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Sam
Chedgzoy |
Everton
FC
8 appearances, 0 goals
P 8 W 2 D 3 L 3 F x:
A x
44% successful
1920-24
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 720 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Samuel Chedgzoy |
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Born |
27 January 1889
in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire [registered in
Wirral, March 1889]. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1891 census,
Samuel is the fifth child of six to Henry (1852) and Frances (1858),
living in Worcester Street, in Whitby, Ellesmere Port. His father is a
galvanized labourer. |
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None of the Chedgzoy's are on
the 1901 census. |
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According to the 1911 census,
Samuel is a professional footballer married to Annie, living with his
in-laws, the Ferrington's, at 15 Walton Lane in Kirkdale, Liverpool. |
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According to the Passenger
lists, Samuel Chedgzoy and his family left the port of Liverpool on 24
April 1924 and headed towards Montreal, Canada on the Montcalm, a Canadian
Pacific steamship under the leadership of Captain Rennie. Samuel stated
himself as a professional footballer. |
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Married |
to Annie Ferrington
[registered in West Derby, December 1910]. The 1911 census
return states they had been married three months, meaning they
married and registered their marriage in December 1910. |
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Died |
15 January 1967 in
Montreal, Canada, aged
76 years 353 days
[registered in x]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
8", 11st.
0lbs [1925]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Biographies |
x |
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x.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999). |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Initially
played for Burnell's Ironworks alongside Joe Mercer's father. Member of
the Scot's Guards during the First World War. Played for Everton FC. Played football in the US with New Bedford FC in Massachusetts.
It was thought that Chedgzoy was returning to England in 1930, but
instead, wnet to Canada to assist Canadian club. |
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Club honours |
x |
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Individual honours |
x |
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Distinctions |
Sam Chedgzoy
was the man directly responsible for a major change in the game's laws. An
intelligent man who was never scared to challenge authority, he discovered
a glaring loophole in the laws and proceeded to exploit it during a match
at White Hart Lane in 1924. A new rule had been introduced so that a goal
could be scored direct from a corner. Chedgzoy took a corner by dribbling
along the by-line as members of both sides looked on in astonishment. They
saw Chegzoy hammer the ball into the net and score a goal which led to a
rule change. Twelve months later football's hierarchy introduced a rule
whereby the taker of a corner could only play the ball once before a
second player had touched it.
His son, Sydney, played for Everton FC
and Burnley FC. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & Everton Former Players
Foundation. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One
of five who became the 390th
players (393)
to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-right |
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First match |
No. 121,
15 March 1920,
England 1 Wales
2, a British
Championship match at Arsenal Stadium, Highbury,
London, aged 31 years 48 days. |
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Last match |
No. x, aged 35 years 269 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championships 1919-20; |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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After retiring from playing, Samuel
emigrated to Canada in 1924. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x. |
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