Percy Weston (27 March 1852 – 30 June 1905)[1] was an English amateur athlete who played for England in two of the unofficial football matches against Scotland in 1871 and 1872.
[1] Weston played for the Barnes Club between 1868 and 1875,[1] and scored a goal in their first FA Cup match, a 2–0 victory over the Civil Service on 11 November 1871.
Alcock had originally selected Henry Lake of Hampstead Heathens and Thomas Hooman (Wanderers), but both were unable to play and were replaced by Weston and Jarvis Kenrick.
[1] At the 1881 census, the couple and their eldest five children were living at "Greenfields", Upper Sheen, Mortlake, with six staff, when Percy gave his occupation as a "Member of the London Stock Exchange".
[14] Their first son, Digby St Aubyn Percy (1874–1944), was born in April 1874; he had a long service in the Royal Navy, reaching the rank of commander.
[15] The third son, Spencer Vaughan Percy (1883–1973), became a brigadier with the 17th Battalion Royal Fusiliers in the First World War; in 1943, he survived the sinking of the RMS Empress of Canada by the Italian submarine Leonardo da Vinci, off the West African coast.