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Eddie
Latheron |
Blackburn Rovers FC
2 appearances,
1 debut goal
P 2 W 1 D
0 L 1 F 4: A 6
50% successful
1913-14
captain: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Timeline |
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Gunner
Edwin Gladstone Latheron |
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Birth |
Friday,
1 April 1887 at 5 Railway Cottages, Carlin
How, Brotton, North Riding of Yorkshire |
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registered in Guisborough April-June 1887 |
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According to the 1891
census, the four year old Edwin is the seventh of eight children to John
Summerson and Martha Ann (née Brampton). His father is a signalman and they all live at
93 North Ormesby Road in Middlesbrough. |
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His mother died mid-1898
According to the 1901
census, Edwin has another brother, and is one of five children that live
with their signalman father at 51 Haddon Street, Middlesbrough. Edwin is
an errand boy.
His father died in early 1903 |
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Marriage |
to
Bertha Livesey, in summer 1910 at St Mark's Church, Witton, Lancashire |
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registered in Blackburn July-September 1910 |
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Children |
to
Eddie and Bertha Latheron have oner son together. Walter Edwin
(b.4 August 1915). |
160461
Royal Field Artillery
43/5th |
According to the 1911
census, Edwin, a professional footballer, is boarding with his new wife of one year, Bertha, with his
mother-in-law, Emma Livesey. They live at 14 Selous Street in Blackburn. |
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Death
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Sunday, 14 October 1917,
in the Battle of Passchendaele, West Flanders, one of 13,000 Allied
casualties. |
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aged
30 years 196 days |
registered in War Death Army Officers |
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Obituary |
,%20Eddie.jpg) "Gnr.
Edwin Latheron, R.F.A., Association international forward and a member of
the Blackburn Rovers' team, has been killed in France, a shell which burst
near the dug out where Latheron was sheltering killing him and a comrade.
Latheron was one of the best inside lefts of his day, and was one of the
forward line in the 1913-14 season, which must have been the most
expensive in the country, consisting as it did of Simpson, Shea, Dawson,
Latheron and Hodkinson, four of the five being English internationals, and
Dawson a player who appeared in representative games for Scotland. In that
season Blackburn Rovers won the Football League championship, and supplied
a number of players to the representative games both international and
inter-league, including Bob Crompton, who holds the record for England for
international games. Latheron was always deadly in front of goal, and in
the last season in which football was played on the old lines he scored 17
times in league matches, being second on the Blackburn list to Dawson. In
addition to his international caps, Latheron played twice in inter-league
games against Scotland, and once against the Southern League."
- The Winner, Wednesday,
19 December 1917 |
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Funeral |
October 1917 in a military cemetery at Vlamertinghe
in Belgium |
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Probate |
"LATHERON
Edwin Gladstone
of the Cemetery Hotel Whalley New-road
Blackburn died
14 October 1917 in Belgium Administration
London
5 March to Bertha Latheron widow. Effects £976
1s 6d."
[2025 equivalent: £58,665] |
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His wife, Bertha, died 31 December 1963 in Blackburn |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Began his career with South Bank Corinthians FC before joining
neighbouring club Grangetown Athletic FC, he joined Blackburn Rovers FC in
March 1906 for a £25 fee after playing in an FA Amateur
Cup match. He guested for Blackpool FC during the war. |
League honours
257 appearances, 94 goals |
Blackburn Rovers FC 1906-15 257 appearances, 94
goals
debut: 22 December 1906 Blackburn Rovers FC 4 Middlesbrough FC 1.
last:
24 April 1915 Blackburn Rovers FC 4 Middlesbrough FC 0. |
Club honours |
Football League Division One third place 1909-10
(27ᵃ 10ᵍ), 1914-15 (37ᵃ 17ᵍ),
Champions 1911-12 (22ᵃ 7ᵍ), 1913-14 (35ᵃ 13ᵍ);
FA Cup semi-finalists 1910-11 (6ᵃ 3ᵍ), 1911-12 (0ᵃ);
FA Charity Shield winners 1912; |
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Individual honours |
Football League (five appearances) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5'
5", 10st.
8lbs [1907]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of seven who became the 368th
players (373)
to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Inside-left |
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First match |
No. 115, 17 March 1913, England 4 Wales 3, a
British Championship match at Ayresome Park, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, aged 25 years
350 days.
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Last match |
No. 117, 14 February 1914, England 0 Ireland
3, a British Championship match at Ashton Gate, Ashton Vale, Bedminster, Bristol, aged 26 years
319 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1912-13, 1913-14; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners 1912-13; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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England Tragedy |
"Mr. Middleton, secretary of the Blackburn Rovers
F.C., recived news to-day that Gunner Edwin Latheron, of the R.F.A., was
killed on Sunday, the 14th inst. Latheron played inside-right for the
Rovers for many seasons. He leaves a widow and a son. McGhie, another of
the Rovers' players serving in the same battalion, sends the information
in a letter in which he says:
" 'It seems that a shell dropped close by
our dugout and the splinters passed through the opening, killing both
Eddie and another gunner. I have lost my best friend. He was a happy,
strong, and tremendous worker and a very fine soldier. If anybody has done
his bit in this war it has been Eddie. He was extremely popular in the
battalion, and everybody is sincerely sorry.' " - The
Lancashire Daily Post, Tuesday, 23 October 1917. |
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Beyond England |
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He remained with Rovers until his death in 1917, whilst serving with the
Royal Field Artillery. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.154. |
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Eddie Latheron - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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2 |
2 |
2 |
180 |
1 |
180
min |
1 |
none |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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Eddie Latheron
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Home
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British Championship |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
-2 |
1 |
0 |
2.00 |
3.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| All |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
-2 |
1 |
0 |
2.00 |
3.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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Eddie Latheron
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
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British Championship Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1912-13 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
3.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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BC 1913-14 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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BC
All |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
-2 |
1 |
0 |
2.00 |
3.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
-2 |
1 |
0 |
2.00 |
3.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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All |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
-2 |
1 |
0 |
2.00 |
3.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
Notes
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