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Bernard
Middleditch |
Corinthians FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 1 D
0 L 0 F 6: A 0
100% successful
1897
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Bernard Middleditch
MA |
Birth |
31 December 1871 in Hornsey Lane, Highgate, Middlesex [registered in
Edmonton, March 1872]. Confirmed by Birth Notices in The
Morning Post and the 1939 register.
notes: Edmonton was part of the Middlesex
County Registration until 1889. |
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According to the 1881
census, Bernard is the youngest of four children to William Henry and
Georgiana (née Sampson). Only three of them are here. They live at
Hermitage House in Kinson, Dorset. |
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According to the 1891
census, Bernard remains the youngest of four, now living at The Green, in
Lea, Derbyshire, with three servants. He is a student of Theology. His
father is a retired bank clerk. In 1900, Bernard became second
lieutenant in the 1st Worcestershire Voluntary Artillery Corps. |
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According to the 1901
census, Bernard is a schoolmaster at School House, Cambridge University in
Malvern, Worcestershire. |
Marriage |
to Florence
Margaret Sutherland-Graeme
[registered in St.George Hanover Square, June 1903]. Two
children, Margaret Christian and John Graeme |
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According to the 1911
census, Bernard is now married to Florence and he is a Science Master at
Harrow School. He lives at Woodcroft, London Road in Harrow with his two
children, Margaret and John, and also two servants. During the war,
became a private for the Royal Sussex Regiment.
According to London
Electoral Registers, Middleditch was living at Woodcroft from 1907 to at
least 1911, however. by 1918, he was living at Hillside, on Peterborough
Hill, still in Harrow. |
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According to the 1921
census, Bernard is still married and he is a HouseMaster at
Harrow School. He now lives at The Park, School House at 15 High Street in
Harrow on the Hill with the Boys' Matron, Edith Morgan, and three
servants.
According to London
Electoral Registers, Middleditch was, from 1921-31, at 15 High Street, in Harrow.
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According to the 1939 register, Bernard, a retired schoolmaster, is now
widowed and living at 13 Watchbell Street in Rye. |
Death |
3 October 1949 at 36 Church
Square, Rye, aged
77 years 276 days
[registered in Battle, Sussex]. Left £6630 9s. 6d. to his
daughter, Margaret. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Did not have a
club career as such. He attended Jesus College and earned his 'blue' with Cambridge University in
1895. Afterwhich he played for the Corinthians club from 1895 until 1905,
who he made 82 appearances with. |
Club honours |
None |
Individual honours |
None |
Distinctions |
None |
Height/Weight |
not
known |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
England Career |
Player number |
One of five who became the 229th players
(231) to appear for England. |
Position(s) |
Right-half |
Only match |
No. 59,
20 February 1897, England
6
Ireland 0, a British Championship match at
Trent Bridge Cricket Ground, Nottingham,
aged 25 years
51 days. |
Major tournaments |
British Championship 1896-97; |
Team honours |
None |
Individual honours |
None |
Distinctions |
None |
England Disgrace |
"In Halstead, May 27
[1935], Bernard Middleditch, Harrow-on-the-Hill, was
summoned for allowing a motor car to stand on the highway at Earls Colne
without lights. Mr. E.G. Hines, for defendent, said the offence was due to
a defective cable. Defendant had been driving for 20 years, and had a
clean record. Fined 10/-." - The Newsman, Saturday, 1 June
1935. |
Beyond England |
A schoolmaster by profession, in
Chemistry, he held
appointments at University School in Hastings from 1895-1900, and then at
two public schools, Malvern 1900-03 and Harrow from 1903 until his
retirement in 1932. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.173. |
Bernard Middleditch - Career Statistics |
Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
1 |
1 |
1 |
90 |
0 |
0
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. |
Bernard Middleditch
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
Home
-
British Championship |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
+6 |
0 |
1 |
6.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
+6 |
0 |
1 |
6.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Bernard Middleditch
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
British Championship Competition |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
BC 1897-98 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
+6 |
0 |
1 |
6.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
BC
All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
+6 |
0 |
1 |
6.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
All Competition |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
BC |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
+6 |
0 |
1 |
6.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
+6 |
0 |
1 |
6.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Bernard Middleditch
- Match History |
Club:
Corinthians F.C. - 1 full cap |
F.A. International Select
Committee - 1
full capx
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Age 25 |
1 |
59 |
20 February 1897 - England
6 Ireland 0,
Trent Bridge Cricket Ground, Nottingham |
BC |
HW |
Start |
rh |
Notes
Cambridge University
Alumni
Adm. pens. (age 19) at JESUS, 1891.
S. of W. H. Esq. B. [1871], at Highgate Middlesex. School, private.
Matric. Michs. 1891; B.A. 1894; M.A. 1909. Football (assoc.) ´blue,´ 1895.
Played for England, 1897, Assistant Master at Malvern College, 1900-3; at
Harrow, 1903-32. Of 36, Church Square, Rye, Sussex, in 1947. Died on Oct.
3, 1949.
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