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Bert
Lipsham |
Sheffield United FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D
1 L 0 F 0: A 0
50% successful
1902
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Herbert Broughall Lipsham |
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Birth |
29 April 1878 in Chester, Cheshire
[registered in
Chester, June 1878].
Attended King's School in Chester |
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According to the 1881
census, Herbert is the eight of nine children (six of them sons) to
Frederick and Eleanor Broughall. He also has a half-sister. Along with an aunt
and servant, they live at 20 Chichester Street in Chester. His father is
an accountant and auditor. |
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According to the 1891
census, there are three more children in the family, and although the
older ones have left, Herbert is now the sixth of the ten children, now
living at 17 Pepper Street in Chester, accompanied by an aunt. His father
remains an accountant. |
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According to the 1901
census, Herbert is a professional football lodging at 111 Cemetary Road in
Ecclesall Bierlow. He is one of two lodgers living with David and Mary
Coutts and their family. |
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Marriage |
to Alice Burkimsher [registered in Ecclesall Bierlow, March 1903]. |
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According to the 1911
census, Herbert is a Millwall FC professional footballer, now married to
Alice, with two sons, Herbert William and Leslie, and a mother-in-law.
They live at 19 Pulborough Road in Southfields in Wandsworth.
According to the London Electoral Register, the 1911 and 1912 registers
confirm Lipsham to be at 19 Pulborough Road. In 1913 however, he was at 9
Ardgowan Road, Catford. From 1914 to 1923, Herbert and Alice were living
at 81 Arbuthnot Road in Deptford. |
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According to the 1921 census, Herbert, a
superintendent head labour for the supply reserve department at the cattle
market in Deptford, still married, and with their two sons, a boarder and
a mother-in-law, they live at 81 Arbuthnot Road in Telegraph Hill.
According to Passenger Lists, Herbert Lipsham was a manager on 14 June
1923, as the Montcalm left Liverpool for Quebec. He and his wife, courtesy
of Canadian Railways, were emigrating to Canada. |
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Death |
23 March 1932 in York, Ontario, Canada, aged
53 years 334 days
[registration not found]. Allegedly died as a result of a train crash, having
already lost his hand in a sawmill accident. However, Ontario newspaper
reports state that Lipsham dropped dead on the factory floor because of a
heart attack. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Assisted St
Oswald's FC and Chester SA FC before joining Crewe Alexandra FC in 1898.
Then Sheffield United FC in February 1900. After falling out with the
United Directors, Lipsham joined Fulham FC on 3 April 1908.
Before joining Millwall Athletic FC in the 1910 close season, becoming the
player-manager on 5 May 1911. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup
runners-up 1900-01, winners 1901-02; |
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Individual honours |
Football League
(two appearances), Southern League
(two appearances). |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5'
9", 11st.
0lbs [1901]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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Management
Career |
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Club(s) |
Appointed
player-manager of Millwall Athletic FC on 5 May 1911. Coached West Norwood FC in
August 1921, becoming manager of Northfleet FC in 1922 until early 1923. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of five who
became the 270th player (274) to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-left |
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Only match |
No. 74, 3 March 1902, Wales 0
England 0, a British Championship match at
The
Racecourse, Mold Road, Wrexham, aged 23 years
308 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championship 1901-02 |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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England Tragedy |
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"Although it may not have become generally known,
it has been no secret in inner football circles that the Sheffield United
directors at their meeting last Wednesday evening suspended their
international left winger, H.B. Lipsham, for seven days for refusing to
play when selected for the United Reserves in the recent Wharncliffe
Charity Cup semi-final with the Wednesday Reserves. During a few minutes'
conversation at Bramall Lane on Saturday, Lipsham supplied me with a
statement as to his position. Briefly put, it was to the following effect.
When the United players were staying at Buxton at the beginning of last
December. Lipsham, who had been suffering from an injury, was informed by
one of the directors that a rule had been passed that all first team
players who had been on the injured list would in future be tested with
the Reserves before being restored to their place, and he was instructed
to go to Hull on December 7th and play in the Midland League match. He did
so, found his leg stand the trial, and was put in the first team again.
Subsequently he was again hurt and was out of the team for seven weeks.
Upon being told by the secretary that he was picked for the Reserve team
for last Monday, and elicitating that this was to try the soundness of his
leg, he absolutely declined to play, giving as his reason that during his
absence two other first eleven players, namely Benson and Wilkinson, had
suffered injury and been reinstated without a preliminary trial in the
Reserves, and that it was most unfair to treat him differently to other
players. The next he heard was that he was suspended. He considers that
after eight years' good service, including a period wherein he played in
105 matches in succession, he merited more consideration, and feels so
aggrieved that he has placed the matter before both the Football
Association and the Players' Union. He thinks the rule as to injured
players being first tested with the Reserves a good one, but thinks all
should be treated alike. He declares he will not kick another ball for
Sheffield United after the present season, and has informed the F.A. of
his decision" - Sheffield Daily Independent, Monday, 30 March
1908. |
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Beyond England |
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Before taking to football, Lipsham
served as an accountant to the Official Receiver in Bankruptcy. He also had a tobacconist shop at 142
Bramall Lane. Lipsham was a member of the first management committee of
the PFA and coached West Norwood FC. later moved to Canada in June 1923 where he became involved in the
development of football. It was reported in the newspapers that Lipsham
lost his right hand in a sawmill in Toronto. - An
English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990).
Hatton Press, p.158. |
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Bert Lipsham - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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1 |
1 |
1 |
90 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
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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Bert Lipsham
- 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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Away
-
British Championship |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| All |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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Bert Lipsham
- 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 1907-08 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC
All |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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All |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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Bert Lipsham
- Match History |
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Club: Sheffield
United F.C. - 1 full cap |
F.A. International Select
Commitee - 1
full capx
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Age 23 |
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1 |
74 |
3 March 1902 - Wales 0 England 0,
The Racecourse, Wrexham |
BC |
AD |
Start |
ol |
Notes
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