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CF Frank Bedingfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #133 |

Centre Forward

1898 🕒 1 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 - | #133 |

Aston Villa player image

CF Frank Bedingfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1898 |
Football League First Division |
🕒 1 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 - | #133 |

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Seasons Active | In Fee
Active in League
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
🟩 Won | 🟨 Drew | 🟥 Lost |
Cards 🟨 Booking | 🟥 Sending Off |
Goalkeepers Only 🥅 Goals Conceded | ⛔ Clean Sheets |

CF Frank Bedingfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #133 |

Frank Bedingfield

Personal Profile

Aston Villa Crest 2025
Birth Date
Birthplace
Birth Country
Citizenship
Height
Foot
March 1877
Sunderland, Tyne & Wear
England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Personal

CF Frank Bedingfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #133 |

Villa Youth Record

Youth Record

n/a

CF Frank Bedingfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #133 |

Previous Clubs

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Previous Clubs

Yarmouth Town
Rushden FC

Transfer In

CF Frank Bedingfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #133 |

Transfer In

Season
Joined Date
Aged
Fee
From
From
Signed Under
1898-99 (DEBUT)
1898
21
Free
Rushden 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
George Ramsay
Career

CF Frank Bedingfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #133 |

Played Under

Managers

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥

CF Frank Bedingfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #133 |

Career Summary

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🗓️
🕒
🔁
🇺
PPG
🟩
🟨
🟥
🟩 %
🟨 %
🟥 %
🔥
Yellow
Red
GI
GPG
GPGi
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
-
1
0.00

Seasons 🗓️, Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Unused 🇺, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Goals per Game GPG, Points per Game PPG, Goal Involvements GI, Games per Goal GPG, Games per Goal Involvement GPGi

CF Frank Bedingfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #133 |

Competition Record

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🕒 League
🕒 FA Cup
🕒 League Cup
🕒 Europe
🕒 European Cup
0
0
0
⚽ League
⚽ FA Cup
⚽ League Cup
⚽ Europe
⚽ European Cup
0
0
0
🔥 League
🔥 FA Cup
🔥 League Cup
🔥 Europe
🔥 European Cup
0
0
0
League Gi
FA Cup Gi
League Cup Gi
Europe Gi
European Cup Gi
0
0
0
League GPG
FA Cup GPG
League Cup GPG
Europe GPG
European Cup GPG
0.00
0.00
0.00
League GPGi
FA Cup GPGi
League Cup GPGi
Europe GPGi
European Cup GPGi
0.00
0.00
0.00

Games 🕒, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Goals per Game GPG, Goal Involvements GI, Games per Goal GPG, Games per Goal Involvement GPGi

Seasons

CF Frank Bedingfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #133 |

Season by Season Record

Seasons 🗓️, Age 🎂, League 〽️, Position 🏆, Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Unused 🇺, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅, Goals per Game GPG, Conceded per Game CPG, Goal Difference GD, Clean Sheets ⛔, Points per Game PPG, Goal Involvements GI, Games per Goal GPG, Games per Goal Involvement GPGi

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🗓️
🎂
〽️
🏆
🕒
🔁
🇺
PPG
🟩
🟩 %
🟨
🟨 %
🟥
🟥 %
🔥
Yellow
Red
GI
GPG
GPGi
1898-99
21
D1
1
1
0
0
1
-
-
-
1

CF Frank Bedingfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #133 |

Goalkeeping Record

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GK #
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔ %
Season
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔ %

Seasons 🗓️, Games 🕒, Goals Conceded 🥅, Goals per Game GPG, Conceded per Game CPG, Clean Sheets ⛔

CF Frank Bedingfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #133 |

Honours

Villa Honours
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1898-99 League Champions |

CF Frank Bedingfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #133 |

Debuts & Dates

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Season
First Squad
Manager
1898-99
26 November 1898
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Season
Debut
Manager
Aged
1898-99
26 November 1898
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
21
Game #
First Goal
Scorer(s)
Game #
First Assist
Game #
First Clean Sheet
Season
Final Game
Aged
Manager
1898-99
26 November 1898
21
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Season
Final Squad
Manager
1898-99
26 November 1898
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Debut
Loans

CF Frank Bedingfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #133 |

Loans Out

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Loans

None

Transfer Out

CF Frank Bedingfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #133 |

Transfer Out

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Season
Date
Aged
Fee
To
To
Left Under
1898-99
1899
21
Free
Queens Park Rangers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

CF Frank Bedingfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #133 |

Subsequent Clubs

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Subsequent Clubs

1899-00 Queens Park Rangers
1900-02 Portsmouth
Retired

Quotes

CF Frank Bedingfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #133 |

Quotes

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Biography

CF Frank Bedingfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #133 |

Biography

Player #133 for Aston Villa, Frank Bedingfield, played as a centre forward for the club.

Frank played just once for Villa, during the 1898-99 season.

Frank was born in Sunderland in March 1877 and made his sole appearance for the club as a 21 year old on the 26th November 1898 in the game at Sheffield Wednesday that was abandoned after 79 minutes.

Frank did not appear in the rearranged fixture that played out the final 11 minutes in the following March.

Villa had signed Frank from Rushden and made his sole appearance for Villa in the 1898-99 League title win.

Frank played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

Frank then moved on to Queens Park Rangers.

Frank passed away in South Africa on 3rd November 1904 aged just 27.

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Died

3 November 1904, Aged 27

Appearances
Starts
Subs

CF Frank Bedingfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #133 |

Substitute Appearances

0

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Game
Matchday Summary
Substitutes
Unused

CF Frank Bedingfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #133 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

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Game
Matchday Summary
Unused Substitutes
Goals

CF Frank Bedingfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #133 |

Goals Scored

1

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Game
Matchday Summary
Scorer(s)
Assists

CF Frank Bedingfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #133 |

Assists Made

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Game
Matchday Summary
Assist(s)
Cards

CF Frank Bedingfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #133 |

Cards Received

🟨

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0

🟥

-

Game
Matchday Summary
Villa Cards
International

CF Frank Bedingfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #133 |

International Record

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International Career
Caps with Villa
Matches

CF Frank Bedingfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #133 |

Matches

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CF Frank Bedingfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #133 |

🟥 26 Nov 1898, Villa 1-3 Wednesday, Owlerton

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Game #356

Division One

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: Aaron Scragg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Crewe
FT Score | 1-3 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | WWWWL |

Season | 1898-99 |
Matchday | #13 |
League Match | #13 |
Manager Game | #330 |
Saturday, 26 November 1898

Scorer(s) | Steve Smith |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams
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GK Billy George |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Albert Evans |
FB Charlie Aston |
M Tommy Bowman |
M Jimmy Crabtree |
W Steve Smith |
W Charlie Athersmith |
F Fred Wheldon |
F Jack Devey |
CF Frank Bedingfield |

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Starting XI
Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

[Exact timings not recorded]
1’ Debut, Frank Bedingfield
21’ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday)
22’ Goal, 1-1, Steve Smith
Goal, 1-2, (Sheffield Wednesday)
HT Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Aston Villa
Goal, 1-3, (Sheffield Wednesday)
79’ Game Abandoned due to poor light
FT Sheffield Wednesday 3-1 Aston Villa
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March 1899 reschedule
79’ Billy Garraty replaces Frank Bedingfield
FT Sheffield Wednesday 3-1 Aston Villa

On This Day
The game was abandoned after 79 minutes. It was deemed that the final period of the game needed to be played and as a result a fixture was rescheduled for March 1899 which occurred with no further change to the score. Centre forward Frank Bedingfield made his sole appearance for Villa aged 21. Bedingfield was the only player from this original fixture to not feature in the later game held to complete the final 11 minutes and he never played for Villa again. Bedingfield later moved on to Queens Park Rangers.
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