Sam Meredith
This article is about Samuel Meredith the Welsh footballer. For Samuel Meredith the British police officer, see Samuel Meredith (police officer).
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samuel Meredith[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 September 1872 | ||
| Place of birth | Trefonen, Shropshire[1] | ||
| Date of death | 25 December 1921 (aged 49)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Gorton, England[1] | ||
| Playing position | Full back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| – | Chirk AAA | ||
| 1901–1904 | Stoke City | 45 | (0) |
| – | Leyton | ||
| National team | |||
| 1901–1907 | Wales | 8 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Samuel "Sam" Meredith (5 September 1872 – 25 December 1921) was a Welsh footballer, who played in the Football League for Stoke where he made fifty appearances as well as eight appearances for the Wales national team.[1] His brother, Billy, was also a Welsh international footballer.[2]
Career
Meredith was born Trefonen and played for Chirk AAA before joining Stoke City in 1901.[1] He was a regular in his first season at the Victoria Ground making 31 appearances in 1901–02 but then was used as back-up by manager Horace Austerberry. He left in 1904 for Leyton having played 50 matches for Stoke.[1]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stoke | 1901–02 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 1902–03 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1903–04 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1904–05 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Career Total | 45 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 50 | 0 | |