Segar Bastard

Infobox Football biography
playername = Segar Bastard
fullname = Segar Richard Bastard
dateofbirth = January 25, 1854
cityofbirth = Bow, London
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath = March 20, 1921 (age 67)
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath = England
position = Outside right/Forward
years = 1873-87
clubs = Upton Park Trojans Leyton
caps(goals) =
nationalyears = 1880
nationalteam = England
nationalcaps(goals) = 1 (0)

Segar Richard BastardSome historical texts refer to him as Segal Bastard but census records indicate his first name was spelt with an "r". Reference: cite web

title=1881 census search
url=http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gsfn=sega*&gsln=bastard&gsby=1854&gsbco=1&gsbpl=1%2c+&gsdy=&gsdco=1&gsdpl=1%2c+&sbo=0&rank=1&db=&ti=5538&ti.si=0&gl=allgs&gss=ansmp&gst=&so=1&so=1&o_iid=20993&o_lid=20993&o_it=20993
accessdate=January 16
accessyear=2006

] (January 25, 1854 – March 20, 1921) was an English amateur football player and referee.

Born in Bow, London, Bastard played for the now-defunct Upton Park football club, between 1873 and 1887; he also played for Trojans and Leytoncite web

url=http://www.eolfhs.org.uk/membdata/upfca.htm
title=Upton Park Football Club - Players: 1866 to 1887 | publisher=East of London Family History Society
author=Peter Hamersley

] and occasionally guested for the Corinthians. Like many of his contemporaries, he was both a player and a referee at the same time, unlike the modern day, where referees are neutrals with no playing connections.cite book

title=Four Four Two: Football Intelligence
author=Paul Simpson
coauthors=Ray Spiller
year=1997
pages=pp. 50-51
publisher=Pan Books
location=London
id=ISBN 0-330-34976-7

] He refereed the 1878 FA Cup final between Wanderers and Royal Engineers at the Kennington Oval, before refereeing the first ever England "v." Wales match, at the Oval on January 18, 1879.cite web
title=England: 1872-1880 matches
publisher=RSSSF
url=http://www.rsssf.com/intldetails/1872-1880e.html
author=Alan Brown
accessdate=January 16
accessyear=2006 ]

Bastard's debut as an international player came after his debut as a referee; he played for England as an outside right against Scotland on March 13, 1880; Scotland won 5-4 in a match that saw England mount a late rally to come back from 5-2 down. That was Bastard's only match for England.cite web
title=England's Players - Bach to Byrne
publisher=England Football Online
url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrs/Plyr_B.html
accessdate=January 16
accessyear=2006 ]

A solicitor by profession, he was noted for his gambling; he was also a keen fan of horseracing and is one of the first footballers known to have owned a racehorse. He died aged 67, in 1921.

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