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Chelsea FC Profile: Harry Medhurst

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Full Name: Harold Edward Pafford Medhurst

Born: Saturday, 5th February 1916
Place of birth: Byfleet, Surrey, England
Height: 5' 9"
Died: Monday, 9th April 1984 (aged 68)
Place of death: Woking, Surrey, England
Burial: Cremated - Woking Crematorium

Involvement with Chelsea:


Men's 1st Team Player from 1946 to 1952
Trainer from 1953 to 1975


Playing Career:


West Ham United
Woking
Chelsea (Dec 1946 to Nov 1952) - cost: unknown
Brighton And Hove Albion

Chelsea First-Team Career Summary

Competitive Debut: Wednesday, 25th December 1946, Chelsea 1 - 2 Preston North End

Age on debut: 30 years 10 months 20 days

100th Appearance: Saturday, 17th December 1949, Chelsea 3 - 0 Birmingham City

Last Competitive First-Team Appearance: Saturday, 1st March 1952, West Bromwich Albion 0 - 1 Chelsea

See full chronological appearance listing HERE

Appearances

Season League F.A. Cup Lg Cup Europe Oth* Ttl
1946 / 47 20500025
1947 / 48 27200029
1948 / 49 26000026
1949 / 50 41700048
1950 / 51 28000028
1951 / 52 100001
Total14314000157

Goals

Season League F.A. Cup Lg Cup Europe Oth* Ttl
Total000000


* oth = other competitive matches such as Full Members Cup, Charity/Community Shield, Fifa World Club Cup.
Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Harry Medhurst made 157 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.

Competitive Matches Played

CompDateHome  AwayAtt
League25th Dec 1946Chelsea12Preston North End37,126 match lost
League26th Dec 1946Preston North End11Chelsea40,167 match drawn
League28th Dec 1946Bolton Wanderers11Chelsea36,048 match drawn
League4th Jan 1947Chelsea31Liverpool59,226 match won
F.A. Cup11th Jan 1947Chelsea11Arsenal70,257 match drawn
F.A. Cup15th Jan 1947Arsenal11Chelsea53,350 match drawn
League18th Jan 1947Leeds United21Chelsea37,884 match lost
F.A. Cup20th Jan 1947Arsenal02Chelsea59,590 match won
F.A. Cup25th Jan 1947Chelsea22Derby County49,484 match drawn
F.A. Cup29th Jan 1947Derby County10Chelsea19,079 match lost
League1st Feb 1947Charlton Athletic23Chelsea32,959 match won
League8th Feb 1947Chelsea00Grimsby Town17,896 match drawn
League15th Feb 1947Stoke City61Chelsea30,408 match lost
League1st Mar 1947Arsenal12Chelsea52,606 match won
League8th Mar 1947Chelsea14Blackpool30,365 match lost
League15th Mar 1947Brentford02Chelsea33,244 match won
League22nd Mar 1947Chelsea21Sunderland45,415 match won
League29th Mar 1947Aston Villa20Chelsea35,786 match lost
League4th Apr 1947Chelsea02Blackburn Rovers37,840 match lost
League5th Apr 1947Chelsea30Derby County52,886 match won
League7th Apr 1947Blackburn Rovers12Chelsea35,646 match won
League12th Apr 1947Everton20Chelsea30,970 match lost
League19th Apr 1947Chelsea10Huddersfield Town39,753 match won
League26th Apr 1947Wolverhampton Wanderers64Chelsea44,260 match lost
League3rd May 1947Chelsea14Sheffield United32,110 match lost
League8th Nov 1947Preston North End20Chelsea31,986 match lost
League15th Nov 1947Chelsea41Stoke City41,385 match won
League22nd Nov 1947Sheffield United31Chelsea28,103 match lost
League29th Nov 1947Chelsea04Manchester United43,617 match lost
League6th Dec 1947Burnley10Chelsea30,865 match lost
League13th Dec 1947Chelsea10Portsmouth41,906 match won
League20th Dec 1947Chelsea22Blackpool48,421 match drawn
League25th Dec 1947Grimsby Town00Chelsea19,666 match drawn
League27th Dec 1947Chelsea23Grimsby Town34,068 match lost
League1st Jan 1948Blackburn Rovers11Chelsea18,365 match drawn
League3rd Jan 1948Derby County51Chelsea27,929 match lost
F.A. Cup10th Jan 1948Chelsea50Barrow44,336 match won
League17th Jan 1948Chelsea24Huddersfield Town41,908 match lost
F.A. Cup24th Jan 1948Manchester City20Chelsea45,059 match lost
League31st Jan 1948Bolton Wanderers21Chelsea24,232 match lost
League14th Feb 1948Chelsea11Wolverhampton Wanderers56,416 match drawn
League21st Feb 1948Aston Villa30Chelsea32,140 match lost
League28th Feb 1948Chelsea31Liverpool39,078 match won
League6th Mar 1948Middlesbrough00Chelsea28,174 match drawn
League13th Mar 1948Chelsea30Charlton Athletic61,566 match won
League20th Mar 1948Arsenal02Chelsea56,596 match won
League26th Mar 1948Chelsea22Manchester City64,396 match drawn
League27th Mar 1948Chelsea20Preston North End55,561 match won
League3rd Apr 1948Stoke City20Chelsea26,408 match lost
League10th Apr 1948Chelsea10Sheffield United43,949 match won
League14th Apr 1948Everton23Chelsea28,366 match won
League17th Apr 1948Manchester United50Chelsea44,366 match lost
League24th Apr 1948Chelsea02Burnley33,390 match lost
League1st May 1948Portsmouth21Chelsea24,055 match lost
League21st Aug 1948Chelsea10Middlesbrough60,981 match won
League25th Aug 1948Newcastle United22Chelsea58,020 match drawn
League28th Aug 1948Birmingham City10Chelsea48,264 match lost
League1st Sep 1948Chelsea23Newcastle United50,207 match lost
League4th Sep 1948Chelsea22Bolton Wanderers42,971 match drawn
League8th Sep 1948Charlton Athletic11Chelsea38,492 match drawn
League11th Sep 1948Chelsea60Everton42,736 match won
League16th Sep 1948Chelsea22Charlton Athletic45,357 match drawn
League18th Sep 1948Preston North End32Chelsea32,164 match lost
League25th Sep 1948Chelsea10Burnley53,193 match won
League2nd Oct 1948Stoke City43Chelsea31,004 match lost
League19th Feb 1949Burnley30Chelsea28,754 match lost
League26th Feb 1949Chelsea22Stoke City39,259 match drawn
League5th Mar 1949Chelsea21Liverpool42,746 match won
League12th Mar 1949Blackpool21Chelsea20,292 match lost
League19th Mar 1949Chelsea10Sheffield United42,394 match won
League26th Mar 1949Aston Villa11Chelsea47,446 match drawn
League2nd Apr 1949Chelsea50Huddersfield Town48,136 match won
League9th Apr 1949Manchester United11Chelsea30,123 match drawn
League15th Apr 1949Manchester City10Chelsea36,554 match lost
League16th Apr 1949Chelsea03Derby County60,299 match lost
League18th Apr 1949Chelsea11Manchester City25,864 match drawn
League23rd Apr 1949Arsenal12Chelsea54,604 match won
League30th Apr 1949Chelsea01Sunderland32,003 match lost
League4th May 1949Bolton Wanderers11Chelsea19,084 match drawn
League7th May 1949Wolverhampton Wanderers11Chelsea36,720 match drawn
League20th Aug 1949Birmingham City03Chelsea45,068 match won
League24th Aug 1949Chelsea12Arsenal63,196 match lost
League27th Aug 1949Chelsea12Derby County59,038 match lost
League31st Aug 1949Arsenal23Chelsea52,901 match won
League7th Sep 1949Chelsea31Sunderland40,061 match won
League10th Sep 1949Chelsea11Manchester United61,357 match drawn
League17th Sep 1949Fulham11Chelsea45,924 match drawn
League24th Sep 1949Stoke City23Chelsea28,674 match won
League1st Oct 1949Chelsea01Burnley54,574 match lost
League8th Oct 1949Chelsea30Manchester City45,153 match won
League15th Oct 1949Charlton Athletic10Chelsea48,181 match lost
League22nd Oct 1949Chelsea13Aston Villa44,705 match lost
League29th Oct 1949Wolverhampton Wanderers22Chelsea42,008 match drawn
League5th Nov 1949Chelsea14Portsmouth31,650 match lost
League12th Nov 1949Huddersfield Town12Chelsea12,565 match won
League19th Nov 1949Chelsea32Everton34,190 match won
League26th Nov 1949Middlesbrough21Chelsea24,815 match lost
League3rd Dec 1949Chelsea11Blackpool47,636 match drawn
League10th Dec 1949Newcastle United22Chelsea43,329 match drawn
League17th Dec 1949Chelsea30Birmingham City28,672 match won
League24th Dec 1949Derby County22Chelsea28,899 match drawn
League26th Dec 1949Chelsea11Liverpool55,920 match drawn
League27th Dec 1949Liverpool22Chelsea58,757 match drawn
League31st Dec 1949Chelsea21West Bromwich Albion41,610 match won
F.A. Cup7th Jan 1950Brentford01Chelsea38,000 match won
League14th Jan 1950Manchester United10Chelsea48,466 match lost
League21st Jan 1950Chelsea00Fulham52,254 match drawn
F.A. Cup28th Jan 1950Chelsea30Newcastle United64,664 match won
League4th Feb 1950Chelsea22Stoke City45,097 match drawn
F.A. Cup11th Feb 1950Chesterfield Town11Chelsea27,500 match drawn
F.A. Cup15th Feb 1950Chelsea30Chesterfield Town59,660 match won
League18th Feb 1950Burnley12Chelsea23,446 match won
League25th Feb 1950Manchester City11Chelsea32,824 match drawn
F.A. Cup4th Mar 1950Chelsea20Manchester United70,362 match won
League8th Mar 1950Chelsea13Charlton Athletic26,507 match lost
League11th Mar 1950Everton11Chelsea50,328 match drawn
F.A. Cup18th Mar 1950Arsenal22Chelsea67,752 match drawn
F.A. Cup22nd Mar 1950Arsenal10Chelsea66,482 match lost
League25th Mar 1950Portsmouth40Chelsea28,574 match lost
League29th Mar 1950Chelsea21Middlesbrough15,513 match won
League1st Apr 1950Chelsea31Huddersfield Town32,064 match won
League7th Apr 1950Chelsea11Bolton Wanderers52,985 match drawn
League8th Apr 1950Aston Villa40Chelsea35,147 match lost
League10th Apr 1950Bolton Wanderers10Chelsea23,658 match lost
League15th Apr 1950Chelsea00Wolverhampton Wanderers30,254 match drawn
League22nd Apr 1950Blackpool00Chelsea26,006 match drawn
League29th Apr 1950Chelsea13Newcastle United24,677 match lost
League6th May 1950Sunderland41Chelsea21,567 match lost
League19th Aug 1950Chelsea40Sheffield Wednesday48,468 match won
League23rd Aug 1950Arsenal00Chelsea61,166 match drawn
League26th Aug 1950Middlesbrough30Chelsea41,573 match lost
League30th Aug 1950Chelsea01Arsenal48,792 match lost
League2nd Sep 1950Chelsea12Huddersfield Town41,112 match lost
League4th Sep 1950Bolton Wanderers10Chelsea25,457 match lost
League9th Sep 1950Newcastle United31Chelsea56,903 match lost
League16th Sep 1950Chelsea11West Bromwich Albion39,570 match drawn
League23rd Sep 1950Stoke City21Chelsea25,521 match lost
League30th Sep 1950Chelsea21Everton34,970 match won
League7th Oct 1950Blackpool32Chelsea29,240 match lost
League14th Oct 1950Chelsea02Tottenham Hotspur65,992 match lost
League2nd Dec 1950Liverpool10Chelsea28,717 match lost
League9th Dec 1950Chelsea20Fulham43,835 match won
League23rd Dec 1950Chelsea11Middlesbrough35,313 match drawn
League25th Dec 1950Portsmouth13Chelsea23,645 match won
League26th Dec 1950Chelsea14Portsmouth41,909 match lost
League24th Feb 1951Sheffield Wednesday22Chelsea40,964 match drawn
League28th Feb 1951Chelsea02Blackpool36,074 match lost
League3rd Mar 1951Tottenham Hotspur21Chelsea59,449 match lost
League17th Mar 1951Sunderland11Chelsea24,270 match drawn
League23rd Mar 1951Burnley21Chelsea22,266 match lost
League24th Mar 1951Chelsea23Charlton Athletic38,196 match lost
League26th Mar 1951Chelsea02Burnley23,723 match lost
League31st Mar 1951Manchester United41Chelsea25,779 match lost
League7th Apr 1951Chelsea11Aston Villa28,569 match drawn
League14th Apr 1951Derby County10Chelsea16,364 match lost
League18th Apr 1951Huddersfield Town21Chelsea23,999 match lost
League1st Mar 1952West Bromwich Albion01Chelsea24,431 match won

Non-Competitive First-Team Appearances

Season Appearances
1946 / 47 1
1947 / 48 3
1948 / 49 4
1949 / 50 7
1950 / 51 2
1951 / 52 1
Total18

Non-Competitive First-Team Goals

SeasonGoals
Total0


Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Harry Medhurst made 18 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.

Non-Competitive First-Team Matches Played

CompDateHome  AwayAtt
Friendly21st Apr 1947Heart Of Midlothian14Chelsea15,000 match won
Friendly11th Nov 1947Antwerp Entente23Chelsea25,000 match won
Friendly26th Apr 1948Chelsea41Heart Of Midlothian16,000 match won
Friendly3rd May 1948Ipswich Town30Chelsea13,510 match lost
Friendly27th Apr 1949Heart Of Midlothian11Chelsea17,000 match drawn
Friendly14th May 1949UK Services Malta06Chelsea20,000 match won
Friendly15th May 1949Malta FA Select23Chelsea20,000 match won
Friendly18th May 1949Hamrun & Sliema Select26Chelsea20,000 match won
Friendly13th Aug 1949Chelsea33Chelseaunknown match drawn
Friendly28th Nov 1949Chelsea21AIK11,144 match won
Friendly26th Apr 1950Chelsea32Heart Of Midlothian10,228 match won
Friendly2nd May 1950Bridport14Chelseaunknown match won
Friendly14th May 1950Lille Olympique31Chelseaunknown match lost
Friendly8th Jun 1950Inter Milan10Chelseaunknown match lost
Friendly11th Jun 1950Sampdoria21Chelseaunknown match lost
Friendly12th Aug 1950Chelsea21Chelseaunknown match lost
Friendly19th May 1951Algiers Combination12Chelsea4,000 match won Sub off
Friendly14th Aug 1951ChelseaChelseaunknown match drawn

Non-First-Team Appearances

Season Appearances
1946 / 47 6
1947 / 48 19
1948 / 49 19
1950 / 51 11
1951 / 52 18
Total73

Non-First-Team Goals

SeasonGoals
Total0


Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Harry Medhurst made 73 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.

Non-First-Team Matches Played

CompDateHome  AwayAtt
Reserve League7th Dec 1946Brentford22Chelseaunknown match drawn
Reserve League14th Dec 1946Chelsea41Bristol Cityunknown match won
Reserve League10th May 1947Leicester City01Chelseaunknown match won
Football Combination Cup17th May 1947Leyton Orient14Chelseaunknown match won
Football Combination Cup24th May 1947Fulham03Chelseaunknown match won
Football Combination Cup26th May 1947Crystal Palace10Chelseaunknown match lost
Reserve League27th May 1947Chelsea30Queens Park Rangersunknown match won
Reserve League27th Aug 1947Watford10Chelseaunknown match lost
Reserve League30th Aug 1947Coventry City21Chelseaunknown match lost
Reserve League3rd Sep 1947Chelsea23Bristol Roversunknown match lost
Reserve League6th Sep 1947Chelsea11Charlton Athleticunknown match drawn
Reserve League10th Sep 1947Portsmouth11Chelseaunknown match drawn
Reserve League17th Sep 1947Chelsea40Southamptonunknown match won
Reserve League20th Sep 1947Swansea Town10Chelseaunknown match lost
Reserve League25th Sep 1947Leicester City01Chelseaunknown match won
Reserve League27th Sep 1947Chelsea41Aldershotunknown match won
Reserve League1st Oct 1947Chelsea22Tottenham Hotspurunknown match drawn
Reserve League4th Oct 1947Brentford20Chelseaunknown match lost
Reserve League8th Oct 1947Southampton11Chelsea1,600 match drawn
Reserve League11th Oct 1947Chelsea31Portsmouthunknown match won
London Football Association Cup13th Oct 1947Charlton Athletic13Chelseaunknown match won
Reserve League18th Oct 1947Bristol City12Chelsea2,825 match won
Reserve League22nd Oct 1947Chelsea53Bournemouth & Boscombe Athleticunknown match won
Reserve League25th Oct 1947Chelsea30Leicester Cityunknown match won
London Football Association Cup27th Oct 1947Chelsea21Queens Park Rangers12,000 match won
Reserve League1st Nov 1947Arsenal22Chelsea22,274 match drawn
Reserve League9th Oct 1948Chelsea30Watfordunknown match won
London Football Association Cup11th Oct 1948Chelsea32Crystal Palaceunknown match won
Reserve League16th Oct 1948Plymouth Argyle02Chelsea7,103 match won
Reserve League23rd Oct 1948Chelsea21Queens Park Rangersunknown match won
London Football Association Cup25th Oct 1948Chelsea41Arsenal3,000 match won
Reserve League30th Oct 1948Swindon Town13Chelseaunknown match won
Reserve League6th Nov 1948Chelsea50Plymouth Argyleunknown match won
London Football Association Cup8th Nov 1948Charlton Athletic15Chelsea3,715 match won
Reserve League13th Nov 1948Norwich City20Chelsea7,090 match lost
Reserve League20th Nov 1948Chelsea30Swindon Townunknown match won
Reserve League4th Dec 1948Chelsea41Luton Townunknown match won
Reserve League18th Dec 1948Chelsea61Ipswich Townunknown match won
Reserve League25th Dec 1948Leyton Orient04Chelseaunknown match won
Reserve League27th Dec 1948Chelsea20Leyton Orientunknown match won
Football Combination Cup1st Jan 1949Queens Park Rangers04Chelseaunknown match won
Reserve League8th Jan 1949Northampton Town13Chelsea3,000 match won
Football Combination Cup15th Jan 1949Chelsea62Leyton Orientunknown match won
Football Combination Cup22nd Jan 1949Chelsea02Readingunknown match lost
Football Combination Cup5th Feb 1949Tottenham Hotspur21Chelseaunknown match lost
Reserve League4th Nov 1950Chelsea13Tottenham Hotspurunknown match lost
Reserve League11th Nov 1950Swindon Town01Chelsea3,411 match won
Reserve League18th Nov 1950Chelsea13West Ham Unitedunknown match lost
Reserve League30th Dec 1950Chelsea11Swindon Townunknown match drawn
Reserve League6th Jan 1951Chelsea20Plymouth Argyleunknown match won
Reserve League13th Jan 1951Southampton13Chelseaunknown match won
Reserve League20th Jan 1951Chelsea40Watford3,500 match won
Reserve League24th Jan 1951Brighton And Hove Albion13Chelseaunknown match won
Reserve League27th Jan 1951Norwich City20Chelsea1,284 match lost
Friendly10th Feb 1951TonbridgeChelseaunknown match drawn
Reserve League17th Feb 1951Chelsea05Arsenal15,000 match lost
Reserve League18th Aug 1951Chelsea11Birmingham Cityunknown match drawn
Reserve League22nd Aug 1951Crystal Palace02Chelseaunknown match won
Reserve League25th Aug 1951Aldershot13Chelseaunknown match won
Reserve League29th Aug 1951Chelsea42Northampton Townunknown match won
Reserve League1st Sep 1951Chelsea13Millwallunknown match lost
Reserve League3rd Sep 1951Northampton Town02Chelseaunknown match won
Reserve League8th Sep 1951Queens Park Rangers10Chelseaunknown match lost
Reserve League12th Sep 1951Chelsea20Southend Unitedunknown match won
Reserve League15th Sep 1951Coventry City13Chelseaunknown match won
Reserve League18th Sep 1951Southend United12Chelseaunknown match won
Reserve League22nd Sep 1951Chelsea20Swansea Townunknown match won
Reserve League29th Sep 1951Swansea Town10Chelseaunknown match lost
Reserve League3rd Oct 1951Chelsea01Readingunknown match lost
Reserve League6th Oct 1951Chelsea50Fulhamunknown match won
Reserve League13th Oct 1951Leicester City41Chelseaunknown match lost
Reserve League20th Oct 1951Chelsea32Brentfordunknown match won
Reserve League27th Oct 1951Cardiff City23Chelseaunknown match won
Reserve League3rd Nov 1951Chelsea42Leyton Orientunknown match won

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Chelsea FC Player Harry Medhurst

Games Won: 46
Win Percentage: 29.3%
Total Bookings: 0
Times Sent Off: 0

Teammates

During his Chelsea first-team career of 157 appearances, Harry Medhurst played alongside the following 46 players (number of appearances together in the same match-day squad in brackets)

Ken Armstrong (119)
Jimmy Bain (3)
Sidney Bathgate (65)
Roy Bentley (107)
Hugh Billington (78)
Jimmy Bowie (59)
Bobby Campbell (112)
Alex Davidson (1)
Bill Dickson (21)
Len Dolding (7)
Charlie Dyke (15)
Dickie Foss (5)
John Galloway (2)
Ray Goddard (8)
Len Goulden (66)
Billy Gray (68)
John Harris (145)
Wally Hinshelwood (10)
Billy Hughes (77)
Freddie Jenkins (5)
Benny Jones (45)
Tommy Lawton (21)
Fred Lewis (11)
James Macaulay (62)
Alex Machin (32)
John McInnes (17)
Phil McKnight (9)
Frank Mitchell (66)
Ralph Oelofse (1)
Eric Parsons (6)
Johnny Paton (20)
Fred Richardson (2)
Robert Russell (2)
Jack Saunders (7)
Joseph Simner (1)
Bobby Smith (10)
Dick Spence (17)
Willi Steffen (16)
Albert Tennant (2)
Sid Tickridge (5)
Tommy Walker (62)
Bob Warren (1)
Alex White (6)
Stan Willemse (32)
Reg Williams (42)
Danny Winter (102)