I am making no apologies for staying in the Western Peninsular following on from the amazing Truro City blog yesterday. Talking to an old colleague, a cricketer, footballer, allotment owner, who lives down that way, we got on to "cocks". This stemmed from a conversation about a cricket match he played in for Dorset against Cornwall in a Minor Counties' game, where he was a bit slow in the slips and as bowler Graham Cock unleashed a belter, the batsman nicked it, the ball nipped through the slip's waiting mits and hit the poor lad "lower midrift". With batsman dropped and as ususal a considerable amount of sniggering from his colleagues, the slip fielder was carried off the pitch in that same slip catching position, only to be treated with ice, while the rest of the field got on with the game. Result?? who knows? but it must have hurt!!
Cornish old boy, Mike Trebilcock, was brought to my attention, when we chatted about his success in the 1966 FA Cup Final. 21 year old Mike became a hero on behalf of the "Toffee men", Everton FC. Trebilcock scored twice to beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-2, Everton having been 0-2 down with a 2/3rds of the final gone. Mike had only played a handful of reserve games before he became one of those heroes of the FA Cup. Signed from Argyle on New Year's Eve in 1965, this was only his second cup tie. Everton's winning goal? Scored by Derek Temple.
Trebilcock is also known as the first "black mixed heritage" footballer to score in an FA Cup Final.
Born in Gunnislake in 1944, Trebilcock played at Tavistock in 1962 with his career moving onto Plymouth Argyle(71apps/27goals), looks like a good buy! Then Everton 1965-8 (11apps-3goals), Portsmouth (109/33), Yeovil Town (4-3) Weymouth Town and Western Suburbs in Sydney 1976. He finished his football career coaching in Darwin-another equatorial "pointing" peninsular.
Time to make up the "hat trick", often known as "Trebil"cock in Cornwall; two more serious Cornish footballers include Donald James Cock and Jack Gilbert Cock, and also Herbert...not so serious.
Donald (below) was the younger brother of Jack, both born in Hayle, near Penzance. Donald played for Fulham in 1919 (86 apps/43goals), Notts County (85/32), Arsenal (where he broke his leg in his second game, ironically against his former club Notts County, and never played for the Gunners again), then he went on to Clapton Orient (64/28), Wolves and to Newport County in 1927.
Jack, also of Hayle, (b.1893- d.1966) well below! was a centre-forward. He was the first Cornishman to play international football (for England) as a centre forward. His career was interrupted by the War, in which he also led the way, winning the Military Medal.
He later turned to the stage where as a "tenor", he sang in music halls and as he walked on to the pitch to play. He also appeared in two films; "The Winning Goal" 1920 and "The Great Game" 1930. Later, inevitably, he ran a pub in New Cross, London.
His clubs were: West Kensington, Forest Gate, Old Kingstonians, Brentford, Huddersfield, Brentford (for whom he scored 6 hat tricks) and Croydon Common. THE WAR! Then after the war, Chelsea (99/47), Everton (69/29), Plymouth A (90/72), Millwall (115/77) for whom he was manager from 1944-48. Prolific!
His first goal for England was against Ireland (25/10/1919) when after 30 seconds he scored, what is the third fastest English international goal in history. He won 2 caps and scored twice. The other on 10/4/1920 v Scotland at Hillsborough 5-4, scored first goal. The ref was Scottish! Here is Jack:
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