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Edward Charles Bambridge (30 July 1858 – 8 November 1935) was an English
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who made eighteen appearances as a
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for
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between
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and
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, being appointed
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twice. He was one of three brothers who played for England. He was an extremely fast winger, being considered one of England's first notable players. Throughout his career he was known as "Charlie Bam".


Career

Charles Bambridge was born in
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, the fifth child of Sophia (née Thorington) and William Samuel Bambridge, who had been a missionary in
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,
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, and then the photographer to
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. He was educated at St Mark's School in Windsor and then
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in
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, and was a member of the college football team. His football career was spent with
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, Streatham, Upton Park,
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and Corinthian, also gaining representative honours for
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, Berkshire and London. He made his debut for
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against
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at
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on 5 April 1879. At half time, England were 4–1 down to the Scots. Bambridge scored early in the second half and his teammates had levelled the score by the 75th minute. With less than ten minutes remaining, the Scots scored what they thought was the winning goal but the
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disallowed it as offside. The English forwards then raced upfield with Bambridge scoring the winning goal, thus enabling England to claim their first victory over the Scots since 1873 in what was described as "the most exciting England and Scotland game to date". His next England appearance came a year later on 13 March 1880 and was another exciting encounter in which Bambridge again scored twice. This time it was the Scots who were the winners, 5–4, with a
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from
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. Bambridge scored against the Scots again in the following year's international, a consolation goal in a 6–1 defeat. He was appointed
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for the first match between England and
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played at Bloomfield, Belfast on 18 February 1882. Ireland were "totally dominated by the visitors" who won the game 13–0, with Bambridge scoring once. The other goal scorers included
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forwards
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who scored five and
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with four. In the match against
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on 13 March 1882, Bambridge left the field after only three minutes because of injury, and England played on with ten men, losing 5–3 with two late goals for the Welsh. The English gained their "revenge" the following year with a 5–0 victory in which Bambridge scored once, with
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scoring a hat-trick. In this match, his younger brother
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played on the right wing. For the match against Ireland on 23 February 1884, Charles again played alongside Arthur; both brothers scored in an 8–1 victory, with Charles scoring twice, but he again left the pitch with an injury after 75 minutes. He continued to be selected regularly for England over the next few years, scoring against the Irish and the Scots in
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. His second captaincy came in a 7–0 victory over the Irish on 5 February 1887, in which
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scored a hat-trick. His final England appearance came a month later against Scotland on 19 March. He was a member of
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committee from 1883 to 1886 and a member of the Corinthians original committee in 1882. He became honorary secretary of the Corinthians between 1923 and 1932.


Achievements

Bambridge holds several records and distinctions. He scored 11 goals in 18 appearances for England, with an average goals per game rate of 0.61. England's list of all-time top goalscorers is skewed towards more recent players, in large part, due to the sheer number of games played in the modern game but Bambridge has the distinction of having been England's top scorer in 1879, 1881 and 1885 which places him as 8th player for the most number of years as top scorer and 4th for most years as outright top scorer (excluding joint first places), a record bested only by
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and
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, with four, five and six exclusive top scoring years, respectively. He held the overall England goalscoring record, either jointly or alone, from his debut against
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in 1879 until his final tally of 11 was overhauled by
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in 1890. The 13–0 routing of Ireland on 18 February 1882, when Bambridge was captain, is England's highest ever winning margin. In this match, three Old Malvernians were present, including Bambridge; the others being
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and
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and
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, also played for England, making three and one appearances, respectively. They are the only trio of brothers to have played for England.


Outside football

Bambridge earned his living as a Lloyd's
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, but went "broke" at Lloyd's in 1909. He married Kathleen Sylvia Bailey on 13 August 1862 and had four children. Two of his sons, Rupert and Frederick, were killed in France during the
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. His grandson, Anthony Charles Bambridge, was managing director of Colmans Foods in the 1970s. Charles died on 8 November 1935, aged 77. His widow, Kathleen, lived on until 1960 and died at the age of 97.


References


External links

*
England profileFamily history
* ttp://www.englandfootballonline.com/teamgoals/goalstopscorerscal.html 'England's Top Scorers by Calendar Year'br>Corinthian Casuals F.C. – Player profiles
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bambridge, Charles 1858 births 1935 deaths Sportspeople from Windsor, Berkshire People educated at Malvern College English men's footballers England men's international footballers Swifts F.C. players Corinthian F.C. players Upton Park F.C. players Clapham Rovers F.C. players Men's association football wingers Footballers from Berkshire Runnymede F.C. players