Career
Dorkin"s early career took him to various parts of the country. His first recorded club was Ipswich Rangers in 1893. He subsequently played in Scotland with Street Bernard"s before joining the Royal Engineers at Chatham, where he represented the Army in a match against the Corinthians.
In January 1893, he was "bought out" of the Royal Engineers by Southampton Saint Mary"s, and became one of the club"s first professional players.
In the two seasons before the inauguration of the Southern League he was a regular selection at centre-forward and a prolific goal-scorer. By now, Dorkin was past his prime and only made his league debut near the end of the season, when he played and scored in each of the last three matches.
He retired from professional football in the summer of 1895. Two years later, he was persuaded to come out of retirement to take part in six-a-side tournament, but this ended with him breaking a legal
He made a brief comeback in November 1902 with Basingstoke and was later the coach/manager at Romsey Town.
