Lindsay Bury (9 July 1857 – 30 October 1935) was an English amateur

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who, playing as a full back, helped the

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win the

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in 1879 and made two appearances for

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in the 1870s. He also played

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for

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in 1877 and for

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in 1877 and 1878.

Education

Bury was born in

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, Manchester and was educated at

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. He played for the college football team in 1875 and 1876, before going up to

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. At Cambridge, he earned a

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for football in both 1877 and 1878, as well as a blue for cricket in 1877. He was also especially noted for his sprinting and hammer throwing, and won athletics blues in 1878, 1879 and 1880. He graduated BA in the latter year.

Football career

Bury appeared regularly for the

and for

. His first

appearance came as left-back on 3 March 1877, when he was still at University. He was one of seven débutantes in the England team to play

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at the

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. According to Philip Gibbons, in the 1870s the England side "tended to be chosen on availability rather than skill alone" The change in the England line-up made little difference to England's performance against the Scots who won the game 3–1, with England's consolation goal coming from

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; the Scots thus inflicted England's first international defeat on home soil in the sixth appearance between the two countries. Along with most of the other international débutantes, he was not selected for the next England match, but he was recalled for the first ever match between England and

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on 18 January 1879. As Wales had been defeated 9–0 in their previous international against Scotland, England were confident of victory and selected an inexperienced eleven, including five débutantes. The match was played at the

in a blizzard. Due to the atrocious snowfall both captains agreed to play halves of only 30 minutes each. The poor attendance (reports range from 85 to 300) was also attributed to the weather. Some sources suggest that William Clegg turned up 20 minutes late for the game. Clegg, a solicitor, was working late on a case (the trial of

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, the Banner Cross murderer) and was unable to leave

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for London on the Friday night. The next morning, the southbound train with Clegg on it, was delayed by heavy snow. The match started without Clegg and England played with ten men until he arrived. Despite this, England won the match by two goals to one, with

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and Thomas Sorby scoring for England. In 1879, he helped the Old Etonians reach the Cup Final where they met

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at Kennington Oval on 29 March. Bury and his team captain, Arthur Kinnaird were required to call on "their well-known powers ... to keep the enemy out of their quarters". The match was dominated by the defences and was goalless at half-time. In the second half,

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scored for the Old Etonians "following an excellent run by Goodhart" and "arguably the poorest Cup Final to date" ended in a 1–0 victory for the Old Etonians. Bury served on

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committee in 1878. He also played for

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and in representative matches for The South v The North.

Cricket career

He played

for Cambridge University in 1877 and 1878, and made one appearance for Hampshire against

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in July 1877. He was a right-handed batsman and a fast right-arm bowler. In his nine first-class appearances, he totalled 115 runs at an average of 9.58 and claimed 18 wickets at an average of 13.83.

Life after sport

He later emigrated to Florida where he became an orange planter, possibly in association with his former Eton College and Cambridge University compatriot Rupert Anderson who had gone to Florida at the same time. Bury subsequently returned to England, settling near Bradfield, Berkshire where he died, aged seventy-eight, on 30 October 1935. He was a J.P. for that county. In the

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he volunteered to serve with the

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Honours

Old Etonians *

winners: 1879

References

External links

England football profile at www.englandstats.comEngland football profile at www.englandfc.com
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