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Frank
Bradshaw |
The Wednesday
FC
1 appearance, 3 debut goals
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 11:
A 1
100% successful
1908-09
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Frank Bradshaw
[no evidence of 'Francis' can be found] |
Birth |
31 May 1884
at 36 Sidney Road, Nether Hallam, Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire [registered as Frank in Sheffield,
September 1884] |
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According to the 1891 census,
a six year-old Frank is the youngest of eight children, to his parents,
Henry William and Harriet (née Ward), living at 40 Bromley Street in Sheffield. |
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According to the 1901 census,
still at the same address as ten years ago, Frank is now a holloware
buffer, living with his parents and three of his older sisters. |
Marriage |
to Francis
Cooke [registered in Wandsworth, London, March 1908] |
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According to the 1911 census,
Frank was now living at 68 Ashburnham Road in Northampton, as a
professional footballer, with his wife, Francis. The census
also reveals that they had a child that had died within its first two
years. |
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According to the 1921 census,
Frank, still a
professional footballer, and with his wife and two new children, Francis
Howard and Alan Robert, they live at 19 Cleveland Road in Barnes. |
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According to the 1939 register, Frank and Francis are
still married, living at The Cross Keys Inn in Taunton, with Eveline, their
child, and Michael J, their grandchild. Frank is the innkeeper and caterer. |
Death |
August 1962 in Bristol, aged 78 years 62-76 days [registered in Weston, June 1962] |
Death
notes |
Bradshaw's death
was confirmed in Taunton newspaper on 18 August 1962. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Played his
junior football with the Sheffield schools between 1895 and 1897, also
playing for Oxford Street Sunday School. Began playing with The
Wednesday club of Sheffield as an amateur in 1904, turning professional in
1905. He scored 37 goals in 87 league
appearances. He joined Herbert Chapman's Northampton Town FC of the
Southern League on 14 May 1910 for £250. Transferred
to Everton FC on 23 November 1911 for £1250 and
made another nineteen goals in 66 league
appearances. Then joined The Arsenal FC on 29 May 1914. He made 134 league
appearances, scoring sixteen times, the latter-half of which where
all in the right-back position. Retired in May 1923 who became the manager of
Aberdare Athletic FC for a season. For sometime afterward, he was manager
at Taunton Town FC. |
Club honours |
FA Cup winner
1906-07; Southern League runners-up 1910-11; |
Individual honours |
Football League
(four appearances), Southern League (one appearance) |
Distinctions |
None |
Height/Weight |
5'
9½",
11st 10lbs [1912] |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
England Career |
Player number |
335th player to appear for England. |
Position(s) |
Centre-forward |
Only match |
No. 96, 8 June 1908, Austria 1 England 11,
an end-of-season Continental
tour match at
Hohe Warte Stadion, Döbling, Wien, aged
24 years 8 days.
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Major tournaments |
None |
Team honours |
None |
Individual honours |
None |
Distinctions |
Bradshaw was the first England footballer to only play against foreign
opposition. His debut goals were the first debutant goals against friendly
opposition since 1883. |
Beyond England |
A
silversmith by vocation. Bradshaw spent his retirement in Taunton, firstly
as manager of the local club side, and as coach to the Secondary Schools
of the County, in November 1935. For a certainty, he was landlord of The
Cross Keys, in Norton Fitzwarren, near Taunton, in 1939. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming
(1990). Hatton Press, p.43/Taunton Courier. |
Frank Bradshaw - Career Statistics |
Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Starts |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
7 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
90 |
3 |
30
min |
0 |
none |
none |
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
Frank Bradshaw
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
Away - Friendly |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
1 |
+10 |
0 |
0 |
11.0 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
1 |
+10 |
0 |
0 |
11.0 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Frank Bradshaw
- Match History |
Club: The
Wednesday F.C. - 1 full cap |
F.A. International
Select Committee - 1
full capx
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Age 23 |
- |
93 |
16 March 1908 - Wales 1 England 7, Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff,
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BC |
AW |
reserve |
- |
94 |
4 April 1908 -
Scotland 1 England 1, Hampden Park,
Glasgow |
AD |
reserve |
Age 24 |
- |
95 |
6 June 1908 - Austria 1 England 6,
Cricketer
Platz,
Wien |
tour |
AW |
reserve |
1 |
96 |
8 June 1908
- Austria 1 England 11,
Hohe Warte Stadion, Wien |
AW |
Start
  
19, 72, 85 |
cf |
- |
97 |
10 June 1908 - Hungary 0 England 7,
Millenáris Sportpálya, Buda-Pesth |
AW |
reserve |
- |
98 |
13 June 1908 - Bohemia 0 England 4,
Stadión Letná, Praha |
AW |
reserve |
Age 25 |
- |
99 |
13 February 1909 -
England
4
Ireland
0,
Horton Park Avenue, Bradford |
BC |
HW |
reserve |
Notes
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CG
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