kick if another player made contact with the ball. In that year, the International Football Association Board (IFAB) changed the laws of football so that a goal could be scored directly from a corner kick (without another player touching the ball). However, the wording of the new law was vague. A Liverpool Echo sports journalist, Ernest Edwards, informed the Everton side of the lack of precision in the new rules. During a game against Woolwich Arsenal, Everton gained a corner kick that Chedgzoy took. Instead of crossing the ball in, he dribbled the ball into the penalty area and nearly scored while the other players and referee looked on in shock – and then he successfully persuaded the referee that the rules permitted this way of scoring a goal. After deliberation by the Football Association, it was decided that the goal was legal, and the law was amended making it clear that the player taking the corner could only strike the ball before another player must make contact. This ensures that corner kicks cannot become corner dribbles, but also permits a goal to be scored direct from a corner. Personal life His son, Sydney (1911–1983), was also a footballer who played for various clubs in the 1930s. Chedgzoy served as a private in the Scots Guards during the First World War. References External links Page on Chedgzoy from Everton F.C.'s web site / Canada Soccer Hall of Fame "Cornered", another account from (Canada's) The Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum "Eleven New Members Inducted into the Ontario Soccer Association Hall of Fame", Lower Island Soccer News, 9 May 2005 Canada Soccer Hall of Fame profile 1889 births 1967 deaths People from Ellesmere Port English footballers Association football wingers English Football League players England international footballers Everton F.C. players Cardiff City F.C. wartime guest players English expatriate footballers English expatriate sportspeople in the United States English emigrants to Canada American Soccer League (1921–1933) players Expatriate soccer players in Canada Expatriate soccer players in the United States Montreal Carsteel players New Bedford Whalers players English football managers Canada Soccer Hall of Fame inductees English Football League representative players Sportspeople from Cheshire British Army personnel of World War I Scots Guards soldiers English expatriate sportspeople in Canada Canadian National Soccer League players Canadian National Soccer League coaches