Frederick Patton
Frederick Joseph Patton was an amateur footballer who played as a forward in the 1870s, and scored for Oxford University A.F.C. in the 1874 FA Cup final.
Sporting career[edit]
According to census records, Patton was born in Bombay in 1851.
Patton was captain of the Eton Field Game XI in 1868.[1] He went up to Balliol College in 1870 and played for Oxford University Etonians in Field Game matches against their Cambridge University counterparts in 1870[2] and 1871, scoring the only two goals in the latter game.[3]
When the university started an association football side, he was naturally one of its founder members.[4] His greatest achievement was scoring the second goal in the 1874 FA Cup final, finishing off a move by Walpole Vidal and Cuthbert Ottaway with a smart shot from a Vidal cross.[5] The following season he represented the Old Etonians in the competition.[6]
After university, Patton became a barrister, and married Edith Furlonger on 1 November 1876 in Surrey.[7] He died in on 5 February 1922 in Ascot, Berkshire, leaving over £2,000 in assets.[8]
Sporting honours[edit]
Oxford University
References[edit]
- ^ Pawson, John (1922). The Field Game. Spottiswoode.
- ^ "Report". Sportsman: 4. 1 December 1870.
- ^ "Report". Sportsman: 4. 2 December 1871.
- ^ "UC:P252/P1 - PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM" (PDF). University College Oxford. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ "report". Oxford Times: 2. 21 March 1874.
- ^ "Old Etonians v Swifts". Field: 561. 21 November 1874.
- ^ "Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937". ancestry. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ "England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995". ancestry. Retrieved 25 November 2023.