Edgar Wallace Chadwick (14 June 1869 – 14 February 1942) was a left-sided

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who had a long and distinguished career with Everton during the 1890s. He was also the national coach for the

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from 1908 to 1913. His cousin,

Arthur Chadwick Arthur Chadwick (July 1875 – 21 March 1936) was a professional footballer whose playing career as a centre-half included spells at Portsmouth and Southampton, before going on to be manager at Exeter City, Reading and Southampton. He also mad ...

, also played for

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and

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, while another cousin, Albert Chadwick, played for Everton.

Playing career

Early career

Born in

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, he started his career at 15 with Little Dots FC, before signing as a professional with

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in 1886. After one season at Olympic, he then joined

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where he spent the 1887–88 season before signing for Everton in July 1888.

Everton

1888–89

Described by one source as one of the best known players of his day, 5 ft 6 in tall, he was a master strategist and dribbler with the ball. Chadwick signed for Everton on 1 July 1888 and made his club and league debut on 8 September 1888, playing as a forward, at

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, the then home of Everton. The home team defeated the visitors

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2–1. When he played as a forward against Accrington on 8 September 1888, Chadwick was 19 years 86 days old; which made him, on that first weekend of league football, Everton's youngest player. Chadwick scored his debut club and league goal on 15 September 1888, playing as a forward, at Anfield. The visitors were

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and the home team won 2–1 with Chadwick scoring the first of Everton's two goals. Chadwick appeared in all the 22 League matches played by Everton in the 1888–89 season and was the only player to achieve 22 matches in that first season. Chadwick also top scored for Everton with six League goals. Chadwick played in a forward line that scored three–League–goals–or–more on four separate occasions.

1889 onwards

He was an ever-present in Everton's first two years as a Football League team. In 1889–90 Everton finished runners-up, with Chadwick contributing nine goals. He scored in five of the 14 League Games Everton won that season. In the following season, 1890–91, Everton won the League Championship with Chadwick contributing ten goals and assisting fellow forwards

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and

Alf Milward Alfred Milward (12 September 1870 – 1 June 1941) was a professional footballer who played in the 1893 and 1897 FA Cup Finals for Everton and in the 1900 FA Cup Final for Southampton. Early career Born in Great Marlow, Milward was one of th ...

to score 20 and 12, respectively, as Everton were also the top scorers with a total of 63 goals from 22 games. Chadwick was nicknamed "Hooky", as his frequent trick was to run with the ball parallel with the goal line, drawing the goalkeeper in the direction of the post, before hooking the ball into the opposite corner of the net. In

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, Everton reached the final of the

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, played at

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in Manchester, where they were defeated 1–0 by

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. Over the next few seasons, Everton continued to be a major force in the Football League, coming runner-up in 1894–95 and reaching another Cup final in

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played at

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where again they were defeated, this time by

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, 3–2. Chadwick spent two further seasons at Everton before joining

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in May 1899. In all, he spent eleven years with Everton, making 270 league appearances, plus a further 30 in the FA Cup, contributing 97 league and 13 cup goals. His goals tally ranks him eighth in the all-time list of Everton goal-scorers and makes him the earliest of Everton's football "legends".

England

Chadwick's contribution to Everton's League winning team was recognised by a call up to the

team (alongside Alf Milward) for the British Home Championship match against

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on 7 March 1891. England were comfortable 4–1 winners with Chadwick and Milward claiming a goal each. Chadwick went on to make a total of seven appearances for England, scoring 3 goals.

Later career

His season at Burnley was not a great success, and although Chadwick was the team's top scorer, with ten goals, he could not prevent them being relegated to the Second Division. In a match against

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in December 1899, Chadwick scored all three goals in a 3–1 victory. In August 1900 he moved to Southern League

, where he was re-united with his former Everton left-wing colleague Alf Milward. Chadwick and Milward's partnership contributed 26 goals (14 and 12, respectively) as Southampton once again took the Southern League championship. In the following season, Southampton reached the

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, which they lost in a replay to

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. In May 1902 he sought fresh fields, but as Burnley still held his Football League registration he had to pay them £35 to release him to join

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, where he stayed for two seasons before moving on to

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in 1904. He was an ever-present for Blackpool in his one season with the club, and was also the club's top scorer with eight goals. He then played out his career with a season at

before dropping out of the league to join

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where his long career finally ended in 1908 aged 39.

Coaching career

After hanging up his boots in 1908, he moved to the continent where he coached in Germany before moving to the Netherlands where he coached various club sides including

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and

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sides. In 1908, Chadwick was approached to become coach of the Netherlands national team. The experts are in disagreement as to whether Chadwick, or his predecessor

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, should be considered as the first manager of the Netherlands national team. Chadwick was appointed manager of the

to prepare the team for the

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held in London. As

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had pulled out of the tournament, the Netherlands had a bye into the semi-finals, where they met

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. This match ended in a 4–0 defeat (with all four goals coming from

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, who later spent six seasons with

); and the Netherlands then played

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for the

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, winning 2–0, as a result of which the Dutch gained their first international success. Chadwick managed the Netherlands national team for 24 games (generally friendlies against Belgium), winning 14. In 1909 they met the England amateur side and were defeated 9–1 (with six goals from

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, who was an amateur who spent six seasons with Chelsea), but against

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and

they avoided defeat. During the

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held in

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(where eleven teams participated in the football tournament, against only six in 1908) the Dutch defeated

and

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, but lost in the

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4–1 to

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. In the play-off for the bronze medal

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were crushed 9–0 with

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scoring five goals. The greatest success of Chadwick's career as Dutch manager came on 24 March 1913, in a friendly against the English amateurs, which resulted in a 2–1 victory. Both Dutch goals came from Huug de Groot. After the match

generously conceded: "The best team won." Chadwick led the Netherlands national team again, in November 1913, when the English gained their revenge with a 2–1 victory. He was also the coach of

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, with whom he won the 1915 Netherlands championship. After

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, he returned to

and reverted to his original trade as a baker. In December 1923, he applied for the manager's job at

, but after being on a short-list of two, he lost out to Frank Buckley.

Honours

As a player

Everton *

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champions: 1890–91 *

finalist:

and

Southampton *

finalist:

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* Southern League championships: 1900–01

As a manager

Netherlands * Olympic Games – Bronze medal:

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Sparta Rotterdam * Dutch Championship: 1915 *Dutch Western Division: 1915

Managerial statistics

References

;General * *
Career record as Netherlands manager
;Specific

External links

*
Liverpool FC Profile
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