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William Maunder

{{Short description|Australian soccer player (1902–1964)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = William Maunder

| image =

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1902|11|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Newcastle, Australia

| death_date = {{death date and age|1964|6|25|1902|11|30|df=y}}{{cite news|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=26 June 1964|page=22|title=Maunder, William Richard (Podge)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60927374/|via=Newspapers.com}}

| death_place = Newcastle, Australia

| height =

| position = Forward

| years1 = 1920–1925

| clubs1 = West Wallsend

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| clubs2 = New Lambton

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| nationalyears1 = 1922–1924

| nationalteam1 = Australia

| nationalcaps1 = 9

| nationalgoals1 = 6

| manageryears1 =

| managerclubs1 =

}}

William "Podge" Maunder (30 November 1902 – 25 June 1964) was an Australian soccer player. Maunder is recognised as the player who scored Australia's first international goal.

Early life

Maunder was born in Newcastle in 1902. His father, known as "Doey" Maunder was a prominent local soccer player. William Maunder's brother, Henry also took up the game and William and Henry appeared in an international match together against Canada in 1924.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article103542899 |title=THE THIRD TEST |newspaper=The Arrow |issue=1463 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=20 June 1924 |accessdate=5 May 2021 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{Cite web |last=Howe |first=Andrew |date=12 October 2006 |title=The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps and Captains |url=http://www.ozfootball.net/museum/socceroocaps.pdf |access-date=2021-05-05 |publisher=Football Federation Australia |via=OzFootball}}

Club career

In his club career, Maunder scored more than 500 goals in Northern NSW competition and was offered a professional contract by Scottish club St Mirren F.C.{{Cite web |date=2021-02-04 |title=William Maunder |url=https://www.footballaustralia.com.au/william-maunder |access-date=2021-05-05 |publisher=Football Australia |language=en}}

International career

Maunder made his international debut for Australia on 17 June 1922 in Australia's first recognised international match, scoring on 45 minutes. Maunder played nine matches for Australia between 1922 and 1930, scoring six goals and captaining for one match on 28 June 1924 against Canada.

Career statistics

=International=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by national team, year and competition

rowspan=2|Team

!rowspan=2|Year

!colspan=2|Competitive

!colspan=2|Friendly

!colspan=2|Total

AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="3"|Australia

|1922

|0

|0

|3

|1

|3

|1

1923

|0

|0

|3

|2

|3

|2

1924

|0

|0

|3

|3

|3

|3

colspan=2|Career total

!0

!0

!9

!6

!9

!6

:Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Australia goal.

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by William Maunder

scope="col"|No.

!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}}

style="text-align:center"|1

|{{dts|17 June 1922}}

|Carisbrook Park, Dunedin, New Zealand

|{{fb|NZL}}

|style="text-align:center"|1–1

|style="text-align:center" {{lost|1–3}}

|Friendly

|{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128205315 |title=SOCCER IN NEW ZEALAND |newspaper=Sunday Times |issue=1899 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=18 June 1922 |accessdate=21 December 2022 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}

style="text-align:center"|2

|{{dts|9 June 1923}}

|Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, Australia

|{{fb|NZL}}

|style="text-align:center"|2–1

|style="text-align:center" {{won|2–1}}

|Friendly

|{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204055343 |title=SOCCER. |newspaper=The Age |issue=21,277 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=12 June 1923 |accessdate=21 December 2022 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}}

style="text-align:center"|3

|{{dts|30 June 1923}}

|Newcastle Showground, Newcastle, Australia

|{{fb|NZL}}

|style="text-align:center"|1–0

|style="text-align:center" {{lost|1–4}}

|Friendly

|{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139934451 |title=SATURDAY'S FOOTBALL. |newspaper=Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate |issue=14,176 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=2 July 1923 |accessdate=21 December 2022 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}

style="text-align:center"|4

|rowspan="2"|{{dts|23 June 1924}}

|rowspan="2"|Royal Agricultural Showground, Sydney, Australia

|rowspan="2"|{{fb|CAN|1921}}

|style="text-align:center"|–

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" {{won|4–1}}

|rowspan="2"|Friendly

|rowspan="2"|{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article218208629 |title=SOCCER CODE. |newspaper=The Daily Mail |issue=6656 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=26 June 1923 |accessdate=21 December 2022 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}

style="text-align:center"|5

|style="text-align:center"|4–1

style="text-align:center"|6

|{{dts|12 July 1924}}

|Jubilee Oval, Adelaide, Australia

|{{fb|CAN|1921}}

|style="text-align:center"|1–4

|style="text-align:center" {{lost|1–4}}

|Friendly

|{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63787001 |title=SOCCER TEST MITCH |newspaper=The Mail (Adelaide) |volume=13 |issue=633 |location=South Australia |date=12 July 1924 |accessdate=21 December 2022 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}

References

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{{Football Federation Australia Hall of Fame}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maunder, William}}

Category:Australian men's soccer players

Category:Australia men's international soccer players

Category:1902 births

Category:1964 deaths

Category:Men's association football forwards

Category:Soccer players from New South Wales

Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen

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