Charles Henry Reynolds Wollaston was an English footballer who played as a forward for Wanderers and England.
14 Facts About Charles Wollaston
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Charles Wollaston won the FA Cup five times with Wanderers, becoming the first player to do so.
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Charles Wollaston first appeared for the Wanderers in February 1872, and his second game for the club was in the FA Cup semi-final against Queen's Park the next month.
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Charles Wollaston played in the inaugural FA Cup Final in 1872 and scored in the second half of the 1873 final.
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Charles Wollaston had previously scored hat-tricks in 1872 against Clapham Rovers and in 1873 against Civil Service.
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In 1879, Charles Wollaston became Wanderers' club secretary, and was the club's captain.
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Charles Wollaston earned four caps for England, scoring one goal.
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Charles Wollaston captained the national side against Scotland in 1880; he was the eighth English team captain.
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Charles Wollaston is recorded as having refereed an 1884 match between Old Westminsters and Wednesbury Town.
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In 2013, Charles Wollaston was included on a special London Tube map released by the Football Association to celebrate its 150th anniversary.
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Charles Wollaston is known to have appeared in a total of 13 cricket matches between 1863 and 1869, although he did not play any first-class matches.
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Charles Wollaston made appearances for Lancing College, FH Birley's XI, Oxford University freshman, and an Etceteras team.
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Charles Wollaston's first recorded appearance was for Lancing College against Brighton College at the Royal Brunswick Ground; Wollaston made scores of 6 and 12* in the match.
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Charles Wollaston made a half-century in a match for FH Birley's XI against S Pelham's XI, and his last known match was for an Etceteras team against a Perambulators team, in which he scored 9 and 29*, and took one wicket.