Chris Porter (footballer, born 1885)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Christopher Porter[1] | ||
Date of birth | 25 October 1885 | ||
Place of birth | Stockport, England | ||
Date of death | 4 June 1915[2] | (aged 29)||
Place of death | Gallipoli, Ottoman Turkey | ||
Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1903– | Broughton | ||
Northern Nomads | |||
1905–1908 | Stockport County | 66 | (23) |
1909–1911 | Glossop | 44 | (11) |
Northern Nomads | |||
International career | |||
1908–1910 | England Amateurs | 7 | (7) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Thomas Christopher Porter (25 October 1885 – 4 June 1915) was an English amateur footballer who played in the Football League for Stockport County and Glossop as an inside forward.[1] He scored 7 goals in 4 appearances for England Amateurs, including two hat-tricks in a 9–0 win against Germany, which still is the team's highest defeat of its history,[3] and against France in a 11–0 victory.[4] He scored a further 5 goals for the Amateurs side in unofficial matches, a brace in a 5–1 win over Ireland in 1908 and yet another hat-trick in a 6–0 win over Wales in 1909, bringing his tally to 12 goals.[4] He was also part of Great Britain's squad for the football tournament at the 1908 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.[5] Porter also played cricket for Broughton and Lancashire's second XI.[6]
Personal life
[edit]Porter attended Manchester Grammar School and later worked at the Horwich depot of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.[6] He enlisted as a private in the Manchester Regiment during the First World War and was killed at Gallipoli on 4 June 1915.[7] Porter is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.[2]
Career statistics
[edit]Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Stockport County | 1905–06[8] | Second Division | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
1906–07[8] | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | ||
1907–08[8] | 24 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 8 | ||
1908–09[8] | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | ||
Career total | 66 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 68 | 23 |
International goals
[edit]- England Amateurs score listed first, score column indicates score after each Porter goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref |
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1 | 13 March 1909 | Oxford ground, Oxford, England | ![]() |
? |
9–0 | Friendly | |
2 | ?
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3 | ?
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4 | 12 April 1909 | Oud Rosenburg, Amsterdam, Netherlands | ![]() |
2–0 |
4–0 | ||
5 | 22 May 1909 | Stade de FGSPF, Gentilly, France | ![]() |
? |
11–0 | ||
6 | ?
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7 | ?
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References
[edit]- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 233. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- ^ Bauer, Johannes (18 November 2020). "DFB: Die höchsten Niederlagen der Nationalmannschaft". Süddeutsche (in German). Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ a b c "England Matches - The Amateurs 1906-1939". englandfootballonline.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ Evans, Hilary (3 May 2015). "Olympians and the Gallipoli Campaigns". OlympStats. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Chris Porter". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 29 January 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ "Thomas Christopher Porter | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^ a b c d Watts, Ian. "Thomas Porter County Record". gogogocounty.org. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
- ^ "England v Germany, 16 March 1909". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "Netherlands v England, 12 April 1909". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "France v England, 22 May 1909". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- 1885 births
- 1915 deaths
- Footballers from Stockport
- English men's footballers
- England men's amateur international footballers
- Men's association football inside forwards
- Northern Nomads F.C. players
- Stockport County F.C. players
- Glossop North End A.F.C. players
- English Football League players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Manchester Regiment soldiers
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- People educated at Manchester Grammar School
- English cricketers
- Footballers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Military personnel from Manchester
- English football forward, 1880s birth stubs