Edwin Freeman

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Edwin Freeman
Personal information
Full name Edwin Freeman[1]
Date of birth 5 June 1886[1]
Place of birth Northampton, England[1]
Date of death 1945 (aged 58–59)[1]
Position(s) Inside Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1904–1905 Stoke 0 (0)
1905–1908 Regent Templars
1905–1920 Northampton Town 341 (19)
Total 341 (19)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edwin Freeman (5 June 1886 – 1945) was an English cricketer and footballer active from 1908 to 1920 who played for Northamptonshire and Northampton Town.

Career[edit]

Freeman began his football career as an amateur with Stoke in the 1904–05 season. He spent the campaign with the reserve side playing in the Birmingham & District League.[1] After a period with non-league side Regent Templars, he played 28 times for his home-town club Northampton Town in the 1920–21 season.[1]

Freeman appeared in sixteen first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled right arm medium pace. He scored 133 runs with a highest score of 30 and took six wickets with a best performance of three for 62.[2]

Career statistics[edit]

Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stoke 1904–05[1] First Division 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northampton Town 1920–21[1] Third Division South 25 2 3 0 28 2
Career total 25 2 3 0 28 2

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Edwin Freeman at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  2. ^ Edwin Freeman at CricketArchive