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Teddy
Taylor |
Huddersfield Town AFC
8 appearances,
1 own goal, 10 goals against
P 8 W 3 D 3 L 2 F 15:
A 10
56% successful
1922-26
captain: none
minutes played: 720 |
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Timeline |
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Edward Taylor |
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Edward is sometimes tagged with
Hallows
as a middle name. He was not born with this name, and he did not die
with it. Hallows is in fact, his mother's maiden name. And he may have used as a tribute to his mother (who died aged 41 years),
or indeed, his sporting cousins. |
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Birth |
Tuesday, 8 February 1887 in West Derby, Liverpool,
Lancashire |
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One
of two registered in West Derby & Toxteth Park January-March 1887 |
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Education |
Anfield Road School in Liverpool |
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According to the 1891 census,
the four year-old Edward, is the youngest of four sons, but the sixth of
seven children. His parents, Irishman Robert and Sarah (née Hallows), all living
at 121 Townsend Lane, West Derby. His father is a clerk for the
Railways. |
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According to the 1901 census,
Edward is the youngest of six children to remain at the family home, 39
Osborne Road. His widowed father still a clerk. His eldest sister,
Susannah (Aunty Sue) acts as his mother, after
Sarah died giving birth
to his youngest sister, Minnie in 1891. |
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According to the 1911 census,
Edward is now one of five children left in the family home, still at 39
Osborne Road. He himself is now a clerk at the Flour Mill.
(His father died in 1912) |
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Marriage |
to Maggie Bickerstaff, on Monday, 12 March 1917, at St. John the Divine Church,
Fairfield, Lancashire. Stated as being a
tobacconist, living at 17 Sandringham Road in The Brook. |
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registered in West Derby & Toxteth Park January-March 1917 |
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Children |
Ted and May Taylor had two children together,
George Edward Bickerstaff (b.23 May 1921) and Sheila Adele
(b.7 March 1925). |
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According to the 1921 census,
Edward, a cotton salesman (for Rodewals Evans), is now married to May, and they have one son,
George Edward Bickerstaff, llve at16 Northway in Wavertree. |
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According to the 1939 register, Edward, a raw cotton merchant, is married
to May, and living with George (and probably Sheila) at 52 Westgate in
Hale. |
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Death |
Saturday,
5 March 1966 at Stepping Hill Hospital, Poplar Grove Street, in Stockport,
Cheshire, after suffering with a
heart-attack after climbing flights of stairs at his offices.
Living at 7b Egerton Road South in Chorlton-cum-Hardy. |
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aged
79 years 25 days |
registered in Stockport January-March 1966 |
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Obituary |
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"TAYLOR.—On
March 5, 1966, EDWARD, aged 79 years, of 7b Egerton Road South, Heaton
Chapel, late of Hale, beloved husband of May and dear father of George and
Sheila. Service at Stockport Crematorium this day (Tuesday) at 3 30 p.m.
No flowers, please. Inquiries to Messrs George Meredith. Tel. STO 2065." |
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Funeral |
3.30pm., Tuesday, 8 March 1966 at Stockport Crematorium, Buxton Road,
Stockport |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990], Mary Breakell & |
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Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Started his
career in Liverpool with the Marlborough Old Boys and Liverpool Balmoral
FC. He also represented Lancashire and County Palatine. After a
successful trial, he joined his first professional club, Oldham Athletic FC
on 27 February
1912. Both Liverpool FC and Leeds City FC made bids for Taylor in February
1916, and he did guest for Liverpool FC for some
wartime matches, he also guested for Fulham FC and Tranmere Rovers FC. Taylor joined Huddersfield Town AFC
on 1 June 1922 for £2,500. After he missed the majority of the 1924-25 season because of a serious injury,
he returned to Merseyside when Everton FC signed him
on 11 February 1927. He left to
join Ashton National FC in the Cheshire County League, on 7 September 1928. In his final season, he
joined Wrexham AFC on 2 November 1928, retiring from football at the end of
that season. |
League honours
271 appearances |
Oldham Athletic FC
1913-22 87 appearances
debut: 26 April
1913 Oldham Athletic FC 0 Manchester United FC 0.
Huddersfield Town AFC 1922-26 119 appearances
debut: 26 August 1922 Middlesbrough FC 2 Huddersfield Town AFC 2.
Everton FC 1927-28 forty appearances
debut: 12 February 1927 Liverpool FC 1 Everton FC 0.
Wrexham AFC 1928-29 25 appearances
debut (divsion three (north)): 3 November 1928 Lincoln City FC 1
Wrexham AFC 1.
last (division three (north)): 6 April 1929
Hartlepools United FC 0 Wrexham AFC 2. |
Club honours |
Football League
Division One fourth place 1913-14
(7ᵃ), runners-up 1914-15 (2ᵃ), 1926-27 (10ᵃ), third place 1922-23
(35ᵃ), Champions 1923-24
(35ᵃ), 1924-25 (10ᵃ), 1925-26 (29ᵃ);
FA Charity Shield winners 1922; |
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Individual honours |
Football League
(two appearances);
FA Charity Shield winners
with Professionals 1923, 1924; |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5'
9", 12st.
7lbs [1922]. |
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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 five who
became the 433rd
players (433) to appear for England.
47th goalkeeper to play for England. |
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Position(s) |
Goalkeeper |
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First match |
No. 130, 21 October 1922, England 2 Ireland
0, a British Championship match at The Hawthorns, Sandwell, West Bromwich, aged 35 years
255 days. |
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Last match |
No. 149, 17 April 1926, England 0
Scotland 1, a British Championship match at Old Trafford, Stretford, Manchester,
aged 39 years 68 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championship 1922-23, 1923-24, 1925-26; |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
A cousin to
Charlie Hallows, a Lancashire and England cricketer.
75th Lancastrian
to represent England. |
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Beyond England |
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Taylor later went into the cotton trade in
Manchester. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.243. |
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Apps |
comp. apps |
minutes |
GA |
GA Av.
min |
Clean
Sheets |
Cln
Sht Av. |
captain |
| 9 |
8 |
6 |
720 |
10 |
72 min |
1 |
12.5% |
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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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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8 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
15 |
10 |
+5 |
1 |
1 |
1.875 |
1.25 |
56.3 |
+1 |
Venue Record
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Venue |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Home |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
3 |
+4 |
1 |
1 |
1.75 |
0.75 |
62.5 |
+1 |
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Away |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
7 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.75 |
50.0 |
=0 |
Competition Record
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Competition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
British Championship |
6 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
8 |
-2 |
1 |
1 |
1.00 |
1.333 |
41.7 |
-1 |
| Friendly |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
2 |
+7 |
0 |
0 |
4.50 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
Tournament Record
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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 1922-23 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
4 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
1.333 |
66.7 |
+1 |
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BC 1923-24 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.50 |
25.0 |
-1 |
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BC 1925-26 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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BC
All |
6 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
8 |
-2 |
1 |
1 |
1.00 |
1.333 |
41.7 |
-1 |
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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 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
8 |
-2 |
1 |
1 |
1.00 |
1.333 |
41.7 |
-1 |
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6 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
8 |
-2 |
1 |
1 |
1.00 |
1.333 |
41.7 |
-1 |
Match History
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apps |
match |
pic |
match details |
comp |
res. |
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