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General First nameFrederick Brunning
LastnameMaddison
GenderMale
CountryEngland
Date of birth1849-07-22
Place of birthLondon, England
Date of death1907-09-25
Place of deathBerlin, Germany


About

From Wikipedia:

Frederick Brunning Maddison was an English footballer who played for England as a midfielder in the first international match against Scotland, as well as winning two F.A. Cup medals, with Oxford University in 1874 and with The Wanderers in 1876. Later he was a music publisher and, together with his wife, the composer Adela Maddison, was closely associated with the French composer Gabriel Fauré.

Frederick Maddison was born in July 1849 in Westminster, London, as Frederick Chappell, the son of Frederick Patey Chappell and Eleanor (née Maddison). On 5 February 1873, he changed his name to Frederick Brunning Maddison, taking his second name from his grandfather. He was educated at Marlborough College before going up to Oxford University, where he was a member of Brasenose College.

Maddison played for Scotland in the third of the unofficial matches prior to the first official international match, a 1-1 draw on 25 February 1871. He played under the pseudonym ‘F. Maclean’. He won his solitary England cap playing on the left of midfield in England’s first ever international match against Scotland on 30 November 1872.

Oxford University reached the 1874 F.A. Cup Final, and with Maddison now on the right, this time they were successful, defeating the Royal Engineers by two goals to nil. Maddison was involved in the move which resulted in the second goal, when he, together with Cuthbert Ottaway and Robert Vidal, “dribbled their way to the Engineers’ goal, where Frederick Patton was waiting to slide the ball between the posts.” Maddison also played for amateur club Crystal Palace (not the later professional club) and the Civil Service, and in representative matches for London and The South versus The North.

On 14 April 1883, Maddison married Katharine Mary Adela Tindal, at Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, London. They had two children, Diana Marion Adela and Noel Cecil Guy, born in 1886 and 1888 respectively. His wife was a composer, usually known as Adela Maddison.

From around 1894, Frederick and Adela Maddison played a major part in encouraging and facilitating the entry onto the London musical scene of the French composer Gabriel Fauré. Frederick was then working for a music publishing company, Metzler, which obtained a contract to publish Fauré’s music from 1896 to 1901. Fauré was a friend of the family and in 1896 vacationed at their residence in Saint-Lunaire, Brittany. From 1898, Maddison and his wife lived separately, with Adela residing in Paris; she may have had a romantic liaison with Fauré.

Frederick Maddison died in Moabit Hospital, Berlin, in September 1907. He was 58.

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Archive statistics Career1880 - 1889
Tournament wins0
Matches24
Match wins15


Tournaments Dinard - 1889 South of England Championships - 1886 South of England Championships - 1884 South of England Championships - 1882 South of England Championships - 1881 London Athletic Club - 1881 Wimbledon - 1880 Sussex County Lawn Tennis Tournament - 1880 Devonshire Park - 1880