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Albert Sturgess

Sheffield United FC

2 appearances, 0 goals

P 2 W 1 D 0 L 1 F 3: A 4
50% successful

1910-14

captain: none
minutes played:
180

Timeline

  Sergeant-trumpeter Albert Sturgess
Birth Saturday, 21 October 1882 in Basford Hollow, Etruria, Hanley, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
  registered in Stoke-upon-Trent October-December 1882
Baptism Wednesday, 15 November 1882 at St. Mark's Church in Shelton
 

According to the 1891 census, Albert is the oldest of three children to Thomas and Martha Jane (née Wood), living at 75 St. Mark's Street in Hanley. His father is a potter's printer.
According to his 1899 Attestation, Albert, a potter, living at 17 Stanhope Street, joined the North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales'), joining on 21 April. According to later reports, he was "bought out" 24 hours later!

 

According to the 1901 census, [Albert] is now the oldest of five children, now living at 17 Stanhope Street in Hanley. Both [Albert] and his brother, as well as his father are working at the pottery. He and Edwain are pressers, his father remains a printer.
notes: Albert and his five year old brother are reversed on this census.

Marriage to Amelia Harrison, on Sunday, 29 June 1902 in Stoke
  registered in Stoke-upon-Trent April-June 1902
Children Albert and Amelia Sturgess have four children together. Albert (b.25 November 1903), Amelia Lily (b.1908), Cyril Richmond (b.8 July 1909) and Beatrice (b.1911).
 

According to the 1911 census, Albert is a professional footballer, married to Amelia with three children, Albert, Cyril and Amelia. They live at 25 Bruce Road in the Ecclesall Bierlow area of Sheffield.

  According to the 1921 census, Albert, now an out-of-work steel roller for Brown Bayleys Steelworks, has taken his family (his wife and three children) to Blackpool. They are at 89 High Street in the town, home of the Caddy's.
  His father died in early 1935.
According to the 1939 register, Albert, a china shop keeper, and Amelia are still married, living at 898 Ecclesall Road in Sheffield, with their son, Albert and his wife.
Death Tuesday, 16 July 1957 at 898 Ecclesall Road in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire
aged 74 years 268 days registered in Sheffield July-September 1957
Obituary
 
Funeral July 1957 at City Road Cemetery, Sheffield
Probate "STURGESS Albert of 898 Ecclesfield Road Sheffield died 16 July 1957 Administration London 14 February to Amelia Sturgess widow. Effects £565 8s. 8d." [2025 equivalent: £11,859].
  His wife, Amelia, died in early 1962

Source

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

Playing Career


Club(s)
At the age of twelve, Sturgess joined the North Staffs Volunteers as a bugler. Began his junior football career with Tunstall Cresswells FC before joining Stoke FC in 1903 as a professional and a centre-forward. He settled in the back line, and even kept goal for the reserves as they competed in the Birmingham League. Sheffield United FC signed Sturgess, along with teammate, George Gallimore, on 15 June 1908, for a 'heavy fee', despite interest from Aston Villa FC. During the war, he was guesting for Hull City AFC, however, he remained with the Bramall Lane club until July 1923, when he signed for Norwich City FC as captain, playing as a left-back. Retired two years later.

League honours

524 appearances, 8 goals
Stoke FC 1903-08 124 appearances, three goals
debut: 4 October 1903 Grimsby Town FC 2 Stoke FC 2.
Sheffield United FC 1908-23 353 appearances, five goals
debut: 1 September 1908 Bury FC 1 Sheffield United FC 2.
Norwich City FC 1923-25 47 appearances
debut (division three south): 25 August 1923 Norwich City FC 1 Millwall FC 1.
last (division three south): 14 February 1925 Norwich City FC 2 Millwall FC 2.
Club honours Football League Division One best: sixth 1902-03 (1ᵃ), 1909-10 (38ᵃ 1ᵍ), 1914-15 (36ᵃ 1ᵍ);
FA Cup winners 1914-15 (7ᵃ);
Individual honours None
Distinctions None
Height/Weight 5' 6", 7st. 8lbs [1899], 5' 10", 12st. 0lbs [1914].

Source

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

England Career

Player number One of four who became the 352nd players (352) to appear for England.
Position(s) Left-half, right-half
First match No. 108, 11 February 1911, England 2 Ireland 1, a British Championship match at Baseball Ground, Shaftesbury Crescent, Derby, aged 28 years 113 days.
Last match No. 119, 4 April 1914, Scotland 3 England 1, a British Championship match at Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow, aged 31 years 165 days.
Major tournaments British Championship 1910-11, 1913-14;
Team honours British Championship winners 1910-11;
Individual honours FA Tour of South Africa 1910 (including the two tests)
Distinctions Died the same day as Bert Morley, and thirteen days after George Blackburn.

Beyond England

After leaving football, ran an Eccleshall crockery shop. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.240.

 

Albert Sturgess - Career Statistics
Squads Apps comp. apps Mins. goals ave.min comp. goals Capt. Disc.
3 2 2 0 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.

 

Albert Sturgess - Match Record - All Matches - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Home 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 0 0 2.00 1.00 100.0 +1
Away 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0 0 1.00 3.00 0.00 -1
All - British Championship 2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 0 0 1.50 2.00 50.0 =0

 

Albert Sturgess - Match Record - Tournament Matches
British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1910-11 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 0 0 2.00 1.00 100.0 +1
BC 1913-14 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0 0 1.00 3.00 0.00 -1
BC All 2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 0 0 1.50 2.00 50.0 =0
All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 0 0 1.50 2.00 50.0 =0
All 2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 0 0 1.50 2.00 50.0 =0

 

Albert Sturgess - Match History
 Club: Sheffield United F.C. - 2 full appearances

F.A. International Select Committee - 2 full capsx

Age 27
FA Tour of South Africa 29 June 1910 - South Africa 0 England 3, Durban, Natal Province tour AW Start lh
23 July 1910 - South Africa 2 England 6, Wanderers Ground, Johannesburg AW Start lh
30 July 1910 - South Africa 3 England 6, Cape Town, Cape Province AW reserve
Age 28
1 108 11 February 1911 - England 2 Ireland 1, Baseball Ground, Derby BC HW Start lh
- 110 1 April 1911 - England 1 Scotland 1, Goodison Park, Liverpool HD reserve
Age 31
2 119 4 April 1914 - Scotland 3 England 1, Hampden Park, Glasgow BC AL Start rh

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