# Charlie Parry > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Charlie_Parry > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Charlie_Parry.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Parry > Source revision: 1352961487 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Welsh footballer}} {{Use British English|date=April 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Charlie Parry | fullname = Charles Frederick Parry | image = Parry 180395.jpg | image_size = 140 | caption = Parry as part of the Wales team in March 1895 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1869|12|25|df=y}} | birth_place = [Oswestry](/source/Oswestry), [Shropshire](/source/Shropshire), England | death_date = {{Death date|1922|2|4|df=y}} (aged 52) | death_place = [Oswestry](/source/Oswestry), [Shropshire](/source/Shropshire), England | height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}} | position = [Half-back](/source/Defender_(association_football))/[Full-back](/source/Defender_(association_football)) | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1889 | clubs1 = [Chester St Oswalds](/source/Chester_St_Oswalds_F.C.) | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1889–1895 | clubs2 = [Everton](/source/Everton_F.C.){{cite book |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939|last=Joyce |first=Michael |year=2004 |publisher=Tony Brown|location=Nottingham |isbn=1-899468-67-6|page=203}} | caps2 = 86 | goals2 = 5 | years3 = 1891–1892 | clubs3 = → [Ardwick](/source/Ardwick_F.C.)Breedon Books "Manchester City - A Complete Record" | caps3 = 11 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 1895 | clubs4 = [Ardwick](/source/Ardwick_F.C.) | caps4 = 0 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 1895–1899 | clubs5 = [Newtown](/source/Newtown_A.F.C.) | caps5 = | goals5 = | years6 = 1899–1900 | clubs6 = [Aberystwyth Town](/source/Aberystwyth_Town_F.C.) | caps6 = 31 | goals6 = 4 | years7 = 1900–1906 | clubs7 = [Oswestry United](/source/Oswestry_United_F.C.) | caps7 = | goals7 = | nationalyears1 = 1891–1898 | nationalteam1 = [Wales](/source/Wales_national_football_team) | nationalcaps1 = 13 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }} '''Charles Frederick Parry''' (25 December 1869 – 4 February 1922) was a Welsh [footballer](/source/association_football) who played as a [defender](/source/Defender_(association_football)) for [Everton](/source/Everton_F.C.) in the 1890s, helping them to win [the Football League](/source/the_Football_League) championship in [1891](/source/1890%E2%80%9391_Everton_F.C._season). He also made thirteen appearances for the [Wales national football team](/source/Wales_national_football_team) including four as [captain](/source/Captain_(association_football)). Later in his career, he returned to Wales where he won the [Welsh Cup](/source/Welsh_Cup) with [Aberystwyth Town](/source/Aberystwyth_Town_F.C.) in [1900](/source/1900_Welsh_Cup_Final). He subsequently fell on hard times and was the beneficiary of three [testimonial match](/source/testimonial_match)es. ==Club career== ===Early days=== Parry was born in [Oswestry](/source/Oswestry) contrary to some reports that list Parry's birthplace as [Llansilin](/source/Llansilin){{cite web|title=The Life of Charlie Parry |url=https://efcheritagesociety.com/the-life-of-charlie-parry-rob-sawyer/|publisher=Everton Heritage Society|access-date=3 December 2025|date=15 May 2019}}. He was spotted playing junior football by [William Nunnerley](/source/William_Nunnerley) (who was later to become secretary of the [Football Association of Wales](/source/Football_Association_of_Wales){{cite web|title=Chief Officials since 1876|url=http://www.faw.org.uk/uploads/documents/originals/Introduction.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114151748/http://faw.org.uk/uploads/documents/originals/Introduction.pdf |url-status=usurped |archive-date=14 November 2011 |work=Official Handbook |publisher=[Football Association of Wales](/source/Football_Association_of_Wales)|access-date=14 October 2011|page=9|date=August 2010}} and an international [referee](/source/Referee_(association_football)){{cite web|title=List of all international matches refereed by William Nunnerley|url=http://www.eu-football.info/_referee.php?id=1624 |publisher=www.eu-football.info|access-date=14 October 2011}}) who signed him for the [Chester St Oswalds](/source/Chester_St_Oswalds_F.C.) club.{{cite book |title=Who's Who of Welsh International Soccer Players |last1=Davies |first1=Gareth |last2=Garland |first2=Ian |year=1991|publisher=Bridge Books |isbn=1-872424-11-2|page=159}} ===Everton=== Parry soon came to the attention of [Everton](/source/Everton_F.C.) who were keen to sign him, but initially Parry was reluctant to move to the English club saying that he was worried that he was "not class enough". Despite this, Parry was persuaded and signed for Everton in the spring of 1889. His first appearance for Everton came in a friendly against [Witton](/source/Witton_F.C.) on 8 April, when he scored the final goal in a 4–1 victory. According to the match report in ''The Liverpool Mercury'' the spectators "seemed to be proud of the capabilities of the last acquisition to the team".{{cite web|title=Everton 4 Witton 1 |url=http://173.254.28.98/~bluecor1/April%201889.htm|publisher=Everton Independent Research Data|access-date=21 October 2011|date=8 April 1889}} Parry made his Everton league debut in the opening match of the [Football League](/source/Football_League)'s [second season](/source/1889%E2%80%9390_Football_League), scoring in a 3–2 victory against [Blackburn Rovers](/source/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C.).{{cite web|title=Everton 3 Blackburn Rovers 2|url=http://www.evertonfc.com/stats/?mode=fixture_details&fixture_id=27|publisher=Everton FC|access-date=14 October 2011|date=7 September 1889|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217085811/http://www.evertonfc.com/stats/?mode=fixture_details&fixture_id=27|archive-date=17 February 2012|url-status=dead}} Parry was [sent off](/source/Misconduct_(association_football)) in the 81st minute for "persistently fouling [Forrest](/source/Jimmy_Forrest_(footballer))".{{cite web|last=Smith|first=James|title=Everton players sent off|url=http://173.254.28.98/~bluecor1/Everton%20Players%20sent%20off.htm |publisher=Everton Independent Research Data|access-date=15 October 2011}}{{cite web|title=Everton 3 Blackburn Rovers 2 |url=http://173.254.28.98/~bluecor1/September%201889.htm|work=September 1889|publisher=Everton Independent Research Data (report from The Liverpool Mercury)|access-date=15 October 2011|date=9 September 1889}} He followed this with goals in the next two matches, against [Burnley](/source/Burnley_F.C.){{cite web|title=Everton 2 Burnley 1|url=http://www.evertonfc.com/stats/?mode=fixture_details&fixture_id=28|publisher=Everton FC|access-date=14 October 2011|date=14 September 1889}} and [Wolverhampton Wanderers](/source/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C.).{{cite web|title=Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 Everton 1|url=http://www.evertonfc.com/stats/?mode=fixture_details&fixture_id=29|publisher=Everton FC|access-date=14 October 2011|date=16 September 1889}} Parry was ever-present as Everton finished [the season](/source/1889%E2%80%9390_Everton_F.C._season) as runners-up in the league.{{cite web|title=Everton season statistics 1889–1890|url=http://www.evertonfc.com/stats/?mode=season&era_id=1&season_id=3|publisher=Everton FC|access-date=14 October 2011}} Parry was an extremely versatile player who was equally comfortable at [full-back](/source/Defender_(association_football)) or [half-back](/source/Defender_(association_football)); he possessed good positional sense, a strong tackle and good speed and was an extremely accurate kicker. He was an expert at free-kicks, and over 60 yards he was able to place the ball "on the required spot". He did, however have a reputation for "bashing goalkeepers"; nonetheless he became a regular in the Everton side for six years and was an "exceedingly popular player". For the [1890–91 season](/source/1890%E2%80%9391_Football_League), Parry was paid a weekly wage of £2{{cite web|title=Players engaged for Season 1890–91|work=Everton board minutes|url=http://www.evertoncollection.org.uk/object?id=796+EFC%2f1%2f1%2f1&p=278 |publisher=The Everton Collection|access-date=21 October 2011}} and made 13 appearances,{{cite web|title=Everton season statistics 1890–1891|url=http://www.evertonfc.com/stats/?mode=season&era_id=1&season_id=4|publisher=Everton FC|access-date=15 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217085714/http://www.evertonfc.com/stats/?mode=season&era_id=1&season_id=4|archive-date=17 February 2012|url-status=dead}} spending the early part of the season in the reserves, with new signing [William Campbell](/source/William_Campbell_(Everton_footballer)) taking his place in the first team.{{cite web|title=The Coming Football Season |url=http://173.254.28.98/~bluecor1/September%201890.htm|publisher=Everton Independent Research Data (report from The Liverpool Football Echo) |access-date=15 October 2011|date=23 August 1890}} Following an injury to [Alex Latta](/source/Alex_Latta) sustained in a friendly against [Third Lanark](/source/Third_Lanark_A.C.), [Daniel Kirkwood](/source/Daniel_Kirkwood_(footballer%2C_born_1867)) was moved to [outside right](/source/outside_right) with Parry being recalled at [centre half](/source/centre_half) for the match against [Derby County](/source/Derby_County_F.C.) on 4 October. "The combination worked well – so well" that the match ended in a 7–0 victory to Everton, who moved to the top of the table.{{cite web|title=Everton 7 Derby County 0 |url=http://173.254.28.98/~bluecor1/October%201890.htm|work=Blue Review|publisher=Everton Independent Research Data (report from The Liverpool Courier)|access-date=17 October 2011|date=11 October 1890}} Parry retained his place for the following five matches, but after a run of three defeats, he lost his place for the match against [Sunderland](/source/Sunderland_A.F.C.) on 15 November.{{cite web|title=Everton 1 Sunderland 0 |url=http://www.evertonfc.com/stats/?mode=fixture_details&fixture_id=61|publisher=Everton FC|access-date=17 October 2011|date=15 November 1890}} Parry was quickly recalled in time for the crucial 1-0 victory at Molineux that saw Everton replace Wolverhampton Wanderers as League leaders on December 5th Empire News & The Umpire, Sunday 7th December 1890 . Everton finished [the season](/source/1890%E2%80%9391_Everton_F.C._season) as champions of the Football League for the first time.{{cite book | title= Association Football in Victorian England – A History of the Game from 1863 to 1900|last= Gibbons|first= Philip|year= 2001|publisher= Upfront Publishing|isbn=1-84426-035-6|pages=162–163}} Parry got married in March 1891; the club agreed to pay him "an advance of £15 out of next season's wages . . . in consideration of (his) marriage".{{cite web|title=Committee Meeting |work=Everton board minutes|url=http://www.evertoncollection.org.uk/object?id=796+EFC%2F1%2F1%2F1&p=267|publisher=The Everton Collection|access-date=21 October 2011|date=9 March 1891}} For the 1891–92 season his wages were increased to £2 per week during the summer and £2.10.0 during the winter.{{cite web|title=Committee Meeting|work=Everton board minutes|url=http://www.evertoncollection.org.uk/object?id=796+EFC%2F1%2F1%2F2&p=7|publisher=The Everton Collection|access-date=21 October 2011|date=11 May 1891}} Parry played at left-half in the first match of [the 1891–92 season](/source/1891%E2%80%9392_Everton_F.C._season), a 4–0 defeat at [West Bromwich Albion](/source/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C.){{cite web |title=West Bromwich Albion 4 Everton 0|url=http://www.evertonfc.com/stats/?mode=fixture_details&fixture_id=74 |publisher=Everton FC|access-date=18 October 2011|date=5 September 1891}} but then lost his place to [Alex Lochhead](/source/Alex_Lochhead).{{cite web |title=Everton 5 Darwen 3|url=http://173.254.28.98/~bluecor1/September%201891.htm|publisher=Everton Independent Research Data (report from Birmingham Daily Post)|access-date=18 October 2011|date=8 September 1891}} (Lochhead was in turn replaced after four matches, by [Hope Robertson](/source/Hope_Robertson).) Parry requested to leave the club in October 1891; the board agreed to release him and gave him "full permission to join any other Club on repayment of £34 received during summer months together with the amount due to the club for loans advanced."{{cite web|title=Committee Meeting|work=Everton board minutes|url=http://www.evertoncollection.org.uk/object?id=796+EFC%2F1%2F1%2F2&p=55 |publisher=The Everton Collection|access-date=21 October 2011|date=26 October 1891}} Parry appears to have temporarily joined Ardwick AFC playing eleven times (scoring once) between November 1891 and January 1892. Wikipedia page "1891-92 Ardwick A.F.C. season" and Breedon Books "Manchester City - A Complete Record" During the summer of 1892, off-field disputes{{cite web|title=Everton football dispute – Proceedings in Chancery|url=http://173.254.28.98/~bluecor1/April%201892.htm|publisher=Everton Independent Research Data (report in The Liverpool Courier)|access-date=18 October 2011|date=12 April 1892}} led to Everton leaving the [Anfield](/source/Anfield) stadium and moving across [Stanley Park](/source/Stanley_Park%2C_Liverpool) to a new stadium at [Goodison Park](/source/Goodison_Park).{{cite web|title=Everton's new ground|url=http://173.254.28.98/~bluecor1/August%201892.htm |work=Cricket and Football Field|access-date=18 October 2011|date=27 August 1892}} Parry was re-engaged by Everton in December 1892, on wages of £2 per week{{cite web|title=Committee Meeting|work=Everton board minutes|url=http://www.evertoncollection.org.uk/object?id=796+EFC%2F1%2F1%2F3&p=97|publisher=The Everton Collection|access-date=21 October 2011|date=19 December 1892}} and returned to the first team in January 1893, when he took over from [Jimmy Jamieson](/source/Jimmy_Jamieson) at left back for the match at [Sunderland](/source/Sunderland_A.F.C.).{{cite web|title=Sunderland 4 Everton 3 |url=http://www.evertonfc.com/stats/?mode=fixture_details&fixture_id=118 |publisher=Everton FC |access-date=19 October 2011|date=3 January 1893}} Parry played in various positions in ten matches over the next three months until losing his place at left half to [Alec Stewart](/source/Alec_Stewart_(footballer%2C_born_1868)) for the final match of [the season](/source/1892%E2%80%9393_Everton_F.C._season), following a 3–0 defeat at [Burnley](/source/Burnley_F.C.).{{cite web|title=Burnley 3 Everton 0 |url=http://www.evertonfc.com/stats/?mode=fixture_details&fixture_id=129|publisher=Everton FC|access-date=19 October 2011|date=8 April 1893}}{{cite web |title=Burnley 3 Everton 0 |url=http://173.254.28.98/~bluecor1/April%201893.htm|publisher=Everton Independent Research Data (report from The Liverpool Mercury)|access-date=18 October 2011|date=9 April 1893}} During this period, Everton reached the [final](/source/1893_FA_Cup_Final) of the [FA Cup](/source/FA_Cup), but Parry was not selected for any of the cup matches.{{cite web|title=Everton season statistics 1892–1893 |url=http://www.evertonfc.com/stats/?mode=season&era_id=1&season_id=6|publisher=Everton FC|access-date=20 October 2011}} In September 1893, Parry was suspended for two weeks with no pay for drunkenness.{{cite web|title=Committee Meeting|work=Everton board minutes|url=http://www.evertoncollection.org.uk/object?id=796+EFC%2F1%2F1%2F3&p=170|publisher=The Everton Collection|access-date=21 October 2011 |date=5 September 1893}}{{cite web|title=Committee Meeting|work=Everton board minutes|url=http://www.evertoncollection.org.uk/object?id=796+EFC%2F1%2F1%2F3&p=171|publisher=The Everton Collection|access-date=21 October 2011|date=12 September 1893}} For the [1893–94 season](/source/1893%E2%80%9394_Everton_F.C._season), manager [Dick Molyneux](/source/Dick_Molyneux) used a reasonably settled first team, with eleven players appearing in 20 or more of the 30 league matches.{{cite web|title=Everton season statistics 1893–1894 |url=http://www.evertonfc.com/stats/?mode=season&era_id=1&season_id=7 |publisher=Everton FC |access-date=20 October 2011}} As a result, it was not until 23 December that Parry played his first game of the season, replacing [England](/source/England_national_football_team) international [Bob Howarth](/source/Bob_Howarth) at right back after Howarth suffered "lameness".{{cite web|title=Everton 8 Sheffield Wednesday 1 |url=http://173.254.28.98/~bluecor1/December%201893.htm |publisher=Everton Independent Research Data (report in The Liverpool Mercury) |access-date=20 October 2011|date=25 December 1893}} The match against [Sheffield Wednesday](/source/Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C.) ended in an 8–1 victory, with four goals from [Jack Southworth](/source/Jack_Southworth),{{cite web|title=Everton 8 Sheffield Wednesday 1|url=http://www.evertonfc.com/stats/?mode=fixture_details&fixture_id=155|publisher=Everton FC|access-date=20 October 2011|date=23 December 1893|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005042427/http://www.evertonfc.com/stats/?mode=fixture_details&fixture_id=155|archive-date=5 October 2012|url-status=dead}} and was followed a week later by a 7–1 victory over [West Bromwich Albion](/source/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C.) in which Southworth scored a further six goals.{{cite web |title=Everton 7 West Bromwich Albion 1 |url=http://www.evertonfc.com/stats/?mode=fixture_details&fixture_id=156 |publisher=Everton FC |access-date=20 October 2011 |date=30 December 1893 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005042506/http://www.evertonfc.com/stats/?mode=fixture_details&fixture_id=156 |archive-date=5 October 2012 |url-status=dead }} For the latter match, Parry lined up alongside his fellow Welsh international, [Smart Arridge](/source/Smart_Arridge) at left back. Parry retained his place in the side for a further seven matches, switching to left back on Howarth's return, but was replaced by [Dickie Boyle](/source/Dickie_Boyle) on 24 March, after a run of four defeats. On 19 March, Parry had again been in trouble with the board "for not attending training etc."; as a result he was suspended for a fortnight and had his bonuses revoked.{{cite web|title=Committee Meeting|work=Everton board minutes|url=http://www.evertoncollection.org.uk/object?id=796+EFC%2F1%2F1%2F3&p=208|publisher=The Everton Collection|access-date=21 October 2011|date=19 March 1894 }} Parry was recalled to the team for the last two matches of the season. Following the departure of Bob Howarth at the start of the [1894–95 season](/source/1894%E2%80%9395_Everton_F.C._season), Parry "made the left back his own"{{cite book | title= Association Football in Victorian England – A History of the Game from 1863 to 1900|last= Gibbons|first= Philip|year= 2001|publisher= Upfront Publishing|isbn=1-84426-035-6|pages=283–285}} with former [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_football_team) international [James Adams](/source/James_Adams_(footballer_born_1864)) alongside him on the right.{{cite web|title=Everton Review|url=http://173.254.28.98/~bluecor1/September%201894.htm |publisher=Everton Independent Research Data (The Liverpool Mercury)|access-date=20 October 2011|date=27 August 1894}} Parry only missed three matches as Everton finished as runners-up in [the Football League](/source/the_Football_League), five points behind [Sunderland](/source/Sunderland_A.F.C.).{{cite web|title=Everton season statistics 1894–1895|url=http://www.evertonfc.com/stats/?mode=season&era_id=1&season_id=8 |publisher=Everton FC |access-date=20 October 2011}} Parry only made two appearances for Everton in the [1895–96 season](/source/1895%E2%80%9396_Everton_F.C._season), with his final appearance coming in a 3–4 defeat at [Aston Villa](/source/Aston_Villa_F.C.) on 30 September 1895.{{cite web|title=Aston Villa 4 Everton 3|url=http://www.evertonfc.com/stats/?mode=fixture_details&fixture_id=209 |publisher=Everton FC |access-date=20 October 2011|date=30 September 1895}} In this match, [Jack Bell](/source/Jack_Bell_(footballer%2C_born_1869)) scored a [hat-trick](/source/hat-trick) for Everton but Parry conceded a [penalty](/source/Penalty_kick_(association_football)) by "deliberately handling" the ball in the area. The penalty was taken by [Ireland](/source/Ireland_national_football_team_(1882%E2%80%931950)) and [England](/source/England_national_football_team) international [Jack Reynolds](/source/Jack_Reynolds_(footballer_born_1869)), but his kick hit the post and went out of play.{{cite web|title=Aston Villa v Everton (report from Birmingham Daily Post)|url=http://173.254.28.98/~bluecor1/October%201895.htm |publisher=Everton Independent Research Data (The Liverpool Mercury)|access-date=20 October 2011|date=1 October 1895}} In his six years at Everton, Parry made 94 appearances in Football League and FA Cup matches, scoring five goals.{{cite web|title=Charlie Parry |url=http://www.evertonfc.com/stats/?mode=player_details&player_id=566|work=Everton player statistics|publisher=Everton FC|access-date=20 October 2011}} ===Later career=== Following a short-lived move to [Ardwick](/source/Ardwick_F.C.), for whom he made no first-team appearances, Parry returned to Wales in December 1895 when he took a [public house](/source/public_house), called the Oak Vaults,{{cite news|title=Headstone at last for football pioneer|work=Shropshire Star|date=2 February 2019|page=4}}Report by Toby Neal on proposed erection of gravestone. in [Newtown](/source/Newtown%2C_Powys) and joined [the local club](/source/Newtown_A.F.C.), then playing in the [Shropshire League](/source/Shropshire_League).{{cite web|title=Newtown AFC |url=https://www.fchd.info/NEWTOWN.HTM|publisher=Football Club History Database|access-date=21 October 2011}} In 1897, he helped Newtown reach the [final](/source/1897_Welsh_Cup_Final) of the [Welsh Cup](/source/Welsh_Cup), where they were defeated 2–0 by [Wrexham](/source/Wrexham_A.F.C.).{{cite web|title=Wrexham 2 Newtown 0|url=http://www.wfda.co.uk/welshcup_final_detail.php?id=20|work=1897 Welsh Cup Final|publisher=Welsh Football Data Archive|access-date=20 October 2011|date=19 April 1897|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929004214/http://www.wfda.co.uk/welshcup_final_detail.php?id=20|archive-date=29 September 2011|url-status=dead}} In November 1898, Everton played a match at Newtown for the benefit of Parry;{{cite web|title=Minutes of meeting of the directors|url=http://www.evertoncollection.org.uk/object?id=796+EFC%2F1%2F1%2F4&p=16 |publisher=[The Everton Collection](/source/The_Everton_Collection) |access-date=21 October 2011|date=6 October 1898}} the match ended in a 5–1 victory for the visitors with [Wilfred Oldham](/source/Wilfred_Oldham) scoring a hat-trick.{{cite web|title=Newton (sic) & District 1 Everton 5 |url=http://173.254.28.98/~bluecor1/November%201898.htm |publisher=Everton Independent Research Data (report in The Liverpool Mercury) |access-date=21 October 2011|date=25 November 1898}} In 1899, Parry joined [Aberystwyth Town](/source/Aberystwyth_Town_F.C.); during his season there, he again reached the [Welsh Cup Final](/source/1900_Welsh_Cup_Final), defeating [Druids](/source/Druids_F.C.) 3–0 to take the trophy.{{cite web|title=Aberystwyth Town 3 Druids 0|url=http://www.wfda.co.uk/welshcup_final_detail.php?id=23|work=1900 Welsh Cup Final|publisher=Welsh Football Data Archive|access-date=20 October 2011|date=16 April 1900|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319102858/http://www.wfda.co.uk/welshcup_final_detail.php?id=23|archive-date=19 March 2012|url-status=dead}} Parry returned to his home town, [Oswestry](/source/Oswestry), in 1900 where [Oswestry United](/source/Oswestry_United_F.C.) were in need of a [goalkeeper](/source/goalkeeper_(association_football)). Parry became their "custodian" and "performed creditably" over the next six years before eventually retiring in 1906. In April 1904, Parry was again the beneficiary of a [testimonial match](/source/testimonial_match) when [Liverpool](/source/Liverpool_F.C.) visited [Park Hall](/source/Park_Hall_(football_ground)) to play [Oswestry Town](/source/Oswestry_Town_F.C.). The visitors won the match 4–0, with two goals from [John Carlin](/source/John_Carlin_(footballer)).{{cite web|title=Today in History: April 28th|url=http://forums.liverpoolfc.tv/showthread.php?p=1843115|publisher=www.forums.liverpoolfc.tv|access-date=21 October 2011|date=28 April 1904|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407005457/http://forums.liverpoolfc.tv/showthread.php?p=1843115|archive-date=7 April 2012|url-status=dead}} ==International career== Parry made his international debut for [Wales](/source/Wales_national_football_team), playing at left half in the [1891 British Home Championship](/source/1891_British_Home_Championship) match against [England](/source/England_national_football_team) played at [Newcastle Road](/source/Newcastle_Road_(stadium)), [Sunderland](/source/Sunderland%2C_Tyne_and_Wear) on 7 March 1891, thus becoming the first Everton player to represent Wales.{{cite web |title=7 March 1891|url=http://www.evertoncollection.org.uk/article?id=ART94124|work=A Week in EFC History: 7–13 March |publisher=[The David France Collection](/source/The_David_France_Collection)|access-date=21 October 2011}} England won the match 4–1, with two of England's goals coming from Parry's Everton team-mates, [Edgar Chadwick](/source/Edgar_Chadwick) and [Alf Milward](/source/Alf_Milward).{{cite web|title=England 4 – 1 Wales |url=http://www.englandstats.com/matches.php?mid=42|publisher=www.englandstats.com|access-date=21 October 2011|date=7 March 1891}} He kept his place in the Wales team for the next match against [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_football_team), two weeks later, at the [Racecourse Ground](/source/Racecourse_Ground), [Wrexham](/source/Wrexham). Parry was hurt in the first half and was injured again shortly after half time and was unable to play on, leaving Wales to complete the match with ten men.{{cite web|title=Wales 3 Scotland 4 (match report) |page= 4 |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/images/1891/1891032104.htm |publisher=www.londonhearts.com|access-date=21 October 2011|date=21 March 1891}} Scotland came from behind to win the match 4–3, with a late goal from [Bob Boyd](/source/Bob_Boyd_(footballer)) of [Mossend Swifts](/source/Mossend_Swifts_F.C.).{{cite web|title=Wales 3 Scotland 4 |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/games/18910321.html |publisher=www.londonhearts.com|access-date=21 October 2011|date=21 March 1891}} In their annual player assessment, the [Football Association of Wales](/source/Football_Association_of_Wales) described Parry in 1891 as "a good half back but out of condition and got injured; played a splendid game v. England". As a result of his being out of favour with Everton, Parry was not selected for any of Wales's matches in the [1892 British Home Championship](/source/1892_British_Home_Championship) but was recalled to the side as a fullback for one match the following year, a 6–0 defeat against England in March 1893.{{cite web|title=England 6 Wales 0|url=http://www.wfda.co.uk/international_details.php?id=43|publisher=Welsh Football Data Archive|access-date=21 October 2011|date=13 March 1893|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316025430/http://www.wfda.co.uk/international_details.php?id=43|archive-date=16 March 2012|url-status=dead}} His next international appearance came a year later, when he scored an [own goal](/source/own_goal) in a 5–1 defeat by England on 12 March 1894. Three of England's goals came from [John Veitch](/source/John_Veitch_(footballer)) in his only international appearance.{{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 |page=259 |isbn=1-84426-035-6}} Parry's best match for Wales came in the 1–1 draw against England in March 1895. For the next three matches, Parry was appointed [captain](/source/Captain_(association_football)) in the absence of [James Trainer](/source/James_Trainer), leading his team to a 6–1 victory over [Ireland](/source/Ireland_national_football_team_(1882%E2%80%931950)) on 29 February 1896, with two goals each from [Billy Lewis](/source/Billy_Lewis_(footballer%2C_born_1864)) and [Billy Meredith](/source/Billy_Meredith),{{cite web|title=Wales 6 Ireland 1|url=http://www.wfda.co.uk/international_details.php?id=52|publisher=Welsh Football Data Archive|access-date=21 October 2011|date=29 February 1896|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302102512/http://www.wfda.co.uk/international_details.php?id=52|archive-date=2 March 2012|url-status=dead}} although this was followed by a 9–1 defeat by England, for whom [Steve Bloomer](/source/Steve_Bloomer) scored five goals.{{cite web|title=Wales 1- 9 England|url=http://www.englandstats.com/matches.php?mid=57|work=England International Database 1872–2011|publisher=www.englandstats.com|access-date=21 October 2011|date=16 March 1896}} In the latter match, he lined up alongside his former Everton colleague, [Smart Arridge](/source/Smart_Arridge).{{cite web|title=Wales 1 England 9|url=http://www.wfda.co.uk/international_details.php?id=53|publisher=Welsh Football Data Archive|access-date=21 October 2011|date=16 March 1896|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518233537/http://www.wfda.co.uk/international_details.php?id=53|archive-date=18 May 2012|url-status=dead}} Despite dropping out of [the Football League](/source/the_Football_League) and playing [non-league football](/source/non-league_football), Parry retained his international place until 1898. In his thirteen international appearances, Wales won only one match, with two draws and ten defeats. ===International appearances=== Parry made 13 appearances for Wales in official international matches, as follows:{{cite book |title=The Complete Wales FC 1876–2008|last=Samuel |first=Bill |year=2009 |publisher=Soccer Books |isbn=978-1-86223-176-4|pages=11–14}} {| class="wikitable" ! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! ResultWales score first!! Goals!!Position!! Competition |- |- style="background:#ffdddd;" | 7 March 1891 || [Newcastle Road](/source/Newcastle_Road_(stadium)), [Sunderland](/source/Sunderland%2C_Tyne_and_Wear) || {{fb|ENG}} ||[https://web.archive.org/web/20120318024151/http://www.wfda.co.uk/international_details.php?id=38 1–4] || 0 || LH || [1891 British Home Championship](/source/1891_British_Home_Championship) |- |- style="background:#ffdddd;" | 21 March 1891 || [Racecourse Ground](/source/Racecourse_Ground), [Wrexham](/source/Wrexham) || {{fb|SCO}} || [https://web.archive.org/web/20110927031424/http://www.wfda.co.uk/international_details.php?id=39 3–4] || 0 || LH|| 1891 British Home Championship |- |- style="background:#ffdddd;" | 13 March 1893 || [Victoria Ground](/source/Victoria_Ground), [Stoke-on-Trent](/source/Stoke-on-Trent) || {{fb|ENG}} || [https://web.archive.org/web/20120316025430/http://www.wfda.co.uk/international_details.php?id=43 0–6] || 0|| LB ||[1893 British Home Championship](/source/1893_British_Home_Championship) |- |- style="background:#ffdddd;" | 12 March 1894 || Racecourse Ground, Wrexham || {{fb|ENG}} || [https://web.archive.org/web/20120518233206/http://www.wfda.co.uk/international_details.php?id=47 1–5] || [Own goal](/source/Own_goal){{cite web|title=Wales 1 – 5 England|url=http://www.englandstats.com/matches.php?mid=51|work=England International Database 1872–2011 |publisher=www.englandstats.com|access-date=20 October 2011|date=12 March 1894}} || RB ||[1894 British Home Championship](/source/1894_British_Home_Championship) |- |- style="background:#ffffdd;" | 18 March 1895 || [Queen's Club](/source/Queen's_Club), London || {{fb|ENG}} || [https://web.archive.org/web/20120302102408/http://www.wfda.co.uk/international_details.php?id=50 1–1] || 0 || RB||[1895 British Home Championship](/source/1895_British_Home_Championship) |- |- style="background:#ffffdd;" | 23 March 1895 || Racecourse Ground, Wrexham || {{fb|SCO}} || [https://web.archive.org/web/20120302102506/http://www.wfda.co.uk/international_details.php?id=51 2–2] || 0 || LB (Capt.)|| 1895 British Home Championship |- |- style="background:#ddffdd;" | 29 February 1896 || Racecourse Ground, Wrexham || {{fb|IRE}} || [https://web.archive.org/web/20120302102512/http://www.wfda.co.uk/international_details.php?id=52 6–1] || 0 || RB (Capt.) || [1896 British Home Championship](/source/1896_British_Home_Championship) |- |- style="background:#ffdddd;" | 16 March 1896 || [Arms Park](/source/Cardiff_Arms_Park), [Cardiff](/source/Cardiff) || {{fb|ENG}} || [https://web.archive.org/web/20120518233537/http://www.wfda.co.uk/international_details.php?id=53 1–9]|| 0 || RB (Capt.) ||1896 British Home Championship |- |- style="background:#ffdddd;" | 21 March 1896 || [Carolina Port](/source/Carolina_Port), Dundee || {{fb|SCO}} || [https://web.archive.org/web/20120518233613/http://www.wfda.co.uk/international_details.php?id=54 0–4] || 0 || RB||1896 British Home Championship |- |- style="background:#ffdddd;" | 6 March 1897 || [Solitude Ground](/source/Solitude_(football_ground)), [Belfast](/source/Belfast) || {{fb|IRE}} ||[https://web.archive.org/web/20120518233627/http://www.wfda.co.uk/international_details.php?id=55 3–4] || 0 || LB ||[1897 British Home Championship](/source/1897_British_Home_Championship) |- |- style="background:#ffdddd;" | 19 February 1898 || [The Oval, Llandudno](/source/The_Oval%2C_Llandudno) || {{fb|IRE}} || [https://web.archive.org/web/20120518233650/http://www.wfda.co.uk/international_details.php?id=58 0–1] || 0 || RB (Capt.) ||[1898 British Home Championship](/source/1898_British_Home_Championship) |- |- style="background:#ffdddd;" | 19 March 1898 || [Fir Park](/source/Fir_Park), [Motherwell](/source/Motherwell%2C_North_Lanarkshire) || {{fb|SCO}} ||[https://web.archive.org/web/20120518233803/http://www.wfda.co.uk/international_details.php?id=59 2–5] || 0 || RB ||1898 British Home Championship |- |- style="background:#ffdddd;" | 28 March 1898 || Racecourse Ground, Wrexham || {{fb|ENG}} || [https://web.archive.org/web/20120518234000/http://www.wfda.co.uk/international_details.php?id=60 0–3] || 0 || RB ||1898 British Home Championship |- |} {| class="wikitable" |style="background-color: #ddffdd;"|Win |style="background-color: #ffffdd;"|Draw |style="background-color: #ffdddd;"|Loss |} ====Key==== * LB – [Left-back](/source/Fullback_(association_football)) * RB – [Right-back](/source/Fullback_(association_football)) * LH – [Left-half](/source/Midfielder) * Capt. – [Captain](/source/Captain_(association_football)) ==Life after football== Following his retirement from playing, Parry became a referee in the [Birmingham and District League](/source/West_Midlands_(Regional)_League). After he was forced to quit through ill-health, he worked for [Oswestry United](/source/Oswestry_United_F.C.) as a groundsman/caretaker. By 1921, he had fallen on hard times and, after an appeal by the mayor and vicar of Oswestry, Everton granted a donation to him of £10.10.0{{cite web|title=Minutes of meeting of the directors|url=http://www.evertoncollection.org.uk/object?id=796+EFC%2F1%2F1%2F14&p=316|publisher=[The Everton Collection](/source/The_Everton_Collection) |access-date=21 October 2011|date=26 January 1921}} and arranged a friendly at Oswestry to raise funds for him.{{cite web|title=Minutes of meeting of the directors|url=http://www.evertoncollection.org.uk/object?id=796+EFC%2F1%2F1%2F15&p=23 |publisher= The Everton Collection |access-date=21 October 2011|date=9 March 1921}} The match was held on 14 April{{cite web|title=Minutes of meeting of the directors|url=http://www.evertoncollection.org.uk/object?id=796+EFC%2F1%2F1%2F15&p=26|publisher=The Everton Collection|access-date=21 October 2011|date=15 March 1921}} at Oswestry in front of 3,000 spectators with Oswestry winning 1–0.{{cite web|title=Everton in benefit match |url=http://173.254.28.98/~bluecor1/April%201921.htm|publisher=Everton Independent Research Data (report in The Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury)|access-date=21 October 2011|date=15 April 1921}} Parry's health continued to deteriorate and he died on 4 February 1922, leaving a widow and six children. At the Everton board meeting on 7 February, a letter was read from the vicar of Oswestry informing the club of Parry's death. It was "decided that as we had given him assistance last year, the question be left over".{{cite web|title=Minutes of meeting of the directors|url=http://www.evertoncollection.org.uk/object?id=796+EFC%2F1%2F1%2F15&p=200 |publisher=The Everton Collection|access-date=21 October 2011|date=7 February 1922}} He was buried at Oswestry Cemetery in an unmarked grave; with help of contribution by the Everton FC Heritage Society a headstone was unveiled on 1 March 2019. ==Honours== ;[Everton](/source/Everton_F.C.) * [Football League](/source/Football_League) champions: [1890–91](/source/1890%E2%80%9391_Football_League) * [Football League](/source/Football_League) runners-up: [1889–90](/source/1889%E2%80%9390_Football_League) * [Football League](/source/Football_League) runners-up: [1894–95](/source/1894%E2%80%9395_Football_League) ;[Newtown](/source/Newtown_A.F.C.) * [Welsh Cup](/source/Welsh_Cup) finalists: [1897](/source/1897_Welsh_Cup_Final) ;[Aberystwyth Town](/source/Aberystwyth_Town_F.C.) * [Welsh Cup](/source/Welsh_Cup) winners: [1900](/source/1900_Welsh_Cup_Final) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.11v11.com/api/player/47204/teamID/53/tab/players Everton career summary] *{{EU-Football.info|16058}} *[http://www.evertoncollection.org.uk/object?id=796+EFC%2f26%2f1%2f14 Photo of Everton's Football League championship team of 1890–91] *[http://www.iffhs.de/?29da15a85a15a85a15a85a14e85fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeeda0a704 Photo of the Wales team for the match against England on 18 March 1895] {{DEFAULTSORT:Parry, Charlie}} Category:1870 births Category:1922 deaths Category:Footballers from Oswestry Category:Footballers from Denbighshire Category:Welsh men's footballers Category:Wales men's international footballers Category:Everton F.C. players Category:Manchester City F.C. players Category:Newtown A.F.C. players Category:Aberystwyth Town F.C. players Category:Oswestry United F.C. players Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Burials at Oswestry Cemetery --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Charlie Parry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Parry) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Parry?action=history)). 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