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Maurice
Webster |
Middlesbrough FC
3 appearances, 0 goals
P 3 W 1 D
2 L 0 F 8: A 5
67% successful
1929-30
captain: none
minutes played: 270 |
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Timeline |
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Maurice Webster |
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Birth |
13 November 1899
in South Shore, Blackpool, Lancashire [registered in
Fylde, December 1899]. |
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Baptism |
27 December 1899
at St. Paul's in Marton |
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According to the 1901
census, Maurice is the youngest of four children, all sons, to John (aged
49) and Mary (née Boardman) (aged 28). They live at 30 St Bede's Avenue in
the South Shore area of Blackpool, alongwith a boarder and a servant. His
father is a secretary and also a taxman. |
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According to the 1911
census, Maurice now has a younger brother, and this return reveals he was
in fact, one of six, and that another had died. They live at 5 Hyde Road,
still in South Shore, with his maternal grandmother and a different
lodger. His father is a labourer with Blackpool Corporation. |
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According to the 1921 census,
Maurice is a plumber (for Thomas Bilsborough) and is the third of four
sons living at home with their widowed mother, Mary, at 3 ST. Heliers Road
in Blackpool. |
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Marriage |
to Dorothy May Pierson, 1 June 1926, at Linthorpe Parish Church,
Middlesbrough
[registered in Middlesbrough, June 1926]. (born 13 May 1902) |
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According to the 1939
register, Maurice is a general store shopkeeper married to Dorothy, living
at 108 Ayresome Steet in the Linthorpe area of Middlesbrough. |
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Death |
10 February 1978,
in Redcar, aged
78 years 89 days
[registered in Central Cleveland, March 1978]. Reported in
the newspaper 11 February. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Began his career playing locally as a
centre-forward with Bloomfield Villa FC and South Shore Wednesday FC. He
joined Fleetwood FC 1920, from where Lytham FC signed Webster in October
1921. He signed for Stalybridge Celtic FC the same month, who reverted him
to a centre-half. Despite intense interest from Burnley FC, Everton FC and
Liverpool FC, it was Middlesbrough FC that signed him on 27 March 1922 for
a 'substantial' transfer fee. He remained at Ayresome Park,
making 262 league appearances, scoring three goals, until he was
placed on the 'transfer list' on 25 April 1935. During his final few
months on Teesside, he was assisting the reserve team trainer. He
eventually joined Carlisle United FC on 7 June 1935. He then broke his leg
in a League match against Lincoln City on 16 November. He remained in
Lincoln County Hospital until the new year, and he retired shortly
afterwards. |
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Club honours |
Football League Division Two winners 1926-27, 1928-29; |
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Individual honours |
Football League (one
appearance), North-Eastern League (as trainer, 1952) |
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Distinctions |
Stepson of Alec Stuart
(Blackpool FC) |
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Height/Weight |
5'
8", 11st.
4lbs [1922]. 11st. 8lbs [1930]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of four who became the
549th
players (550) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Centre-half |
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First match |
No. 170, 5 April 1930, England 5
Scotland 2, a British Championship match at The Empire Stadium, Wembley,
London, aged 30 years
143 days. |
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Last match |
No. 172, 14 May 1930,
Austria 0 England 0, an end-of-season tour match at
Hohe Warte
Stadion, Heiligenstadt,
Döbling, Wien, aged 30 years 182 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship
1929-30; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners
1929-30; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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A plumber by trade. After retiring
from Brunton Park, Webster returned to Middlesbrough FC as a member of the
training staff for the 1936-37 season. From 7 July 1937 however, Webster
returned to Brunton Park and trained the players there. In 1952, he was
trainer at North-Eastern League club, Stockton FC. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.263/264. |
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Maurice Webster - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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5 |
3 |
1 |
270 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
none |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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Maurice Webster
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Home
-
British Championship |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
5.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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Away
- Friendly |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
1.50 |
1.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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All |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
5 |
+3 |
1 |
1 |
2.667 |
1.667 |
66.7 |
+1 |
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Maurice Webster
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
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British Championship Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1929-30 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
5.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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BC All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
5.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
5.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
5.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Maurice Webster
- Match History
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Club:
Middlesbrough F.C.
- three full appearances (270 min) |
F.A. International Selection Committee - three full appearances
(270 min)x
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Notes
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