Chris Porter (footballer, born 1885) explained

Chris Porter
Fullname:Thomas Christopher Porter
Birth Date:25 October 1885
Birth Place:Stockport, England
Death Place:Gallipoli, Ottoman Turkey
Position:Inside forward
Years1:1903–
Clubs1:Broughton
Clubs2:Northern Nomads
Years3:1905–1908
Clubs3:Stockport County
Caps3:66
Goals3:23
Years4:1909–1911
Clubs4:Glossop
Caps4:44
Goals4:11
Clubs5:Northern Nomads
Nationalyears1:1908–1910
Nationalteam1:England Amateurs
Nationalcaps1:7
Nationalgoals1:7

Thomas Christopher Porter (25 October 1885 – 4 June 1915) was an English amateur footballer who played in the Football League for Stockport County and Glossop as an inside forward.[1] He scored 7 goals in 4 appearances for England Amateurs, including two hat-tricks in a 9–0 win against Germany, which still is the team's highest defeat of its history,[2] and against France in a 11–0 victory.[3] He scored a further 5 goals for the Amateurs side in unofficial matches, a brace in a 5–1 win over Ireland in 1908 and yet another hat-trick in a 6–0 win over Wales in 1909, bringing his tally to 12 goals.[3] He was also part of Great Britain's squad for the football tournament at the 1908 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.[4] Porter also played cricket for Broughton and Lancashire's second XI.

Personal life

Porter attended Manchester Grammar School and later worked at the Horwich depot of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.[5] He enlisted as a private in the Manchester Regiment during the First World War and was killed at Gallipoli on 4 June 1915.[6] Porter is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.

Career statistics

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SeasonLeagueFA CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stockport County1905–06[7] Second Division430043
1906–0722700227
1907–0824810258
1908–0916510175
Career total6623206823

International goals

England Amateurs score listed first, score column indicates score after each Porter goal.

List of international goals scored by Chris Porter
scope=col No.scope=col Date scope=col Venue scope=col Opponent scope=col Score scope=col Resultscope=col Competitionscope=col class=unsortable
scope=row113 March 1909 Oxford ground, Oxford, England 9–0
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scope=row412 April 1909 Oud Rosenburg, Amsterdam, Netherlands 4–0
scope=row522 May 1909 Stade de FGSPF, Gentilly, France 11–0
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Notes and References

  1. Book: Joyce, Michael . Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 . Tony Brown . 2012 . 978-1905891610 . Nottingham . 233.
  2. News: Bauer . Johannes . DFB: Die höchsten Niederlagen der Nationalmannschaft . 7 March 2021 . Süddeutsche . 18 November 2020 . de.
  3. Web site: England Matches - The Amateurs 1906-1939 . englandfootballonline.com . 30 July 2022 . 28 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220328123742/http://englandfootballonline.com/MatchRsl/MatchRslAm.html . live .
  4. Web site: Evans . Hilary . Olympians and the Gallipoli Campaigns . 31 December 2015 . OlympStats. 3 May 2015 .
  5. Web site: Chris Porter . live . 25 December 2021 . Olympedia. https://web.archive.org/web/20210129124628/http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/701017 . 29 January 2021 .
  6. News: Thomas Christopher Porter Service Record . en-US . Football and the First World War . 20 June 2018.
  7. Web site: Watts . Ian . Thomas Porter County Record . 18 June 2017 . gogogocounty.org . en.