13-452: Hurdman may refer to: Arthur Hurdman , English footballer George Charles Hurdman (born 1870), Ontario lumber merchant and political figure Hurdman Station (OC Transpo) , station on Ottawa's transitway William H. Hurdman (born 1818), Canadian entrepreneur and community leader Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
26-489: A schoolteacher at Borough Road College , London, he was unavailable for club football during term-time. He signed for Sunderland as an amateur in 1906. A short but sturdy man, described as "one of the most diminutive players in first-class football", and possessed of considerable pace, he made his first-team debut on 1 December 1906 away to Woolwich Arsenal in the First Division . Sunderland won 1–0, and according to
39-683: The Daily News , Hurdman "brilliantly led many onslaughts on the Arsenal goal, despite his hopelessness when at close quarters with Sharp . He tricked and dodged in and out of position quite tirelessly from beginning to end, and rarely failed to pass with perfection to his best-placed colleague." He turned professional in January 1907, and in the next match, he scored twice as Sunderland came back from 4–1 down at half-time to draw 5–5. In all, Hurdman made eight appearances for Sunderland and scored three goals, all in
52-456: The age of 70. Sunderland Rovers F.C. Sunderland Royal Rovers Football Club was an English association football club based in Sunderland , England , formed in 1884. The club was founded in 1884 by a group of eight- and nine-year old friends, who clubbed together to buy an India rubber football for fourpence; the boys chose the name Royal Rovers after a public house near to
65-470: The decision to restrict the first season to ten clubs meant the club was left out as first alternative, but the withdrawals of West Hartlepool and Hull City created space for the Rovers and West Stanley . This required the club to turn semi-professional, paying 10s per match. After a couple of decent seasons, the lure of better pay meant the club haemorrhaged players to better-resourced sides, and it spent
78-518: The first round proper; its best run was to the final qualifying stage in 1902–03 , at which stage the club lost at Bishop Auckland . The club left the Wearside League in 1906 to become one of the founder members of the new North Eastern League , which featured the stronger non-league clubs and the reserve sides of the Football League clubs - although the Rovers attended the initial meetings,
91-470: The home of one of the boys' grandparents. As the side grew and aged together, the players looked for more competitive football, and was a founder member of the Wearside Alliance in 1892, winning the title in 1894–95; the club increasingly used the name Sunderland Royal Rovers following this triumph. The club joined the more prestigious Wearside League in 1896, and at the turn of the century became
104-642: The last part of the decade at the bottom of the table. Before the 1910–11 season, the club shortened its name to Sunderland Rovers , and by the start of the First World War had recovered to mid-table status. However, the club's existence ended during the War, as the British Army took over its ground in April 1918, and the club's failure to send a representative to a meeting of the new North Eastern League in April 1919
117-558: The league. In August 1908, he signed for Darlington , for whom he scored eight North-Eastern League goals and made three appearances in the 1908–09 FA Cup . He later played for another three North-Eastern League teams: South Shields Adelaide , Wingate Albion , and Sunderland Rovers . When Hurdman retired from teaching in 1947, he was assistant headmaster of Chester Road School in Sunderland. He had previously taught at Moor Boys' School. He died in hospital in Sunderland in 1953 at
130-609: The strongest non-league side in the area; it won the League every year from 1900–01 to 1903–04, and in the first of those seasons also won two local competitions (the Shipowners' Cup and Monkwearmouth Charity Cup). One of its founder players - Ralph Scott - was still vice-captain for the club as late as the 1904–05 season. The Rovers moved up to a national level by entering the FA Cup qualifying rounds from 1901–02 onwards. The club never reached
143-488: The title Hurdman . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hurdman&oldid=772557731 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Arthur Hurdman Arthur Stanley Hurdman (q3 1882 – 1953)
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#1732852292304156-468: Was an English footballer who played at outside right in the Football League for Sunderland . He also played non-league football for clubs including Sunderland Black Watch , Darlington , South Shields Adelaide , Wingate Albion and Sunderland Rovers . Hurdman was born in Sunderland in 1882. He played football for Wearside League team Sunderland Black Watch from 1900. While training as
169-512: Was taken as tacit acceptance that the club had died. The Rovers' final reported game was a first round Shipowners' Cup defeat at Sunderland West End in February 1918. The club wore red and white stripes - colours common in many Wearside clubs, including Wallsend Park Villa , North Shields , and, of course, Sunderland A.F.C. - with photographic evidence demonstrating the shirts were accompanied by black shorts and socks. The club's change shirt
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