Jarvis Kenrick

English footballer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroEnglish footballer
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain England
wasAthlete Football player Association football player Cricketer
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth13 November 1852, Chichester, Chichester, West Sussex, South East England
Death29 January 1949 (aged 96 years)
Star signScorpio
The details

Biography

Jarvis Kenrick (13 November 1852 – 29 January 1949) was an English footballer.

Born in Chichester, Sussex, Kenrick scored the first ever goal in the FA Cup, for Clapham Rovers in a 3–0 victory over Upton Park on 11 November 1871. Kenrick scored two goals in the match. He later won the FA Cup three years running with Wanderers, scoring in two consecutive finals; the FA Cup Final 1877, and again the following year, in which he scored twice.

He was also a cricketer and made one first class appearance for Surrey.

Kenrick was the Honorary Secretary of the Croquet Association from 1904 to 1909.

His sister, Margaret, was married to fellow Wanderers footballer Francis Birley.

He died in Blatchington, Sussex.

Honours

  • FA Cup: winners 1876, 1877 & 1878
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