Charlie Bambridge was an international footballer who represented England 18 times scoring 11 goals. His first cap was against Scotland on 5th April 1879 at 20 years old, and his last was vs Scotland on 19th March 1887 aged 28. Bambridge, born on 30th July 1858, in Windsor, has a FA Legacy Number of 69 and played as a Inside Left,
Outside Right,
Half Back and
Outside Left for his country.
Charlie Bambridge - 18 caps (11 goals)
- Full Name: Edward Charles Bambridge
- Born: 30th July 1858, Windsor
- Died: 8th November 1935, Surrey aged 77
- England Career: 1879 - 1887
- Positions whilst with England: Inside Left, Outside Right, Half Back and Outside Left
- Clubs (and caps) whilst with England: Swifts (18)
- FA Legacy Number: 69
- One of five footballing brothers, three of whom won England caps. Their father was William Samuel Bambridge who was a schoolmaster at Eton, missionary to New Zealand and most famously Royal Photographer to Queen Victoria. One of the brothers, George, was personal secretary to the Duke of Edinburgh. Known as 'Charlie Bam' he was the most capped of his siblings with eighteen. He played for Swifts, Upton Park, Clapham Rovers and Corinthian - where he was honorary secretary from 1923-32. He was appointed to the FA Committee 1883-86. He was a Lloyd's underwriter professionally.
England Career Statistics
- Debut: v
Scotland (FR) on 5th April 1879 aged 20 years, 8 months, 6 days - Last Cap: v Scotland (HC) on 19th March 1887 aged 28 years, 7 months, 20 days
- First Goal: v Scotland (FR) on 5th April 1879 aged 20 years, 8 months, 6 days
- First Captaincy: v
Ireland (FR) on 18th February 1882 aged 23 years, 6 months, 19 days - Career Length: 7 years, 348 days
- Starts: 18
- Substitute:
0 - Withdrawn:
2 - Full Games: 16
England Match Statistics
- Match Type
- Caps
- Goals
- Capt
- FriendlyFR
- 7
- 7
- 1
- 0
- 0
- British Home ChampionshipHC
- 11
- 4
- 1
- 0
- 0
- Competitive
- 11
- 4
- 1
- 0
- 0
- Home, Away or Neutral
- Caps
- Goals
- Capt
- Home
- 9
- 6
- 1
- 0
- 0
- Away
- 9
- 5
- 1
- 0
- 0
- Match Result
- Caps
- Goals
- Capt
- Won
- 9
- 7
- 2
- 0
- 0
- Lost
- 6
- 3
- 0
- 0
- 0
- Drawn
- 3
- 1
- 0
- 0
- 0
- Playing Positions
- Caps
- Goals
- Capt
- Outside Left
- 10
- 3
- 1
- 0
- 0
- Inside Left
- 6
- 7
- 0
- 0
- 0
- Outside Right
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 0
- 0
- Half Back
- 1
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- Total
- 18
- 11
- 2
- 0
- 0
England Managers
- Manager
- Caps
- Goals
- Capt
England Committee- 18
- 11
- 2
- 0
- 0
England Team Mates (Top 10)
- Norman Bailey
- 16 Matches
- Jimmy Forrest
- 9 Matches
- Nevill Cobbold
- 7 Matches
- Herby Arthur
- 7 Matches
- Percy Melmoth Walters
- 6 Matches
- Harry Cursham
- 5 Matches
- Tinsley Lindley
- 5 Matches
- Howard Vaughton
- 5 Matches
- Arthur Melmoth Walters
- 5 Matches
- Joe Lofthouse
- 5 Matches
Sources
- An English Football Internationals' Who's Who by Douglas Lamming (Hutton Press 1990)
- England's Who's Who by Tony Matthews (Pitch Publishing 2013)
- wikitrees.com
- 43 sources from 18 matchesSelect from match list to see sources.
Match List
- SCO, 2 - 3, 19th Mar 1887 (HC) Swifts, Cap: 18.
Age: 28 years, 7 months, 20 days. 
WAL, 4 - 0, 26th Feb 1887 (HC) Swifts, Cap: 17.
Age: 28 years, 6 months, 27 days.- IRE, 7 - 0, 5th Feb 1887 (HC)
Swifts, Cap: 16.
Age: 28 years, 6 months, 6 days. - WAL, 3 - 1, 29th Mar 1886 (HC) Swifts, Cap: 15.
Age: 27 years, 7 months, 30 days. - SCO, 1 - 1, 27th Mar 1886 (HC) Swifts, Cap: 14.
Age: 27 years, 7 months, 28 days. - SCO, 1 - 1, 21st Mar 1885 (HC)
Swifts, Cap: 13.
Age: 26 years, 7 months, 22 days. - WAL, 1 - 1, 14th Mar 1885 (HC) Swifts, Cap: 12.
Age: 26 years, 7 months, 15 days. - IRE, 4 - 0, 28th Feb 1885 (HC) Swifts, Cap: 11.
Age: 26 years, 6 months, 29 days. - WAL, 4 - 0, 17th Mar 1884 (HC) Swifts, Cap: 10.
Age: 25 years, 7 months, 18 days. - SCO, 0 - 1, 15th Mar 1884 (HC) Swifts, Cap: 9.
Age: 25 years, 7 months, 16 days. - IRE, 8 - 1, 23rd Feb 1884 (HC)
Swifts, Cap: 8.
Age: 25 years, 6 months, 24 days. - WAL, 5 - 0, 3rd Feb 1883 (FR) Swifts, Cap: 7.
Age: 24 years, 6 months, 4 days. - WAL, 3 - 5, 13th Mar 1882 (FR) Swifts, Cap: 6.
Age: 23 years, 7 months, 14 days. - SCO, 1 - 5, 11th Mar 1882 (FR) Swifts, Cap: 5.
Age: 23 years, 7 months, 12 days. - IRE, 13 - 0, 18th Feb 1882 (FR) Swifts, Cap: 4.
Age: 23 years, 6 months, 19 days. - SCO, 1 - 6, 12th Mar 1881 (FR) Swifts, Cap: 3.
Age: 22 years, 7 months, 13 days. - SCO, 4 - 5, 13th Mar 1880 (FR) Swifts, Cap: 2.
Age: 21 years, 7 months, 14 days. - SCO, 5 - 4, 5th Apr 1879 (FR) Swifts, Cap: 1.
Age: 20 years, 8 months, 6 days. - * Match was concluded via extra time, penalties or both.