Chris Porter (footballer, born 1885)

Thomas Christopher Porter (25 October 1885 – 4 June 1915) was an English amateur footballer who played in the Football League for Stockport County and Glossop as an inside forward.[1] He scored 7 goals in 4 appearances for England Amateurs, including two hat-tricks in a 9–0 win against Germany, which still is the team's highest defeat of its history,[3] and against France in a 11–0 victory.[4] He scored a further 5 goals for the Amateurs side in unofficial matches, a brace in a 5–1 win over Ireland in 1908 and yet another hat-trick in a 6–0 win over Wales in 1909, bringing his tally to 12 goals.[4] He was also part of Great Britain's squad for the football tournament at the 1908 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.[5] Porter also played cricket for Broughton and Lancashire's second XI.[6]

Chris Porter
Personal information
Full name Thomas Christopher Porter[1]
Date of birth (1885-10-25)25 October 1885
Place of birth Stockport, England
Date of death 4 June 1915(1915-06-04) (aged 29)[2]
Place of death Gallipoli, Ottoman Turkey
Position(s) Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1903– Broughton
Northern Nomads
1905–1908 Stockport County 66 (23)
1909–1911 Glossop 44 (11)
Northern Nomads
International career
1908–1910 England Amateurs 7 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Personal life

Porter attended Manchester Grammar School and later worked at the Horwich depot of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.[6] He enlisted as a private in the Manchester Regiment during the First World War and was killed at Gallipoli on 4 June 1915.[7] Porter is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.[2]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stockport County 1905–06[8] Second Division 4 3 0 0 4 3
1906–07[8] 22 7 0 0 22 7
1907–08[8] 24 8 1 0 25 8
1908–09[8] 16 5 1 0 17 5
Career total 66 23 2 0 68 23

International goals
England Amateurs score listed first, score column indicates score after each Porter goal.
List of international goals scored by Chris Porter[4]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref
1 13 March 1909Oxford ground, Oxford, England Germany
?
9–0Friendly
[9]
2
?
3
?
4 12 April 1909Oud Rosenburg, Amsterdam, Netherlands Netherlands
2–0
4–0
[10]
5 22 May 1909Stade de FGSPF, Gentilly, France France
?
11–0
[11]
6
?
7
?

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 233. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  3. Bauer, Johannes (18 November 2020). "DFB: Die höchsten Niederlagen der Nationalmannschaft". Süddeutsche (in German). Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  4. "England Matches - The Amateurs 1906-1939". englandfootballonline.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  5. Evans, Hilary. "Olympians and the Gallipoli Campaigns". OlympStats. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  6. "Chris Porter". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 29 January 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  7. "Thomas Christopher Porter | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  8. Watts, Ian. "Thomas Porter County Record". gogogocounty.org. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  9. "England v Germany, 16 March 1909". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  10. "Netherlands v England, 12 April 1909". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  11. "France v England, 22 May 1909". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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