Captain William Charles Butler (17 January 1844 – 6 December 1914) played football for England against a Scottish XI in two unofficial internationals in 1870 and 1871.
This Cloughgrenan line survives to the present day through James Richard Henry Ormonde Brooke (b.
In July 1877, William Charles Butler married Emily Chadwick; they had six children – three daughters and three sons.
His second appearance for England came in February 1871;[2] the match report included an early reference to the Combination Game style of football: It seemed as if the [Scottish] defence would prove more than equal to the attack, until a well-executed run-down by C.W.
Walker, acting in concert, enabled the last-named of the trio to equalise the score by the accomplishment of a well-merited goal for England.