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

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

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

^ ^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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