Fred Mouncher

Background

Mouncher was born in Southampton and played as an amateur with local sides Fitzhugh Rovers and Southampton Cambridge.

Career

He made his debut for on 26 September 1903 at outside left, replacing Joe Turner for one match. In February he started a longer run as replacement to the injured John Fraser, and played a total of ten games as the "Saints" took the Southern League title for the sixth (and last) time. He joined "s summer 1904 tour of South America, during which they played teams representing Argentina and Uruguay, winning 8–0 and 8–1 respectively.

Mouncher, who was a "fast, direct forward", retained the left wing position for the start of the following season, but his lack of consistency led to him being dropped in favour of the veteran Harry Wood.

He was recalled later in the season on the right, making a total of twenty appearances in 1904-1905. Foreign 1905-1906 he featured more regularly, missing only two matches and contributing six goals, and at the end of the season he nearly joined Dundee who offered him "flattering terms" Foreign 1906-1907 he continued on the left missing only a few games, with a further seven goals.

By now were beginning to struggle both on the pitch and financially and in November 1907, along with Fred Harrison, he was sold to Fulham for a combined fee of £1,000. In his five seasons with he made 108 appearances, scoring 16 goals.

At Fulham he made twenty appearances in his first season, with six goals, as Fulham finished fourth in the Second Division.

His form earned him an international trial in Manchester in January 1908. Although he switched to left-half in the latter part of his Fulham career, ill-health began to affect his career and he was forced to retire with consumption. He returned to and became the licensee of the Railway Hotel in Street Denys.

He is now buried in a cemetery in south California.

Achievements

• Southampton Southern League championship: 1903-1904.

Connections

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Fred Harrison