Lindsay Bury (9th July 1857 - 30th October 1935) was an international footballer who represented England 2 times scoring 0 goals. His first cap was against Scotland on 3rd March 1877 at 19 years old, and his last was vs Wales on 18th January 1879 aged 21. Bury, born on 9th July 1857, in Withington, Manchester, has a FA Legacy Number of 45 and played as a Full Back for his country.
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Bury attended Eton College and went up to Trinity College, Cambridge where he earned blues for cricket (1878), football (1877 & 1878) and athletics (1878, 1879 & 1880). He played nine first-class cricket matches for Cambridge University and Hampshire. Football-wise, he regularly turned out for Cambridge University and Old Etonians, the latter he helped to an FA Cup final win over Clapham Rovers in 1879. He was appointed to the FA committee in 1878 and also represented Swifts. He had an abortive attempt of trying to become an orange farmer in Florida in the 1880s but did manage to find himself a spouse in New York in 1886 before returning to England and settling in Berkshire.
Scotland (FR) on 3rd March 1877 aged 19 years, 7 months, 25 days
Wales (FR) on 18th January 1879 aged 21 years, 6 months, 9 days
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