Hector MacKenzie Shand (1 May 1879 – 1942) was a Scottish professional

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who played as an

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for

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in Scotland and for Southampton, Middlesbrough and Millwall Athletic in England in the 1900s.

Football career

Shand was born in

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and played his youth football with Citadel F.C. before joining

. In 1905, he played in a trial match for

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, scoring the only goal against

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in a match to raise funds for the local Masonic Lodge. In April 1905, he moved to the south coast of England to join Southampton who were having trouble filling the

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berth in an unsettled season, having won the title in each of the previous two years. The "Saints" had alternated between

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and

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at outside-left for most of the season, although

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and the veteran

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had both been tried there in the last six weeks of the season. Shand made his only first-team appearance for Southampton in the last match of the season, a 1–0 defeat at home to Queens Park Rangers on 29 April 1905, the Saints' fourth defeat in the final five matches of the season, which left them in third place, five points behind champions, Bristol Rovers. With Southampton having signed Isaac Tomlinson to fill the outside-left position, Shand was unable to settle in southern England and returned to Scotland in the summer of 1905, to resume playing for Inverness Thistle. He returned to England in August 1906, when he joined Middlesbrough of the

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for whom he made just two league appearances, before returning to the Southern League with Millwall Athletic in May 1907.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shand, Hector 1879 births Footballers from Inverness 1942 deaths Scottish footballers Men's association football forwards Inverness Thistle F.C. players Southampton F.C. players Middlesbrough F.C. players Millwall F.C. players Southern Football League players English Football League players Highland Football League players