Herbert Muirhead

Col. Herbert Hugh Muirhead (10 December 1850 – 4 March 1904)[1] was a British soldier, who played for the Royal Engineers in the 1872 FA Cup Final.

[2] Muirhead was educated at Eton College from 1864 to 1867, before changing schools to Wellington, followed by the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich until 1871.

[7][8] In the final, Muirhead was involved in the only attack by the Engineers which succeeded in breaking through the Wanderers defence when, according to the match report in The Field, "a fine run by Lieut.

In January 1876, Muirhead was posted to Bermuda until November 1878 before a transfer to Gibraltar, returning to England at the end of May 1881, where he was based at Aldershot.

[2] Between November 1881 and December 1883, he was based at The Curragh (Ireland), before taking up a post with the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, where he served until July 1893, reaching the position of "Second Assistant, Building Works, Ordnance Factories".