Francis Birley - 2 Caps (0 Goals)

Full Name: Francis Hornby Birley
Born: 14th March 1850, Chorlton, Manchester
Died: 1st August 1910, Lingfield, Surrey aged 60
England Career: 1874 - 1875
Positions whilst with England: Half Back
Clubs (and caps) whilst with England: Oxford University (1) & Wanderers (1)
FA Legacy Number: 23
Birley attended Winchester College and then Oxford – where he received his Blue in 1874 and won the FA Cup with Oxford University in the same year. He played for Wanders from 1873 and received an FA Cup winners medal that year before rising to captain them in their 1876 and 1877 FA Cup wins. He was originally selected to win his third cap for England as captain for the 1876 Scotland game but was unavailable for reasons unknown. Played cricket for Lancashire, Surrey and minor county Cheshire. A Barrister by profession, called to the bar at Inner Temple in January 1876 and then as a JP in Surrey.

England Career Statistics

Debut: v Scotland (FR) on 7th March 1874 aged 23 years, 11 month, 24 days
Last Cap: v Scotland (FR) on 6th March 1875 aged 24 years, 11 month, 23 days
Career Length: 364 days
Starts: 2
Substitute: 0
Withdrawn: 0
Full Games: 2

An English Football Internationals' Who's Who by Douglas Lamming (Hutton Press 1990)
The Early FA Cup Finals by Keith Warsop (SoccerData 2004) p 63.
England's Who's Who by Tony Matthews (Pitch Publishing 2013)
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SCO, 2 - 2, 6th Mar 1875 (FR) Wanderers, Cap: 2.
Age: 24 years, 11 month, 23 days.
SCO, 1 - 2, 7th Mar 1874 (FR) Oxford University, Cap: 1.
Age: 23 years, 11 month, 24 days.
* Match was concluded via extra time, penalties or both.