- Walter Gilliat
Walter Evelyn Gilliat (
22 July 1869 –2 January 1963 ) was an English amateur football player who played for Oxford University and Old Carthusians, as well as making one appearance for the English national side, when he scored three goals. He subsequently became an ordained minister in theChurch of England Career
Education
Gilliat was born at
Stoke Poges ,Buckinghamshire and was educated atCharterhouse School , where he was a member of the school football team for two years. He then went up toOxford University and was awarded his blue in 1892.Football career
After graduating, he played football for the Old Carthusians and was a member of the Corinthian amateur club, although he never played any matches for them. [cite book | author=Rob Cavallini| title=Play Up Corinth - A History of the Corinthian Football Club | publisher= Tempus Publishing | year=2007|pages=p.279| isbn=0-752444-79-6 ]
He made his one international appearance at
outside right against Ireland on25 February 1893 , in a team consisting mainly of players with Corinthian connections. He scored ahat-trick in the first 30 minutes as England won comfortably 6-1 [ [http://www.englandstats.com/matchreport.php?mid=47 England 6 - Ireland 1, 25 February 1893 (Match summary)] ] but was never selected again, thus becoming one of only five players to have scored three goals in their only England international appearance. [cite book | author=Graham Betts| title=England: Player by player | publisher=Green Umbrella Publishing | year=2006|pages=p. 110| isbn=1-905009-63-1] Gilliat was an "excellent dribbler of the ball, who would certainly have played more (for England) had it not been for his religious beliefs." [cite book |last= Gibbons|first= Philip|authorlink= |title= Association Football in Victorian England - A History of the Game from 1863 to 1900|year= 2001|publisher= Upfront Publishing|pages=pp.225-226|isbn=1-84426-035-6]Ministry
He was ordained in 1895 and served as a
curate atWoking andTunbridge Wells , before becomingvicar ofIver between 1901 and 1920. [LondonGazette|issue=31946|supp= |startpage=6691|date=18 June 1920 |accessdate=2008-05-05] He then became Rector ofSevenoaks until 1929 when he retired to Woking.He died in Woking on
2 January 1963 aged 93 years old.References
External links
* [http://www.englandstats.com/playerreport.php?pid=395 Profile on www.englandstats.com]
* [http://www.englandfc.com/Profiles/php/PlayerProfileByName.php?id=398 Profile on www.englandfc.com]
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