Segar Bastard
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Segar Richard Bastard | ||
| Date of birth | 25 January 1854 | ||
| Place of birth | Bow, 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). | |||
Segar Richard Bastard[1] (25 January 1854 – 20 March 1921) was an English amateur football player and referee.
Born in Bow, Bastard played for Upton Park between 1873 and 1887; he also played for Trojans and Leyton[2] and occasionally guested for Corinthians. Like many of his contemporaries, he was both a player and a referee simultaneously, unlike the modern day, where referees are neutral with no playing connections.[3] He refereed the 1878 FA Cup Final between Wanderers and Royal Engineers at The Oval,[3] before refereeing the first 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.[4] That was Bastard's only match for England.[5]
A solicitor by profession,[2] he was noted for gambling; he was also a fan of horseracing and is one of the first footballers known to have owned a racehorse.[3] He died aged 67 in 1921.[5]
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". Retrieved 16 January 2006.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Peter Hamersley. "Upton Park Football Club – Players: 1866 to 1887". East of London Family History Society.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Paul Simpson; Ray Spiller (1997). Four Four Two: Football Intelligence. London: Pan Books. pp. 50–51. ISBN 0-330-34976-7.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Alan Brown. "England: 1872–1880 matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 January 2006.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "England's Players – Bach to Byrne". England Football Online. Retrieved 16 January 2006.