Charles Maude Meysey-Thompson was an English clergyman who, as an amateur football player, won the FA Cup in 1873 with the Wanderers.
Background
Born in York as Charles Maude Thompson, he was the son of Sir Harry Meysey-Thompson, 1st Baronet (1809–1874) and Elizabeth Anne Croft. His brothers included Henry (who succeeded to his father"s title), Albert and Ernest (who became Member of Parliament for Birmingham Handsworth from 1906 to 1922).
Education
Thompson was educated at Eton College before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge where he matriculated in 1868. He graduated in 1872 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, and was awarded his Masters degree in 1876.
Career
Revd. He also played in the 1876 FA Cup Final for the and for the Scottish XI in the last representative match against England in 1872. In 1872, he earned an athletics Blue for Cambridge, but was unplaced in throwing the hammer. Thompson played football (as a forward) at Eton College and Cambridge University.
Whilst at the University, he was selected as a late replacement for Henry Primrose to represent Scotland in a match against England on 24 February 1872.
lieutenant would appear that his only connection with Scotland was that the family owned property "north of the border". In the final, the defeated Oxford University 2–0, with goals from Arthur Kinnaird and Charles Wollaston.
Thompson played a further four games for the at the start of the 1873-1874 season and played seven matches for them in total. By now, the family had adopted the name "Meysey-Thompson", although Albert played under the name "Thompson" and Charles under the name "Meysey".
Two other pairs of brothers played in this match.
Francis and Hubert Heron lined up for the, while the Etonians" team included Honorary Alfred Lyttelton. This is the only occasion that two or more pairs of brothers have played in the same FA Cup Final. The match ended in a 1–1 draw and was replayed a week later.
Neither Charles nor Albert were selected for the replay (Charles being injured) which ended as a 3–0 victory to the full-strength side.
In 1875 he became curate at Saint Pancras in London for a year before becoming rector at Middle Claydon in Buckinghamshire in 1876. In 1881, he was visiting Utah in the United States in the hope of improving his declining health, but he died at Peoa on 11 September aged 31.