Jarvis Kenrick (13 November 1852 – 29 January 1949) was an English
footballer
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.
Career
Born in
Chichester
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,
Sussex, Kenrick scored the first ever goal in the
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...
, for
Clapham Rovers
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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.
Kenrick joined Wanderers in 1874, making his debut in a 2–1 win against
Uxbridge
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on 14 January 1874. Kenrick scored his first, and only,
hat-trick
A hat-trick or hat trick is the achievement of a generally positive feat three times in a match, or another achievement based on the number three.
Origin
The term first appeared in 1858 in cricket, to describe H. H. Stephenson taking three wic ...
for the club in January 1875 against
Harrow Chequers. In late 1875, Kenrick succeed
Charles W. Alcock
Charles William Alcock (2 December 1842 – 26 February 1907) was an English sportsman, administrator, author and editor. He was a major instigator in the development of both international football and cricket, as well as being the creator of ...
as the secretary as Wanderers. Kenrick scored 20 goals in 51 games for the club, ranking him fourth on the club's all-time record scorers list.
On 18 November 1871, Kenrick played for an
England representative side against Scotland after
Thomas Hooman
Thomas Charles Hooman (28 December 1850 – 22 September 1938) was a leading English association football player of the Victorian era. He played for Wanderers in the 1872 FA Cup Final and was also chosen to represent England on several occasion ...
dropped out.
Personal life
Kenrick was also a
cricketer who played for Beddington Cricket Club. In a fixture against the Reigate Hill he took all 10 wickets in an innings and he made one first-class appearance for
Surrey in 1876.
Kenrick was the Honorary Secretary of the
Croquet Association
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from 1904 to 1909.
His sister, Margaret, was married to fellow Wanderers footballer
Francis Birley.
He died in
Blatchington, Sussex.
Honours
Wanderers
*
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...
: winners
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 ...
,
1877
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Queen Victoria is proclaimed ''Empress of India'' by the ''Royal Titles Act 1876'', introduced by Benjamin Disraeli, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom .
* January 8 – Great ...
&
1878
Events January–March
* January 5 – Russo-Turkish War – Battle of Shipka Pass IV: Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire.
* January 9 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
* January 17 – Bat ...
References
1852 births
1949 deaths
Sportspeople from Chichester
English footballers
Wanderers F.C. players
Surrey cricketers
English cricketers
England v Scotland representative footballers (1870–1872)
Clapham Rovers F.C. players
Association football forwards
FA Cup Final players
FA Cup winning managers
People from East Blatchington
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