Cyril Dunning
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Cyril Dunning
| fullname = Cyril Edward Dunning
| birth_date = 20 February 1888
| birth_place = Manor Farm, Colby, England
| death_date = {{death date and age |1962|1|11|1888|2|20|df=y}}
| death_place = Paston, England
| position = Forward
| years1 = 1907–1911 | clubs1 = Norwich City | caps1 = 43 | goals1 = 25
| nationalyears1 = 1909
| nationalteam1 = England Amateurs
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 11
}}
Cyril Edward Dunning (20 February 1888 – 11 January 1962) was an English amateur footballer who played for Norwich City as a midfielder.{{Worldfootball.net|cyril-dunning}} He also played Minor Counties cricket for Norfolk. He was born at Manor Farm, Colby on 20 February 1888 and died at Paston on 18 January 1962."Canary Citizens (1986), page 34
Norwich City career
Dunning played 43 times for Norwich in the Southern League, scoring 25 goals. He also played five times for them in the United League, once without scoring in the Norfolk & Suffolk League and once, again without scoring, in the FA Cup.Canary Citizens (1986), page 315 The FA Cup match was eventful: a first round tie on 1 May 1909 against Reading, which was played at Stamford Bridge, in front of a crowd of 15,732. The match was moved from Norwich's then home ground, The Nest to "a neutral venue when City's opponents complained that the Nest pitch was not big enough"Canary Citizens (1986), page 248
International career
In 1909, Dunning played in a South vs North trial match for selection to the England national amateur football team. He was one of four amateur footballers in the squads who played for a professional team.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72952394/north-vs-south-football-1909/ |title=The Coming International Games |work=The Observer |via=Newspapers.com |date=31 January 1909 |page=10 |access-date=8 March 2021}} In total, Dunning scored eleven goals in just four matches for England amateurs, all of which in 1909.{{cite web |url=http://englandfootballonline.com/MatchRsl/MatchRslAm.html |title=England Matches - The Amateurs 1906-1939 |website=englandfootballonline.com |accessdate=30 July 2022 |archive-date=28 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328123742/http://englandfootballonline.com/MatchRsl/MatchRslAm.html |url-status=live }} His tally includes a hat-trick on his debut against Germany to help his team to a 9–0 win, which still is Germany's highest defeat of its history,{{cite news |last1=Bauer |first1=Johannes |title=DFB: Die höchsten Niederlagen der Nationalmannschaft |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/fussball-deutschland-niederlagen-rekord-1.5119217 |access-date=7 March 2021 |work=Süddeutsche |date=18 November 2020 |language=de}} a poker in a 11–2 win over Belgium and two braces against the Netherlands and Switzerland. Notably, Dunning netted all of these 11 goals within just two months, between March and May 1909. In addition to these goals, he already had scored in February in an unofficial match against Wales to help his side to a 5–2 victory.
Personal life
Dunning was born on 20 February 1888 in Colby, Norfolk. He attended Bracondale School, and played football there. Between 1905 and 1910, Dunning played Minor Counties cricket for Norfolk. He made 25 appearances, with a best score of 99.{{cite web| url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/127/127647/127647.html| title=Cyril Dunning| publisher=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription|accessdate=8 March 2021}} He died on 11 January 1962 in Paston, Norfolk.
Career statistics
:England Amateurs score listed first, score column indicates score after each Dunning goal.
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
| scope=col | No.
! scope=col | Cap ! scope=col | Date ! scope=col | Venue ! scope=col | Opponent ! scope=col | Score ! scope=col | Result ! scope=col | Competition ! scope=col class=unsortable| {{abbr|Ref|Reference(s)}} |
|---|
| scope=row| 1
| rowspan=3| 1 || rowspan=3| 13 March 1909 || rowspan=3| Oxford ground, Oxford, England || rowspan=3| {{fb|GER|empire}} || {{center|?}} || rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;" | 9–0 || rowspan=11| Friendly || rowspan=3|{{center|{{cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/england-v-germany-16-march-1909-222768/ |title=England v Germany, 16 March 1909 |website=www.11v11.com |access-date=30 July 2022}}}} |
| scope=row| 2
|| {{center|?}} |
| scope=row| 3
|| {{center|?}} |
| scope=row| 4
| rowspan=2 |2 || rowspan=2 |12 April 1909 || rowspan=2 |Oud Rosenburg, Amsterdam, Netherlands || rowspan=2 |{{fb|NED}} || {{center|1–0}} || rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | 4–0 || rowspan=2 |{{center|{{cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/netherlands-v-england-12-april-1909-222763/ |title=Netherlands v England, 12 April 1909 |website=www.11v11.com |accessdate=30 July 2022 }}}} |
| scope=row| 5
|| {{center|3–0}} |
| scope=row| 6
| rowspan=4 |3 || rowspan=4| 17 April 1909 || rowspan=4| White Hart Lane, London, England || rowspan=4| {{fb|BEL}} || {{center|?}} || rowspan=4 style="text-align:center;" | 11–2 || rowspan=4 |{{center|{{cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/england-v-belgium-17-april-1909-222764/ |title=England v Belgium, 17 April 1909 |website=www.11v11.com |accessdate=30 July 2022 }}}} |
| scope=row| 7
|| {{center|?}} |
| scope=row| 8
|| {{center|?}} |
| scope=row| 9
|| {{center|?}} |
| scope=row| 10
| rowspan=2 |6 || rowspan=2| 20 May 1909 || rowspan=2| Landhof, Basel, Switzerland || rowspan=2| {{fb|SUI}} || {{center|?}} || rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | 9–0 || rowspan=2 |{{center|{{cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/switzerland-v-england-20-may-1909-222769/ |title=Switzerland v England, 20 May 1909 |website=www.11v11.com |accessdate=30 July 2022 }}}} |
| scope=row| 11
|| {{center|?}} |
References
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External links
- [https://www.11v11.com/players/cyril-e-dunning-65573/ Profil of Cyril Dunning] - www.11v11.com
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Category:England men's amateur international footballers
Category:Norwich City F.C. players
Category:English men's footballers
Category:People from North Norfolk (district)