Ernest Bambridge
{{Short description|English footballer (1848–1917)}}
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{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
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|fullname = Ernest Henry Bambridge{{cite web |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersB/BioBambridgeEH.html|title=Ernest Bambridge|publisher=England Football Online|access-date=30 June 2018}}
|birth_date = {{birth date|1848|5|16|df=y}}
|birth_place = Windsor, England
|death_date = {{death date and age|1917|10|16|1848|5|16|df=y}}
|death_place = Southend-on-Sea, England
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|position = Half-back
|years1 = |clubs1 = Windsor Home Park |caps1 = |goals1 =
|years2 = |clubs2 = Swifts |caps2 = |goals2 =
|years3 = |clubs3 = East Sheen |caps3 = | goals3 =
|years4 = |clubs4 = Corinthian |caps4 = | goals4 =
|nationalyears1 = 1876 |nationalteam1 =England |nationalcaps1 = 1|nationalgoals1 = 0
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Ernest Henry Bambridge (16 May 1848 – 16 October 1917) was an English footballer who made one appearance as a forward for England in 1876. He was the eldest of three brothers who played for England.
Career
His football career was spent with Windsor Home Park, Swifts, East Sheen and Corinthian and he gained representative honours for Berkshire. His solitary England appearance came on 4 March 1876 against Scotland at Hamilton Crescent, Partick. According to Philip Gibbons, "England struggled throughout the game, which saw the home team run out winners by three goals to nil."{{cite book |last= Gibbons|first= Philip|title= Association Football in Victorian England - A History of the Game from 1863 to 1900|year= 2001|publisher= Upfront Publishing|page= 46|isbn=1-84426-035-6}}
His younger brothers, Arthur and Charles played 3 and 18 times respectively for England. They are the only trio of brothers to have played for England.{{cite news | title= Only instance of three footballing brothers playing for England | url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/article1061455.ece | publisher=The Times| access-date=10 February 2008 | location=London | date=25 January 2004}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
Bambridge earned his living as a member of the London Stock Exchange.{{cite book | author=Graham Betts| title=England: Player by player | publisher=Green Umbrella Publishing | year=2006|page= 23| isbn=1-905009-63-1}} He died in Southend on 16 October 1917.
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080514065755/http://www.englandfc.com/Profiles/php/PlayerProfileByName.php?id=57 England profile]
- [http://www.bambridge.org/php/TNG5/getperson.php?personID=I062&tree=BAMB01 Family history]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- [http://www.thamespilot.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=slough&f=generic_theme.htm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&%3Dtheme_record_id=sl-sl-banbridgebrothers&s=pIWvYQpSh3C The Famous Bambridge Brothers - Article in Slough History online]
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Category:Sportspeople from Windsor, Berkshire
Category:English men's footballers
Category:England men's international footballers
Category:Corinthian F.C. players
Category:Men's association football wing halves