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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Percy Melmoth Walters | ||
| Date of birth | 30 September 1863 | ||
| Place of birth | Ewell, England | ||
| Date of death | 6 October 1936 (aged 73) | ||
| Place of death | Ashtead, Surrey, England | ||
| Position(s) | Right back, Left back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1883–85 | East Sheen | ||
| 1885 | Oxford University | ||
| 1885–1892 | Corinthian | ||
| 1885–1895(?) | Old Carthusians | ||
| International career | |||
| 1885–1890 | England | 13 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Percy Melmoth Walters (30 September 1863 – 6 October 1936) was an English amateur footballer who played as a defender for the Old Carthusians and the Corinthians in the late nineteenth century as well as making thirteen appearances for England, five as captain.
He and his younger brother, Arthur Melmoth Walters, were known as "morning" and "afternoon" in allusion to their initials.[1] The brothers were generally regarded as the finest fullbacks in England for a number of years; according to Philip Gibbons in his "History of the Game from 1863 to 1900" this was due mainly to their own defensive system based on the combination game used by the Royal Engineers during the early 1870s.[2]
- ^ Graham Betts (2006). England: Player by player. Green Umbrella Publishing. pp. 251–252. ISBN 1-905009-63-1.
- ^ Gibbons, Philip (2001). Association Football in Victorian England – A History of the Game from 1863 to 1900. Upfront Publishing. pp. 79–80. ISBN 1-84426-035-6.