Elijah Cresswell

Elijah Cresswell
Personal information
Full name	Elijah J Cresswell
Date of birth	18 July 1889
Place of birth	Parkhead, Scotland
Date of death	4 November 1931 (aged 42)
Place of death	Shettleston, Scotland
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1913–1918	Queen's Park
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Elijah J. Cresswell (18 July 1889 – 4 November 1931) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played as a forward in the Scottish League for Queen's Park.^[1]

Personal life[edit]

Cresswell worked as a claims inspector and as of 1915 was married with two children.^[2] In 1915, during the second year of the First World War, he enlisted as a guardsman in the Coldstream Guards.^[2]

Career statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Queen's Park	1913–14^[1]	Scottish First Division	19	3	5	2	1^[a]	0	25	5
	1914–15^[1]	Scottish First Division	17	2	—		4^[b]	0	21	2
	1915–16^[1]	Scottish First Division	34	4	—		3^[c]	0	37	4
	1916–17^[1]	Scottish First Division	5	0	—		1^[d]	0	6	0
	1917–18^[1]	Scottish First Division	22	2	—		0	0	22	2
Career total			97	11	5	2	9	0	111	13

^ Appearance in Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup
^ 2 appearances in Glasgow Cup, 1 appearance in Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup, 1 appearance in War Fund Shield
^ 2 appearances in Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup, 1 appearance in Glasgow Cup
^ Appearance in Glasgow Cup

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website". www.qpfc.com. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Queen's Park And The Great War 1914 To 1918 – The Queen's Park Men Who Served And Survived As At April 2017" (PDF). p. 5. Retrieved 13 October 2016.

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[3] Appearance in Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup

[4] 2 appearances in Glasgow Cup, 1 appearance in Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup, 1 appearance in War Fund Shield

[5] 2 appearances in Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup, 1 appearance in Glasgow Cup

[6] Appearance in Glasgow Cup

[QPFC-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website". www.qpfc.com. Retrieved 11 October 2016.

[McCrossan-2] "Queen's Park And The Great War 1914 To 1918 – The Queen's Park Men Who Served And Survived As At April 2017" (PDF). p. 5. Retrieved 13 October 2016.

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