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Teddy Taylor

Huddersfield Town AFC

8 appearances, 1 own goal, 10 goals against

P 8 W 3 D 3 L 2 F 15: A 10
56% successful

1922-26

captain: none
minutes played:
720

Timeline

  Edward Taylor
  Edward is sometimes tagged with Hallows as a middle name. He was not born with this name, and he did not die with it. Hallows is in fact, his mother's maiden name. And he may have used as a tribute to his mother (who died aged 41 years), or indeed, his sporting cousins.
Birth Tuesday, 8 February 1887 in West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire
  One of two registered in West Derby January-March 1887
Education Anfield Road School in Liverpool
 

According to the 1891 census, the four year-old Edward, is the youngest of four sons, but the sixth of seven children. His parents, Irishman Robert and Sarah (née Hallows), all living at 121 Townsend Lane, West Derby. His father is a clerk for the Railways.

 

According to the 1901 census, Edward is the youngest of six children to remain at the family home, 39 Osborne Road. His widowed father still a clerk. His eldest sister, Susannah (Aunty Sue) acts as his mother, after
Sarah died giving birth to his youngest sister, Minnie in 1891.

 

According to the 1911 census, Edward is now one of five children left in the family home, still at 39 Osborne Road. He himself is now a clerk at the Flour Mill.
(His father died in 1912)

Marriage to Maggie Bickerstaff, on Monday, 12 March 1917, at St. John the Divine Church, Fairfield, Lancashire. Stated as being a tobacconist, living at 17 Sandringham Road in The Brook.
  registered in West Derby January-March 1917
Children Ted and May Taylor had two children together, George Edward Bickerstaff (b.23 May 1921) and Sheila Adele (b.7 March 1925).
  According to the 1921 census, Edward, a cotton salesman (for Rodewals Evans), is now married to May, and they have one son, George Edward Bickerstaff, llve at16 Northway in Wavertree.
  According to the 1939 register, Edward, a raw cotton merchant, is married to May, and living with George (and probably Sheila) at 52 Westgate in Hale.
Death Saturday, 5 March 1966 at Stepping Hill Hospital, Poplar Grove Street, in Stockport, Cheshire, after suffering with a heart-attack after climbing flights of stairs at his offices. Living at 7b Egerton Road South in Chorlton-cum-Hardy.
aged 79 years 25 days registered in Stockport January-March 1966

Obituary

"TAYLOR.—On March 5, 1966, EDWARD, aged 79 years, of 7b Egerton Road South, Heaton Chapel, late of Hale, beloved husband of May and dear father of George and Sheila. Service at Stockport Crematorium this day (Tuesday) at 3 30 p.m. No flowers, please. Inquiries to Messrs George Meredith. Tel. STO 2065."
Funeral 3.30pm., Tuesday, 8 March 1966 at Stockport Crematorium, Buxton Road, Stockport
Source

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

Playing Career


Club(s)
Started his career in Liverpool with the Marlborough Old Boys and Liverpool Balmoral FC. He also represented Lancashire and County Palatine. After a successful trial, he joined his first professional club, Oldham Athletic FC on 27 February 1912. Both Liverpool FC and Leeds City FC made bids for Taylor in February 1916, and he did guest for Liverpool FC for some wartime matches, he also guested for Fulham FC and Tranmere Rovers FC. Taylor joined Huddersfield Town AFC on 1 June 1922 for £2,500. After he missed the majority of the 1924-25 season because of a serious injury, he returned to Merseyside when Everton FC signed him on 11 February 1927. He left to join Ashton National FC in the Cheshire County League, on 7 September 1928. In his final season, he joined Wrexham AFC on 2 November 1928, retiring from football at the end of that season.

League honours
271 appearances
Oldham Athletic FC 1913-22 87 appearances
debut: 26 April 1913 Oldham Athletic FC 0 Manchester United FC 0. 
Huddersfield Town AFC 1922-26 119 appearances
debut: 26 August 1922 Middlesbrough FC 2 Huddersfield Town AFC 2.
Everton FC 1927-28 forty appearances
debut: 12 February 1927 Liverpool FC 1 Everton FC 0.
Wrexham AFC 1928-29 25 appearances
debut (divsion three (north)): 3 November 1928 Lincoln City FC 1 Wrexham AFC 1.
last (division three (north)): 6 April 1929 Hartlepools United FC 0 Wrexham AFC 2.

Club honours
Football League Division One fourth place 1913-14 (7ᵃ), runners-up 1914-15 (2ᵃ), 1926-27 (10ᵃ),  third place 1922-23 (35ᵃ), Champions 1923-24 (35ᵃ), 1924-25 (10ᵃ), 1925-26 (29ᵃ);
FA Charity Shield winners 1922;
Individual honours Football League (two appearances);
FA Charity Shield winners
with Professionals 1923, 1924;
Distinctions None
Height/Weight 5' 9", 12st. 7lbs [1922].

Source

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

England Career

Player number One of five who became the 433rd players (433) to appear for England. 47th goalkeeper to play for England.
Position(s) Goalkeeper
First match No. 130, 21 October 1922, England 2 Ireland 0, a British Championship match at The Hawthorns, Sandwell, West Bromwich, aged 35 years 255 days.
Last match No. 149, 17 April 1926, England 0 Scotland 1, a British Championship match at Old Trafford, Stretford, Manchester, aged 39 years 68 days.
Major tournaments British Championship 1922-23, 1923-24, 1925-26;
Team honours None
Individual honours None
Distinctions A cousin to Charlie Hallows, a Lancashire and England cricketer.
75th Lancastrian to represent England.

Beyond England

Taylor later went into the cotton trade in Manchester. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.243.

 

The Numbers
parties Apps comp. apps minutes GA GA Av.
min
Clean
Sheets
Cln
Sht Av.
captain
9 8 6 720 10 72 min 1 12.5% 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.
P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
8 3 3 2 15 10 +5 1 1 1.875 1.25 56.3 +1

Venue Record

Venue P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Home 4 2 1 1 7 3 +4 1 1 1.75 0.75 62.5 +1
Away 4 1 2 1 8 7 +1 0 0 2.00 1.75 50.0 =0

Competition Record

Competition P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
British Championship 6 1 3 2 6 8 -2 1 1 1.00 1.333 41.7 -1
Friendly 2 2 0 0 9 2 +7 0 0 4.50 1.00 100.0 +2

Tournament Record

British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1922-23 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 0 1 2.00 1.333 66.7 +1
BC 1923-24 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 0 0 1.00 1.50 25.0 -1
BC 1925-26 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1 0 0.00 1.00 0.00 -1
BC All 6 1 3 2 6 8 -2 1 1 1.00 1.333 41.7 -1

All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 6 1 3 2 6 8 -2 1 1 1.00 1.333 41.7 -1
6 1 3 2 6 8 -2 1 1 1.00 1.333 41.7 -1

Match History

 Club: Huddersfield Town A.F.C. - eight full appearances (720 min) 10ᵍᵃ

F.A. International Select Committee - eight full appearances (720 min) 10ᵍᵃx


apps match pic match details comp res. rundown shirt

Age 35
1 130 21 October 1922 - England 2 Ireland 0
The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
BC HW   gk

one of five who became the 433rd (433) player to appear for England.
the fifth player from Huddersfield Town FC to represent England
The 47th goalkeeper to play for England

Age 36
2 131 5 March 1923 - Wales 2 England 2
Ninian Park, Cardiff
BC AD   gk
3 132 19 March 1923 - England 6 Belgium 1
Arsenal Stadium, Highbury
Fr HW   gk
4 133 14 April 1923 - Scotland 2 England 2
Hampden Park, Glasgow
BC AD   gk
  
5 137 20 October 1923 - Ireland 2 England 1
Windsor Park, Belfast
BC AL   gk
  

Age 37
6 140 12 April 1924 - England 1 Scotland 1
Empire Stadium, Wembley
BC HD ¹ gk
7 141 17 May 1924 - France 1 England 3
Stade Pershing, Paris
Fr AW   gk
142 22 October 1924 - England 3 Ireland 1, Goodison Park, Liverpool BC HW withdrew
  

Age 39
8 149 17 April 1926 - England 0 Scotland 1
Old Trafford, Manchester
BC HL   gk
  


 

 
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