Frederick Brunning Maddison (22 July 1849 – 25 September 1907) was an English
footballer
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who played for
England
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as a
midfielder
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in the
first international match against
Scotland
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, as well as winning two
FA Cup
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medals with
Oxford University
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in
1874 and with
The Wanderers in
1876
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The Reichsbank opens in Berlin.
** The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the world's first registered trademark symbol.
* February 2 – The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs is ...
.
Later he was a music publisher and, together with his wife the composer
Adela Maddison, was closely associated with the French composer
Gabriel Fauré.
Early life
He was born on 22 July 1849 in Westminster, Middlesex as
Frederick Chappell, the son of Frederick Patey Chappell and Eleanor (née Maddison). On 5 February 1873, he changed his name to Frederick Brunning Maddison, taking his second name from his grandfather.
He was educated at
Marlborough College before going up to Oxford University, where he was a member of
Brasenose College
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.
Football career
He played for Scotland in the third of the
unofficial matches prior to the first official international match, a 1–1 draw on 25 February 1871
playing under the pseudonym "
F. Maclean".
He won his solitary England cap playing on the left of midfield in
England
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's first ever international match against
Scotland
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on 30 November 1872.
The University reached the
1874 FA Cup Final and (with Maddison now on the right) this time they were successful, defeating the
Royal Engineers by two goals to nil. Maddison was involved in the move which resulted in the second goal, when he, together with
Cuthbert Ottaway
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and
Robert Vidal, "dribbled their way to the Engineers' goal, where
Frederick Patton was waiting to slide the ball between the posts."
Maddison also played for amateur club
Crystal Palace
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(not the later professional club) and the
Civil Service, and in representative matches for
London
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and The South versus The North.
Life outside football
On 14 April 1883 he married Katharine Mary Adela Tindal, at Christ Church,
Lancaster Gate
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, London.
They had two children, Diana Marion Adela and Noel Cecil Guy,
born in 1886 and 1888 respectively. His wife was a composer, usually known as
Adela Maddison.
From around 1894, the couple played a major part in encouraging and facilitating the entry onto the London musical scene of the French composer
Gabriel Fauré.
Frederick was then working for a music publishing company, Metzler, which obtained a contract to publish Fauré's music during 1896 to 1901. Fauré was a friend of the family and in 1896 vacationed at their residence in
Saint-Lunaire
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Fantastic viewpoints on the Pointe du Décollé, hill of La Garde Guérin and the Pointe du Nick.
History
Evidence of neolithic settlemen ...
,
Brittany
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.
From 1898 Maddison and his wife lived separately, with Adela residing in Paris;
she may have had a romantic liaison with Fauré.
Frederick Maddison died in Germany on 25 September 1907, at Moabit Hospital,
Berlin
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.
References
External links
*
England profile
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1849 births
1907 deaths
Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford
Association football midfielders
Crystal Palace F.C. (1861) players
England international footballers
England v Scotland representative footballers (1870–1872)
English barristers
English footballers
English solicitors
FA Cup Final players
Oxford University A.F.C. players
Wanderers F.C. players
19th-century English lawyers