# Edgar Field > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Edgar_Field > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Edgar_Field.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Field > Source revision: 1307382405 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Use British English|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Edgar Field |fullname = Edgar Field |birth_date = {{birth date|1854|7|29|df=y}} |birth_place = [Wallingford](/source/Wallingford%2C_Oxfordshire), [Berkshire](/source/Berkshire), England |death_date = {{death date and age|1934|1|11|1854|7|29|df=y}} |death_place = [Derby](/source/Derby), England |position = [Full back](/source/Defender_(association_football)) |years1 = |years2 = {{0|0000}}–1880 |clubs1 = [Reading](/source/Reading_F.C.) |clubs2 = [Clapham Rovers](/source/Clapham_Rovers_F.C.) |caps1 = |caps2 = |goals1 = |goals2 = |nationalyears1 = 1876–1881 |nationalteam1 = [England](/source/England_national_football_team) |nationalcaps1 = 2 |nationalgoals1 = 0 }} '''Edgar Field''' (29 July 1854 – 11 January 1934) was an English [amateur](/source/amateur_sports) [footballer](/source/association_football) who helped [Clapham Rovers](/source/Clapham_Rovers_F.C.) win the [FA Cup](/source/FA_Cup) in [1880](/source/1880_FA_Cup_Final). He made two appearances for [England](/source/England_national_football_team) as a [full back](/source/Defender_(association_football)). ==Career== Field was born in [Wallingford](/source/Wallingford%2C_Berkshire), then in [Berkshire](/source/Berkshire), and attended [Lancing College](/source/Lancing_College){{cite book | last= Betts |first=Graham| title=England: Player by player | publisher=Green Umbrella Publishing | year=2006|pages=101| isbn=1-905009-63-1}} where he played in the school team, before leaving to play for [Reading](/source/Reading_F.C.) during the mid-1870s. He later joined Clapham Rovers before his first international match; he also represented [Berkshire](/source/Berkshire) and [Buckinghamshire](/source/Buckinghamshire). He made his international debut against [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_football_team) at [Hamilton Crescent](/source/Hamilton_Crescent), [Partick](/source/Partick) on 4 March 1876. According to Philip Gibbons, "the England side tended to be chosen on availability rather than skill alone."{{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=46|isbn=1-84426-035-6}} England struggled throughout the game, which saw the home team run out winners by three goals to nil.{{cite web | title= Scotland 3 - England 0; 4 March 1876 (Match summary)| work= www.englandstats.com | url=http://www.englandstats.com/matchreport.php?mid=5 |access-date=11 September 2008 }} He was a member of the [Clapham Rovers](/source/Clapham_Rovers_F.C.) team that reached the [FA Cup](/source/FA_Cup) final twice, losing 1–0 to [Old Etonians](/source/Old_Etonians_F.C.) in [1879](/source/1879_FA_Cup_Final), and going on to win the cup in [1880](/source/1880_FA_Cup_Final) with a 1–0 win over [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University_A.F.C.) at [The Kennington Oval](/source/The_Oval). His second and final cap came five years after his first, also against [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_football_team) on 12 March 1881. Although most reports credit [John Smith](/source/John_Smith_(footballer_born_1855)) with a hat-trick, at least two sources say Field scored an own goal. If he did, he was the first player to do so in an England match. England went down to a "humiliating" 6–1 defeat.{{cite web | title= England 1 - Scotland 6; 12 March 1881 (Match summary)| work= www.englandstats.com | url=http://www.englandstats.com/matchreport.php?mid=13 |access-date=11 September 2008 }} ==Career outside football== Field was described as a wine merchant in [Wallingford](/source/Wallingford%2C_Oxfordshire) at the 1891 Census, but he was a [Chartered Accountant](/source/Chartered_Accountant) by profession. He practised initially in London, ultimately moving to [Derby](/source/Derby) in 1913 just prior to the [First World War](/source/First_World_War). He joined the land agents Messrs Shaw and Fuller of College Place, Derby, where one of the partners Mr. Fuller was his brother-in-law. Field died at his home in Derby on 11 January 1934, aged 79. In May 2008, a photograph of the 1876 England team was discovered in the archives of the [Derby City Council](/source/Derby_City_Council) Local Studies Library. Field had sent the photograph to the ''Derbyshire Football Express'', and the picture was used in an article published on the 50th anniversary of the match. This is believed to be the earliest known picture of an England football team.{{cite web|title=Picture unearthed of England's First(sic) Football Team |work=skynews |url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1315369,00.html |access-date=10 June 2008 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080722210800/http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1315369,00.html |archive-date=22 July 2008 |df=dmy }}{{cite news | title= First ever England football team picture| work=[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph)| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1937050/First-ever-England-football-team-picture.html | date= 8 May 2008|access-date=4 September 2008 | location=London | first=Nick | last=Britten}} ==Honours== '''Clapham Rovers''' *[FA Cup](/source/FA_Cup) winner: [1880](/source/1880_FA_Cup_Final) *[FA Cup](/source/FA_Cup) finalist: [1879](/source/1879_FA_Cup_Final) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{Englandstats}} *{{England Football Online}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110718143239/http://www.youandyesterday.com/articles/England_Football_Team_-_World_Exclusive_Picture! Feature on "You and Yesterday"] {{Reading F.C. Hall of Fame}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Field, Edgar}} Category:1854 births Category:People from Wallingford, Oxfordshire Category:1934 deaths Category:People educated at Lancing College Category:English men's footballers Category:England men's international footballers Category:Clapham Rovers F.C. players Category:Reading F.C. players Category:Wanderers F.C. players Category:Men's association football full-backs --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Edgar Field](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Field) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Field?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.