Andrew Amos
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| Andrew Amos | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 September 1863 | |
| Place of birth | Southwark, England | |
| Date of death | 2 October 1931 (aged 68) | |
| Place of death | Rotherhithe, England | |
| Playing position | Half back | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1883–1884 1884–1886 1884–1889 |
Cambridge University Old Carthusians Corinthian Hitchin Town |
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| National team | ||
| 1885–1886 | England | 2 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Andrew Amos (20 September 1863 – 2 October 1931) was an English amateur football player who played for Cambridge University, Old Carthusians, Corinthian and Hitchin Town, as well as making two appearances for the English national side. He subsequently became an ordained minister in the Church of England
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[edit] Career
[edit] Education
Amos was born in Southwark, London and was educated at Charterhouse School, where he was a member of the school football team in 1882. He then went up to Cambridge University and was awarded his blue in 1884.
[edit] Football career
After graduating he played football for the Old Carthusians as well as joining the Corinthian amateur club which had been founded two years earlier. He joined Corinthian in time for their December 1884 tour of the north of England when they played seven matches against professional clubs in eight days.
The first match of the tour was against the FA Cup holders, Blackburn Rovers and, according to Rob Cavallini in his History of the Corinthian Football Club, "what happened next was truly remarkable and firmly established the Corinthian FC as a major power in the football world (as) Corinthian FC simply overwhelmed the FA Cup holders at their own stadium 8–1"[1] Amos played at centre half in this match and amongst the goalscorers was Tinsley Lindley with three goals. Amos played in five of the seven tour matches.
His England call up came, as an Old Carthusians player, for the Home International Championship match against Scotland on 21 March 1885 when Amos played at left-half in a 1–1 draw.[2] His next international call-up came a year later against Wales. Until recently the second goal in this match was credited to Tinsley Lindley but a review of contemporary records revealed that Amos scored the goal, and this is now recognized by most current reference sources.[3][4]
Amos continued to play for Corinthian until November 1889, and made 47 appearances. He subsequently played for Hitchin Town.
[edit] Ministry
Amos was ordained in 1887 and ministered in London from 1889 to October 1921,[5] when he became Rector of Rotherhithe until his death in 1931.
He also served as a councillor on Bermondsey Borough Council and was later elected as an alderman.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Rob Cavallini (2007). Play Up Corinth - A History of the Corinthian Football Club. Tempus Publishing, pp. 13-14. ISBN 0-752444-79-6.
- ^ England 1 - Scotland 1; 21 March 1885 (Match summary)
- ^ a b Graham Betts (2006). England: Player by player. Green Umbrella Publishing, p. 12. ISBN 1-905009-63-1.
- ^ Wales 1 - England 3; 29 March 1886 (Match summary)
- ^ London Gazette: no. 32490, page 8186, 18 October 1921. Retrieved on 2008-05-05.
