Benjamin Ward "Ben" Spilsbury (1 August 1864 – 15 August 1938) was an English international footballer. He made his debut for the international team against Ireland on the 28 February 1885. Spilsbury played 3 games for England, and scored 5 goals. His biggest game for England came in 1886, when he scored four of England's goals in the 6-1 win over Ireland. Spilsbury was an all-round athlete when he was at Rossall School and later Repton School, where he played football, cricket and athletics.

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  • Benjamin Ward "Ben" Spilsbury (1 August 1864 – 15 August 1938) was an English international footballer. He made his debut for the international team against Ireland on the 28 February 1885. Spilsbury played 3 games for England, and scored 5 goals. His biggest game for England came in 1886, when he scored four of England's goals in the 6-1 win over Ireland. Spilsbury was an all-round athlete when he was at Rossall School and later Repton School, where he played football, cricket and athletics. At Repton he was school champion 4 times in long jump, and in 1882 he broke the school record. After that, he began at Jesus College in Cambridge, and he played football for Cambridge University from 1884 to 1887. In his last year at the university, he was also captain of the team. After representing Cambridge University and his country, he also played games for Derby County in the years 1884 to 1889. He is best remembered for having scored the first recorded Derby goal in 1884. In total he played eight FA cup games, and scored seven FA cup goals for Derby. He is also recorded as having played one league game, and scoring one goal. After his playing career was over, he moved to Canada, where he worked as an estate agent.
  • Benjamin Ward Spilsbury er en tidligere engelsk landslagspiller i fotball. Han debuterte på landslaget mot Irland den 28. februar 1885. Spilsbury spilte 3 kamper for England, og scoret 5 mål. Hans store kamp for England kom i 1886 da han laget 4 av målene for England i 6-1 seieren over Irland. Spilsbury var en allsidig idrettsutøver som var utdannet fra Repton School der han spilte fotball, cricket og drev med friidrett. Han ble skolemester 4 ganger i lengde, og i 1882 slo han skolerekorden. Etterpå begynte han på Jesus College i Cambridge, og han spilte fotball for Cambridge University fra 1884 til 1887. I sitt siste år på universitet var han også kaptein for laget. Selv om han representerte Cambridge University som landslagsspiller, spilte han også kamper for Derby County i årene 1884 til 1889. I den sammenheng huskes han best for å ha scoret historiens første Derbymål i 1884. Totalt fikk han med seg 8 FA-cup kamper og 7 FA-cup mål for Derby. I tillegg har han spilt 1 ligakamp og scoret 1 ligamål. Etter utdannelsen flyttet han til Canada der han jobbet som eiendomsmegler.
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  • Benjamin Ward "Ben" Spilsbury (1 August 1864 – 15 August 1938) was an English international footballer. He made his debut for the international team against Ireland on the 28 February 1885. Spilsbury played 3 games for England, and scored 5 goals. His biggest game for England came in 1886, when he scored four of England's goals in the 6-1 win over Ireland. Spilsbury was an all-round athlete when he was at Rossall School and later Repton School, where he played football, cricket and athletics.
  • Benjamin Ward Spilsbury er en tidligere engelsk landslagspiller i fotball. Han debuterte på landslaget mot Irland den 28. februar 1885. Spilsbury spilte 3 kamper for England, og scoret 5 mål. Hans store kamp for England kom i 1886 da han laget 4 av målene for England i 6-1 seieren over Irland. Spilsbury var en allsidig idrettsutøver som var utdannet fra Repton School der han spilte fotball, cricket og drev med friidrett.
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