[3] He made his first-team debut on 2 September 1922, shortly before his 17th birthday, and kept a clean sheet against Halifax Town in the Football League Third Division North.
[1] Later that season, he inadvertently played a leading role in Wigan Borough's record Football League victory, by nine goals to one.
On 3 March 1923, Lincoln were 2–0 behind away at Wigan Borough when Kendall was knocked unconscious by the ball rebounding off the frame of the goal and striking him on the back of the head.
[6] Selected instead of incumbent Alfred Harland for the second of three games in four days over the Easter weekend,[7] he made what the Daily Express described as "a promising debut" as Everton beat Tottenham Hotspur 4–2.
[12] Early in the 1925–26 season, both Harland and Kendall played, but when Everton introduced a new first-team goalkeeper in England international Harry Hardy in October 1925, both were made available for transfer at fees of £1,500.
[16] He was transfer-listed again in April 1927 at a fee of £100, and joined Preston North End in May for £50; Everton agreed to pay him the same amount as accrued share of any long-service benefit which he might have expected.