Wilfred Bratton

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Wilfred Bratton
Personal information
Full name Wilfred Bratton
Date of birth (1896-12-19)19 December 1896
Place of birth Sheffield, England
Position(s) Forward
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1922 Australia 1 (1)

Wilfred Bratton was a former Australian soccer player who also played as a forward for the inaugural Australia national soccer team in 1922.[1]

Early life[]

Wilfred Bratton was born in Sheffield, England.[2][3][4] At the age of 15, Bratton migrated to Australia and settled at Flaxton or Palmwoods where he was employed as a farmhand. He enlisted for World War 1 in May 1915 as a Private and was wounded in service, a victim of gassing and severe trench fever. He returned to Australia in March 1919.[5]

In October 1921 Bratton married Ellen Elizabeth Champion at St Andrew's Church of England, South Brisbane.[6]

In 1928 Bratton wrote to the newspapers about a game of football played between his 3rd Australian Division and the Royal Air Force at Ballieul (Somme on the Western Front) in the winter of 1917.[7]

Club career[]

Bratton played for Palmwoods in August 1920 in their friendly games against Buderim before the formation of the North Coast Football Association (NCFA) in 1921.[8] In the first season of the NCFA in 1921 Bratton played for Mapleton.[9] Bratton continued to play for Mapleton until 1928 and was even club president.[10][11]

International career[]

Bratton played for the Australia national soccer team and was capped only once, as a replacement for [12] with a goal on 24 June 1922 against New Zealand.[13][14]

Bratton is designated Socceroo cap number 12.[15]

Career statistics[]

International[]

National team Year Competitive Friendly Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Australia 1922 0 0 1 1 1 1

References[]

  1. ^ Werner, Greg (20 January 2018). "Wilf Bratton". Grassroots Football Project.
  2. ^ "19 Jun 1925 – Soccer. – Trove". Trove.nla.gov.au. 19 June 1925. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  3. ^ https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awm-media/collection/RCDIG1067741/large/5375506.JPG
  4. ^ "RecordSearch - National Archives of Australia".
  5. ^ "Wilfred Bratten". www.awm.gov.au.
  6. ^ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/20515529
  7. ^ "13 Aug 1928 – A FOOTBALL INCIDENT. – Trove". Trove.nla.gov.au. 13 August 1928. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  8. ^ "27 Aug 1920 – SOCCER FOOTBALL. – Trove". Trove.nla.gov.au. 27 August 1920. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  9. ^ "03 Aug 1921 – SOCCER NOTES. – Trove". Trove.nla.gov.au. 3 August 1921. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  10. ^ "16 Mar 1923 – Soccer. – Trove". Trove.nla.gov.au. 16 March 1923. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  11. ^ "07 Sep 1928 – Soccer. – Trove". Trove.nla.gov.au. 7 September 1928. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  12. ^ "SOCCER TEST". Evening News. No. 17165. New South Wales, Australia. 23 June 1922. p. 3. Retrieved 17 November 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ^ Esamie, Thomas. "Socceroo Internationals for 1922". ozfootball.net.
  14. ^ "Australian Soccer History". ak-tsc.de.
  15. ^ http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/caps.shtml
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