24th Nov, 2022 11:00

Modern Interiors & Collectables

 
  Lot 79
 

79

Tom Clare 1894 England football cap

Tom Clare 1894 England football cap, purple, from the 7th April 1894, Scotland v England (2-2) at Celtic Park, Kerrydale Street, Glasgow, aged 29. Cap with silver wire English rose design, made by Foster & Co. Oxford.

Thomas Clare (12 March 1865 – 27 December 1929) was an English international footballer, who played at right-back, and football manager. He began his playing career with Stoke in July 1884, having moved from Burslem Port Vale. He spent the next fourteen years with Stoke, playing 251 games in all competitions, helping them to the Football Alliance title in 1890–91. In 1897 he signed with Manchester City via Port Vale, before returning to Vale for a three-year spell in 1898, helping them to the Staffordshire Senior Cup on his arrival. He also won four England caps between 1889 and 1894. He was appointed as manager-secretary of Burslem Port Vale in 1905, a position he held for the next six years.

Sold for £750


 

Auction: Modern Interiors & Collectables, 24th Nov, 2022

Our Modern Interiors & Collectables auction has over 200 lots ranging from Matchbox toys, Model rail, Sporting Memorabilia, Modern 1st edition books, Moorcroft pottery, Designer furniture and much more.

 

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