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Sam
Chedgzoy |
Everton
FC
8 caps, 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. |
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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. |
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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 |
xth
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
x |
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First match |
No. x, aged x years
x days. |
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Last match |
No. x, aged x years x days. |
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Major tournaments |
x |
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Team honours |
x |
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Individual honours |
x |
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Distinctions |
x |
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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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