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29th October 2016, 15.23:59 | #254-0 (permalink) | |
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Re: The sad case of a founding members and player of Wrexham Football Club
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29th October 2016, 15.27:13 | #255-0 (permalink) |
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John Taylor was born the son of John and Anne in Wrexham in 1842.
He had one brother- Thomas Buchanan (b 1847) and two sisters- Francis (b 1840) and Anne (b 1845). His father John (snr) was a town councillor and the landlord of The Swan Inn, Penybryn, where the family brewed their own ale. The family also owned horses which they kept on a field behind the public house and John (snr) served as a clerk for the ponies and riders who needed to register at The Swan Inn before attending race meetings at The Racecourse. John Taylor (snr) was seriously injured in an accident in 1858, and a few weeks later, while he was recovering, his wife Anne also died. Subsequently, John Taylor (jnr) and his brother, Thomas Buchanan would take a more active role in the running of the business. In the 1861 census John Taylor (jnr) was listed as the landlord of The Swan Inn, until 1868, when the licence was passed to his brother, Thomas Buchanan, who lived at the premises until The Swan Inn was sold sometime around 1871. Thomas Buchanan would later earn much acclaim for his athletic prowess, winning many trophies during athletics events at The Racecourse, where he also received The Player of the Season Awards, twice, for Wrexham Football Club during the 1870’s; additionally, he served as the club secretary in the 1880’s through to the 90’s, although, prior to this, his older brother John Taylor (b1842) had been involved in the sporting activities at The Racecourse, where he served as a steward for the Autumn sports events and he may have been a member of The Gentlemen of Denbighshire County Cricket team who also represented North Wales against South Wales in 1867. However, of the two brothers, only John would be old enough to play for the newly formed Wrexham Football Club in their first ever game on 22nd October 1864. Thomas Buchanan would later follow in his fathers footsteps and serve as a town councillor for many years, while John Taylor appears to have left the area and disappeared from the archives amidst a myriad of John Taylor’s’ until his obituary in The Wrexham Advertiser recorded his death in Newcastle on Tyne at the age of 54 on 17th October 1895. Articles in The Wrexham Advertiser had earlier reported that John Taylor’s father had been a close friend of Thomas Hanmer (snr) and General Dealer- Ephraim Knibbs (snr). All three men had associations with The Racecourse and the sons of all 3 men became founding players of Wrexham Football Club. John Taylor 1842-1895 Last edited by eastsussexred; 29th October 2016 at 15.38:34.. |
29th October 2016, 16.55:21 | #258-0 (permalink) |
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Updated list of the 10 founding players of Wrexham Football and Athletic Club.
Charles Edward Kershaw (Captain) Born 1839. Died Southport 1884. William Tootell Born Wrexham 1831. died Wrexham 1866 Thomas Henry Sykes Born Huddersfield 1841. Died Nottingham 1910 Thomas Broster Born Wrexham 1845. Died Bethlehem, South Africa 1921 Thomas Hanmer Born Overton 1839. Died Wrexham 1887 Edward Ephraim Knibbs Born Chester 1837. Died Wrexham 1875 Thomas Heath Born Ramsbury (Wilts) 1824. Died Wycombe 1887. John Taylor Born Wrexham 1842. Died Newcastle 1895 George R. Johnson Joseph Roberts |
30th October 2016, 09.17:05 | #259-0 (permalink) | |
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'A PUBLIC HALL FOR WREXHAM. AT this season of the year, when the evenings set in early, and the continued wet weather, aided by the sewage operations, renders a stroll in the streets anything but pleasant, when cricket matches have ceased, and volunteer exercise has to be practiced in the day, the question forces itself upon the attention of all interested in the mental and moral advancement of the rising generation-what can be done for our young men during the long winter evenings? In seeking a solution of this question, we do not forget that there is in existence a Literary Institute, and an organization for supplying lectures and entertainments, which have been, and will be, a great benefit to the young men of our town. But these do not meet the requirements of a large class, who desire to spend their evenings pleasantly and profitably, simply because they do not supply all the elements of. pleasure and profit rendered necessary by the social habits of our youthful population. Books, magazines, and newspapers are not sufficiently interesting to induce young men to frequent the Reading Room night after night, and lectures are but occasionally available, it is therefore manifest that if those of our population for whom even these means of recreation have been provided, are to be kept from Public Houses, something more must be done on their behalf than has hitherto been attempted. We are glad to see an effort put forth in this direction by the young men themselves in the way of a gymnasium, but the great difficulty is obtaining suitable premises for such purpose, and the necessary funds for proper fittings. And we would remark here, why should Wrexham be so far behind Oswestry in this matter? In that town there is now in course of erection a Public Hall, which will contain, in addition to a Lecture Hall, a gymnasium, reading-rooms, smoking-rooms, and coffee-rooms, everything in point of fact necessary to provide cheap, healthy, and congenial recreation for the young men of the town. This Public Hall is the property of a Joint Stock Company, on the limited liability principle, capital £3,000 in shares, nearly all of which are taken up. Now, without making any invidious comparisons between the towns, we certainly think that every citizen of Wrexham will admit that our progress in population, buildings, wealth, and public spirit has been at any rate equal to that of Oswestry. Then why cannot we do for our sons for our Brymbo tradesmen, citizens, and Town Councillors, that which is being done for the youth of Oswestry? We believe that such an undertaking would be commercially remunerative to investors, and it would be an inestimable boon to our young men. We certainly should like to see the matter taken up by the young men themselves, and we have no doubt that if vigorous and concerted action were taken in the matter, their efforts would be supported by the town, and success would reward their labor.' I A PUBLIC HALL FOR WREXHAM.I|1863-10-24|Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register - Welsh Newspapers Online |
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30th October 2016, 09.37:09 | #260-0 (permalink) |
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In effect; what this means is that although Edward Manners was credited with founding Wrexham Football and Athletic Club (and he did play a part in the running of the club) it was, in fact, Charles Edward Kershaw (the first Vice-President of WFAC) and Evan Morris (The first real President of WFAC) who were the real founders of the club. While they were both members of Wrexham Cricket Club, for which Edward Manners was President; both Kershaw and Manners founded The United Volunteer Service Club outside of their roles in the cricket club, specifically to create winter athletic sports for the town of Wrexham. Edward Manners then responded by buying a football for the cricket club, but his passion remained more with cricket, whereas Kershaw and Morris focussed more on winter athletics and particularly, the football club. |
5th November 2016, 12.35:10 | #261-0 (permalink) | |
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It seems most likely 'to me' that the reason no games were reported for the 1869/70, 1870/71 and 1871/72 seasons, is due to the fact that we didn't have a ground to play on. I have trawled both the Welsh and British newspaper archives and found that our last game of the 1868/69 season was a drawn game at Ruabon, on March 6th, with the team being made up almost entirely of Provincial Insurance Office clerks. Unusually, there was then no mention of Wrexham Football Club in The Denbighshire County Cricket Clubs start of season dinner, soon after (these dinners were like the AGM's of today). This break in our recorded history seems to have come about due to The Denbighshire Yeomanry Cavalry having stopped training at The Racecourse back in 1863, with their training base having been moved to Denbigh;- most likely because Wrexham had too many pubs and the servicemen were getting drunk and missing training. Then in June 1870, the cavalry returned to Wrexham for the first time in 7 years to take part in a display on Eagles fields before assembling on the Racecourse for manoevers the following day. The Racecourse had been placed at their disposal again, by Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, who had also had the course adapted, with hedges taken down, specifically to accomodate the cavalry and militia's training needs. The leaders of the local militia and cavalry regiments then met at The Turf Hotel in September 1870 (a month before the football season was due to start) to confirm that the regiments would be returning to The Racecourse. Later that month, the annual Autumn Sports Meeting took place, but there were no more reports of Wrexham Football Club until January of 1873. During this period- the 1869/70,1870/71 and 1871/72 seasons, newspapers continued to report cricket matches, miners meetings, race meetings and military gatherings on The Racecourse, but no football, and so it would seem likely that the football club was forced to give way to military needs and eventually negotiated a return to their spiritual home for the 1872/73 season, with a game against Ruabon Rovers being advertised to take place on 25th January 1873. There are references to most of the people who played for the club, although in their various different roles at The Racecourse throughout the these seasons, such as TB Taylor winning prizes in competitions for The Denbighshire Yeomanry Cavalry, and the likes of C.E. Kershaw in his role as a steward and clerk for Athletic Sports meetings etc... but no references to football. And so the club may well have become a bit more informal during this period, and would likely have played scratch matches etc... possibly in different locations, but these were not reported in the press, though the club who returned to play at The Racecourse in 1873, were the same club, with the same names and faces as those who last played at The Racecourse in 1869. Last edited by eastsussexred; 5th November 2016 at 12.39:55.. |
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