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Ernie Blenkinsop

The Wednesday FC, Sheffield Wednesday FC

 26 caps, 0 goals

P 26 W 18 D 3 L 5 F x: A x
75% successful
1928-33

disciplined: none
captaincies: four
minutes played: 2340

Profile
Full name Ernest Blenkinsop
Born 20 April 1902 in Cudworth, Yorkshire [registered in Barnsley, June 1902].

Census Notes

According to the 1911 census, Ernest is the fifth of seven children (two had left home, another sadly died) to James Hollings and Annie Elizabeth (nee Green), living at 12 Church Street in Cudworth.  His father is a colliery onsetter.

When he married in 1926, Ernest was living in Parkside Road, in Hillsborough, Sheffield.  By 1930, he was living in Lennox Road, also in Hillsborough.  In 1934, following his move to Liverpool FC, he was living in the clubhouse at Anfield.
Married Winnie Stewart, 1 June 1926 at Wadsley Church, Sheffield. The reception was held at Wadsley Social Club, and they honeymooned in Blackpool. They had two children, Beryl and Barry.
Died 24 April 1969 in Sheffield, aged 67 years 4 days [registered in Sheffield, June 1902].
Height/Weight 5' 10½", 11st. 8lbs [1929].

Source

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

Club Career
Club(s) Ernest went on to attend school on the St John's Road in Cudworth until he was thirteen, when he left school to work down the Bierley Colliery for 30 shillings, he was playing junior football before playing for Cudworth Village FC in the Barnsley Association League Senior Division.  Blenkinsop left Cudworth FC for Hull City FC �100 and and barrel of beer (80 pints) in October 1921.  Ernest himself picked up a signing-on fee of �10 and wage of �5 a week. After only eleven league appearances for Hull, he signed for The Wednesday FC in January 1923.  Following a successful eleven years, Blenkinsop signed for Liverpool FC for �6000 in March 1934, and onto Cardiff City FC in November 1937. Despite retiring in 1939, Blenkinsop made guest appearances in wartime for Buxton, Halifax, Bradford City and Bradford Park Avenue.
Club honours Football League Division Two winners 1925-26; Football League Champions 1928-29, 1929-30;
Individual honours Football League (8 appearances)
Distinctions x

Source

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

England Career
Player number 529th player to appear for England.
Position(s) Left-back
First match No. x, 1928, aged x years x days.
Last match No. x, 1933, aged x years x days.
Major tournaments x
Team honours x
Individual honours x
Distinctions Won his 26 appearances consecutively, a record held from 1933 until 1950.

Beyond England
After retirement in 1939, Ernest returned from Cardiff to Sheffield and worked in the steel industry. After the war he became a licensee, running the Mason's Arms in Crookes and then the Sportsman's Inn in Crosspool, Sheffield until his death in 1969. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.36./BrierlyVillage.co.uk

 

Ernie Blenkinsop - Career Statistics
Squads Apps Comp.
Apps		 Starts Sub on Sub off Mins. Goals Goals Av.min Comp.
Goals		 Capt. Disc.
- 26 - 26 0 0 2340 0 0 min 0 Four None
Due to the fact that many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries, errors and substitutions.  The minutes here given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an approximation.

 

Ernie Blenkinsop - Match Record - All Matches
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - - - -
All - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

Ernie Blenkinsop - Match Record - By Colour of Shirt
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
White - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Blue - - - - - - - - - - - - -
All - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

Ernie Blenkinsop - Match Record - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L

WCP

 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 =0
WCF 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 =0
World Cup - - - - - - - - - - - - -

ECP

 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 =0
ECF 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 =0
European Championship - - - - - - - - - - - - -
British Championship - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Friendly - - - - - - - - - - - - -
All - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

Ernie Blenkinsop - Match Record - Tournament Matches
All Tournaments
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
x - - - - - - - - - - - - -
All - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

Ernie Blenkinsop - Match History
 Club:   F.C. - x full caps

Coach: x - x full capsx

Age x
1 - x - x, x x x x x

Notes

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