Segar Bastard
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Segar Richard Bastard | ||
| Date of birth | 25 January 1854 | ||
| Place of birth | Bow, London, England | ||
| Date of death | 20 March 1921 (age 67) | ||
| Place of death | England | ||
| Playing position | Outside right/Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1873-87 | Upton Park | ||
| – | Trojans | ||
| – | Leyton | ||
| National team | |||
| 1880 | England | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Segar Richard Bastard[1] (25 January 1854 – 20 March 1921) was an English amateur football player and referee.
Born in Bow, London, Bastard played for the now-defunct Upton Park football club, between 1873 and 1887; he also played for Trojans and Leyton[2] and occasionally guested for the Corinthians. Like many of his contemporaries, he was both a player and a referee at the same time, unlike the modern day, where referees are neutrals with no playing connections.[3] He refereed the 1878 FA Cup Final between Wanderers and Royal Engineers at the Kennington Oval,[3] before refereeing the first ever England v. Wales match, at the Oval on 18 January 1879.[4]
Bastard's debut as an international player came after his debut as a referee; he played for England as an outside right against Scotland on 13 March 1880; Scotland won 5-4 in a match that saw England mount a late rally to come back from 5-2 down.[4] That was Bastard's only match for England.[5]
A solicitor by profession,[2] he was noted for his gambling; he was also a keen fan of horseracing and is one of the first footballers known to have owned a racehorse.[3] He died aged 67, in 1921.[5]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Some historical texts refer to him as Segal Bastard but census records indicate his first name was spelt with an "r". Reference: "1881 census search". http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gsfn=sega*&gsln=bastard&gsby=1854&gsbco=1&gsbpl=1%2c+&gsdy=&gsdco=1&gsdpl=1%2c+&sbo=0&rank=1&db=&ti=5538&ti.si=0&gl=allgs&gss=ansmp&gst=&so=1&so=1&o_iid=20993&o_lid=20993&o_it=20993. Retrieved January 16, 2006.
- ^ a b Peter Hamersley. "Upton Park Football Club - Players: 1866 to 1887". East of London Family History Society. http://www.eolfhs.org.uk/membdata/upfca.htm.
- ^ a b c Paul Simpson; Ray Spiller (1997). Four Four Two: Football Intelligence. London: Pan Books. pp. 50–51. ISBN 0-330-34976-7.
- ^ a b Alan Brown. "England: 1872-1880 matches". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/intldetails/1872-1880e.html. Retrieved January 16, 2006.
- ^ a b "England's Players - Bach to Byrne". England Football Online. http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrs/Plyr_B.html. Retrieved January 16, 2006.
