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Eddie
Mosscrop |
Burnley FC
2 appearances, 0 goals
P 2 W 1 D
0 L 1 F 3: A 3
50% successful
1914
captain: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Timeline |
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Sergeant
Edwin Mosscrop |
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Birth |
Sunday, 16 June 1889 at 14
Wostenholm Road in
Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire |
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registered in Ecclesall Bierlow July-September 1889 |
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Baptism |
Sunday, 4 August 1889 at St.
Barnabas Church, Highfield in
Sheffield |
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"Edwin Mosscrop was born at
Sheffield, but the the age of nine months his parents removed to
Southport...." |
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According to the 1891
census, Edwin is the third child to Samuel and Margaret. They live at 9
Morven Grove in the North Meols area of Southport. His father is a railway clerk and they have one servant. |
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According to the 1901
census, Edwin is still one of three children living with their parents
still at 9 Morven Grove. His father is now a coal merchant. |
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According to the 1911
census, Edwin is a student at the training college at St Mark's College on
the Kings Road in Chelsea.
According to the TUC Member registers,
Mosscrop was a paid-up member of the National Union of Teachers, based in
Southport. |
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"...By profession he is a
school teacher, and up to about 1914 he was engaged at Salford
school, but about that year became assistant master at
Southport."
- The Burnley News &
Express, Saturday, 11 August 1923. |
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"MOSSCROP AND THE |
TRIBUNAL
"Edwin
Mosscrop, the international outside-left and Burnley player, who
is engaged in the teaching profession at Southport, appeared
before the Tribunal there and applied for exemption from military
service on conscientious grounds. He expressed a wish for a
private hearing, but at the conclusion the Tribunal intimated to
the Press that Mosscrop had been exempted from combatant service."
- The Sheffield Daily
Independent, Wednesday, 1 March 1916. |
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"Sergeant Mosscrop |
Edwin Mosscrop, the
Burnley International outside-left, is now a sergeant in the
R.A.M.C., and has recently been drafted to Salonika."
- The Green 'un, Saturday, 16
June 1917. |
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Marriage |
to Gertrude Mary Rimmer, on Wednesday, 27 December 1916, at St
Andrew's Parish Church, Southport, Lancashire |
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registered in Ormskirk October-December 1916 |
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Children |
Eddie and Gertrude Mosscrop have two sons together. Alan
(b.27 September 1922) and Norman (b.spring 1926) |
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According to the
1921 census, Edwin, an elementary school teacher, is now married to
Gertrude Mary, and they both live at 16 Clifton Road in Southport. |
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"Former Burnley Footballer's Visit |
Among those present at the
Rotary Club luncheon on Monday was Mr. Edwin Mosscrop,
who was the guest of Mr. A. R. Pickles, M. A. Mr. Mosscrop has
just been appointed headmaster of the Bury-road Council School,
Southport, and was visiting Burnley to look over several schools
in the town. Mr. Mosscrop was given a hearty reception."
- Burnley News &
Express, Saturday, 28 April 1928. |
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"The death took place at
his residence in Morven-grove, Southport, last Sunday, of Mr.
Samuel Mosscrop, aged 88, who was the father of Edwin Mosscrop,
who is now headmaster of Birkdale Council School."
- Burnley Express &
Advertiser, Wednesday, 20 September 1933. |
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According to the 1939 register, Edwin, now an elementary school headmaster,
and Gertrude M. are still married and living at 18 Fisher Drive in
Southport, along with their son, Alan.
His wife, Gertrude, died on
6 September 1969. |
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Death |
Friday, 14 March 1980 in Southport,
Lancashire |
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aged 90 years 272 days |
registered in Southport January-March 1980 |
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Funeral |
March 1980 at Southport Crematorium, Scarisbruck |
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Probate |
"MOSSCROP Edwin of 18
Fisher Drive Southport Lancs died
14 March 1980 Probate
London 4 July. £55116.
800208043P"
[2025 equivalent: £237,902] |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Started playing his football in Southport with Blowick FC.
Had a spell with Shepherd's Bush FC whilst he was training to be a teacher. Returned north to
Southport YMCA and then Southport Central FC. Ahead of several Lancashire
clubs, including Preston North End FC, Mosscrop signed amateur forms with Burnley FC in
the summer of 1912 as an outside-right, signing professional forms on 18 December 1912. Swapped
wings in 1913-14. He
guested for Reading FC during WW1. He retired on health grounds in
November 1922. |
League honours
176 appearances, 19 goals |
Burnley FC 1912-22 176 appearances,
nineteen
goals
debut (division two): 8 October 1912 West Bromwich Albion FC 2
Leeds City AFC 0.
last:
27 December 1924 Notts County FC 0 West Bromwich Albion FC 2. |
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Club honours |
Football League Division Two
runners-up 1912-13 (22ᵃ 4ᵍ); Division One
runners-up 1919-20 (31ᵃ 4ᵍ), Champions
1920-21 (14ᵃ 1ᵍ), third place (35ᵃ 7ᵍ);
FA Cup winners 1913-14 (8ᵃ); |
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Individual honours |
Middlesex FA;
Football League (two appearances) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5'
7", 9st.
7lbs or 10lbs [1914]. |
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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 three who became the 379th
players (381) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-left |
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First match |
No. 118, 16 March 1914, Wales
0 England 2, a British Championship match at Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff, aged
24 years
273 days. |
Last match
19 days |
No. 119, 4 April 1914, Scotland
3 England 1, a British Championship
match at Mount Florida, Glasgow, aged 24 years 292 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1913-14; |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
England Trial (one appearance, 1ᵍ January 1914);
England Wartime (one appearance, 1ᵍ May 1916); |
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Distinctions |
Died thirteen days after Bill Dean |
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Beyond England |
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A school teacher by profession,
employed in Manchester and then in Southport. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.183. |
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