Oakey Field

Oakey Field

Sheffield United's 1901 Cup Final team:
Field is standing fifth from the left.
Personal information
Full name Charles William Frederick Field
Date of birth (1879-12-00)December 1879
Place of birth Hanwell, England
Date of death (aged 69)
Place of death Hayes, England
Playing position Inside left / Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Hanwell
Royal Ordnance Factories
1896–1898 Brentford
1898–1902 Sheffield United 54 (17)
1902–1906 Small Heath / Birmingham 86 (14)
Brentford

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Charles William Frederick Field (December 1879 – 1949), known as Oakey Field, was an English professional footballer who played as an inside left or outside left for Sheffield United and Small Heath (later renamed Birmingham) in the Football League.[1]

Born in Hanwell, which is now in the London Borough of Ealing, Field played for Royal Ordnance Factories in the Southern League and for Brentford in the London League.[2] He scored a hat-trick on his Brentford debut and helped the club gain promotion from Division Two in 1897 followed by runners-up spot in Division One the next season.[3][4] He then signed for reigning Football League champions Sheffield United, for whom he played in the 1901 FA Cup Final, losing to Tottenham Hotspur, then of the Southern League, after a replay.[5] In January 1902, together with teammate Billy Beer, Field joined Small Heath. Unable to prevent their relegation from the First Division that season, he contributed to their immediate promotion in 1902–03 as runners-up. He retired from football in 1906 following persistent injuries.[2] He returned to Brentford briefly to play for the reserves and later set up in business in the town.[3]

Honours

Brentford
Sheffield United
Small Heath

References

  1. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). p. 89. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  2. 1 2 Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. pp. 86–87, 148–49. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  3. 1 2 Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. p. 50. ISBN 1 874427 57 7.
  4. "Brentford". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 9 April 2008.
  5. "F A Cup Final 1901". fa-cupfinals.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007.
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