Anthony Henry Hossack (2 May 1867 – 24 January 1925) was an English

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who made two appearances for

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in the 1890s playing at

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Career

Hossack was born in

Walsall Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre in the West Midlands County, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located north-west of Birmingham, east of Wolverhampton and from Lichfield. Walsall is th ...

, but was educated at

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, playing for the school's football team between 1882 and 1886, becoming team captain in his last year. He went up to

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, collecting a "

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" for

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in 1890. After leaving university he joined the

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club, from where he was selected for his first England appearance, against

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on 5 March 1892. In this game, the selectors selected a team consisting mainly of players with Corinthians connections and awarded eight new caps. England were a little too skilful for the Welsh and ran out 2–0 winners with goals from

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and

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. His second, and final, cap came two years later, also against

on 12 March 1894. Once again, the selectors decided to field a team consisting entirely of players with Corinthians connections. Wales opened the scoring after 10 minutes, but by half-time England had taken the lead with a goal from John Veitch and an own goal. Veitch scored again early in the second half and completed his hat-trick in the 80th minute, thus joining a select band to score a hat-trick on his début. The fifth goal came from Robert Cunliffe Gosling as England ran out comfortable 5–1 victors.Gibbons. p. 259. Hossack also played cricket for both

and

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. He only made one senior appearance for each club, both against

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(MCC); for the University in May 1889 and for Essex in May 1891. In 1897 he qualified as a solicitor and settled in Dawlish,

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. He died at

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on 24 January 1925, aged 57.

References

External links

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England profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hossack, Anthony 1867 births 1925 deaths Footballers from Walsall English men's footballers England men's international footballers Corinthian F.C. players Cambridge University A.F.C. players English cricketers Cambridge University cricketers Essex cricketers Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge English solicitors Men's association football wing halves