| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wilfred Bratton | ||
| Date of birth | 19 December 1896 | ||
| Place of birth | Sheffield, England | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1921–1928 | Mapleton | ||
| International career | |||
| 1922 | Australia | 1 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Wilfred Bratton was an English-born Australian soccer player who also played as a forward for the inaugural Australia national soccer team in 1922. [1]
Wilfred Bratton was born in Sheffield, England. [2] [3] [4] At the age of 15, Bratton migrated to Australia and settled at Flaxton or Palmwoods where he was employed as a farmhand. He enlisted for World War 1 in May 1915 as a Private and was wounded in service, a victim of gassing and severe trench fever. He returned to Australia in March 1919. [5]
In October 1921 Bratton married Ellen Elizabeth Champion at St Andrew's Church of England, South Brisbane. [6]
In 1928 Bratton wrote to the newspapers about a game of football played between his 3rd Australian Division and the Royal Air Force at Ballieul (Somme on the Western Front) in the winter of 1917. [7]
Bratton played for Palmwoods in August 1920 in their friendly games against Buderim before the formation of the North Coast Football Association (NCFA) in 1921. [8] In the first season of the NCFA in 1921 Bratton played for Mapleton. [9] Bratton continued to play for Mapleton until 1928 and was even club president. [10] [11]
Bratton played for the Australia national soccer team and was capped only once, as a replacement for Dave Ward [12] with a goal on 24 June 1922 against New Zealand. [13] [14]
Bratton is designated Socceroo cap number 12. [15]
| National team | Year | Competitive | Friendly | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Australia | 1922 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 June 1922 | Athletic Park, Wellington, New Zealand |  New Zealand | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly | [16] |
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