Leo Newton

Leonard Frank Newton (January or February 1888 – 7 February 1939), commonly known as Len or Leo Newton,[2][3] was a Welsh footballer who played as a centre-forward or half-back and made one appearance for the Wales national team.[4]

Not to be confused with Frank Newton (footballer, born 1882). For other people with similar names, see Frank Newton.

Leo Newton
Personal information
Full name Leonard Frank Newton[1]
Date of birth January or February 1888 (1888)
Place of birth Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Date of death (aged 51)
Place of death Cardiff, Wales
Position(s) Centre-forward, half-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1906–191? Cardiff Post Office
1910–191? Cardiff Corinthians
190?–1914 Cardiff City 4 (0)
International career
1912–1913 Wales Amateur 2 (0)
1912 Wales 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

On Saturdays, Newton played for Cardiff Corinthians in the early 1910s as a centre-forward.[3][5] He was also a founding member and captain of Cardiff Post Office Soccer Club, established in 1906, who he played for on Wednesdays.[6][7] When called upon, Newton also played for Cardiff City as a forward or half-back,[8] appearing in matches of the South Wales League.[9] Between 1911 and 1914, he made four appearances for Cardiff City in the Southern League.[10]

International career

Newton made his debut for the Wales amateur team on 17 February 1912 in Bishop Auckland against England, which finished as a 0–3 loss. He impressed selectors for holding Vivian Woodward during the match, thus earning himself his first and only cap for Wales on 13 April 1912 in the 1911–12 British Home Championship against Ireland.[7] The home match, which was played in Cardiff, finished as a 2–3 loss for Wales.[11] Newton made his second and final amateur international appearance in the following year, again a loss against England, this time by a score of 1–3 in Llandudno on 8 February.[12]

Personal life

Newton was born to Ellen Newton in January or February 1888 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada,[13][14] but by 1891 he and his family lived in the English village of Beer, Devon at the age of 3.[15] By 1901, at the age of 13, he and his family resided in Cardiff.[16] Newton married Bertha Elizabeth Hosgood on 25 December 1909 in Cardiff,[14][17] where he worked as a post office sorting clerk and telegraphist.[18] On 7 February 1939, Newton died in Cardiff at the age of 51.[19][14]

Career statistics

International
Wales[11]
YearAppsGoals
191210
Total10

References
  1. "Entry information: Marriages Dec 1909 – Newton, Leonard Frank". FreeBMD. ONS. Archived from the original on 2 August 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2020. Alt URL
  2. "Cardiff Wednesday League". Evening Express and Evening Mail. 29 October 1908. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  3. "Cardiff Corinthians A.F.C. – Who's Who". Evening Express and Evening Mail. 15 January 1910. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  4. Leo Newton at WorldFootball.net
  5. "For Footballers: Association". Evening Express and Evening Mail. 28 January 1910. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  6. "Association Code: Gossip of the Week". Evening Express and Evening Mail. 17 March 1906. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  7. "Changes in Welsh team. Caps for Jack Evans and Leo Newton. Dual honour for Cardiff City". Western Mail. 11 April 1912. p. 7. The honour accorded the gifted amateur, who assists the Cardiff Post-office team on Wednesdays and Cardiff Corinthians on Saturdays, when not called upon by Cardiff City, is a just reward to a class of football which does not always receive its due. When playing against the English side a few weeks ago Leo Newton favourably impressed the officials with the way in which he held the great Vivian Woodward, and he was a strong favourite for inclusion in the sides which met England and Scotland.
  8. "Today's Football". Evening Express and Evening Mail. 30 March 1910. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  9. "Sporting Intelligence: Football". Evening Express and Evening Mail. 28 April 1909. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  10. Shepherd, Richard (2002). The Definitive: Cardiff City F.C. Nottingham: SoccerData Publications. ISBN 1-899468-17-X.
  11. "Leo Newton". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  12. McColl, Brian; Gorman, Douglas; Campbell, George (2017). "Forgotten Glories – British Amateur Internationals 1901–1974" (PDF). Scottish Football Historical Archive. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  13. "Grave Inscriptions – Section W 1001 – 1404". The Friends of Cathays Cemetery. Archived from the original on 1 April 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2020. Leonard Frank Newton 1888 - 1939 beloved husband of Bertha.
  14. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. 1939. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  15. Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891. Public Record Office. 1891.
  16. Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901. Public Record Office. 1901.
  17. "Local Weddings". The Cardiff Times. 1 January 1910. pp. 6–7. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  18. Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Public Record Office. 1911.
  19. "Deaths Mar 1939 – Newton, Leonard F". FreeBMD. ONS. Archived from the original on 2 August 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2020. Alt URL
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