Complex sentence: He also refereed the 1875 and 1879 FA Cup Finals and was a journalist, responsible for compiling the first Football Annual in 1868 and editing the Cricket newspaper for almost a quarter of a century.
Split into simpler sentences: He also refereed the 1875 and 1879 FA Cup Finals and was a journalist, responsible for compiling the first Football Annual in 1868. He edited the Cricket newspaper for almost a quarter of a century.