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George
Ashmore |
West Bromwich Albion FC
1 appearance,
3 goals against
0 clean sheets
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 5:
A 3
100% successful
1926
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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George Samuel
Austin Ashmore |
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Birth |
5 May 1898 in Plymouth, Devonshire
[registered as George Samuel A. in Plymouth, June 1898]. |
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Baptism |
25 May 1898 at Charles the Martyr
Church in Plymouth |
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According to the 1901 census,
a two year-old George was living/visiting his Grandad with his mother,
Edith. His Grandad, George Ryder, is a retired policeman, living at
140 Grenville Road in Plymouth, |
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According to the 1911 census,
reunited with his entire family in his fathers hometown of Birmingham.
George is now the eldest of four children (all born in Plymouth) to Samuel
Austin and Edith Evelyn (née Ryder), His father is a Naval Pensioner Switchboard
Assistant. They live at 24 Herbert Road, Handsworth, Birmingham. |
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According to the
1921 census, George S., now a professional football (for West Bromwich
Albion FC) is visiting the Canfield family at 24 Greenfield Street in
Waltham Abbey. |
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Marriage |
to Olive
Gertrude Canfield, on 7 June 1924 at St. Lawrence & Holy Cross Church in
Waltham Abbey
[registered in Edmonton, June 1934]. |
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According to the 1939 register, George S.A.,
an assistant switchboard attendant at Birmingham Power Station, is married
to Olive, and they live at 41 Mervyn Road in the Handsworth area of
Birmingham. |
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Death |
19 May 1973
at 41 Mervyn Road in Handsworth, Birmingham, aged 75 years 14 days.
[registered as George Samuel A. in Birmingham, June 1873]. |
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Probate |
"ASHMORE
George Samuel Austin otherwise George Samuel of 41 Mervyn Rd
Birmingham 21 died 19 May 1973
Probate Birmingham 5 October £5721." |
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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) |
Played
schoolboy football in South Devon. Played with Nineveh Wesley FC of
the Handsworth League, before joining West Bromwich Albion FC in November
1919. Played 245 league matches before moving to Chesterfield FC
on 2
October 1931 and completing another 71 league appearances, retiring
on 22 December 1933. |
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Club honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5' 11", 11st.
1lb [1927] |
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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
six who became 504th players (504)
to
appear for England. 55th goalkeeper to appear. |
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Position(s) |
Goalkeeper |
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Only match |
No. 150,
24 May 1926, Belgium 3 England 5, an
end-of-season friendly
match at Olympisch Stadion, Antwerpen, aged 28 years 19 days. |
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Major tournaments |
None |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Only the
fourth Devonshire player to represent England, the first goalkeeper.
Died a day after Joe Tate. |
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Beyond England |
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no information, although according to Tony
Matthews, worked for the Midlands Electricity Board after he retired from
playing. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming
(1990). Hatton Press, p.14./The Who's Who
of West Bromwich Albion.
Tony Matthews (2005) |
England
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