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Sam
Wolstenholme |
Everton FC,
Blackburn Rovers FC
3 appearances, 0 goals
P 3 W 2 D
1 L 0 F 5: A 2
83% successful
1904-05
captain: none
minutes played: 270 |
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Timeline |
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Samuel Wolstenholme |
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Birth |
16 March 1877 in Little Lever, Lancashire
[registered in Bolton, June 1877]. |
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Baptism |
28 April 1877 in St. Matthew's Church, Little Lever.
To Samuel & Dinah, by James Slade. Samuel's occupation stated as mechanic. |
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According to the 1881
census, Samuel is the fourth of five children born to Samuel and Dinah (née
Jackman) living at 41 Nob End Row in Little Lever. His father is a
millwright. |
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According to the 1891
census, Samuel is now the fourth of nine children, now living at 7 Alpine
Terrace in Kearsley. His father is a fitter in the local foundry, whilst
Samuel himself is a joiner's apprentice. |
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Cannot be found on the 1901
census. |
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Marriage |
to Alice Simmons,
3 July 1901 at St. John's the
Evangelist Church, Farnsworth-under-Kearsley
[registered in Bolton, September 1901]. Living at 1 Alpine
Terrace, stated as being a moulder. |
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According to the 1911
census, Samuel is a professional athlete, married to Alice, with two
children, Lily and Alice. They live at 55 Muriel Road in Norwich. |
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According to the
1921 census, Samuel, now an iron moulder, still married, and with two
daughters and his brother, James, as a boarder, they live at 12 Darley
Street in Farnworth. |
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According to the 1939 register, Samuel, a football
scout, and Alice, are still married, living at 6 Preston Street in Bolton
with daughter, Alice. |
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Death |
20 October 1945,
aged
68 years 218 days
[registered in Bolton, December 1945], in hospital. His death was
reported in The Evening Express, Saturday, 20 October 1945.
Living at 6
Preston Street, Great Lever. |
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Death
notes |
The
death previously given as March 1933 is wrong, that Samuel Wolstenholme
was born in 1879. |
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Funeral |
23 October 1945 at St. Michael's Church, Great Lever. |
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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 football
career with Darley Vale FC. Shortly followed by Farnworth FC and Farnworth
Alliance FC. Time spent with Horwich FC before he left for Everton FC late
in 1897. He made 160 league appearances, scoring
eight goals before Blackburn Rovers FC signed him on 12 May 1904
for 97 league appearances and a single goal.
Croydon Common FC signed him on 19 June 1908 and Norwich City FC in 1909,
making 138 league appearances and scoring seven
goals. Signed with Chester FC, becoming there captain in the
1913-14 season. |
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Club honours |
Football
League runners-up 1901-02; |
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Individual honours |
Football League (two appearances); |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5'
9½", 12st. 0lbs [1904]. |
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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 298th
players (298) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Right-half |
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First match |
No.
82, 9 April 1904, Scotland 0 England 1, a
British Championship match at Celtic Park, Kerrydale Street, Glasgow, aged
27 years
24 days. |
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Last match |
No. 84, 27 March 1905, England
3 Wales 1, a British Championship match at Anfield Road, Liverpool, aged
28 years 11 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championship 1903-04, 1904-05; |
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Team honours |
British
Championship winners 1903-04, 1904-05; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Died three days
after Harry Davis |
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Beyond England |
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Went to Hamburg, Germany, as a coach
and was interned at the outbreak of war. He was held in Ruhleben. They
were repatriated in England on 22 November 1918. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.274. |
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