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Frank Cuggy

Sunderland AFC

2 appearances, 0 goals

P 2 W 0 D 0 L 2 F 1: A 5
0% successful

1913-14

captain: none
minutes played:
180

Timeline
  Francis Cuggy
Birth 16 June 1889 in Longbenton, Walker, Northumberland [registered in Tynemouth, September 1889].
 

According to the 1891 census, Francis is the youngest of eight children to Irish father John and his Staffordshire mother Sarah (née Cooksey). The live at 93 Walker Road in Longbenton. His father is a labourer on the shipyard.

 

According to the 1901 census, Francis is the youngest of six with his parents living at Cross Row, Bigges Main in Little Benton, a village in Longbenton.

 

According to the 1911 census, Francis is a professional footballer still living at 9 Cross Row in Bigges Main. Francis is head of the household over his two older sisters.

First marriage to Mary Robson [registered in Tynemouth, December 1915].
  According to the 1921 census, Francis, still a professional footballer (for Sunderland AFC) and now married to May, and now with a daughter, Mary Robson, they live at 105 North Road in Wallsend.
According to Trade Union membership registers, Frank was a member of the United Society of Boilermakers & Iron Shipbuilders, from 16 September 1914 until 19 May 1927, membership number 88109.
According to Passenger lists, Cuggy, a merchant, left for Vigo from Southampton on the RMS Andes on 2 November 1923, he arrived back a trainer, at Southampton from Vigo on 28 July 1924 on board the RMS Almanzora, he was living at 105 North Road in Wallsend.
  According to the 1939 register, Francis, a general labourer at the store bakery, and Mary are still married and living at 3 Hawthorne Grove in Wallsend with their daughter, Mary R.
Second marriage to Doris Mountfield [registered in Northumberland South, December 1954]
Death 27 March 1965, aged 75 years 284 days [registered in Northumberland South, March 1965].
Funeral 31 March 1965 at Our Lady & St. Columba Church, Carville Road in Wallsend.

Source

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

Playing Career

Club(s) Started his career with Willingham Athletic FC, before joining Sunderland AFC in March 1909, where he remained, making 166 league appearances, scoring four goals, until he signed with Wallsend FC, of the North-Eastern League as a player-manager on 17 July 1921 until 1922.
Club honours Football League Champions 1912-13; FA Cup runners-up 1912-13;
Individual honours Football League (three appearances)
Distinctions None
Height/Weight 5' 8½", 11st. 4lbs [1913].

Source

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

England Career

Player number One of seven who became the 361st players (362) to appear for England.
Position(s) Right-half
First match No. 114, 15 February 1913, Ireland 2 England 1, a British Championship match at Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast, aged 23 years 244 days.
Last match No. 117, 14 February 1914, England 0 Ireland 3, a British Championship match at Ayresome Park, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, aged 24 years 243 days.
Major tournaments British Championship 1912-13, 1913-14;
Team honours British Championship winners 1912-13;
Individual honours None
Distinctions Died eleven days after Ellis Rimmer

Beyond England

After leaving Walsall FC, coached in Spain for Celta Vigo, for five years. After leaving the game, became a shipyard worker. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.80.

 

Frank Cuggy - Career Statistics
Squads Apps comp. apps Mins. goals ave.min comp. goals Capt. Disc.
2 2 2 180 0 0 min 0 none none
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.

 

Frank Cuggy - Match Record - All Matches - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Home 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1 0 0.00 3.00 0.00 -1
Away 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 1.00 2.00 0.00 -1
All - British Championship 2 0 0 2 1 5 -4 1 0 0.50 2.50 0.00 -2

 

Frank Cuggy - Match Record - Tournament Matches
British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1912-13 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 1.00 2.00 0.00 -1
BC 1913-14 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1 0 0.00 3.00 0.00 -1
BC All 2 0 0 2 1 5 -4 1 0 0.50 2.50 0.00 -2
All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 2 0 0 2 1 5 -4 1 0 0.50 2.50 0.00 -2
All 2 0 0 2 1 5 -4 1 0 0.50 2.50 0.00 -2

 

Frank Cuggy - Match History
 Club: Sunderland A.F.C. - 2 full appearances

F.A. International Select Committee - 2 full capsx

Age 23
1 114 15 February 1913 - Ireland 2 England 1, Windsor Park, Belfast BC AL Start rh
Age 24
2 117 14 February 1914 - England 0 Ireland 3, Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough BC HL Start rh

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