William Nevill
Cobbold
Male
England
1863-02-04
Melford, Suffolk, England
1922-04-08
Bournemouth, Dorset, England
Familiarly known as Nevill or "Nuts" Cobbold, was one of the leading footballers of the Victorian era and on several occasions a member of the England national football team. As late as 1922, at the time of his death, he could be described as "the most famous association football forward of all time", and certainly – in the words of his Times obituary – "the most individually brilliant dribbler, the player who could most often put in those thrusts that no skill could parry".
Cobbold wed a Hester Marion Arbuthnot in West Hoathly, Sussex in 1890. It is very tempting to think she might be the same as the Miss Arbuthnot in question here. Hester Marion Cobbold (nee Arbuthnot) lived from 1865 – 1957.
Went to Charterhouse public school and Cambridge University.
1882 - 1891
6
42
30
1889 - East of England Championships (Open)
1887 - East Grinstead (Amateur)
1886 - Kent LTC Championships (Amateur)
1885 - Leicester (Amateur)
1883 - East Grinstead (Amateur)
1882 - East Grinstead (Amateur)
Quarterfinals
William Nevill Cobbold 1 *
G.H. Badcock
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
Sidney Howard Smith 1 *
William Nevill Cobbold
6-3
6-0
Round 1
William Nevill Cobbold 1 *
bye
Quarterfinals
William Nevill Cobbold 1 *
William John Down
w.o.
Semifinals
William Nevill Cobbold 1 *
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen
6-2
6-3
Final
William Nevill Cobbold 1 *
Charles Gladstone Allen
1-6
6-5
6-3
Quarterfinals
William John Down 1 *
William Nevill Cobbold
6-2
11-9
Round 1
William Nevill Cobbold 1 *
W.G. Smith
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
William Nevill Cobbold 1 *
Harold S. Stone
0-6
6-3
6-2
Final
William Nevill Cobbold 1 *
William John Down
6-4
6-2
Challenge Round
Ernest George Meers 1 *
William Nevill Cobbold
3-6
6-0
6-4
6-3
Round 1
William Nevill Cobbold 1 *
Henry Francis Herford
w.o.
Quarterfinals
William Nevill Cobbold 1 *
Alfred Henry Betham
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross 1 *
William Nevill Cobbold
6-3
6-2
Round 1
William Nevill Cobbold 1 *
F. Bryan
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
William Nevill Cobbold 1 *
J.A. Heyman
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross 1 *
William Nevill Cobbold
6-3
6-1
Round 1
William Nevill Cobbold 1 *
Sir William Henry Mahon
6-2
3-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
William Nevill Cobbold 1 *
L. Hampson
6-2
6-0
Semifinals
William Nevill Cobbold 1 *
James Dwight
2-6
6-3
8-6
Final
William Nevill Cobbold 1 *
Francis Seymour (Frank) Noon
6-1
6-2
6-0
Round 2
William Nevill Cobbold 1 *
Charles Stananought
6-3
7-5
6-2
Quarterfinals
Ernest Wool Lewis 1 *
William Nevill Cobbold
6-0
6-0
6-0
Round 1
William Nevill Cobbold 1 *
bye
Semifinals
William Nevill Cobbold 1 *
John Frederick Peel Rawlinson
4-6
6-4
6-4
Final
James Dwight 1 *
William Nevill Cobbold
6-2
6-3
6-4
Round 2
William Nevill Cobbold 1 *
Edward Charles Pine-Coffin
?
Quarterfinals
Herbert Wilberforce 1 *
William Nevill Cobbold
7-5
6-4
5-7
12-10
Round 1
William Nevill Cobbold 1 *
W. St. Clair
6-4
6-0
Quarterfinals
Charles Lacy Sweet 1 *
William Nevill Cobbold
6-5
6-2
Round 1
William Nevill Cobbold 1 *
bye
Quarterfinals
William Nevill Cobbold 1 *
William John Down
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
William Nevill Cobbold 1 *
Orlando Robert Coote
6-2
6-3
6-1
Final
William Nevill Cobbold 1 *
James David Vans Agnew
6-3
6-5
Round 1
E.W. Brooke 1 *
William Nevill Cobbold
6-1
6-3
6-1
Round 1
William Nevill Cobbold 1 *
Charles John Cole
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Leopold James (Leo) Maxse 1 *
William Nevill Cobbold
6-3
6-2
Round 1
William Nevill Cobbold 1 *
Edward Covey
6-0
6-1
Round 2
William Nevill Cobbold 1 *
Keith Fraser Arbuthnot
6-0
6-3
Quarterfinals
William Nevill Cobbold 1 *
A. Mainwaring
6-2
6-2
Final
William Nevill Cobbold 1 *
Percy Evershed Wallis
6-0
6-3
Quarterfinals
Archibald Thomson 1 *
William Nevill Cobbold
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