- Benjamin Spilsbury
Benjamin Ward Spilsbury (born
1 August 1864 , died15 August 1938 ) is a former English internationalfootball er. He made his debut for the internationl team against Ireland on the 28th February 1885. Spilsbury played 3 games for England, and scored 5 goals.His biggest game for England came in 1886, when he scored four of England's goals in the 6-1 win over Ireland.
Spilsbury was an all-round athlete when he was at
Rossall School and laterRepton School where he played football,cricket and athletics. AtRepton he was school champion 4 times inlong jump , and in 1882 he broke the school record.After that, he began at Jesus College in
Cambridge , and he played football forCambridge University from 1884 to 1887. In his last year at the university, he was also captain of the team.After representing Cambridge University and his country, he also played games for
Derby County in the years 1884 to 1889. He is best remembered for having scored the first recorded Derby goal in 1884. In total he played 8 FA cup games, and scored 7 FA cup goals for Derby. He is also recorded as having played 1 league game, and scoring 1 goal.After his playing career was over, he moved to
Canada , where he worked as an estate agent.England career
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