2 - 1 v Peterborough Sports (H) 10/12/2024 Harry Schofield
Full Name: Harry Schofield
Died: 28/07/1921 (Southport)
Heritage Number: 283
Debut Match*: 25/03/1910 v Bury (Lancashire Combination)
Last Match*: 30/04/1921 v Burnley (Central League)
* Qualifying Games
Died of a brain haemorrage shortly before the start of Southport’s first Football League campaign.
He has been working on the football ground at Ash Lane in connection with the improvements being carried out. Some time after arriving at his lodgings in Bath Street he was taken ill. A doctor was called in but he died shortly afterwards.
2 months before he was joint beneficiary in a match played between a team of football “stars” arranged by Jimmy Fay and a team of Southport’s past and present players. It is a coincidence that he was due to receive his share of the receipts in the week of his death.
The player made an appearance in the following games:
| Date | Home Club | Away Club | Score | Goals | Competition | Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/09/1916 | Southport Central | Everton | 1 - 0 | 0 | War-Time: League | |
| 23/09/1916 | Rochdale | Southport Central | 1 - 1 | 0 | War-Time: League | |
| 07/10/1916 | Southport Central | Port Vale | 3 - 1 | 0 | War-Time: League | |
| 14/10/1916 | Southport Central | Oldham Athletic | 5 - 3 | 0 | War-Time: League | |
| 28/10/1916 | Southport Central | Burnley | 3 - 0 | 0 | War-Time: League | |
| 11/11/1916 | Southport Central | Liverpool | 1 - 3 | 0 | War-Time: League | |
| 18/11/1916 | Stockport County | Southport Central | 1 - 0 | 0 | War-Time: League | |
| 25/11/1916 | Southport Central | Bury | 2 - 1 | 0 | War-Time: League | |
| 02/12/1916 | Stoke City | Southport Central | 2 - 1 | 0 | War-Time: League | |
| 09/12/1916 | Southport Central | Blackpool | 2 - 0 | 0 | War-Time: League | |
| 16/12/1916 | Blackburn Rovers | Southport Central | 4 - 0 | 0 | War-Time: League | |
| 13/01/1917 | Bolton Wanderers | Southport Central | 0 - 0 | 0 | War-Time: League | |
| 20/01/1917 | Southport Central | Port Vale | 3 - 1 | 0 | War-Time: League | |
| 03/02/1917 | Southport Central | Preston North End | 2 - 2 | 0 | War-Time: League | |
| 10/02/1917 | Burnley | Southport Central | 7 - 0 | 0 | War-Time: League | |
| 24/02/1917 | Liverpool | Southport Central | 4 - 2 | 0 | War-Time: League | |
| 10/03/1917 | Bury | Southport Central | 2 - 1 | 0 | War-Time: League | |
| 17/03/1917 | Southport Central | Stoke City | 0 - 2 | 0 | War-Time: League | |
| 24/03/1917 | Southport Central | Army | 4 - 0 | 0 | Friendly | |
| 31/03/1917 | Everton | Southport Central | 4 - 2 | 0 | War-Time: Supplementary Competition | |
| 07/04/1917 | Southport Central | Stockport County | 0 - 1 | 0 | War-Time: Supplementary Competition | |
| 09/04/1917 | Southport Central | Liverpool | 0 - 7 | 0 | War-Time: Supplementary Competition | |
| 14/04/1917 | Southport Central | Everton | 0 - 1 | 0 | War-Time: Supplementary Competition |
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