Leo Newton Explained

Leo Newton
Fullname:Leonard Frank Newton[1]
Birth Date:January or February 1888
Birth Place:Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death Place:Cardiff, Wales
Position:Centre-forward, half-back
Years1:1906–191?
Clubs1:Cardiff Post Office
Years2:1910–191?
Clubs2:Cardiff Corinthians
Years3:190?–1914
Clubs3:Cardiff City
Caps3:4
Goals3:0
Nationalyears1:1912–1913
Nationalteam1:Wales Amateur
Nationalcaps1:2
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:1912
Nationalteam2:Wales
Nationalcaps2:1
Nationalgoals2:0

Leonard Frank Newton (January or February 1888 – 7 February 1939), commonly known as Len or Leo Newton,[2] was a Welsh footballer who played as a centre-forward or half-back and made one appearance for the Wales national team.

Club career

On Saturdays, Newton played for Cardiff Corinthians in the early 1910s as a centre-forward.[3] [4] He was also a founding member and captain of Cardiff Post Office Soccer Club, established in 1906, who he played for on Wednesdays.[5] [6] When called upon, Newton also played for Cardiff City as a forward or half-back,[7] appearing in matches of the South Wales League.[8] Between 1911 and 1914, he made four appearances for Cardiff City in the Southern League.[9]

International career

Newton made his debut for the Wales amateur team on 17 February 1912 in Bishop Auckland against England, which finished as a 0–3 loss. He impressed selectors for holding Vivian Woodward during the match, thus earning himself his first and only cap for Wales on 13 April 1912 in the 1911–12 British Home Championship against Ireland.[6] The home match, which was played in Cardiff, finished as a 2–3 loss for Wales.[10] Newton made his second and final amateur international appearance in the following year, again a loss against England, this time by a score of 1–3 in Llandudno on 8 February.[11]

Personal life

Newton was born to Ellen Newton in January or February 1888 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada,[12] but by 1891 he and his family lived in the English village of Beer, Devon at the age of 3.[13] By 1901, at the age of 13, he and his family resided in Cardiff.[14] Newton married Bertha Elizabeth Hosgood on 25 December 1909 in Cardiff,[15] where he worked as a post office sorting clerk and telegraphist.[16] On 7 February 1939, Newton died in Cardiff at the age of 51.[17] [18]

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International

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Entry information: Marriages Dec 1909 – Newton, Leonard Frank . . . 1 April 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200802080634/https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=vpJgqsdngn63hxLHoizDow&scan=1 . 2 August 2020. Alt URL
  2. News: Cardiff Wednesday League . Evening Express and Evening Mail . 29 October 1908 . 1 April 2020.
  3. News: Cardiff Corinthians A.F.C. – Who's Who . Evening Express and Evening Mail . 15 January 1910 . 1 April 2020.
  4. News: For Footballers: Association . Evening Express and Evening Mail . 28 January 1910 . 1 April 2020.
  5. News: Association Code: Gossip of the Week . Evening Express and Evening Mail . 17 March 1906 . 1 April 2020.
  6. News: Changes in Welsh team. Caps for Jack Evans and Leo Newton. Dual honour for Cardiff City. . . 11 April 1912 . 7 . The honour accorded the gifted amateur, who assists the Cardiff Post-office team on Wednesdays and Cardiff Corinthians on Saturdays, when not called upon by Cardiff City, is a just reward to a class of football which does not always receive its due. When playing against the English side a few weeks ago Leo Newton favourably impressed the officials with the way in which he held the great Vivian Woodward, and he was a strong favourite for inclusion in the sides which met England and Scotland..
  7. News: Today's Football . Evening Express and Evening Mail . 30 March 1910 . 1 April 2020.
  8. News: Sporting Intelligence: Football . Evening Express and Evening Mail . 28 April 1909 . 1 April 2020.
  9. Book: Shepherd, Richard . The Definitive: Cardiff City F.C. . SoccerData Publications . 2002 . 1-899468-17-X . Nottingham.
  10. Web site: Leo Newton . EU-Football.info . 31 March 2020.
  11. Web site: McColl . Brian . Gorman . Douglas . Campbell . George . Forgotten Glories – British Amateur Internationals 1901–1974 . Scottish Football Historical Archive . 2017 . 1 April 2020 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170728161609/http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.uk/Forgotten%20Glories.pdf . 28 July 2017.
  12. Web site: Grave Inscriptions – Section W 1001 – 1404 . The Friends of Cathays Cemetery . 1 April 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200401091149/https://cathayscemetery.coffeecup.com/inscriptions_w1000.html . 1 April 2020 . Leonard Frank Newton 1888 - 1939 beloved husband of Bertha..
  13. Book: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891 . . 1891.
  14. Book: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901 . . 1901.
  15. News: Local Weddings . The Cardiff Times . 6–7 . 1 January 1910 . 1 April 2020.
  16. Book: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911 . . 1911.
  17. Web site: Deaths Mar 1939 – Newton, Leonard F . . . 1 April 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200802080924/https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=qHeR7csBX%2BGSgY5ZptynSA&scan=1 . 2 August 2020. Alt URL
  18. Book: Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England . Principal Probate Registry . . 1939.

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