Ephraim Colclough

Personal information
Full name	Ephraim Colclough
Date of birth	1 December 1875
Place of birth	Longton, Staffordshire, England
Date of death	2 January 1914 (aged 38)
Place of death	Longton, England
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1898–1899	Stoke
1900–1901	Watford
1901–1902	Brighton & Hove Albion
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals
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Ephraim Colclough (1 December 1875 – 2 January 1914) was an English footballer who played for Brighton & Hove Albion, Stoke and Watford.^[1]

Career

Colclough was born in Longton, Staffordshire,^[2] and joined local side Stoke in 1898.^[1] He played three matches for Stoke in two years and joined Southern League side Watford in 1900. He spent the 1900–01 season with Watford playing 17 matches scoring once. He then spent less than a season with Brighton & Hove Albion^[3] before his death in Longton in 1914.^[2]^[4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke	1898–99	First Division	2	0	0	0	2	0
Stoke	1899–1900	First Division	1	0	0	0	1	0
Watford^[5]	1900–01	Southern League	17	1	0	0	17	1
Brighton & Hove Albion^[3]	1901–02	Southern League Div. Two	3	1	4	2	7	3
Career total			23	2	4	2	27	4

^ ^a ^b ^c Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Clark to Crussell" (PDF). Watford Football Club archive 1881–2017. Trefor Jones. p. 5. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
^ ^a ^b Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
^ "Longton Man's Death After Whist Drive". Evening Sentinel. 6 January 1914. p. 3. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
^ Jones, Trefor (1996). Watford Football Club Illustrated Who's Who. p. 58. ISBN 0-9527458-0-1.

Personal information
Full name	Ephraim Colclough^[1]
Date of birth	(1875-12-01)1 December 1875^[2]
Place of birth	Longton, Staffordshire, England
Date of death	2 January 1914(1914-01-02) (aged 38)^[2]
Place of death	Longton, England
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1898–1899	Stoke	3	(0)
1900–1901	Watford	17	(1)
1901–1902	Brighton & Hove Albion	3	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals