Ernie Blenkinsop	The Wednesday FC, Sheffield Wednesday FC 26 appearances, 0 goals P 26 W 18 D 3 L 5 F 82: A 35 75% successful 1928-33 captain: four minutes played: 2340
Timeline
	Ernest Blenkinsop
Birth	20 April 1902 in Cudworth, West Riding of Yorkshire [registered in Barnsley, June 1902]. Attended St John's Road School, Cudworth
	According to the 1911 census, Ernest is the fifth of seven children (two had left home, another died) to James Hollings and Annie Elizabeth (née Green), living at 12 Church Street in Cudworth. His father is a colliery onsetter.
	According to the 1921 census, Ernest is a miner at the local colliery and is the middle of three sons still living at home with their parents still at 12 Church Street.
Marriage	Winifred Stewart, 1 June 1926 at Wadsley Church, Sheffield [registered in Sheffield, June 1926]. The reception was held at Wadsley Social Club, and they honeymooned in Blackpool. They had two children, Beryl (b.21 September 1930) and Barry (b.24 October 1931).
	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.
"Blenkinsop worked in the Grimesthorpe & Brierley pits from the age of 13½ to about 18. On one occasion there was a roof fall in a gallery and he threw himself to the floor and to one side to save himself from death and serious injury. If he had remained standing he would have been killed, as it was he was buried by the debris." - Hull Daily Mail, 20 May 1933
	According to the 1939 register, Ernest is an iron foundry labourer, married to Winifred and living at 64 Parkside Road in the Hillsborough area of Sheffield, next to the Wednesday ground, with their children.
Death	24 April 1969 in The Sportsman's Inn in Crosspool, Sheffield, aged 67 years 4 days [registered in Sheffield, June 1969]. Apparently while serving a customer.
Probate	"BLENKINSOP Ernest of 57 Benty La Cresspool Sheffield died 24 April Administration Wakefield 9 May £1413."
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
Playing Career
Club(s)	Played junior football before playing for Cudworth Village FC in the Barnsley Association League Senior Division. Despite persuasions from Doncaster Rovers FC, he signed for Hull City FC for £100 and a barrel of beer (80 pints) on 10 October 1921. Ernest himself picked up a signing-on fee of £10 and wage of £5 a week. However, after only eleven league appearances for Hull, he signed with The Wednesday FC on 20 January 1923. The transfer fee was reported as being £1250. The Sheffield club intended buying Bell, but he was injured. Also in 1923, he played for the British Gas works football team. Following a successful eleven years in which he featured in 393 league appearances, scoring five goals, Blenkinsop signed for Liverpool FC for £6000 on 15 March 1934, and after 71 league appearances, and after he was placed on the transfer list in the September, he moved onto Cardiff City FC on 26 November 1937, making a final ten league appearances. Despite retiring in 1939, Blenkinsop made guest appearances in wartime for Buxton FC, Halifax Town FC, Bradford City AFC and Bradford FC.
Club honours	Football League Division Two winners 1925-26; Football League Champions 1928-29, 1929-30;
Individual honours	Football League (eight appearances)
Distinctions	None
Height/Weight	5' 9", 11st. 7lbs [1921]. 5' 10½", 11st. 8lbs [1929].
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].
England Career
Player number	One of six who became 528th players (529) to appear for England.
Position(s)	Left-back
First match	No. 160, 17 May 1928, France 1 England 5, an end-of-season tour match at Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris, aged 26 years 27 days.
Last match	No. 185, 1 April 1933, Scotland 2 England 1, a British Championship match at Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow, aged 30 years 346 days.
Major tournaments	British Championship 1929-30, 1930-31, 1931-32, 1932-33;
Team honours	British Championship winners 1929-30, 1931-32, shared 1930-31;
Individual honours	None
Distinctions	Won his 26 appearances consecutively, a record held from 1933 until 1950, broken by Billy Wright and Neil Franklin. Died thirteen days after Jack Townrow
Beyond England
When he left school, he went to work down Brierley Colliery for 30 shillings. After retirement in 1939, Ernest returned 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. During his time, Ernie wrote many articles for the local newspapers. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.36./BrierlyVillage.co.uk

Ernie Blenkinsop - Match History
 

Club: The Wednesday F.C. - 26 full appearances (2340 min)

F.A. International Selection Committee - 26 full appearances (2340 min)x

Age 26
1	160	17 May 1928 - France 1 England 5, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris	tour	AW	Start	lb
2	161	19 May 1928 - Belgium 1 England 3, Olympisch Stadion, Antwerpen		AW	Start	lb
3	162	22 October 1928 - England 2 Ireland 1, Goodison Park, Liverpool	BC	HW	Start	lb
4	163	17 November 1928 - Wales 2 England 3, Vetch Field, Swansea		AW	Start	lb
5	164	13 April 1929 - Scotland 1 England 0, Hampden Park, Glasgow		AL	Start	lb

Age 27
6	165	9 May 1929 - France 1 England 4, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris	tour	AW	Start	lb
7	166	11 May 1929 - Belgium 1 England 5, Parc Duden Stadion, Bruxelles		AW	Start	lb
8	167	15 May 1929 - Spain 4 England 3, Estádio Metropolitano, Madrid		AL	Start	lb
9	168	19 October 1929 - Ireland 0 England 3, Windsor Park, Belfast	BC	AW	Start	lb
10	169	20 November 1929 - England 6 Wales 0, Stamford Bridge, Fulham		HW	Start	lb
11	170	5 April 1930 - England 5 Scotland 2, Empire Stadium, Wembley		HW	Start	lb

Age 28
12	171	10 May 1930 - Germany 3 England 3, Deutsches Stadion, Berlin	tour	AD	Start	lb
13	172	14 May 1930 - Austria 0 England 0, Hohe Warte Stadion, Wien		AD	Start	lb
14	173	20 October 1930 - England 5 Ireland 1, Bramall Lane, Sheffield	BC	HW	Start	lb
15	174	22 November 1930 - Wales 0 England 4, The Racecourse, Wrexham		AW	Start	lb
16	175	28 March 1931 - Scotland 2 England 0, Hampden Park, Glasgow		AL	Start	lb

Age 29
17	176	14 May 1931 - France 5 England 2, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris	tour	AL	Start	lb
18	177	16 May 1931 - Belgium 1 England 4, Stade DC Bruxelles, Bruxelles		AW	Start	lb
19	178	17 October 1931 - Ireland 2 England 6, Windsor Park, Belfast	BC	AW	Start	lb
20	179	18 November 1931 - England 3 Wales 1, Anfield Road, Liverpool		HW	Start	lb
21	180	9 December 1931 - England 7 Spain 1, Arsenal Stadium, Highbury	Fr	HW	captain	lb
22	181	9 April 1932 - England 3 Scotland 0, Empire Stadium, Wembley	BC	HW	captain	lb

Age 30
23	182	17 October 1932 - England 1 Ireland 0, Bloomfield Road, Blackpool	BC	HW	captain	lb
24	183	16 November 1932 - Wales 0 England 0, The Racecourse, Wrexham		AD	Start	lb
25	184	7 December 1932 - England 4 Austria 3, Stamford Bridge, Fulham	Fr	HW	Start	lb
26	185	1 April 1933 - Scotland 2 England 1, Hampden Park, Glasgow	BC	AL	captain	lb

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