Hitchin 8 Hertford 0; 5 Mar 1887 Hitchin 1 Royston 0; 12 Nov 1887 Bishops Stortford 3 Hitchin 2; 28 Jan 1888 Hitchin 2 Royston 0; 17 Nov 1888 Royston 0 Hitchin 1; 26 Dec 1888 Hitchin 3 Cambridge Swifts 0.
George Jackson, junior (1850-c1916) Son of Hitchin auctioneer George Jackson. Committee member 1872.
Matches for Hitchin include: 26 Dec 1868 Welwyn 0 Hitchin 2, 22 Oct 1870 Hitchin 0 Clapham Common Club 1, 11 Feb 1871 Hitchin 1 St Albans 0, 4 Mar 1871 Hitchin 0 Cambridge University Club 1, 11 Nov 1871 Hitchin 0 Crystal Palace 0, 18 Nov 1871 Hitchin 0 St Albans Pilgrims 0, 23 Nov 1872 Hitchin 1 St Albans Pilgrims 1, 28 Feb 1874 Bedford Britannia 0 Hitchin 0, 14 Nov 1874 Hitchin 0 Maidenhead 1.
Ernest Arthur Jeakings (4 Jul 1879 Luton - 7 Feb 1963 Luton)
A greengrocer and newsagent in North Street, Luton, he had made appearances for Luton Reserves. Nickname 'Jumbo', a back player.
Matches for Hitchin include: 31 Oct 1903 Luton 2 Hitchin 1; 19 Nov 1904 Maidstone 5 Hitchin 0; 27 Dec 1904 Hitchin 0 Maidstone United 1; 7 Jan 1905 Brighton & HA Reserves 2 Hitchin 0; 18 Feb 1905 Aylesbury United 0 Hitchin 1; 12 Apr 1905 Hitchin 0 Luton 1; 3 Oct 1906 Hitchin 0 Biggleswade 0; 6 Oct 1906 Biggleswade 1 Hitchin 5; 23 Nov 1906 Luton Reserves 10 Hitchin 2.
William Lattimer, M.A. (22 Nov 1869, Carlisle - 3 Aug 1960, Hampstead)
B.A. 1891. M.A. 1906 (Clare College, Cambridge). Assistant master at Hitchin Boys Grammar School 1893-97. Assistant master at Preston Grammar School 1896-99. Assistant master at Brighton College 1900-06. Headmaster of Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Barnet 1906-29. In 1939 he was living in retirement at Keswick. Centre forward and Hitchin Football Club secretary.
Appearances for Hitchin include: 20 Oct 1894 Luton Reserves 5 Hitchin 1; 8 Dec 1894 Hitchin 3 Hertford 2; 9 Mar 1895 Hitchin 1 Luton Reserves 7; 16 Mar 1895 Hertford 5 Hitchin 2 (scored one goal); 27 Apr 1895 Hitchin 2 Watford St Mary's 0; 2 Nov 1895 Hitchin 4 North Herts League 0; 7 Dec 1895 Hitchin 4 Peterborough Loco 1; 29 Jan 1896 Peterborough Loco 0 Hitchin 0.
Reverend Claud Edmund Lewis (13 Feb 1863 Little Eaton, Derbys - 7 Dec 1947 Wales) Felstead Grammar School. Curate at St Saviours, Hitchin.
Appearances for Hitchin include (most as captain): 5 Mar 1887 Hitchin 1 Royston 0; 12 Nov 1887 Bishops Stortford 3 Hitchin 2; 28 Jan 1888 Hitchin 2 Royston 0; 17 Nov 1888 Royston 0 Hitchin 1; 26 Dec 1888 Hitchin 3 Cambridge Swifts 0; 25 Feb 1889 Cambridge Granta 4 Hitchin 0; 25 Feb 1893 Hitchin 3 West Herts 3; 18 Mar 1893 West Herts Association 2 Hitchin 1; 20 Jan 1894 Hitchin 3 Luton Stanley 0.
Robert Lewthwaite (about 1867- Jul 1907, Whitby) Magdelene College, Cambridge. B.A. Hitchin Boys Grammar School assistant master 1890-93. Schoolmaster at The Park School, Lewisham in 1901. Headmaster of Spring Hill School, Whitby, Yorkshire 1906-7.
In 1891 he was living with team mates Joseph Edward Little and William H. English at 33, Bedford Street, Hitchin.
Appearances for Hitchin include: 8 Nov 1890 Hitchin 8 Hertford Excelsior 1; 13 Dec 1890 Hitchin 3 Hertford Excelsior 1.
Joseph Edward Little, M.A. (Jan 1861 Tonbridge, Kent - 18 Jan 1935 Hitchin)
Hitchin Schoolmaster, M.A. 1883 at Lincoln College, Oxford. First Headmaster of the new Hitchin Boys Grammar School 1889-97.
In 1891 he was living at 33, Bedford Street, Hitchin.
Appearances for Hitchin include: 9 Nov 1889 Hitchin 0 Luton Town 0; 30 Nov 1889 Luton Town 5 Hitchin 0; 8 Nov 1890 Hitchin 8 Hertford Excelsior 1; 12 Dec 1891 Hitchin 3 Luton Montrose 5; 15 Oct 1892 St Albans 9 Hitchin 2.
Edwin Logsdon (Apr 1844-22 Feb 1912)Inn Keeper (Sun Hotel, Hitchin), brewer, farmer, confectioner and florist. Officer in charge of Hitchin Volunteer Fire Brigade 1891-1912. Keen athlete in his youth.
Played against the Wanderers on 20 Feb 1868 : Hitchin 0 Wanderers 2.
Lindsay Loughborough (30 Aug 1855 Pirton, Herts - 28 Nov 1927 Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Son of Ralph Lindsay Loughborough, Vicar of Pirton. Auditor & Bank Clerk.
Ralph 'Little' Loughborough (Jul 1860 Pirton - 17 Aug 1878 Pirton)
Possibly played (aged 13) 8 Nov 1873 Hitchin 0 Cambridge 0.
Archibald William Tindall Lucas (20 Mar 1876 Charlton, Herts - 13 Mar 1941 Horsell, Surrey).
Banker. Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society ('interested but unpublished'). Son of William Tindall Lucas. Matches for Hitchin include: 2 Nov 1895 Hitchin 4 North Herts League 0; 7 Dec 1895 Hitchin 4 Peterborough 1; 29 Jan 1896 Peterborough Loco 0 Hitchin 0.
Francis Henry Lucas (1854-1872) Educated at Eton College. Died of diphtheria in Geneva, Switzerland. Younger brother of William Tindall Lucas.
Thought to have captained Hitchin Club's depleted eight man team who lost to the Royal Engineers in the 'second ties' of the first FA Cup competition on 10th January 1872.
Fred Lucas (c1835-?) Cigar Merchant. Son of Joseph Lucas, 'landed proprietor' of Oakfield House, Hitchin.
Joseph John Lucas (c1840-?) Cigar Merchant. Son of Joseph Lucas, 'landed proprietor' of Oakfield House, Hitchin.
William Tindall Lucas (7 Nov 1847 Hatcham - 29 Apr 1937 Welwyn) Harrow School, Pembroke College, Oxford (BA).
Banker. Lived at Foxholes, Pirton Road, Hitchin. Later moved to Welwyn Hall, Hertfordshire.
Long association with the Hitchin Club 1868-1911, player, committee member, club captain, president, etc. Also played one match for the Wanderers. Appearances for Hitchin include: 26 Dec 1868 Welwyn 0 Hitchin 2; 25 Nov 1869 Hitchin 2 Wanderers 0; 5 Feb 1870 Hitchin 2 Hornsey 1, 1 goal; 22 Oct 1870 Hitchin 0 Clapham Common Club 1; 11 Nov 1871 FA Cup Hitchin 0 Crystal Palace 0; 18 Nov 1871 Hitchin 0 St Albans Pilgrims 0, captain; 23 Nov 1872 Hitchin 1 St Albans Pilgrims 1, captain; 4 Jan 1873 St Albans Pilgrims 0 Hitchin 1, captain; 8 Nov 1873 Hitchin 0 Cambridge 0; 15 Nov 1873 Bedford Britannia 0 Hitchin 1, 1 goal; 29 Nov 1873 Hitchin 2 St Albans Pilgrims 0; 28 Feb 1874 Bedford Britannia 0 Hitchin 0; 14 Nov 1874 Hitchin 0 Maidenhead 1. For Wanderers: 13 Nov 1871 Wanderers 1 Cambridge University 0.
Thomas Charles Mainwaring (1851-1896) Gun salesman. Grandson of Hitchin gun maker Samuel Mathews. Committee member 1872. Died in a bathing accident at Margate in 1896, diving head first off a bathing machine, breaking his neck.
Appearances for Hitchin include: 20 Feb 1868 Hitchin 0 Wanderers 2; 26 Nov 1868 Hitchin 1 Wanderers 1; 26 Dec 1868 Welwyn 0 Hitchin 2; 13 Mar 1869 Hitchin 0 Clapham Rovers 0; 25 Nov 1869 Hitchin 2 Wanderers 0; 1 Jan 1870 Welwyn 0 Hitchin 1; 5 Feb 1870 Hitchin 2 Hornsey 1; 22 Oct 1870 Hitchin 0 Clapham Common Club 1; 4 Feb 1871 Hitchin 8 Ware 0; 11 Feb 1871 Hitchin 1 St Albans 0; 4 Mar 1871 Hitchin 0 Cambridge University Club 1; 11 Nov 1871 Hitchin 0 Crystal Palace 0; 18 Nov 1871 Hitchin 0 St Albans Pilgrims 0; ?10 Jan 1872 Royal Engineers 5 Hitchin 0; 23 Nov 1872 Hitchin 1 St Albans Pilgrims 1; ? 4 Jan 1873 St Albans Pilgrims 0 Hitchin 1.
Arthur John Mander (12 Aug 1881 Luton - 26 Feb 1980 Luton)
Goalkeeper. Luton schoolmaster. Played schoolboy football Waller Street School, Luton. Also played for Luton Invicta (1897/9), Westminster College 1st eleven captain (1900), Luton Town Reserves (as an amateur) (c 1900), Luton Amateur FC (1905).
Appearances for Hitchin include: 1 Sep 1906 Friendly/Trial match Hitchin 10 East Ham 1; 8 Sep 1906 South Eastern League Norwich City Reserves 3 Hitchin 1; 6 Oct 1906 FAC 1Q Biggleswade 0 Hitchin 0; 10 Oct 1906 FAC 1Q Replay Hitchin 5 Biggleswade 1; 24 Nov 1906 South Eastern League Luton Reserves 5 Hitchin 2; 19 Jan 1907 Herts Charity Cup Semi-final Hitchin 1 St Albans Abbey 3.
George Ernest Mortlock (18 Mar 1878 - Oct 1955) Antiques Dealer, lived in Gosmore.
Matches for Hitchin include: 9 Mar 1895 Hitchin 1 Luton Reserves 7; 16th Mar 1895 Hertford 5 Hitchin 2; 27 Apr 1895 Herts Senior Cup Final Hitchin 2 Watford St Mary's 0; 2 Nov 1895 Hitchin 4 North Herts League 0; 7 Dec 1895 Hitchin 4 Peterborough Loco 1; 29 Jan 1896 Peterborough Loco 0 Hitchin 0.
Jack Nutting (abt May 1863 St Ippollitts - 5 Nov 1904 Hitchin). Back player. Member of Hitchin & District Harriers (athletics club). 1881 National School teacher, living in Dacre Road, Hitchin; 1891 Railway clerk, living in Potters Bar; 1901 Licensed Victualler at Railway Junction, Nightingale Road, Hitchin.
Appearances for Hitchin include: 3 Mar 1883 St Albans 2 Hitchin 0; 11 Apr 1885 Hitchin 3 Stevenage 3; 24 Oct 1885 Hitchin 5 St Albans 0; 5 Dec 1885 Royston 4 Hitchin 2.
Reverend John Pardoe (1 Apr 1839 Leytonstone - 23 Apr 1892 Graveley) Forest FC 1862-4. Founder member and Hitchin Club secretary 1865 (also played for the club, including the captaincy). Curate of Ippollitts & Wymondley. Rector of Graveley. Appearances for Hitchin include: 24 Feb 1866 First ever Hitchin game, Hitchin 2 Mr Elphinstone's XI 1, 1 goal; 17 Mar 1866 Hitchin 1 Mr Lucas's XI 0; 9 Mar 1867 Hitchin 0 Old Harrovians 3; 12 Oct 1867 for Mr W.Hill's XI 2 against Mr F.Shillitoe's XI 1, internal club game. Appearances for Forest FC include: 15 Mar 1862 Forest 1 Crystal Palace 0; 5 Apr 1862 Forest 4 Crystal Palace 0, 3 goals; 7 Nov 1863 Richmond 0 Forest 3, 1 goal; 14 Nov 1863 Barnes 0 Forest 5, 1 goal; 19 Dec 1863 Forest 4 Thompson's XI 0; 13 Feb 1864 Forest 2 Thompson's XI 2, 1 goal; 27 Feb 1864 No Names, Kilburn 0 Forest 0.
(Note: 3 July 1864 Ordained Curate for Hitchin, ending his Forest/Wanderers career.)
Reverend James Benjamin Parker (3 Oct 1841 St Pancras - 26 Nov 1892 Deal, Kent) Regular player 1866-1870. Curate at the Church of the Holy Saviour, Radcliffe Road, Hitchin. President of Hitchin Cricket Club 1870.
Appearances for Hitchin include: 24 Feb 1866 Hitchin 2 Mr Elphinstone's XI 1; 17 Mar 1866 Hitchin 1 Mr Lucas's XI 0; 9 Feb 1867 Hitchin 0 Old Etonians 1; 9 Mar 1867 Hitchin 0 Old Harrovians 3; 20 Feb 1868 Hitchin 0 Wanderers 2; 26 Nov 1868 Hitchin 1 Wanderers 1; 26 Dec 1868 Welwyn 0 Hitchin 2; 13 Mar 1869 Hitchin 0 Clapham Rovers 0; 27 Mar 1869 Hitchin 2 Welwyn 0; 6 Nov 1869 Clapham Rovers 4 Hitchin 0; 25 Nov 1869 Hitchin 2 Wanderers 0; 1 Jan 1870 Welwyn 0 Hitchin 1. 5 Feb 1870 Hitchin 2 Hornsey 1.
A Londoner, James also played for the Middlesex County team.
One match found: 14 Nov 1868 Middlesex 1 Surrey 0. A team-mate of James in this game was the famous Charles Alcock......
George Clark Payne (17 Feb 1887 Hitchin - 21 Aug 1932 Jaywick). Inside-left. Also played for Hitchin Union Jack, Barnet Alston, Tottenham Hotspur Crystal Palace, Sunderland, Leyton, and Woolwich Arsenal. Married Miriam Furr sister of Harry Furr. Career ended by a serious injury to a thigh in WW1.
One match found: 31 Oct 1903 Luton 2 Hitchin 1.
Herbert William Perks (Jul 1865 - )
Local chemist. Son of Samuel Perks, Chemist and Lavender Dealer. 1891 Living at 9, High Street, Hitchin.
Appearances for Hitchin include: 5 Dec 1885 Royston 4 Hitchin 2; 4 Feb 1886 Hitchin 5 Royston 2; 5 Feb 1887 Hitchin 3 Watford 5; 12 Nov 1887 Bishop Stortford 3 Hitchin 2; 28 Jan 1888 Hitchin 2 Royston 0; 26 Dec 1888 Hitchin 3 Cambridge Swifts 0; 29 Dec 1888 Hitchin 5 Mr Hawkesby's XI 2, 1 goal; 23 Feb 1889 Watford 6 Hitchin 0; 25 Feb 1889 Cambridge Granta 4 Hitchin 0 at Kettering; 30 Nov 1889 Luton Town 5 Hitchin 0.
Appearances for Hertfordshire XI include: 27 Mar 1889 Herts 2 Middlesex 1.
George Pollitt (3 Jun 1874 Yorkshire - c1942 Blackpool) Pro cricketer: Yorkshire one innings: Bedfordshire 1904-6.
Pro footballer, one game for Brentford. Appearances for Hitchin include: 26 Feb 1898 Hitchin 7 Hemel Hempstead 0 at Hatfield; 24 Sep 1898 Uxbridge 0 Hitchin 2; 1 Oct 1898 Aylesbury 5 Hitchin 1.
Gerard Ithel Eade Pryor (c May 1868 - baptised 31st May 1868 at Lower Gravenhurst - 25th Apr 1928 at Clifton, Beds)
Preston 'gentleman' with 'own means'. Described as 'Father' (founder) of Preston Cricket Club (near Hitchin).
Appearances for Hitchin include: 15 Oct 1892 St Albans 9 Hitchin 2; 25 Feb 1893 Hitchin 3 West Herts Association 3; 18 Mar 1893 West Herts Association 2 Hitchin 1; 30 Sep 1893 Hitchin v Gresham Athletic Association; 7 Oct 1893 Hitchin 0 Luton Reserves 5; 30 Jan 1894 Hitchin 3 Luton Stanley 0; 20 Oct 1894 Luton Reserves 5 Hitchin 1; 8 Dec 1894 Hitchin 3 Hertford 2; 9 Mar 1895 Hitchin 1 Luton Reserves 7; 16 Mar 1895 Hertford 5 Hitchin 2; 27 Apr 1895 Hitchin 2 Watford St Mary's 0 Herts Senior Cup Final;
Hubert Delme Radcliffe (27 Mar 1839 Hitchin Priory - 13 Oct 1878)
First Club President, 1865. Squire of Hitchin Priory. Injured in India during the Indian Mutiny. Played in Hitchins first two matches.
Cecil Frederick Reid (c Mar 1842 Codicote - 23 Aug 1898 Sidmouth). Harrow School, Christ Church (Oxford). Partner in Reid's Brewery Co. Played cricket for Hertfordshire.
Also played for Wanderers 1864-1872 (45 games, 3 goals), Old Harrovians and Welwyn FC. Captained Hitchin FC against Crystal Palace in the first FA Cup Competition. Appearances for Hitchin include: 9 Mar 1867 Hitchin 0 Old Harrovians 3; 13 Mar 1869 Hitchin 0 Clapham Rovers 0; 22 Oct 1870 Hitchin 0 Clapham Common Club 0; 11 Nov 1871 Hitchin 0 Crystal Palace 0, captain.
Francis Maude Reid D.S.O. (17 Jun 1849 Codicote - 27 Feb 1922 Kensington) Became an Army Colonel. Brother of Cecil Frederick Reid.
One game known: 9 Feb 1866 Hitchin 0 Old Etonians 1.
Francis Shillitoe ( c Jul 1848 - 18 Mar 1924 Hitchin). He did not live at Foxholes in Pirton Road, as shown on the Club's web history. Founder member and Hitchin Club captain 1865. Also played for Wanderers & Mr J.C.Reade's XI. Solicitor & Coroner. Appearances for Hitchin include: 24 Feb 1866 Hitchin 2 Mr Elphinstone's XI 1; 17 Mar 1866 Hitchin 1 Mr Lucas's XI 0; 9 Mar 1867 Hitchin 0 Old Harrovians 3; 20 Feb 1868 Hitchin 0 Wanderers 2, captain; 26 Nov 1868 Hitchin 1 Wanderers 1; 13 Mar 1869 Hitchin 0 Clapham Rovers 0; 25 Nov 1869 Hitchin 2 Wanderers 0, 1 goal; 11 Nov 1871 First FA Cup Hitchin 0 Crystal Palace 0; 23 Nov 1872 Hitchin 1 St Albans Pilgrims 1. Appearances for Wanderers include: 17 Oct 1868 Wanderers 2 Amateur Athletic Club 0; 28 Oct 1868 Wanderers 0 Westminster School 1; 16 Nov 1868 Wanderers 0 Eton Club 3, captain; 17 Nov 1868 Wanderers 0 Harrow Club 0, captain; 12 Dec 1868 Wanderers 2 London Athletic Club 3, possibly absent?; 25 Sep 1869 Wanderers 0 Clapham Rovers 1; 2 Oct 1869 Wanderers 0 Clapham Common Club 0. Appearance for Mr J.C.Reade's XI: 7 Nov 1868 Mr J.C.Reade's XI 0 Harrow School 3.
Francis Rickman Shillitoe (19 Jul 1875 Hitchin - 4 Apr 1949 Hitchin). Solicitor. Son of Francis Shillitoe. Half-back. Appearances for Hitchin include: 20 Oct 1894 Luton Reserves 5 Hitchin 1; 27 Apr 1895 Hitchin 2 St Mary's, Watford 0 Herts Senior Cup Final; 2 Nov 1895 Hitchin 4 North Herts League 0; 8 Sep 1901 Clapton Orient 4 Hitchin 3.
Arthur Lincoln Hitchcock Spencer (30 Dec 1870 Blackheath, Kent- 23 Feb 1950) Manager of Boiler Works. 1991 he lived in 21, Benslow Road, Hitchin.
Appearances for Hitchin include:
30 Nov 1889 Luton Town 3 Hitchin 0 (Kettering Cup competition)
21 Dec 1889 Hitchin 4 Hertford Excelsior 1
12 Dec 1891 Hitchin 3 Luton Montrose 5 (Kettering Cup competition)
15 Oct 1892 St Albans 9 Hitchin 2
25 Feb 1893 West Herts Association 3 Hitchin 3 (County Cup competition)
18 Mar 1893 West Herts Association 2 Hitchin 1 (County Cup semi-final)
25 Mar 1893 Hitchin 4 Luton Reserves 1
30 Sep 1893 Hitchin 2 Gresham Athletic 0
7 Oct 1893 Luton Reserves 5 Hitchin 0
20 Jan 1894 Hitchin 3 Luton Stanley 0
William Edward Hitchcock Spencer (Dec 1866 Blackheath, Kent- 27 Oct 1931 Hitchin) Mechanical & Electrical Engineer.
Lived in Verulam Road, Hitchin. A half-back.
One game found. 23 Feb 1889 Watford Rovers 6 Hitchin 0.
Clarke Hallett Lloyd Stoughton (13 Dec 1854 Sparham, Norfolk - c Jan 1932 Bournemouth) Land Owner, Bawdesley Manor, Norfolk.
One game found. 26 Nov 1874 Peterborough 1 Hitchin 0 (under Rugby Union rules)
Charles Studman (Oct 1870 Willian - Dec 1943 Bedford) Engineer's Fitter.
One game found: 27 Apr 1895 Hitchin 2 Watford St Mary's 0 (Herts Senior Cup Final at St Albans)
John Edmund Tully (10 Feb 1870 Devon - 18 May 1926 Waltham Cross) Sorting Clerk & Telegraphist (GPO). In 1891 he was living in Old Park Road, Hitchin. Later Postmaster of Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire.
One game found: 27 Apr 1895 Hitchin 2 Watford St Mary's 0 (Herts Senior Cup Final at St Albans).
Samuel James Archibald (Archie) Vickerstaff (1881- 1962) Professional cricketer.
Games for Hitchin include: 4 Mar 1905 Southern United 5 Hitchin 2, 1 goal
The local press credits him with scoring the winning goal in the 1904/5 Herts Charity Cup Final (Hitchin 2 Cheshunt 1 date unknown)
Julius Wiles 31 Jul 1828 Hitchin - 10 Nov 1906 London)
Played in Hitchin's first match, 24 Feb 1866 Hitchin 2 Mr Elphinstone's XI 1.
Walter Oswald Vizard (16 Nov 1861 Bellary, Madras, India -10 Jan 1929 Bayswater, London) Solicitor. Clifton College, Gloucestershire.
1891 enlisted in 1st Hertfordshire Volunteer Battalion. Promoted to 2nd Lieut.then Captain in 1895.
Appearances for Hitchin Football Club include: 17 Nov 1888 Royston 0 Hitchin 1; 23rd Feb 1889 Watford Rovers 6 Hitchin 0; 25th Feb 1889 Cambridge Granta 4 Hitchin 0; 30 Nov 1889 Luton Reserves 5 Hitchin 0; 21 Dec 1889 Hitchin 4 Hertford Excelsior 1; 12 Dec 1891 Hitchin 3 Luton Montrose 5.
18 First Class cricket matches for Gloucestershire (1882-90) and Hertfordshire (1897) Wicket Keeper Runs 256 Batting average 8.53 Top Score 49* Catches 11 Stumpings 1
From Wisden Obituaries 1929: He was in the Clifton College Eleven in 1879 and two next years, being Captain in 1880 and 1881, and having a batting average of 36 in his third season. In 1882 he began to assist Gloucestershire, but he played only occasionally for the side.
Ernest Woodgate (abt 1844- 8 Sep 1896) Club captain 1873-75. Solicitor. For 5 years he was working as a clerk for John Hawkins, solicitor, Hitchin.
Became Mayor of Rochester, Kent. Died of a heart attack while holidaying in Littlehampton with his family. The eighth serving mayor of Rochester to die while in office.
Appearances for Hitchin include (most as captain): 11 Nov 1871 Hitchin 0 Crystal Palace 0; 18 Nov 1871 Hitchin 0 St Albans 0; 10 Jan 1872 Royal Engineers 5 Hitchin 0; 23 Nov 1872 Hitchin 1 St Albans 1; 4 Jan 1873 St Albans 0 Hitchin 1; 8 Nov 1873 Hitchin 0 Cambridge 0; 25 Nov 1873 Bedford Britannia 0 Hitchin 1; 29 Nov 1873 Hitchin 2 St Albans 0; 13 Dec 1873 Hitchin 0 Bedford Britannia 0; 3 Jan 1874 St Albans Pilgrims 1 Hitchin 0; 28 Feb 1874 Bedford Britannia 0 Hitchin 0; 14 Nov 1874 Hitchin 0 Maidenhead 1.
Charles Worbey Born 10 Feb 1879 Died 11 Jul 1957. County player, later on Hitchin Town committee member. Town councillor etc etc.
Appearances for Hitchin include: 13 Apr 1901 Hitchin 1 Ilford Alliance 1; 28 Sep 1901 Hitchin 3 Clapton Orient 4; 12 Oct 1901 Luton Reserves 10 Hitchin 1; 28 Dec 1901 St Albans Amateurs 3 Hitchin 1; 8 Mar 1902 Hitchin 7 Chesham Town Res 0; 13 Dec 1902 Hitchin 6 Cheshunt 2; 10 Jan 1903 Luton Reserves 1 Hitchin 1.
Games for Hertfordshire include: 19 Feb 1902 Middlesex 4 Herts 1; 6 Mar 1902 Herts 8 Suffolk 3.
Belgian Charity Game: 31 May 1919 Hitchin United 2 Henlow 1. (at inside-right!).
Market Gardener.
Frederick Ashfield Wright (24 Aug 1846- 2 Feb 1927) Local solicitor, lived at 84, Tilehouse Street. Member of the Urban District Council, etc.
Herbert Gilbert McLachlan Amos (28 Apr 1866 Southwark - 30 Jun 1924 Hitchin)
Reverend James Percy Lax Amos (25 Apr 1868 London - 23 May 1958 Lydart, Monmouth)
Andrew Frederick Albon (4 Sep 1884 Hitchin - 18 May 1948 Peterborough)
Reverend Hubert Seymour Arkwright (24 Apr 1865 Pencombe, Herefordshire - 3 May 1956 Penzance, Cornwall)
William Osborn Atkinson (Oct 1844 Potton, Bedfordshire - 14 Jul 1905 Birmingham)
Reverend Charles Arthur Baker (Apr 1847 Hartlebury, Worcs - 4 Mar 1927 Cheltenham, Gloucs.)
George Dashwood Baker (4 Mar 1849 Compton Martin, Somerset - 21 Dec 1879 Ayot St Lawrence, Herts)
Henry Edward Baker (8 Jun 1853 Compton Martin, Somerset - 27 Mar 1930 Hollingbourne, Kent)
Robert William Burbage (24 Aug 1875 Peterborough - Jun 1852 Peterborough)
Robert Hood Baker (Jan 1854 Hitchin - 26 Nov 1903 Hitchin)
Charles Loftus Barham (Jul 1852 Pimlico - 7 Aug 1921 City of London)
Thomas William Barnes (8 Mar 1879 Grantham, Lincs - Mar 1948 Newbury, Berks)
Frank Cannon (8 Nov 1884 West Mill, Hitchin - 15 Feb 1916 Potijze, Ypres)
Arnold Clarkson Conder (Apr 1848 Ryde, IOW - 24 Nov 1918 Knaresborough, Yorkshire)
Benjamin Christian (Jan 1854 Newington, London - 6 Aug 1904 Sidmouth, Devon)
Arthur George Cox (25 Feb 1874 Luton - 18 Feb 1953 Luton)
A bricklayer from Luton, he had appeared for Luton Town Reserves. A centre half back.
Appearances for Hitchin include:
3 Sep 1904 Norwich City 2 Hitchin 0; 10 Sep 1904 Leyton 2 Hitchin 2; 1 Oct 1904 Watford Reserves 5 Hitchin 0; 15 Oct 1904 Woolwich Arsenal Reserves 4 Hitchin 0; 29 Oct 1904 Hitchin 2 Clapton Orient 1; 12 Nov 1904 Lowestoft 0 Hitchin 2; 19 Nov 1904 Maidstone 5 Hitchin 0; 27 Dec 1904 Hitchin 0 Maidstone United 1; 7 Jan 1905 Brighton & HA Reserves 2 Hitchin 0; 18 Feb 1905 Aylesbury United 0 Hitchin 1; 12 Apr 1905 Luton 1 Hitchin 0; 26 Dec 1905 Hitchin 1 Luton 2.
Thomas Harwood Darton (5 Dec 1847, Temple Dinsley - 4 May 1885, The Cottage, Preston, Herts)
Lived in Preston village, near Hitchin. Head of Temple Dinsley Estate, Preston, Herts.
Royal Artillery 33rd Regiment 1868-76. Son in law of R.Rickman Shillitoe, Hitchin surgeon.
Appearances for Hitchin include: 21 Jan 1871 St Albans 0 Hitchin 1; 4 Feb 1871 Hitchin 8 Ware 0.
William James Denniss (19 Sep 1864 Hitchin - 12 Sep 1928 Hitchin)
Forward player. Member of Hitchin & District Harriers (Athletics Club).
Painter, House Decorator, Tobacconist. In 1881 he lived in Market Square, Hitchin. In 1891 he lived at 10, Radcliffe Road, Hitchin. In 1901 & 1911 he lived at 51, Walsworth Road, Hitchin.
Appearances for Hitchin include: 21 Apr 1886 Hitchin 4 Silsoe 4; 24 Nov 1886 Hitchin 8 Hertford 0; 5 Mar 1887 Hitchin 1 Royston 0; 12 Nov 1887 Bishops Stortford 3 Hitchin 2; 17 Dec 1887 Royston 0 Hitchin 1, 1 goal; 28 Jan 1888 Hitchin 2 Royston 0; 17 Nov 1888 Royston 0 Hitchin 1; 22 Dec 1888 Hitchin 2 Mr J.S.Berry's Eleven 0, 1 goal; 26 Dec 1888 Hitchin 3 Cambridge Swifts 0; 23 Feb 1889 Watford Rovers 6 Hitchin 0; 25 Feb 1889 Cambridge Granta 4 Hitchin 0; 30 Nov 1889 Luton 5 Hitchin 0; 21 Dec 1889 Hitchin 4 Hertford Excelsior 1, 1 goal.
George William Mariner Ellard Born in Easton, Northants in about January 1848, he died in Lambeth aged 90 in January 1938.
In 1871 he was a corn merchant's clerk living in Bucklersbury, Hitchin. He later became a commercial traveller. A newspaper article in the local press in 1930 shows he was a player between 1866 and 1872 and that in old age he recalled nothing at all about Hitchin Football Club's involvement in the first FA Cup competition in November 1871.
James Ellard Brother of George Ellard, he was born in Easton, Northants in about April 1850. In 1871 he was a chemist's assistant living in Bucklersbury, Hitchin.
Sir Robert Dalrymple Horn Elphinstone (12 Sep 1841, Oyne, Aberdeenshire - 11 Feb 1887, St James Hotel, Piccadilly)
3rd Baronet (he inherited his title shortly before he died). Harrow School XI 1859. Wanderers FC 1865-1868.
One game played for Hitchin: 9 Mar 1867 Hitchin 0 Old Harrovians 3.
The first visiting player to score against Hitchin 24 Feb 1866 (a 2-1 win for Hitchin against 'Mr Elphinstone's XI', a scratch team sent down by the famous Wanderers Club).
William Henry English (3 Jun 1864 Redditch - 7 Jul 1956 Canada)
Hitchin Boys Grammar School assistant master 1890-97.
In 1891 he was living at 33, Bedford Street, Hitchin with other HBGS school masters. In 1901 he was a private tutor living in Tilehouse Street, Hitchin.
He emigrated with his family to Canada in 1903, where he became a pioneer and a dissenting Canon (clergyman).
He served four years as Secretary of the Hertfordshire Football Association.
Appearances for Hitchin include: 11 Apr 1885 Hitchin 3 Stevenage 3 (left side forward); 5 Dec 1885 Royston 4 Hitchin 2 (left side forward); 24 Nov 1886 Hitchin 8 Hertford 0 (County Cup match, played as a full back); 12 Nov 1887 Bishops Stortford 3 Hitchin 2 (County Cup match, played as a full back), 17 Nov 1888 Royston 0 Hitchin 1; 23 Feb 1889 Watford 6 Hitchin 0; 30 Nov 1889 Luton Town 5 Hitchin 0; 21 Dec 1889 Hitchin 4 Hertford Excelsior 1; 12 Dec 1891 Hitchin 3 Luton Montrose 5; 15 Oct 1892 St Albans 9 Hitchin 2; 25 Feb 1893 Hitchin 3 West Herts Association 3; 18 Mar 1893 West Herts Association 2 Hitchin 1; 30 Sep 1893 Hitchin 2 Gresham Athletic Association 0; 20 Jan 1894 Hitchin 3 Luton Stanley 0; 19 Jan 1895 Lilley 0 Hitchin 2; 2 Mar 1895 Hitchin 2 Croxley 6; 16 Mar 1895 Hertford 5 Hitchin 2.
Appearances for Hertfordshire XI include: 27 Mar 1889 Herts 2 Middlesex 1.
Oswald Henry Foster M.A., M.D.
(about Aug 1843, Hitchin - 7 Apr 1924, Stevenage)
Bachelor of Medicine. Hitchin doctor. Lived at 13, Tilehouse Street, Hitchin.
Played in Hitchin Football Club's second game 17 Mar 1866 v. Mr Lucas's XI, a 1-0 win for Hitchin.
Harold 'Harry' Frederick Furr (13 Jan 1887 Barnet - 23 Nov 1971 Hitchin). Fish Merchant.
Goalkeeper. Also played for Hitchin St Johns, Hitchin Union Jack, Hitchin Blue Cross, Croydon Common, Brentford, Leicester Fosse, Letchworth Town, and Hitchin St Michaels. Appearances for Hitchin include: 18 Jan 1908 Norwich City Reserves 7 Hitchin 1; 1 Feb 1908 Clapton Orient Reserves 3 Hitchin 0.
William Stanley Furr (22 Jul 1891 Barnet - Dec 1975 Biggleswade). Fish Merchant.
Winger. Appearances for Hitchin include: 24 Sep 1910 Marlow 0 Hitchin 2; 26 Nov 1910 Hitchin 2 East Ham 3.
Reverend George Bernard Gainsford (Jan 1868 - 18 Feb 1933) Local clergyman. Assistant curate at St Paul's, Bedford 1891. Curate at St Saviour's, Hitchin 1893. Appearances for Hitchin include: 21 Dec 1889 Hitchin 4 Hertford Excelsior 1, 1 goal; 7 Oct 1893 Hitchin 0 Luton Reserves 5.
William John 'Curly' Grimes (27 Mar 1886 Hitchin - 6 Jan 1936 Arlesey). Winger. Also played for Hitchin St Johns, Hitchin Blue Cross, Watford, Glossop, Bradford City, and Derby County.
Appearances for Hitchin include: 11 Apr 1903 Spurs Res 6 Hitchin 1, 21 Nov 1903 Aylesbury United 8 Hitchin 3, 13 Feb 1904 Chesham Generals 2 Hitchin 3, 10 Sep 1904 Leyton 2 Hitchin 2, 1 Oct 1904 Watford Res 5 Hitchin 0. 15 Oct 1904 Woolwich Arsenal Reserves 4 Hitchin 0; 29 Oct 1904 Hitchin 2, Clapton Orient 1.
John Francis Downes Hawksley (26 Mar 1867 St Austell - 4 Feb 1952 Shepperton, Middlesex)
Educated at Repton School 1882-6 (a contemporary of C.B.Fry there). Selwyn College Cambridge, BA 1890. Schoolmaster.
In 1891 he lived at Arlesey.
Played for Bedfordshire at cricket 1891-4, 1902 & 1903 and also the Asylum XI.
Son of the Reverend John Downes Hawksley, who was chaplain of the Three Counties Asylum, Arlesey for 31 years.
Appearances for Hitchin Football Club include: 17 Nov 1888 Royston 0 Hitchin 1; 20 Dec 1888 Cassandra Cambridge 2 Hitchin 3; 26 Dec 1888 Hitchin 3 Cambridge Swifts 0; 29 Dec 1888 Hitchin 5 Mr Hawksley's Eleven 2; 23 Feb 1889 Watford Rovers 6 Hitchin 0; 25 Feb 1889 Cambridge Granta 4 Hitchin 0.
Allen Martival Hazlerigg (28 Oct 1855, Noseley Hall, Leics - 18 Jan 1949, South Africa)
Brother of the Reverend William Greville Hazlerigg. Educated at Harrow School (1869-1872).
Appearances for Hitchin include: 8 Nov 1873 Hitchin 0 Cambridge 0; 15 Nov 1873 Bedford Britannia 0 Hitchin 1; 29 Nov 1873 Hitchin 2 St Albans 0; 13 Dec 1873 Hitchin O Bedford Britannia 0. 28 Feb 1874 Bedford Britannia 0 Hitchin 0.
Reverend William Greville Hazlerigg, BA, MA (8 Jun 1847 - 1 Nov 1893) At Harrow School (1861-1865) with William Tindall Lucas. Son of 12th Baronet Arthur Grey Hazlerigg. Vicar of Billesden, Leicestershire 1873-9. Rector of Hallaton, Leicestershire 1889-93.
Appearances for Hitchin include: 11 Nov 1871 Hitchin 0 Crystal Palace 0; 4 Jan 1873 St Albans Pilgrims 0 Hitchin 1.
William Hill, junior (about April 1849-9 Nov 1914, The Maples, Hitchin, suicide)
Forward Player. Inn Keeper, Maltster & Farmer. Prominent local J.P., urban councillor (Tory), Board of Guardians member and freemason.
Committee Member 1872. Appearances for Hitchin include: 20 Feb 1868 Hitchin 0 Wanderers 2; 26 Nov 1868 Hitchin 1 Wanderers 1; 26 Dec 1868 Welwyn 0 Hitchin 2; 13 Mar 1869 Hitchin 0 Clapham Rovers 0; 27 Mar 1869 Hitchin 2 Welwyn 0; 6 Nov 1869 Clapham Rovers 4 Hitchin 0; 25 Nov 1869 Hitchin 2 Wanderers 0; 5 Feb 1870 Hitchin 2 Hornsey 1; 22 Oct 1870 Hitchin 0 Clapham Common Club 1; 4 Feb 1871 Hitchin 8 Ware 0; 11 Feb 1871 Hitchin 1 St Albans 0; 11 Nov 1871 Hitchin 0 Crystal Palace 0, FA Cup; 18 Nov 1871 Hitchin 0 St Albans 0; 10 Jan 1872 Royal Engineers 5 Hitchin 0, FA Cup; 4 Jan 1873 St Albans Pilgrims 0 Hitchin 1; 29 Nov 1873 Hitchin 2 St Albans 0.
George Edward Hughes (18 Sep 1821, Uffington, Berks - 2 May 1872, Hoylake, Cheshire)
Barrister. Squire of Offley Place. Club President 1869. Brother of author Thomas Hughes (Tom Brown's Schooldays).
Keen golfer. Played cricket for Oxford University (Varsity game 1845) and Hertfordshire.
Walter John Mansfield Hughes (30 May 1858 Pau, France - 23 Feb 1948 Paignton) 1891 Farmer living at Westbury Farm, Offley. Son of George Edward Hughes of Offley House. Later occupation (1911) Club Secretary, residing at 22 Gerald Road, Eaton Square, London.
Appearances for Hitchin include: 24 Nov 1886 Hitchin 8 Hertford 0; 5 Mar 1887 Hitchin 1 Royston 0; 12 Nov 1887 Bishops Stortford 3 Hitchin 2; 28 Jan 1888 Hitchin 2 Royston 0; 17 Nov 1888 Royston 0 Hitchin 1; 26 Dec 1888 Hitchin 3 Cambridge Swifts 0.
George Jackson, junior (1850-c1916) Son of Hitchin auctioneer George Jackson. Committee member 1872.
Matches for Hitchin include: 26 Dec 1868 Welwyn 0 Hitchin 2, 22 Oct 1870 Hitchin 0 Clapham Common Club 1, 11 Feb 1871 Hitchin 1 St Albans 0, 4 Mar 1871 Hitchin 0 Cambridge University Club 1, 11 Nov 1871 Hitchin 0 Crystal Palace 0, 18 Nov 1871 Hitchin 0 St Albans Pilgrims 0, 23 Nov 1872 Hitchin 1 St Albans Pilgrims 1, 28 Feb 1874 Bedford Britannia 0 Hitchin 0, 14 Nov 1874 Hitchin 0 Maidenhead 1.
Ernest Arthur Jeakings (4 Jul 1879 Luton - 7 Feb 1963 Luton)
A greengrocer and newsagent in North Street, Luton, he had made appearances for Luton Reserves. Nickname 'Jumbo', a back player.
Matches for Hitchin include: 31 Oct 1903 Luton 2 Hitchin 1; 19 Nov 1904 Maidstone 5 Hitchin 0; 27 Dec 1904 Hitchin 0 Maidstone United 1; 7 Jan 1905 Brighton & HA Reserves 2 Hitchin 0; 18 Feb 1905 Aylesbury United 0 Hitchin 1; 12 Apr 1905 Hitchin 0 Luton 1; 3 Oct 1906 Hitchin 0 Biggleswade 0; 6 Oct 1906 Biggleswade 1 Hitchin 5; 23 Nov 1906 Luton Reserves 10 Hitchin 2.
William Lattimer, M.A. (22 Nov 1869, Carlisle - 3 Aug 1960, Hampstead)
B.A. 1891. M.A. 1906 (Clare College, Cambridge). Assistant master at Hitchin Boys Grammar School 1893-97. Assistant master at Preston Grammar School 1896-99. Assistant master at Brighton College 1900-06. Headmaster of Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Barnet 1906-29. In 1939 he was living in retirement at Keswick. Centre forward and Hitchin Football Club secretary.
Appearances for Hitchin include: 20 Oct 1894 Luton Reserves 5 Hitchin 1; 8 Dec 1894 Hitchin 3 Hertford 2; 9 Mar 1895 Hitchin 1 Luton Reserves 7; 16 Mar 1895 Hertford 5 Hitchin 2 (scored one goal); 27 Apr 1895 Hitchin 2 Watford St Mary's 0; 2 Nov 1895 Hitchin 4 North Herts League 0; 7 Dec 1895 Hitchin 4 Peterborough Loco 1; 29 Jan 1896 Peterborough Loco 0 Hitchin 0.
Reverend Claud Edmund Lewis (13 Feb 1863 Little Eaton, Derbys - 7 Dec 1947 Wales) Felstead Grammar School. Curate at St Saviours, Hitchin.
Appearances for Hitchin include (most as captain): 5 Mar 1887 Hitchin 1 Royston 0; 12 Nov 1887 Bishops Stortford 3 Hitchin 2; 28 Jan 1888 Hitchin 2 Royston 0; 17 Nov 1888 Royston 0 Hitchin 1; 26 Dec 1888 Hitchin 3 Cambridge Swifts 0; 25 Feb 1889 Cambridge Granta 4 Hitchin 0; 25 Feb 1893 Hitchin 3 West Herts 3; 18 Mar 1893 West Herts Association 2 Hitchin 1; 20 Jan 1894 Hitchin 3 Luton Stanley 0.
Robert Lewthwaite (about 1867- Jul 1907, Whitby) Magdelene College, Cambridge. B.A. Hitchin Boys Grammar School assistant master 1890-93. Schoolmaster at The Park School, Lewisham in 1901. Headmaster of Spring Hill School, Whitby, Yorkshire 1906-7.
In 1891 he was living with team mates Joseph Edward Little and William H. English at 33, Bedford Street, Hitchin.
Appearances for Hitchin include: 8 Nov 1890 Hitchin 8 Hertford Excelsior 1; 13 Dec 1890 Hitchin 3 Hertford Excelsior 1.
Joseph Edward Little, M.A. (Jan 1861 Tonbridge, Kent - 18 Jan 1935 Hitchin)
Hitchin Schoolmaster, M.A. 1883 at Lincoln College, Oxford. First Headmaster of the new Hitchin Boys Grammar School 1889-97.
In 1891 he was living at 33, Bedford Street, Hitchin.
Appearances for Hitchin include: 9 Nov 1889 Hitchin 0 Luton Town 0; 30 Nov 1889 Luton Town 5 Hitchin 0; 8 Nov 1890 Hitchin 8 Hertford Excelsior 1; 12 Dec 1891 Hitchin 3 Luton Montrose 5; 15 Oct 1892 St Albans 9 Hitchin 2.
Edwin Logsdon (Apr 1844-22 Feb 1912)Inn Keeper (Sun Hotel, Hitchin), brewer, farmer, confectioner and florist. Officer in charge of Hitchin Volunteer Fire Brigade 1891-1912. Keen athlete in his youth.
Played against the Wanderers on 20 Feb 1868 : Hitchin 0 Wanderers 2.
Lindsay Loughborough (30 Aug 1855 Pirton, Herts - 28 Nov 1927 Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Son of Ralph Lindsay Loughborough, Vicar of Pirton. Auditor & Bank Clerk.
Ralph 'Little' Loughborough (Jul 1860 Pirton - 17 Aug 1878 Pirton)
Possibly played (aged 13) 8 Nov 1873 Hitchin 0 Cambridge 0.
Archibald William Tindall Lucas (20 Mar 1876 Charlton, Herts - 13 Mar 1941 Horsell, Surrey).
Banker. Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society ('interested but unpublished'). Son of William Tindall Lucas. Matches for Hitchin include: 2 Nov 1895 Hitchin 4 North Herts League 0; 7 Dec 1895 Hitchin 4 Peterborough 1; 29 Jan 1896 Peterborough Loco 0 Hitchin 0.
Francis Henry Lucas (1854-1872) Educated at Eton College. Died of diphtheria in Geneva, Switzerland. Younger brother of William Tindall Lucas.
Thought to have captained Hitchin Club's depleted eight man team who lost to the Royal Engineers in the 'second ties' of the first FA Cup competition on 10th January 1872.
Fred Lucas (c1835-?) Cigar Merchant. Son of Joseph Lucas, 'landed proprietor' of Oakfield House, Hitchin.
Joseph John Lucas (c1840-?) Cigar Merchant. Son of Joseph Lucas, 'landed proprietor' of Oakfield House, Hitchin.
William Tindall Lucas (7 Nov 1847 Hatcham - 29 Apr 1937 Welwyn) Harrow School, Pembroke College, Oxford (BA).
Banker. Lived at Foxholes, Pirton Road, Hitchin. Later moved to Welwyn Hall, Hertfordshire.
Long association with the Hitchin Club 1868-1911, player, committee member, club captain, president, etc. Also played one match for the Wanderers. Appearances for Hitchin include: 26 Dec 1868 Welwyn 0 Hitchin 2; 25 Nov 1869 Hitchin 2 Wanderers 0; 5 Feb 1870 Hitchin 2 Hornsey 1, 1 goal; 22 Oct 1870 Hitchin 0 Clapham Common Club 1; 11 Nov 1871 FA Cup Hitchin 0 Crystal Palace 0; 18 Nov 1871 Hitchin 0 St Albans Pilgrims 0, captain; 23 Nov 1872 Hitchin 1 St Albans Pilgrims 1, captain; 4 Jan 1873 St Albans Pilgrims 0 Hitchin 1, captain; 8 Nov 1873 Hitchin 0 Cambridge 0; 15 Nov 1873 Bedford Britannia 0 Hitchin 1, 1 goal; 29 Nov 1873 Hitchin 2 St Albans Pilgrims 0; 28 Feb 1874 Bedford Britannia 0 Hitchin 0; 14 Nov 1874 Hitchin 0 Maidenhead 1. For Wanderers: 13 Nov 1871 Wanderers 1 Cambridge University 0.
Thomas Charles Mainwaring (1851-1896) Gun salesman. Grandson of Hitchin gun maker Samuel Mathews. Committee member 1872. Died in a bathing accident at Margate in 1896, diving head first off a bathing machine, breaking his neck.
Appearances for Hitchin include: 20 Feb 1868 Hitchin 0 Wanderers 2; 26 Nov 1868 Hitchin 1 Wanderers 1; 26 Dec 1868 Welwyn 0 Hitchin 2; 13 Mar 1869 Hitchin 0 Clapham Rovers 0; 25 Nov 1869 Hitchin 2 Wanderers 0; 1 Jan 1870 Welwyn 0 Hitchin 1; 5 Feb 1870 Hitchin 2 Hornsey 1; 22 Oct 1870 Hitchin 0 Clapham Common Club 1; 4 Feb 1871 Hitchin 8 Ware 0; 11 Feb 1871 Hitchin 1 St Albans 0; 4 Mar 1871 Hitchin 0 Cambridge University Club 1; 11 Nov 1871 Hitchin 0 Crystal Palace 0; 18 Nov 1871 Hitchin 0 St Albans Pilgrims 0; ?10 Jan 1872 Royal Engineers 5 Hitchin 0; 23 Nov 1872 Hitchin 1 St Albans Pilgrims 1; ? 4 Jan 1873 St Albans Pilgrims 0 Hitchin 1.
Arthur John Mander (12 Aug 1881 Luton - 26 Feb 1980 Luton)
Goalkeeper. Luton schoolmaster. Played schoolboy football Waller Street School, Luton. Also played for Luton Invicta (1897/9), Westminster College 1st eleven captain (1900), Luton Town Reserves (as an amateur) (c 1900), Luton Amateur FC (1905).
Appearances for Hitchin include: 1 Sep 1906 Friendly/Trial match Hitchin 10 East Ham 1; 8 Sep 1906 South Eastern League Norwich City Reserves 3 Hitchin 1; 6 Oct 1906 FAC 1Q Biggleswade 0 Hitchin 0; 10 Oct 1906 FAC 1Q Replay Hitchin 5 Biggleswade 1; 24 Nov 1906 South Eastern League Luton Reserves 5 Hitchin 2; 19 Jan 1907 Herts Charity Cup Semi-final Hitchin 1 St Albans Abbey 3.
George Ernest Mortlock (18 Mar 1878 - Oct 1955) Antiques Dealer, lived in Gosmore.
Matches for Hitchin include: 9 Mar 1895 Hitchin 1 Luton Reserves 7; 16th Mar 1895 Hertford 5 Hitchin 2; 27 Apr 1895 Herts Senior Cup Final Hitchin 2 Watford St Mary's 0; 2 Nov 1895 Hitchin 4 North Herts League 0; 7 Dec 1895 Hitchin 4 Peterborough Loco 1; 29 Jan 1896 Peterborough Loco 0 Hitchin 0.
Jack Nutting (abt May 1863 St Ippollitts - 5 Nov 1904 Hitchin). Back player. Member of Hitchin & District Harriers (athletics club). 1881 National School teacher, living in Dacre Road, Hitchin; 1891 Railway clerk, living in Potters Bar; 1901 Licensed Victualler at Railway Junction, Nightingale Road, Hitchin.
Appearances for Hitchin include: 3 Mar 1883 St Albans 2 Hitchin 0; 11 Apr 1885 Hitchin 3 Stevenage 3; 24 Oct 1885 Hitchin 5 St Albans 0; 5 Dec 1885 Royston 4 Hitchin 2.
Reverend John Pardoe (1 Apr 1839 Leytonstone - 23 Apr 1892 Graveley) Forest FC 1862-4. Founder member and Hitchin Club secretary 1865 (also played for the club, including the captaincy). Curate of Ippollitts & Wymondley. Rector of Graveley. Appearances for Hitchin include: 24 Feb 1866 First ever Hitchin game, Hitchin 2 Mr Elphinstone's XI 1, 1 goal; 17 Mar 1866 Hitchin 1 Mr Lucas's XI 0; 9 Mar 1867 Hitchin 0 Old Harrovians 3; 12 Oct 1867 for Mr W.Hill's XI 2 against Mr F.Shillitoe's XI 1, internal club game. Appearances for Forest FC include: 15 Mar 1862 Forest 1 Crystal Palace 0; 5 Apr 1862 Forest 4 Crystal Palace 0, 3 goals; 7 Nov 1863 Richmond 0 Forest 3, 1 goal; 14 Nov 1863 Barnes 0 Forest 5, 1 goal; 19 Dec 1863 Forest 4 Thompson's XI 0; 13 Feb 1864 Forest 2 Thompson's XI 2, 1 goal; 27 Feb 1864 No Names, Kilburn 0 Forest 0.
(Note: 3 July 1864 Ordained Curate for Hitchin, ending his Forest/Wanderers career.)
Reverend James Benjamin Parker (3 Oct 1841 St Pancras - 26 Nov 1892 Deal, Kent) Regular player 1866-1870. Curate at the Church of the Holy Saviour, Radcliffe Road, Hitchin. President of Hitchin Cricket Club 1870.
Appearances for Hitchin include: 24 Feb 1866 Hitchin 2 Mr Elphinstone's XI 1; 17 Mar 1866 Hitchin 1 Mr Lucas's XI 0; 9 Feb 1867 Hitchin 0 Old Etonians 1; 9 Mar 1867 Hitchin 0 Old Harrovians 3; 20 Feb 1868 Hitchin 0 Wanderers 2; 26 Nov 1868 Hitchin 1 Wanderers 1; 26 Dec 1868 Welwyn 0 Hitchin 2; 13 Mar 1869 Hitchin 0 Clapham Rovers 0; 27 Mar 1869 Hitchin 2 Welwyn 0; 6 Nov 1869 Clapham Rovers 4 Hitchin 0; 25 Nov 1869 Hitchin 2 Wanderers 0; 1 Jan 1870 Welwyn 0 Hitchin 1. 5 Feb 1870 Hitchin 2 Hornsey 1.
A Londoner, James also played for the Middlesex County team.
One match found: 14 Nov 1868 Middlesex 1 Surrey 0. A team-mate of James in this game was the famous Charles Alcock......
George Clark Payne (17 Feb 1887 Hitchin - 21 Aug 1932 Jaywick). Inside-left. Also played for Hitchin Union Jack, Barnet Alston, Tottenham Hotspur Crystal Palace, Sunderland, Leyton, and Woolwich Arsenal. Married Miriam Furr sister of Harry Furr. Career ended by a serious injury to a thigh in WW1.
One match found: 31 Oct 1903 Luton 2 Hitchin 1.
Herbert William Perks (Jul 1865 - )
Local chemist. Son of Samuel Perks, Chemist and Lavender Dealer. 1891 Living at 9, High Street, Hitchin.
Appearances for Hitchin include: 5 Dec 1885 Royston 4 Hitchin 2; 4 Feb 1886 Hitchin 5 Royston 2; 5 Feb 1887 Hitchin 3 Watford 5; 12 Nov 1887 Bishop Stortford 3 Hitchin 2; 28 Jan 1888 Hitchin 2 Royston 0; 26 Dec 1888 Hitchin 3 Cambridge Swifts 0; 29 Dec 1888 Hitchin 5 Mr Hawkesby's XI 2, 1 goal; 23 Feb 1889 Watford 6 Hitchin 0; 25 Feb 1889 Cambridge Granta 4 Hitchin 0 at Kettering; 30 Nov 1889 Luton Town 5 Hitchin 0.
Appearances for Hertfordshire XI include: 27 Mar 1889 Herts 2 Middlesex 1.
George Pollitt (3 Jun 1874 Yorkshire - c1942 Blackpool) Pro cricketer: Yorkshire one innings: Bedfordshire 1904-6.
Pro footballer, one game for Brentford. Appearances for Hitchin include: 26 Feb 1898 Hitchin 7 Hemel Hempstead 0 at Hatfield; 24 Sep 1898 Uxbridge 0 Hitchin 2; 1 Oct 1898 Aylesbury 5 Hitchin 1.
Gerard Ithel Eade Pryor (c May 1868 - baptised 31st May 1868 at Lower Gravenhurst - 25th Apr 1928 at Clifton, Beds)
Preston 'gentleman' with 'own means'. Described as 'Father' (founder) of Preston Cricket Club (near Hitchin).
Appearances for Hitchin include: 15 Oct 1892 St Albans 9 Hitchin 2; 25 Feb 1893 Hitchin 3 West Herts Association 3; 18 Mar 1893 West Herts Association 2 Hitchin 1; 30 Sep 1893 Hitchin v Gresham Athletic Association; 7 Oct 1893 Hitchin 0 Luton Reserves 5; 30 Jan 1894 Hitchin 3 Luton Stanley 0; 20 Oct 1894 Luton Reserves 5 Hitchin 1; 8 Dec 1894 Hitchin 3 Hertford 2; 9 Mar 1895 Hitchin 1 Luton Reserves 7; 16 Mar 1895 Hertford 5 Hitchin 2; 27 Apr 1895 Hitchin 2 Watford St Mary's 0 Herts Senior Cup Final;
Hubert Delme Radcliffe (27 Mar 1839 Hitchin Priory - 13 Oct 1878)
First Club President, 1865. Squire of Hitchin Priory. Injured in India during the Indian Mutiny. Played in Hitchins first two matches.
Cecil Frederick Reid (c Mar 1842 Codicote - 23 Aug 1898 Sidmouth). Harrow School, Christ Church (Oxford). Partner in Reid's Brewery Co. Played cricket for Hertfordshire.
Also played for Wanderers 1864-1872 (45 games, 3 goals), Old Harrovians and Welwyn FC. Captained Hitchin FC against Crystal Palace in the first FA Cup Competition. Appearances for Hitchin include: 9 Mar 1867 Hitchin 0 Old Harrovians 3; 13 Mar 1869 Hitchin 0 Clapham Rovers 0; 22 Oct 1870 Hitchin 0 Clapham Common Club 0; 11 Nov 1871 Hitchin 0 Crystal Palace 0, captain.
Francis Maude Reid D.S.O. (17 Jun 1849 Codicote - 27 Feb 1922 Kensington) Became an Army Colonel. Brother of Cecil Frederick Reid.
One game known: 9 Feb 1866 Hitchin 0 Old Etonians 1.
Francis Shillitoe ( c Jul 1848 - 18 Mar 1924 Hitchin). He did not live at Foxholes in Pirton Road, as shown on the Club's web history. Founder member and Hitchin Club captain 1865. Also played for Wanderers & Mr J.C.Reade's XI. Solicitor & Coroner. Appearances for Hitchin include: 24 Feb 1866 Hitchin 2 Mr Elphinstone's XI 1; 17 Mar 1866 Hitchin 1 Mr Lucas's XI 0; 9 Mar 1867 Hitchin 0 Old Harrovians 3; 20 Feb 1868 Hitchin 0 Wanderers 2, captain; 26 Nov 1868 Hitchin 1 Wanderers 1; 13 Mar 1869 Hitchin 0 Clapham Rovers 0; 25 Nov 1869 Hitchin 2 Wanderers 0, 1 goal; 11 Nov 1871 First FA Cup Hitchin 0 Crystal Palace 0; 23 Nov 1872 Hitchin 1 St Albans Pilgrims 1. Appearances for Wanderers include: 17 Oct 1868 Wanderers 2 Amateur Athletic Club 0; 28 Oct 1868 Wanderers 0 Westminster School 1; 16 Nov 1868 Wanderers 0 Eton Club 3, captain; 17 Nov 1868 Wanderers 0 Harrow Club 0, captain; 12 Dec 1868 Wanderers 2 London Athletic Club 3, possibly absent?; 25 Sep 1869 Wanderers 0 Clapham Rovers 1; 2 Oct 1869 Wanderers 0 Clapham Common Club 0. Appearance for Mr J.C.Reade's XI: 7 Nov 1868 Mr J.C.Reade's XI 0 Harrow School 3.
Francis Rickman Shillitoe (19 Jul 1875 Hitchin - 4 Apr 1949 Hitchin). Solicitor. Son of Francis Shillitoe. Half-back. Appearances for Hitchin include: 20 Oct 1894 Luton Reserves 5 Hitchin 1; 27 Apr 1895 Hitchin 2 St Mary's, Watford 0 Herts Senior Cup Final; 2 Nov 1895 Hitchin 4 North Herts League 0; 8 Sep 1901 Clapton Orient 4 Hitchin 3.
Arthur Lincoln Hitchcock Spencer (30 Dec 1870 Blackheath, Kent- 23 Feb 1950) Manager of Boiler Works. 1991 he lived in 21, Benslow Road, Hitchin.
Appearances for Hitchin include:
30 Nov 1889 Luton Town 3 Hitchin 0 (Kettering Cup competition)
21 Dec 1889 Hitchin 4 Hertford Excelsior 1
12 Dec 1891 Hitchin 3 Luton Montrose 5 (Kettering Cup competition)
15 Oct 1892 St Albans 9 Hitchin 2
25 Feb 1893 West Herts Association 3 Hitchin 3 (County Cup competition)
18 Mar 1893 West Herts Association 2 Hitchin 1 (County Cup semi-final)
25 Mar 1893 Hitchin 4 Luton Reserves 1
30 Sep 1893 Hitchin 2 Gresham Athletic 0
7 Oct 1893 Luton Reserves 5 Hitchin 0
20 Jan 1894 Hitchin 3 Luton Stanley 0
William Edward Hitchcock Spencer (Dec 1866 Blackheath, Kent- 27 Oct 1931 Hitchin) Mechanical & Electrical Engineer.
Lived in Verulam Road, Hitchin. A half-back.
One game found. 23 Feb 1889 Watford Rovers 6 Hitchin 0.
Clarke Hallett Lloyd Stoughton (13 Dec 1854 Sparham, Norfolk - c Jan 1932 Bournemouth) Land Owner, Bawdesley Manor, Norfolk.
One game found. 26 Nov 1874 Peterborough 1 Hitchin 0 (under Rugby Union rules)
Charles Studman (Oct 1870 Willian - Dec 1943 Bedford) Engineer's Fitter.
One game found: 27 Apr 1895 Hitchin 2 Watford St Mary's 0 (Herts Senior Cup Final at St Albans)
John Edmund Tully (10 Feb 1870 Devon - 18 May 1926 Waltham Cross) Sorting Clerk & Telegraphist (GPO). In 1891 he was living in Old Park Road, Hitchin. Later Postmaster of Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire.
One game found: 27 Apr 1895 Hitchin 2 Watford St Mary's 0 (Herts Senior Cup Final at St Albans).
Samuel James Archibald (Archie) Vickerstaff (1881- 1962) Professional cricketer.
Games for Hitchin include: 4 Mar 1905 Southern United 5 Hitchin 2, 1 goal
The local press credits him with scoring the winning goal in the 1904/5 Herts Charity Cup Final (Hitchin 2 Cheshunt 1 date unknown)
Julius Wiles 31 Jul 1828 Hitchin - 10 Nov 1906 London)
Played in Hitchin's first match, 24 Feb 1866 Hitchin 2 Mr Elphinstone's XI 1.
Walter Oswald Vizard (16 Nov 1861 Bellary, Madras, India -10 Jan 1929 Bayswater, London) Solicitor. Clifton College, Gloucestershire.
1891 enlisted in 1st Hertfordshire Volunteer Battalion. Promoted to 2nd Lieut.then Captain in 1895.
Appearances for Hitchin Football Club include: 17 Nov 1888 Royston 0 Hitchin 1; 23rd Feb 1889 Watford Rovers 6 Hitchin 0; 25th Feb 1889 Cambridge Granta 4 Hitchin 0; 30 Nov 1889 Luton Reserves 5 Hitchin 0; 21 Dec 1889 Hitchin 4 Hertford Excelsior 1; 12 Dec 1891 Hitchin 3 Luton Montrose 5.
18 First Class cricket matches for Gloucestershire (1882-90) and Hertfordshire (1897) Wicket Keeper Runs 256 Batting average 8.53 Top Score 49* Catches 11 Stumpings 1
From Wisden Obituaries 1929: He was in the Clifton College Eleven in 1879 and two next years, being Captain in 1880 and 1881, and having a batting average of 36 in his third season. In 1882 he began to assist Gloucestershire, but he played only occasionally for the side.
Ernest Woodgate (abt 1844- 8 Sep 1896) Club captain 1873-75. Solicitor. For 5 years he was working as a clerk for John Hawkins, solicitor, Hitchin.
Became Mayor of Rochester, Kent. Died of a heart attack while holidaying in Littlehampton with his family. The eighth serving mayor of Rochester to die while in office.
Appearances for Hitchin include (most as captain): 11 Nov 1871 Hitchin 0 Crystal Palace 0; 18 Nov 1871 Hitchin 0 St Albans 0; 10 Jan 1872 Royal Engineers 5 Hitchin 0; 23 Nov 1872 Hitchin 1 St Albans 1; 4 Jan 1873 St Albans 0 Hitchin 1; 8 Nov 1873 Hitchin 0 Cambridge 0; 25 Nov 1873 Bedford Britannia 0 Hitchin 1; 29 Nov 1873 Hitchin 2 St Albans 0; 13 Dec 1873 Hitchin 0 Bedford Britannia 0; 3 Jan 1874 St Albans Pilgrims 1 Hitchin 0; 28 Feb 1874 Bedford Britannia 0 Hitchin 0; 14 Nov 1874 Hitchin 0 Maidenhead 1.
Charles Worbey Born 10 Feb 1879 Died 11 Jul 1957. County player, later on Hitchin Town committee member. Town councillor etc etc.
Appearances for Hitchin include: 13 Apr 1901 Hitchin 1 Ilford Alliance 1; 28 Sep 1901 Hitchin 3 Clapton Orient 4; 12 Oct 1901 Luton Reserves 10 Hitchin 1; 28 Dec 1901 St Albans Amateurs 3 Hitchin 1; 8 Mar 1902 Hitchin 7 Chesham Town Res 0; 13 Dec 1902 Hitchin 6 Cheshunt 2; 10 Jan 1903 Luton Reserves 1 Hitchin 1.
Games for Hertfordshire include: 19 Feb 1902 Middlesex 4 Herts 1; 6 Mar 1902 Herts 8 Suffolk 3.
Belgian Charity Game: 31 May 1919 Hitchin United 2 Henlow 1. (at inside-right!).
Market Gardener.
Frederick Ashfield Wright (24 Aug 1846- 2 Feb 1927) Local solicitor, lived at 84, Tilehouse Street. Member of the Urban District Council, etc.
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Great stuff Anthony , I love reading all this, so many familiar names and the "high status" of some. Lord of Bawdesley Manor in Norfolk! Brilliant 
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Details added above for early player Reverend James Benjamin Parker (1841-1892)
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John Edmund Tully (1870-1926) updated
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Ben Christian, Arthur Cox and Ernest Jeakings added. I've somehow lost the As and Bs from my list, which I'll have to update later, time permitting!