Eversley Mansfield

Eversley Mansfield

Personal information
Full name	Eversley Mansfield[1]
Date of birth	4 July 1887[2]
Place of birth	Barrow-in-Furness, England
Date of death	18 October 1954(1954-10-18) (aged 67)[2]
Place of death	Fulwood, England[2]
Position(s)	Inside right
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Preston Winckley
	Preston North End	0	(0)
	Manchester United	0	(0)
	Preston North End	0	(0)
	Barrow
	Northern Nomads
1908	Preston North End	0	(0)
1909	Manchester City	1	(0)
1909–1910	Queen's Park	3	(1)
	Northern Nomads
	Rochdale
International career
1906–1907	England Amateurs	2	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eversley Mansfield (4 July 1887 – 18 October 1954) was an English amateur footballer who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park as an inside right.^[3] He was capped by England at amateur level.^[4] He was also part of Great Britain's squad for the football tournament at the 1908 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.^[5]

Personal life

Mansfield attended Rossell Preparatory School, Thornton.^[2] During the First World War, he served in the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment and was seconded to the Machine Gun Corps.^[2][6][7][8] Mansfield reached the rank of captain and served as a temporary major.^[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Manchester City	1908–09[9]	First Division	1	0	0	0	1	0
Queen's Park	1909–10[10]	Scottish First Division	3	1	2	0	5	1
Career total			4	1	2	0	6	1

References

1. Joyce, Michael (16 October 2012). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 (3rd Revised ed.). Tony Brown. p. 196. ISBN 9781905891610.
2. "Letters & RPPCs – Major Eversley Mansfield – MGC & KORL | #419063315". Worthpoint. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
3. Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
4. "England Matches – The Amateurs 1906–1939". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
5. "Eversley Mansfield". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
6. "Eversley Mansfield | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
7. "Supplement To The London Gazette, 9 November, 1914" (PDF). Retrieved 25 August 2019.
8. Eversley Mansfield on Lives of the First World War
9. "Ernie Mansfield – Manchester City Player Statistics". StatCity. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
10. "Mansfield, E." QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website. Retrieved 11 December 2018.