Fred Mouncher

Frederick William Mouncher (19 November 1883 – 17 February 1918)^[1] was an English professional footballer who played as a winger for Southampton and Fulham in the 1900s.

Fred Mouncher

Personal information
Full name	Frederick William Mouncher
Date of birth	(1883-11-19)19 November 1883
Place of birth	Southampton, England
Date of death	17 February 1918(1918-02-17) (aged 34)
Place of death	Fulham, England
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
	Fitzhugh Rovers
	Southampton Cambridge
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1903–1907	Southampton	99	(14)
1907–1911	Fulham	43	(10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Mouncher was born in Southampton and played as an amateur with local sides Fitzhugh Rovers and Southampton Cambridge. He started his professional career in the summer of 1903 at The Dell where he teamed up with his former colleague at Fitzhugh Rovers, Fred Harrison. He made his debut for Southampton 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 Southampton's summer 1904 tour of South America, during which they played teams representing Argentina and Uruguay, winning 8–0 and 8–1 respectively.^[2] Mouncher, who was a "fast, direct forward",^[3] retained the left wing position for the start of the following season, but his lack of consistency^[4] 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 1904–05. For 1905–06 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"^[4]

References

1. Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan; Bull, David (2013). All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC. Southampton: Hagiology Publishing. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-9926-8640-6.
2. "1901-1910 Matches". www.cantab.net. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2008.
3. Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan (1987). Saints - A complete record. Breedon Books. p. 251. ISBN 0-907969-22-4.
4. Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. p. 249. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.