Constant Feith

Jonkheer Constant Willem Feith ( born August 3, 1884 in The Hague, † September 15, 1958 in Bennekom ) was a Dutch football and cricket player and later judge.

Club career

Feith played since April 15, 1903 in the successful first football team of the HVV. As a footballer, he was not technically outstanding, but had an unerring eye for goal. In a cup match in 1904 against the Bussumsche FC he scored ten goals in a 20:0 victory of his team. In the 1906/ 07 season he scored 53 goals in 29 games. However, a season later, he moved from the storm on the defensive. Up to and including September 26, 1920 denied Feith 350 games for the HVV, but he scored a total of 234 gates, although he played the last twelve years as a defender. During this time he was five times Dutch champion.

National

Feith denied 1906/ 07 and 1912 a total of eight caps for the national team. He made his debut as a defender in the third official match of the Dutch Oranje on 29 April 1906 in Antwerp against Belgium, the Dutch lost with 0:5. For his second and third game in April and May, 1907, both also from the southern neighbors, he moved into the attack and each scored one goal, his only goal for the NBI - Eleven. After a break of almost five years, he returned in March 1912 in preparation for the Olympic Games in the team, this time again as a defender. At the Olympic football tournament, he came in the second round against hosts Sweden and the 9-0 win against Finland in the bronze medal match to use. After the games, his international career was ended in the Orange jersey.

Besides football

Active Feith was also in the cricket team HCC, a further division of the Hague association. The HCC was at this time also several times Dutch champion. Also in this sport played Feith in the national team.

In addition to his sports activities, he studied law, graduating as Meester in de right (similar to the Master of Laws ) and went as a judge to the Dutch East India.