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Tom Baddeley

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC

5 appearances, 5 goals against
 two clean sheets

P 5 W 3 D 1 L 1 F 11: A 5
70% successful
1903-04

captain: none
minutes played: 450

Timeline
  Thomas Baddeley
Birth Saturday, 31 October 1874 at Rose Cottage in Bycars, near Burslem, Staffordshire.
 confirmed by the birth register.
  registered in Wolstanton October-December 1874

 

According to the 1881 census, Thomas is a scholar, the fifth of six children to James and Emma (née Tunnicliffe), living at Rose Cottage in Bycars. His father is a coal miner.
 

According to the 1891 census, Thomas remains with his parents, at a home in Bycars (probably Rose Cottage), he is the fourth of the five children in the return. His father remains a coal miner.
 

His father died in 1900.
According to the 1901 census, Baddeley was now officially registered as a Professional Footballer, he, alongside fellow footballer George Fleming, a Scot, were boarding with Alfred and Harriet Munn at 38 Clifton Street, Wolverhampton.
Marriage to Phoebe Anne Blackham, on Wednesday morning, 28 December 1904 at Sneyd Church in Burslem, Staffordshire
  registered in Wolstanton October-December 1904
  "Tom Baddeley, the Wolverhampton Wanderers and English international goalkeeper, was married at Burslem yesterday to Miss Winnie Blackham, of Dudley." - Liverpool Daily Post & Mercury, Thursday, 29 December 1904.
"Thomas Baddeley was married on Wednesday morning to Miss Annie Blackham, of Dudley. The marriage took place at Sneyd Church, Burslem." - County Advertiser, Saturday, 31 December 1904.
Children Tom and Annie Baddeley had three sons together. Sydney, Thomas (b.1907) and Tom (b.19 May 1912)
  "Tom Baddeley, Wolverhampton Wanderers' clever goalkeeper, is a coal merchant. His business is at Burslem, from which place he travels every Saturday to guard the Wanderers' citadel. He has missed the train more than once." - Sports Argus, Saturday, 20 October 1906.
 

Evidently, their son, Thomas, had died 14 January 1910, aged just three years old. 
According to the 1911 census, Baddeley had married Phoebe Anne, with one son, Sydney, living at Rose Cottage, in the Bycars Road in Burslem. Tom was working as a Potters Turner.
 

His mother died in 1919.
According to the 1921 census, Thomas, now a beer seller, is still married, and they have one more son, Tom, and with one servant, they live at The Dolphin Inn, 55 High Street in Burslem.
"Temporary License Transfers ...at Burslem
  At the Burslem Police Court to-day—before Mr. N. Parkes (presiding), Mr. Sydney Malkin, Ald. W. J. Brown and Mr. J. Booth—the following applications for the temporary transfer of licenses were granted:—
Dolphin Inn, High-street, Burslem, from Thomas Baddeley to Leonard Smallwood." - The Staffordshire Sentinel, Monday, 21 November 1927.
"Mr. Tom Baddeley ...Friends of Mr. Tom Baddeley, of Burslem, the former Port Vale, Wolverhampton Wanderers and international goalkeeper, will regret to hear that he is lying ill in the London-road Hospital, having undergone two operations, from which he is slowly recovering." - The Evening Sentinel, Monday, 5 September 1938.
  According to the 1939 register, Thomas and Ann are still married, still living at Rose Cottage in Bycars, with their son, Thomas. Thomas senior is unemployed.
This register gives Baddeley a birthday a day sooner (30 October).
"Former Vale Player ...Sympathetic reference to the illness of Mr. Tom Baddeley, of Burslem, the former Wolves and England goalkeeper, was made at a meeting of the Burslem Brotherhood yesterday. On inquiry at the London-road Hospital to-day, where Mr. Baddeley is a patient, it was learned that he is still very poorly, but had had a comfortable night." - The Evening Sentinel, Monday, 19 March 1945.
Death Tuesday evening, 24 September 1946 at Stoke-on-Trent City Hospital, Newcastle Road, in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.
aged 71 years 328 days registered in Stoke July-September 1946
"DEATHS ...BADDELEY.—On Sept 24th. at the C.G.H. Thomas, the dearly loved husband of Annie and loving father of Sidney and Tom Baddeley, of Rose Cottage, Bycars-rd., Burslem, aged 72 years..." - The Evening Sentinel, Thursday, 26 September 1946.

Obituary
"DEATH OF MR. T. BADDELEY FAMOUS GOALKEEPER.
"We regret to record the death of Mr. Tom Baddeley, the old Port Vale, Wolverhampton Wanderers and England goalkeeper, of Rose Cottage, Bycars-road, Burslem, which took place in the Stoke-on-Trent City Hospital last night." - The Evening Sentinel, Wednesday, 25 September 1946.
"DEATH OF TOM BADDELEY.
 "Tom Baddeley, capped four times for England as a goalkeeper, has died at Stoke-on-Trent, aged 71. He played for Port Vale, and afterwards for 12 seasons with Wolverhampton Wanderers, finishing his career with Bradford Park Avenue. Baddeley was born at Burslem. He kept goal for his school and Burslem Swifts before joining Port Vale when he was 18 years old. About 1896 he was transferred to the Wolves for a fee of £40. He got an early chance with the first eleven, and for eight seasons he never missed a game. He was appointed Wolves' captain in 1898 and held the position until he left Molineux to join Bradford Park Avenue. He remained three seasons with the Yorkshire club, and then returned to Burslem to work. In 1904, when he married a Dudley girl, the Wolves supporters gave him a gold watch, and the club added a chain and medal with the permission of the F.A. His one benefit with Wolves yielded him £75." - Birmingham Gazette, Thursday, 26 September 1946.
Funeral
1.30pm Saturday, 28 September 1946
 Service at St. John's Church; interred at Burslem cemetery, Hanley Road, Stoke-on-Trent.
"Service at St. John's Church, Burslem, on Saturday next at 1.30 p.m., prior to internment at Burslem Cemetery. Relatives and friends please accept this, the only intimation. Inquiries. J. Swindells Funeral Services, Burslem. Tel. 88014." - The Evening Sentinel, Thursday, 26 September 1946.
"The funeral took place at Stoke-on-Trent this afternoon of Mr. Tom Baddeley, aged 71, of Rose Cottage, Bycars'-road, Burslem. Principal mourners were Mr. Sydney Baddeley and Mr. Tom Baddeley (sons), Mrs. Sydney Baddley (daughter-in-law), Mr. T. Baddeley and Mr. P. Baddeley (grandchildren), Mrs. Mellor (niece), Mr. James Mason, Mr. G. Price, Mr. G. M. Hargreaves. Mr. J. Pritchard and Mr. G. Kearns. Representing Wolves were Mr. F. J. Somerville and Mr. F. E. Somerville." - Express and Star, Monday, 30 September 1946.
"PROBATE ...Tom Baddeley, former Wolves captain, who played also for Port Vale and Bradford Park-avenue, and was capped four times for England as a goalkeeper, left £1,597." - Express and Star, Saturday, 30 November 1946.
Annie Baddeley died on 13 March 1951, and is buried with Tom
 

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &

Playing Career

Club(s)		 Started his career with Burslem Swifts FC and joined Burslem Port Vale FC in 1892, in which he dropped from the Football League to the Midland League, he was signed by Wolverhampton Wanderers FC in 1897 for £40, becoming club captain the season after. Baddeley moved to newly-formed Bradford FC on 28 May 1907 and was appointed captain for the following season on 19 August 1908. Then finally joined Stoke FC of the Birmingham & District League, on 24 March 1910. He retired in May 1911, but not before playing a few games for rivals, Whitfield Colliery FC.

League honours
367 appearances		 Burslem Port Vale FC 1894-97 62 appearances
debut (division two): 6 January 1894 Burslem Port Vale FC 2 Woolwich Arsenal FC 1.
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 1897-1907 296 appearances
debut: 1 September 1897 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 3 Preston North End FC 0.
Bradford FC 1908 nine appearances
debut (division two): 1 September 1908 Bradford FC 1 Hull City AFC 0.
last (division two): 31 October 1908 Bradford FC 2 Burnley FC 3.
Club honours Football League Division One third place 1897-98 (29ᵃ)
Individual honours Football League (four appearances)
Distinctions None
Height/Weight 5' 9", 12st. 2lbs [1903], 5' 8", 11st 10lbs [1904], 5' 9", over 12st. [1907]

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

England Career
Player number One of seven who became the 278th player (278) to appear for England. 32nd goalkeeper to appear.
Position(s) Goalkeeper
First match No. 77, 14 February 1903, England 4 Ireland 0, a British Championship match at Molineux, Waterloo Road North, St. Peter's, Wolverhampton, aged 28 years 106 days.
Last match No. 82, 9 April 1904, Scotland 0 England 1, a British Championship match at Celtic Park, Kerrydale Street, Parkhead, Glasgow, aged 29 years 161 days.
Major tournaments British Championship 1902-03, 1903-04;
Team honours British Championship shared 1902-03, winners 1903-04;
Individual honours The North (one appearance, 0ᵍᵃ January 1904)
Distinctions If Baddeley did face a penalty in 1903, he was the oldest goalkeeper to do so, so far.

Beyond England
No additional information, but like so many of his contemporaries, he became a public house landlord, namely The Dolphin Inn in Burslem. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.17.


The Numbers
parties Apps Comp
Apps		 minutes GA GA Av.
min		 Comp GA Clean
Sheets		 Cln
Sht Av		 captain
5 5 5 450 5 90 5 2 40% none
The minutes here given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an approximation.
P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
5 3 1 1 11 5 +6 0 2 2.2 1 70 +2
All of his matches were played in the British Championship competition

Venue Record

Venue P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Home 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 0 1 2.50 1.00 50.0 =0
Away 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 0 1 2.00 1.00 83.3 +2

Tournament Record

British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1902-03 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 0 1 2.50 1.00 50.0 =0
BC 1903-04 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 0 1 2.00 1.00 83.3 +2
BC All 5 3 1 1 11 5 +6 0 2 2.20 1.00 70.0 +2

All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 5 3 1 1 11 5 +6 0 2 2.20 1.00 70.0 +2
5 3 1 1 11 5 +6 0 2 2.2 1 70 +2

Match History

 Clubs: Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. - five full appearances (180 min) 5ᵍᵃ F.A. International Select Committee - five full appearances (180 min) 5ᵍᵃx

apps match match details comp res. rundown pos

Age 28
1 77 14 February 1903 - England 4 Ireland 0
Molineux, Wolverhampton (home ground)		 BC HW   gk
 

one of seven who became the 278th player (278) to appear for England
the twelfth player from Wolverhampton Wanderers FC to represent England
The 32nd goalkeeper to play for England - eighteenth competitive

2 79 4 April 1903 - England 1 Scotland 2
Bramall Lane, Sheffield		 BC HL  ?
cs:147min
 2ᵍᵃ		 gk
ᵍᵃ25yd & header

Age 29 trial  
one appearance - The South vs. The North, January 1904;

3 80 29 February 1904 - Wales 2 England 2
The Racecourse, Wrexham		 BC AD 2ᵍᵃ gk
ᵍᵃvolley
4 81 12 March 1904 - Ireland 1 England 3
Cliftonville Gardens, Belfast		 BC AW 1ᵍᵃ gk
ᵍᵃoverhead kick
5 82 9 April 1904 - Scotland 0 England 1
Celtic Park, Glasgow		 BC AW
'he broke two fingers'
cs:131min gk
 


  

 
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