Guy Shuttleworth, the last surviving member of Corinthian-Casuals Amateur Cup Final side of 1956, has died at the age of 94.
Guy was born on 6th November 1926 at Revidge, Blackburn in Lancashire. He went to Queen Elizabeth’s G.S. in Blackburn then on to King’s College, Cambridge, where he played three seasons for the University.
In December 1945 he played his first game for Cambridge in a 1 – 1 draw. In 1946 he was right half in a 3 – 2 win. It was the first Varsity match to be televised by the BBC with JRB Moulsdale, a former Corinthian, as commentator. In 1947 Guy Shuttleworth captained Cambridge to a 2 – 0 win at Dulwich.
In 1948 Shuttleworth, along with Doug Insole and Derek Abbott, played for the English Universities X1 against Southern Universities. In 1949 he also won an England Amateur cap in the 3 – 1 win against Wales at Llanelli.
In 1948/9 he was captain of Pegasus, the Combined Oxford and Cambridge side, in the club’s first season.
On 9 October 1948 he made his debut for Corinthian-Casuals at right half in an Isthmian League match against Wimbledon. On 4th October 1949 he captained a Corinthian XI against an FA XI in the first match at the Oval for 56 years.
On 7th February 1953 he played for Corinthian-Casuals in the much remembered 3rd Round FA Amateur Cup match again Pegasus in front of a 12,000 crowd. Pegasus won 1 – 0. A live issue was the rivalry between the hosts and Pegasus to attract players from Oxford and Cambridge.
In the 1956 Amateur Cup Final he played right half in the famous I – I draw at Wembley against Bishop Auckland in front of 80,000. He also played in the replay at Middlesbrough which Bishop Auckland won 4 – 1.
On 9th May 1967 at Dulwich Hamlet, the club organised a match between the Cor-Cas ‘56 and the Bishop Auckland ‘56 team. Eight of the Cup Final team at Wembley took part, including Guy, who travelled down from York. The other three players - Gerry Alexander (residing in Jamaica), John Sanders (deceased), Gerry Citron (who was no longer a club member) - were replaced by John Dutchman, Jimmy Platt, and Dave Palmer.
Cor-Cas ‘1956 won the match by 4 goals to 1, thus reversing the Amateur Cup Final result at Middlesbrough. Dutchman (a hat trick) and Insole scored the goals. This was Guy’s last match for the club.
Altogether he played 244 First Team games for Corinthian-Casuals, scoring 9 goals. He also went on 6 tours from the Channel Islands to Libya.
Club President Micky Stewart who played with him during some of those years remembers Guy as “a very good marker, more defensive that attacking, and a 100% hard worker”.
At Cambridge, Guy also won cricket blues for three years as a middle order batsman and excellent fielder at cover point. He scored 244 runs in his 25 matches, with a best score of 96 against Sussex at Hove, sharing a 6th wicker partnership of 171 runs with his captain, Doug Insole. He played Minor County cricket for Lancashire’s 2nd XI during for those years, 1946, 1947 and 1948.
He taught for most of his life, first at Mill Hill School until 1957, then at St Peter’s School, York until he retired. At both schools he coached cricket and, perhaps surprisingly, rugby. He died at Eastbourne in Sussex on 20th January. The club would like to send all our sympathy and support to his wife Tanya and to his two children.
A post script: Guy’s grandson Ben Chilwell, son of his daughter, plays professional football for Chelsea and was first capped by England in 2018.
Guy was born on 6th November 1926 at Revidge, Blackburn in Lancashire. He went to Queen Elizabeth’s G.S. in Blackburn then on to King’s College, Cambridge, where he played three seasons for the University.
In December 1945 he played his first game for Cambridge in a 1 – 1 draw. In 1946 he was right half in a 3 – 2 win. It was the first Varsity match to be televised by the BBC with JRB Moulsdale, a former Corinthian, as commentator. In 1947 Guy Shuttleworth captained Cambridge to a 2 – 0 win at Dulwich.
In 1948 Shuttleworth, along with Doug Insole and Derek Abbott, played for the English Universities X1 against Southern Universities. In 1949 he also won an England Amateur cap in the 3 – 1 win against Wales at Llanelli.
In 1948/9 he was captain of Pegasus, the Combined Oxford and Cambridge side, in the club’s first season.
On 9 October 1948 he made his debut for Corinthian-Casuals at right half in an Isthmian League match against Wimbledon. On 4th October 1949 he captained a Corinthian XI against an FA XI in the first match at the Oval for 56 years.
On 7th February 1953 he played for Corinthian-Casuals in the much remembered 3rd Round FA Amateur Cup match again Pegasus in front of a 12,000 crowd. Pegasus won 1 – 0. A live issue was the rivalry between the hosts and Pegasus to attract players from Oxford and Cambridge.
In the 1956 Amateur Cup Final he played right half in the famous I – I draw at Wembley against Bishop Auckland in front of 80,000. He also played in the replay at Middlesbrough which Bishop Auckland won 4 – 1.
On 9th May 1967 at Dulwich Hamlet, the club organised a match between the Cor-Cas ‘56 and the Bishop Auckland ‘56 team. Eight of the Cup Final team at Wembley took part, including Guy, who travelled down from York. The other three players - Gerry Alexander (residing in Jamaica), John Sanders (deceased), Gerry Citron (who was no longer a club member) - were replaced by John Dutchman, Jimmy Platt, and Dave Palmer.
Cor-Cas ‘1956 won the match by 4 goals to 1, thus reversing the Amateur Cup Final result at Middlesbrough. Dutchman (a hat trick) and Insole scored the goals. This was Guy’s last match for the club.
Altogether he played 244 First Team games for Corinthian-Casuals, scoring 9 goals. He also went on 6 tours from the Channel Islands to Libya.
Club President Micky Stewart who played with him during some of those years remembers Guy as “a very good marker, more defensive that attacking, and a 100% hard worker”.
At Cambridge, Guy also won cricket blues for three years as a middle order batsman and excellent fielder at cover point. He scored 244 runs in his 25 matches, with a best score of 96 against Sussex at Hove, sharing a 6th wicker partnership of 171 runs with his captain, Doug Insole. He played Minor County cricket for Lancashire’s 2nd XI during for those years, 1946, 1947 and 1948.
He taught for most of his life, first at Mill Hill School until 1957, then at St Peter’s School, York until he retired. At both schools he coached cricket and, perhaps surprisingly, rugby. He died at Eastbourne in Sussex on 20th January. The club would like to send all our sympathy and support to his wife Tanya and to his two children.
A post script: Guy’s grandson Ben Chilwell, son of his daughter, plays professional football for Chelsea and was first capped by England in 2018.