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Knyvett Crosse

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Knyvett Crosse
Personal information
Date of birth 1855
Place of birth Shropshire, England
Date of death 1916 (aged 60–61)
Place of death Lamcashire, England
Position(s) Centre Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1878 Ruabon
1878–1885 Druids
International career
1879–1881 Wales 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Knyvett Crosse (1855–1916) was a Welsh international footballer. He was part of the Wales national football team between 1879 and 1881, playing 3 matches and scoring 1 goal. He played his first match on 7 April 1879 against Scotland and his last match on 14 March 1881 against Scotland.[1]

Football career

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Crosse played for Ruabon in 1878.[2]

He played as a centre forward for Druids for 6 years and won the Welsh Cup three times.[3]

Later career

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After football he became the proprietor of the Star Hotel, High Street, Bangor.[4]

Whilst living in Bangor he was the captain of Bangor Cricket Club.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Sons of Cambria Volume 1, St David's Press 2021
  2. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL MATCH.|1879-03-28|Llangollen Advertiser Denbighshire Merionethshire and North Wales Journal - Welsh Newspapers".
  3. ^ "FOOTBALL NOTES.___I|1889-11-16|The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality - Welsh Newspapers".
  4. ^ "I BANGOR POLICE COURT.|1894-05-25|Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald and North and South Wales Independent - Welsh Newspapers".
  5. ^ "§0tal&$istridgSs|1894-03-03|The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality - Welsh Newspapers".