| Elijah Cresswell | |
| Fullname: | Elijah J Cresswell |
| Birth Date: | 18 July 1889 |
| Birth Place: | Parkhead, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Shettleston, Scotland |
| Position: | Forward |
| Years1: | 1913–1918 |
| Clubs1: | Queen's Park |
| Caps1: | 97 |
| Goals1: | 11 |
Elijah J. Cresswell (18 July 1889 – 4 November 1931) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played as a forward in the Scottish League for Queen's Park.[1]
Cresswell worked as a claims inspector and as of 1915 was married with two children.[2] In 1915, during the second year of the First World War, he enlisted as a guardsman in the Coldstream Guards.
| Season | League | Scottish Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Queen's Park | 1913–14 | Scottish First Division | 19 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1[3] | 0 | 25 | 5 | |
| 1914–15 | Scottish First Division | 17 | 2 | — | 4[4] | 0 | 21 | 2 | |||
| 1915–16 | Scottish First Division | 34 | 4 | — | 3[5] | 0 | 37 | 4 | |||
| 1916–17 | Scottish First Division | 5 | 0 | — | 1[6] | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 1917–18 | Scottish First Division | 22 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 97 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 111 | 13 | |||