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Welsh footballer
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.

Football career

Crosse played for Ruabon in 1878.

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

Later career

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

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

See also

References

  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".


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