Frank Englefield (August 1878 – 1945) was an English professional

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who played for

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in the late 1890s, generally at

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although his only Southern League appearance came at

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Football career

Englefield was born in

and played his youth football for the

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Mission before joining the

club. In May 1898, he moved across the town to join

who had just been crowned as Southern League champions for the second successive year. He initially played in the reserves, including two appearances in the United League, which led to him being selected to play for the Hampshire County F.A. against Dorset in March 1899. His only appearance in the first-team came on 25 November 1899, when he was selected to replace

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for the match at Bedminster. Englefield failed to make any impression in the match, which was won 2–0, and, with

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international

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becoming the established left-winger, Englefield returned to the reserves. In the 1900

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, Englefield left Southampton and joined

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for one season before returning to

, where he stayed for two years before playing out his career with Southampton Wanderers.

Family

Englefield's sister, Beatrice, was married in 1908 to

Phil Mead Charles Phillip Mead (9 March 1887 – 26 March 1958) was an English first-class cricketer. He played as a left-handed batsman for Hampshire and England between 1905 and 1936. He was born at 10 Ashton Buildings (since pulled down), second elde ...

, the

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and

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er, who also played football for Southampton, making one first-team appearance as an emergency goalkeeper in December 1907.

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Career summary
{{DEFAULTSORT:Englefield, Frank 1878 births Footballers from Southampton 1945 deaths English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Southampton F.C. players Freemantle F.C. players Southern Football League players