Samuel Wolstenholme
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| Samuel Wolstenholme | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samuel Wolstenholme | |
| Date of birth | 1878 | |
| Place of birth | Little Lever, England | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Youth career | ||
| 189x 189x 189x 189x-1897 |
Darley Vale Farmworth FC Farmworth Alliance Horwich |
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| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1897-1904 1904-1908 1908-1909 1909-1913 1913 |
Everton Blackburn Rovers Croydon Common Norwich City Chester City |
160 (8) 97 (1) X (X) 138 (7) X (X) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1904-1905 | England | 3 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Samuel Wolstenholme (1878, Little Lever – 28 January 1933, Wigan) is a former English footballer who played for, among others Everton, Blackburn Rovers, Norwich City and England. He played alongside Steve Bloomer and Vivian Woodward in the England teams that won the British Home Championship in 1904 and 1905. He also played twice for The North XI against the The South XI and played for the English League XI against a Scottish League XI.
[edit] Prisoner in Germany
After retiring as a player in 1913, Wolstenholme accepted a coaching position in Germany. In the spring of 1914, he was appointed by the Norddeutscher Fußball-Verband (North German Football Association) as team coach/manager of their representative XI. However while there, the First World War broke out and he was subsequently interned at Ruhleben, a civilian detention camp near Berlin. The camp contained between 4,000 and 5,500 prisoners. Gradually a mini-society evolved and football became a popular activity. Wolstenholme was one of several former professional footballers in the camp. Others included fellow former England internationals, Fred Spiksley, Fred Pentland and Steve Bloomer, a German international Edwin Dutton and two fellow former Evertonians, John Cameron and John Brearley.
Wolstenholme was a prominent member of the Ruhleben Football Association. Cup and league competitions were organised and as many as 1,000 attended the bigger games. The teams adopted the names of established teams and November 1914 Wolstenholme refereed a cup final between Tottenham Hotspur and Oldham Athletic. Among the players participating were Bloomer, Spiksley and Dutton. On May 2 1915 an England XI featuring Wolstenholme, Pentland, Brearley and Bloomer played a World XI captained by Cameron. Wolstenholme also played cricket at Rubleben and in July 1916 played for a Yorkshire XI that lost to a Lancashire XI, featuring Bloomer.
[edit] Honours
England
- British Home Championship: 2
- 1904, 1905
