Herbert Whitfeld
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 November 1858 | ||
| Place of birth | Hamsey, East Sussex, England | ||
| Date of death | 6 May 1909 (aged 50) | ||
| Place of death | Chailey, East Sussex, England | ||
| Playing position | Outside-forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cambridge University | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Old Etonians | |||
| National team | |||
| 1879 | England | 1 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
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| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Round arm Left-arm medium pace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1878–1881 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1878–1885 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1881–1887 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1880–1889 | I Zingari | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 20 May 1878 Cambridge University v Yorkshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 30 August 1889 I Zingari v Gentlemen of England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 3 February 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Herbert Whitfeld (15 November 1858 – 6 May 1909) was an English amateur sportsman who played association football and county cricket.
In football, he helped Old Etonians win the 1879 FA Cup Final and was on the losing side in 1881 as well as making one appearance for England in 1879. In cricket, he played for Sussex County Cricket Club whom he captained in 1883 and 1884. He was later a director of Barclays Bank.
Whitfeld was born in Hamsey, near Lewes in East Sussex and was educated at Eton where he developed an interest in all forms of sport and played for the college football team in 1877. He was also a member of the college cricket eleven from 1875 to 1877, being captain in his last year.
He went up to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1877 and earned blues in cricket in every year between 1878 and 1881 and in football in 1879, 1880 and 1881. He also represented the university at athletics, as a medium distance runner, and in real tennis where he was partner to Ivo Bligh, who was to become the captain of the England cricket team.
On leaving university, Whitfeld joined the Old Etonians and in 1879 he helped the Old Boys reach the final of the FA Cup for the third time in five years. Whitfeld played as an outside-forward and scored in each of the three matches against Darwen in the fourth round and against Nottingham Forest in the semi-final.
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