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Thelwell Mather Pike (17 November 1866 – 21 July 1957) was an English
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who earned one cap for the
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in 1886. Pike played club football for
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, Brentwood (later known as Crusaders),
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, Thanet Wanderers and Corinthian. Pike was born in
Andover, Hampshire Andover ( ) is a town in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. The town is on the River Anton, a major tributary of the River Test, Test, and lies alongside the major A303 road, A303 trunk road at the eastern end of Salisbury Plain, ...
and educated at
Malvern College Malvern College is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, fee-charging coeducational boarding school, boarding and day school in Malvern, Worcestershire, Malvern, Worcestershire, England. It is a public school (United Kingdom), public school ...
, playing football for the school in 1884 and 1885, before attending Cambridge University, where he earned a
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in 1886 and 1888. He made his solitary
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appearance on 13 March 1886, in a 6–1 victory over
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. In the match at
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,
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, Pike's fellow Cantabrians, Ralph Squire and
Benjamin Spilsbury Benjamin Ward Spilsbury (1 August 1864 – 15 August 1938) was an English international footballer. Early life Spilsbury was born at Findern, Derbyshire, son of the Reverend Benjamin Ward. Spilsbury was an all-round athlete at Rossall Schoo ...
played at
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and
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respectively, with Spilsbury scoring four of England's goals. After leaving the university, Pike played for several clubs, including
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, Brentwood,
Swifts Swift or SWIFT most commonly refers to: * SWIFT, an international organization facilitating transactions between banks ** SWIFT code * Swift (programming language) * Swift (bird), a family of birds It may also refer to: Organizations * SWIFT, a ...
and Thanet Wanderers, although it was with the Corinthian club that he was most closely associated, playing 21 games for them between 1886 and 1891. Pike was also a noted cricketer, playing for
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, then a minor county, between 1886 and 1895. A few years later, he became the headmaster of
Weybridge Weybridge () is a town in the Borough of Elmbridge, Elmbridge district in Surrey, England, around southwest of central London. The settlement is recorded as ''Waigebrugge'' and ''Weibrugge'' in the 7th century and the name derives from a cro ...
Preparatory School between 1897 and 1906, before moving to Thanet School in
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, where he remained until his retirement. The 1881 Census calls him Mather Pike.


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Cricket profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pike, Thelwell 1866 births Sportspeople from Andover, Hampshire 1957 deaths People educated at Malvern College English men's footballers England men's international footballers Cambridge University A.F.C. players Crusaders F.C. (1859) players Brentwood F.C. (1877) players Swifts F.C. players Corinthian F.C. players English cricketers Worcestershire cricketers Men's association football wingers Footballers from Hampshire