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Frank Bradshaw

The Wednesday FC
1 cap, 3 goals

P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 11: A 1
100% successful
1908

disciplined: none
captaincies:
none
minutes played:
90

Profile

Full name Frank Bradshaw [no evidence of 'Francis' can be found]
Born  31 May 1884 in Sheffield, Yorkshire [registered as Frank Bradshaw in Sheffield, September 1884]

Census Notes

According to the 1891 census, a six year-old Frank is the youngest of eight children, to his parents, William and Harriet, living at 40 Bromley Street in Sheffield
According to the 1901 census, still at the same address as ten years ago, Frank is now a holloware buffer, living with his parents and three of his older sisters.
According to the 1911 census, Frank was now living at 68 Ashburnham Road in Northampton, as a professional footballer, with his wife, Francis. The census also reveals that they had a child that had died within its first two years.
Married to Francis Cooke [registered in Wandsworth, London, March 1908]
Died not known, possibly in Leigh, 7 December 1949, aged 65 years old, or Bradford, December 1969, aged 85 years old.
Height/Weight 5' 9½", 11st 10lbs, [1912]

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.co.uk

Club Career

Club(s) Played his junior football with the Sheffield schools between 1895 and 1897, also playing for Sheffield Sunday School.  Began playing with The Wednesday club of Sheffield as an amateur in 1904, turning professional in 1905.  Joined Northampton Town FC in 1910 for �250.  Transferred to Everton FC in November 1911 for �1250.  Then joined Arsenal FC in the 1914 close season.  Retired in May 1923 to become manager of Aberdare Athletic FC for a season.
Club honours FA Cup winner 1906-07;
Individual honours Football League (4 appearances), Southern League (1 appearance)
Distinctions None.

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

England Career

Player number 335th player to appear for England.
Position(s) Centre-forward
Only match No. 96, 8 June 1908, Austria 1 England 11, an East-European tour match at Hohe Warte Stadion, Wien, aged 24 years 9 days.
Major tournaments None.
Team honours None.
Individual honours None.
Distinctions None.

Beyond England

A silversmith by vocation. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.43.

 

Frank Bradshaw - Career Statistics
Squads Apps Comp.
Apps
Starts Mins. Goals Goals Av.min Comp.
Goals
Capt. Disc.
4 1 0 1 90 3 30 min 0 0 None
Due to the fact that many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries, errors and substitutions.  The minutes here given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an approximation.

 

Frank Bradshaw - Match Record - All Matches - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Away - Friendly 1 1 0 0 11 1 +10 0 0 11.0 1.00 100.0 +1
All 1 1 0 0 11 1 +10 0 0 11.0 1.00 100.0 +1

 

Frank Bradshaw - Match History
 Club: The Wednesday - 1 full cap

Coach: FA Committee - 1 full capx

Age 24
- 95 6 June 1908 - Austria 1 England 11, Cricketer Platz, Wien Fr AW squad
1 96 8 June 1908 - Austria 1 England 11, Hohe Warte Stadion, Wien Fr AW Start
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- 97 10 June 1908 - Hungary 0 England 7, Millenáris Sporttelep, Budapest Fr AW squad
- 98 13 June 1908 - Bohemia 0 England 4, Stadión Letná, Letn�, Praha Fr AW squad

Notes

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