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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

Bernard Middleditch

Timeline
  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.
 

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.
 

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.
 

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
 

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.
 

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.

  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

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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