Home Championship. In the summer of 1913 Hardinge returned to the south, signing for Woolwich Arsenal (who had just moved into their new Highbury ground, and would drop the "Woolwich" from their name a year later), and played there either side of World War I. He made 70 wartime appearances for the team whilst serving as a mechanic during the war and played for an England side against Scotland in an RAF International match in 1919. He retired as a professional footballer in 1921, having played 55 times and scored 14 goals for the Gunners' first team. Military service Hardinge served as a Special Constable and in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force as a mechanic in World War I. He joined the Royal Naval Armoured Car Division in 1915 before transferring to the Royal Naval Air Service as an air mechanic at Crystal Palace and Blandford, being promoted to Chief Petty Officer in 1915. In 1918 the RNAS was merged with the Royal Flying Corps and Hardinge transferred again to the newly formed Royal Air Force with the rank of Sergeant Major, first with the Cadet Brigade headquarters at Hastings and then at the Armament School. He transferred to the RAF Reserve in January 1919 and was discharged in 1920. After retirement Whilst playing cricket Hardinge worked for John Wisden & Co, although his employment with the company ended when he finished his cricketing career in 1934, and for the Cement Marketing Board. For a short time he coached Leicestershire. He was an FA instructor for Kent Secondary Schoolboys, leaving the post in 1935. He had a spell as a coach of Tottenham Hotspur's reserve team in the 1930s and for a short period became caretaker manager of the first team in 1935 after the departure of Percy Smith. Hardinge died at Cambridge in 1965 at the age of 79 after a long illness. References External links England football profile 1886 births 1965 deaths Footballers from Greenwich Cricketers from Greater London English cricketers English cricketers of 1919 to 1945 Kent cricketers England Test cricketers Royal Air Force cricketers Wisden Cricketers of the Year Players cricketers English footballers Association football forwards England international footballers Maidstone United F.C. players Arsenal F.C. players Newcastle United F.C. players Sheffield United F.C. players Tottenham Hotspur F.C. non-playing staff Tottenham Hotspur F.C. managers North v South cricketers L. G. Robinson's XI cricketers English football