Samuel Day

Samuel Hulme Day (29 December 1878 – 21 February 1950) was an amateur sportsman who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club and association football for Corinthian F.C. He made three international appearances for the England football team as an inside forward.

Early life Day was born in Peckham Rye in Southwark, the son of Sydney and Evelyn Day. His father was a wine merchant. Day attended Shirley House School in Blackheath and Malvern College before going up to Queens' College, Cambridge. He was the older brother of Sydney and Arthur Day, both of whom also played first-class cricket for Kent. He continued playing for Kent whilst at Cambridge University where he attended Queens' College, graduating in 1902.

Described as a "stylish batsman", He scored more than 1,000 runs in 1899 and 1901 and averaged 31.34 runs per innings for the county. Day scored 68 of his goals on tour for Corinthians, including nine goals against All New York and seven against Cincinnati on the Corinthian 1906 tour of Canada and the United States. He also made six appearances for the England amateur team which was established in 1906.

Later life Day became a school teacher after leaving university. He was an assistant master at Westminster School between 1903 and 1913 before moving to be the headmaster of Heatherdown preparatory school in Berkshire.

Day died at Chobham in Surrey in 1950 aged 71.