Charles Haynes (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Charles Edward Haynes | ||
| Date of birth | 8 July 1855 | ||
| Place of birth | Hampstead, Middlesex, England | ||
| Date of death | 29 October 1935 (aged 80) | ||
| Place of death | Torquay, Devon, England | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1875–1878 | Royal Engineers | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Charles Edward Haynes (8 July 1855 – 29 October 1935) was a British army officer in the Royal Engineers and an association footballer, who played in the 1878 FA Cup final.
He was born in Hampstead in Middlesex (now Greater London), on 8 July 1855,[1] the son of a successful builder named William Haynes, and his wife, Mary Ann (formerly Spragg). Haynes attended the Royal Military Academy and was commissioned as lieutenant in the Royal Engineers in July 1875, having scored the second highest marks on passing out for the year; future football team-mate Oliver Ruck had the fifth-highest score.[2]
Football career
Soon after joining the Engineers at Chatham, he played for the Sappers' second XI in a defeat at home to Rochester.[3] He scored his first goals for the seconds in a 4–0 win over the obscure Gore Court club of Sittingbourne in January 1876,[4] and stepped up to the firsts for a win over the Gitanos a week later.[5]
He made his competitive debut as a centre-forward for the Sappers in the first round of the 1876–77 FA Cup, in a narrow 2–1 win over the Old Harrovians at the Kennington Oval.[6] He played in all four rounds in which the Sappers took part that season, and missed out on the first two rounds of the 1877–78 FA Cup, scoring on his return to the side in a third round hammering of Druids.[7] He also scored in the last 6 stage replay against Oxford University,[8] and played in the final, which the Sappers lost to the Wanderers.[9]