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Edward Turner

** Evidence points towards to Edward Turner not actually being an international as previously thought, with this cap actually being the second awarded to Adam Turner **

Name: Edward Turner
Born:
Died: 2 September 1917 (tbc)
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Position: Forward

Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Full Cap (1896).
Club Honours: (with Cliftonville) Irish Cup Runner-Up 1892/93

Club Career:
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Fee
League
FA Cup
Other
Cliftonville
91/92
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Linfield
92/93
c/s-1892
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Clftonville
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c/s-1894
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TOTALS
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£0
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Biography:
An inside-left, Edward Turner had two spells with Cliftonville, playing with Linfield and attending college in between. He was capped for the only time in a 2-0 defeat by England in front of a 12,000 crowd on his home ground of Solitude in 1896.

Turner died while serving in the Great War.

Ireland Cap Details:
07-03-1896 England H L 0-2 BC

Summary: 1/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 1.

Comments

Unknown said…
He is said to have also played against Wales in 1896.
jcd said…
Have you seeb the notes on Adam Turner's profile?
https://nifootball.blogspot.com/2008/09/adam-turner.html