Herbert Rawson

Herbert Edward Rawson (3 September 1852 - 18 October 1924) was an English footballer who played once (as a forward) for England, and appeared in two FA Cup finals, winning the cup in 1875 as a member of the Royal Engineeers.

Career

Rawson was born in Port Louis, Mauritius but, like his younger brother William, was educated at Westminster School. He represented the school at "soccer" between 1869 and 1871, becoming captain in his final year.cite book | author=Graham Betts| title=England: Player by player | publisher=Green Umbrella Publishing | year=2006|pages=p.198| isbn=1-905009-63-1]

After leaving school he joined the Royal Engineers and was a member of the side who reached the 1874 FA Cup Final, losing 2-0 to Oxford University. His brother William played for the opposition. [http://www.sportingchronicle.com/FACUP/1874.html FA Cup Final 1874: "Richard Bevan's Sporting Chronicle" website] ] The following year, the Engineers again reached the final, this time defeating the Old Etonians 2-0 in a replay, after a 1-1 draw in the first match. [http://www.sportingchronicle.com/FACUP/1875.html FA Cup Final 1875: "Richard Bevan's Sporting Chronicle" website] ]

Shortly before the 1875 FA Cup Final, Rawson was selected (along with William) for the England team against Scotland. This was the first occasion on which two brothers played for England in the same match. ["First occasion when two brothers played for England in the same match". This can be verified by scrolling through the team lists for the first few England matches. Although John Charles Clegg played in the [http://www.englandstats.com/matchreport.php?mid=1 first match] and his brother William Clegg was in the [http://www.englandstats.com/matchreport.php?mid=2 second] , they did not play together. William Rawson and Herbert Rawson played together in [http://www.englandstats.com/matchreport.php?mid=4 match 4] . The history of the Wanderers says that Hubert Heron and his brother Francis Heron (or Frank) were the first brothers to play together but that was not until [http://www.englandstats.com/matchreport.php?mid=5 match 5 in 1876] .] The match ended in a 2-2 draw. [ [http://englandfc.com/MatchData/showmatchdetails.php?mid=6 International debut for England] v. Scotland, 1875: "EnglandFC" website.]

Rawson was also a notable cricketer who made one appearance for Kent, when he was the wicket-keeper in a match against WG Grace's XI in September 1873. Although he failed to score, he claimed four wickets either from catches or stumpings. [cite web | title=Kent v WG Grace's XI| work=cricketarchive.com| url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1/1857.html| accessdate=18 January | accessyear=2008] In this match his Royal Engineers colleague, Henry Renny-Tailyour, also played for Kent.

Honours

;Royal Engineeers
*FA Cup winner: 1875
*FA Cup finalist: 1874

References

External links

*Englandstats|id=784|name=Herbert Rawson
* [http://www.englandfc.com/Profiles/php/PlayerProfileByName.php?id=790 England profile]
* [http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32274/32274.html Profile at cricketarchive.com]
* [http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/19606.html Cricinfo profile]