18 September 1930, aged seventy-eight. Football career Usually in the position of forward, Dixon played football for Westminster School in his final year 1870–71. When he started at university he was a founder member of Oxford University's Amateur Football Club at its inception on 9 November 1871. He played with them in the second competition for the FA Cup when Oxford reached the Cup Final, played at Lillie Bridge ground, West Brompton, on 29 March 1873, only to lose to the Wanderers by 2 goals to nil. He did later play for the Wanderers, as well as at county level for Middlesex. Unlike most of his footballing university contemporaries, he did not take part in the Varsity matches which would have earned him a 'Blue'. Other sports Dixon was a good cricketer who was in the Westminster School XI, which he captained in his final season. He was more noticeably active in mountaineering, undertaking exploring climbs in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, and was a member of the British Alpine Club, the Canadian Alpine Club, and the Rucksack Club of Manchester. Sports honours Oxford University A.F.C. 1873 F.A. Cup Final (runner-up). References Sources Entry for Dixon in the Royal Society's Library and Archive catalogue's details of Fellows (accessed 27 April 2008) DIXON, Harold Baily, Biographical Database of the British Chemical Community, 1880–1970, from the Open University Physics in Oxford, 1839-1939: Laboratories, Learning, and College Life, Robert Fox and Graeme Gooday, ed. External links Harold Bailey Dixon, photograph from the Edgar Fahs Smith Collection at the University of Pennsylvania Library The Chemical Society 1897 to 1944, includes a picture of Dixon, from the Royal Society of Chemistry 1852 births 1930 deaths Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford British chemists Commanders of the Order of the British Empire FA Cup Final players Fellows of the Chemical Society Fellows of the Royal Society People educated at Westminster School, London Royal Medal winners Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society Association footballers not categorized by position Association football players not categorized by nationality