| Full name | St Mark's F.C. (Windsor) | |
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| Founded | 1876? | |
| Dissolved | ? | |
| Ground | St Mark's School, Windsor | |
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St Mark's was an English association club based in Windsor. Its players were pupils and masters[1] attending St Mark's School, under the headmastership of the Reverend E. Hawtrey, whose sons played for the club.[2] The school later became the Imperial Service College.
History
The club entered the FA Cup once, in 1877–78. It was drawn to play Barnes, with choice of ground,[3] but scratched before playing.[4] This appears to be because a number of its players had pledged their allegiance to other clubs in the Windsor and Slough area, including Swifts F.C. and Remnants F.C.; the latter club was made up solely of masters from the school.[5]
The club provided three players to the Berkshire Football Association representative side in 1876–77.[6]
The first recorded match for the club was on 18 November 1876, a 2–1 home defeat to Runnymede F.C,[7] and matches are recorded for the club until 1888.[8] The club's pitch was also used for fixtures for other clubs in the area, when their own grounds were unavailable; the ground hosted an FA Cup tie in 1883.[9]
Notable players
- Arthur Bambridge, future England international[10]
- John Hawtrey, future England international
- Rev. William Blackmore, chosen to play for England against Wales but forced to withdraw through injury[11]
- Sir Charles Hawtrey, actor[12]
Colours
The club is likely to have played in magenta, being the college colour; possibly taken from the original rowing colour of Cambridge University.
Other St Mark clubs
There were two London clubs active at the time under the name St Mark's; St Mark's Guild, a team from a teacher training college who changed their name to Rangers in 1877, and St Mark's College from Chelsea, a team of undergraduates from a college linked to the teacher training college, who played into the late 1880s, and whose old boys formed a football club (Old St Mark's F.C.) in 1885.
References
- ↑ "Remnants fixture list". Sporting Gazette: 90. 26 January 1878.
- ↑ "Windsor Home Park v Uxbridge Crescents". Windsor & Eton Journal: 4. 23 December 1876.
- ↑ "The English Football Association Cup". Nottinghamshire Guardian: 12. 31 August 1877.
- ↑ "report". Bell's Life: 9. 17 November 1877.
- ↑ "report". Sporting Gazette: 90. 26 January 1878.
- ↑ "Bucks 2-1 Berks". The Field: 79. 20 January 1877.
- ↑ "report". Windsor & Eton Express: 4. 25 November 1876.
- ↑ "Royal School of Mines v St Mark's (Windsor)". Buckinghamshire Advertiser: 7. 24 November 1888.
- ↑ "report". Football: A Weekly Record of the Game: 233. 10 January 1883.
- ↑ "Essex v Berkshire". Reading Observer: 3. 13 January 1877.
- ↑ "England players online".
- ↑ "report". Windsor & Eton Express: 4. 25 November 1876.