Frank Bedingfield
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | March qtr. 1877 | ||
| Place of birth |
Sunderland | ||
| Date of death | 3 November 1904 (aged 27) | ||
| Place of death | South Africa | ||
| Position(s) |
Centre-forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| South Shields Schools | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Great Yarmouth Town | |||
| Rushden | |||
| 1898–1899 | Aston Villa | 1 | (1) |
| 1899–1900 | Queens Park Rangers | ||
| 1900–1902 | Portsmouth | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Frank Bedingfield (1877 – 3 November 1904)centre-forward for various clubs around the turn of the twentieth century, including a season in the Football League First Division with Aston Villa.
Football career
Bedingfield was born in
Rushden he joined Aston Villa in June 1898.[1]
His only first-team appearance for Villa came on 26 November 1898 at
The Football League ruled that the match had to be finished so the remaining eleven minutes of the match were played on 13 March 1899, when Bedingfield was replaced by Billy Garraty. Despite Villa's best efforts, they were unable to score but instead Fred Richards managed to scramble another goal for Wednesday in the final minute.[4][5] Although Wednesday won this match, they were relegated at the end of the season
while Villa were champions.
Bedingfield left Villa in August 1899Millwall Athletic and lost 2–0.[7]
Bedingfield moved to Portsmouth, another Southern League club, in the summer of 1900, where he was to remain for two years before dropping out of professional football.
Later life
After ceasing his football career, Bedingfield emigrated to South Africa where he died on 3 November 1904, aged 27.[6]
References
- ^ a b c "Bedingfield, Frank". astonvillaplayerdatabase. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ^ a b Joyce 2004, p. 21.
- ^ "Sheffield Wednesday v Aston Villa, 26 November 1898". 11v11.com. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ^ Halford, Brian (14 March 2012). "Sheffield Wednesday 4 Aston Villa 1". Great Games. Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ^ "Abandoned Matches". footballsite.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 June 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ^ a b "Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 Queen's Park Rangers 1". The Giant Killers. 31 January 1900. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ^ Collett 2003, p. 505.
Bibliography
- Collett, Mike (2003). The Complete Record of the FA Cup. Sports Books. ISBN 1-899807-19-5.
- Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.