# Alfred Goodwyn

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'''Alfred George Goodwyn''' (13 March 1850 – 14 March 1874) was an English [Royal Engineer](/source/Royal_Engineer), who represented [his regiment](/source/Royal_Engineers_A.F.C.) at [football](/source/association_football). He was a member of the Regiment's team that was defeated in [the very first FA Cup final](/source/1872_FA_Cup_Final). He also represented [England](/source/England_national_football_team) in the second international football match against [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_football_team) in [1873](/source/1872%E2%80%9373_in_English_football).

==Career==
Goodwyn was born at Roorhir, [Bengal](/source/Bengal), in [British India](/source/British_India) (now Ruhea, [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh)). In 1869, he entered the [Royal Military Academy](/source/Royal_Military_Academy%2C_Woolwich) at [Woolwich](/source/Woolwich).<ref>{{cite book|last=Warsop|first=Keith|title=The Early FA Cup Finals and the Southern Amateurs, a Who's Who and Match Facts 1872 to 1883|year=2004|publisher=Tony Brown, Nottingham|page=81|isbn=1-899468-78-1}}</ref> In August 1871, he was commissioned as a [lieutenant](/source/lieutenant) in the [Royal Engineers](/source/Royal_Engineers). Fellow graduates on the same day were two of his fellow FA Cup finalists, [Edmond Cotter](/source/Edmond_Cotter) and [Herbert Muirhead](/source/Herbert_Muirhead), as well as [Richard Ruck](/source/Richard_Ruck), who played in the [1875 FA Cup Final](/source/1875_FA_Cup_Final).<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=23761|page=3416|date= 1 August 1871 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | author=Graham Betts| title=England: Player by player | publisher=Green Umbrella Publishing | year=2006| pages=111|isbn=1-905009-63-1}}</ref>

thumb|250px|right|The Royal Engineers team of 1872. Eight of these players played in the first FA Cup Final. Goodwyn is seated fourth from the left
He played football for the regiment, generally playing in defence, and was a member of the team who reached the first final of the [FA Cup](/source/FA_Cup) in [1872](/source/1871%E2%80%9372_FA_Cup). En route to the final, the Engineers did not concede a goal and defeated [Hitchin](/source/Hitchin_F.C.) 5–0, [Hampstead Heathens](/source/Hampstead_Heathens_F.C.) 3–0 and [Crystal Palace](/source/Crystal_Palace_F.C._(1861)) 3–0 (after a goalless draw). Although the Engineers entered [the final](/source/1872_FA_Cup_Final), played at [Kennington Oval](/source/Kennington_Oval) on 16 March 1872, as "favourites to win the trophy",<ref>{{cite book |last= Gibbons|first= Philip|title= Association Football in Victorian England – A History of the Game from 1863 to 1900|year= 2001|publisher= Upfront Publishing|pages=34–36 |isbn= 1-84426-035-6}}</ref> their opponents, the [Wanderers](/source/Wanderers_F.C.), won the match 1–0.

He was selected for the second official international match between [England](/source/England_national_football_team) and [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_football_team) played at [Kennington Oval](/source/Kennington_Oval), [London](/source/London) on 8 March 1873, together with his Royal Engineers colleague, [Pelham von Donop](/source/Pelham_von_Donop) who played alongside him in defence. England won the match 4–2. In its report on the match, the ''Glasgow Herald'' (Monday, 10 March 1873) noted that "the back play of A G Goodwyn ... was faultless".

In 1874, Goodwyn was posted back to India with his regiment, where he died, at [Roorkee](/source/Roorkee), on 14 March 1874 (the day after his 24th birthday) as a result of injuries suffered two days earlier in a horse riding accident and ironically on the same day as the [1874 FA Cup Final](/source/1874_FA_Cup_Final) where his colleagues were defeated 2–0 by [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University_A.F.C.).<ref>The Early FA Cup Finals and the Southern Amateurs, a Who's Who and Match Facts 1872 to 1883, pp. 42, 81</ref> He was the first England international footballer to die.

==Sporting honours==
'''Royal Engineers'''
*[FA Cup Final](/source/FA_Cup_Final) finalist: [1872](/source/1872_FA_Cup_Final)

==See also==
* [List of England international footballers born outside England](/source/List_of_England_international_footballers_born_outside_England)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Englandstats}}
*[http://www.englandfc.com/Profiles/php/PlayerProfileByName.php?id=403 England football career]

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Category:1850 births
Category:1874 deaths
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:England men's international footballers
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
Category:Royal Engineers A.F.C. players
Category:Royal Engineers officers
Category:Deaths by horse-riding accident in India
Category:British sportspeople in British India

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