Cecil Wingfield-Stratford
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cecil Vernon Wingfield-Stratford | ||
| Date of birth | 7 October 1853 | ||
| Place of birth | West Malling, England | ||
| Date of death | 5 February 1939 (aged 85) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Royal Engineers | |||
| National team | |||
| 1877 | England | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Brigadier-General Cecil Vernon Wingfield-Stratford CB, CMG (7 October 1853 – 5 February 1939) was a British Army officer in the Royal Engineers and an English international footballer, who played as a Forward.
Born in West Malling, Wingfield-Stratford was educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, a descendant of the ancient Stratford Family. He married Rosalind Isabel Bligh, daughter of Reverend Hon. Edward Vesey Bligh and Lady Isabel Mary Frances Nevill, on 12 October 1881. They had one son, Esmé Cecil Wingfield-Stratford.
Wingfield-Stratford played as outside-left for the Woolwich Academy and for Royal Engineers, and earned one cap for England versus Scotland in 1877.
He was described by C.W. Alcock as "very fast and useful as a wing; wants a little more 'last'[presumably meaning staying-power]." He took part in the replayed 1875 FA Cup Final, both matches taking place at Kennington Oval when his team won the Final for their only time, against Old Etonians. The first match, on 13 March, ended in a 1-1 draw after extra time but the replay, three days later, ended in a conclusive 2-0 score. The Engineers' scorer in both matches, coincidentally, was Henry Waugh Renny-Tailyour who in September the same year married a sister of Wingfield-Stratford.
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