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Billy
Bannister |
Burnley
FC, Bolton Wanderers FC
2 appearances, 0 goals
P 2 W 2 D
0 L 0 F 7: A 0
100% successful
1901-02
captain: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Timeline |
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William Bannister |
Birth |
12 September 1878 in Burnley Lane, Burnley, Lancashire [registered in
Burnley, December 1878]. There was also another William
Bannister registered in Burnley in June 1879. But as he was 22
before 31 March 1901, he could not be the Bannister registered three
months later. |
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According to the 1881 census,
William Bannister is the sixth child of seven, to John and Susannah (née
Blakey). His
father is deaf and is a cotton twister. Living at 18 Argyle Street in Habergham Eaves in Burnley. |
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According to the 1891 census,
William is now one of six children
at home, and is now a doffer in the spinning room. All now living at
14 Earl Street in Burnley. |
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According to the 1901 census,
the Bannister's were boarding with the Gill's at 33 Bar Street in Burnley. William is a Professional Footballer, also living with his father, John,
and younger brother, John, who is a cotton weaver. |
Marriage |
to Mary Anne Holt
[registered in Burnley, June 1902]. |
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According to the 1911 census,
Wm is married and running a public house, and still stated his occupation
as a Professional Footballer. He is landlord of the Grimshaw Arms,
and married to a Welsh wife, Mary Anne, and three children, Albert, Madge
and Fred. |
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According to the 1921 census,
William is still a licensed victualler (at 24 Welford Road in Leicester)
and still married, but he and their new daughter, three year old Edith,
are visitors of the Gill househould at 45 Bar Street in Burnley. |
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According to the 1939 register, William is a
licensed victualler manager living with his wife at 56 Lower Churchgate in
Leicester, along with his son William James, and his wife. |
Death |
26 March 1942 in Leicester, aged
63 years 195 days
[registered in Leicester, March 1942]. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]
Neville Sakkers, New Zealand resident and Bannister relative & |
Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Played his early football with Earsley FC, before
signing for Burnley FC in 1899 (Fifty league
appearances, three goals). Bolton Wanderers FC signed him in
November 1901 for £75, and after 23
league appearances and three goals, he transferred to Woolwich Arsenal FC on 23 December 1902. He went on
to make eighteen league appearances before moving on to Leicester Fosse
FC in May 1904. Bannister went on to play 149
league matches, scoring fifteen goals, before he returned to
Burnley FC in 1910, he played five league
matches, scoring once, in the two years he spent there. |
Club honours |
None |
Individual honours |
Football
League (two appearances) |
Distinctions |
None |
Height/Weight |
5'
11", 12st.
[1901]. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
England Career |
Player number |
One of six who
became the 262nd players (264) player to appear for England. |
Position(s) |
Centre-half |
First match |
No. 72, 18 March 1901, England 6 Wales 0, a
British Championship match at St. James' Park, Gallowgate, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, aged
22 years
187 days. |
Last match |
No. 75, 22 March 1902, Ireland 0 England 1, a
British Championship match at Balmoral Showgrounds, Balmoral, Belfast, aged 23 years
191 days. |
Major tournaments |
British Championship 1900-01, 1901-02; |
Team honours |
British Championship winners 1900-01; |
Individual honours |
None |
Distinctions |
None |
Beyond England |
Employed as a licensee after leaving
football, first at Burnley and then a hotel in Leicester. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.23. |
Billy Bannister - Career Statistics |
Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
|
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
2 |
2 |
2 |
180 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
none |
none |
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
Billy Bannister
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
Home |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
+6 |
0 |
1 |
6.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Away |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
All
-
British Championship |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
+7 |
0 |
2 |
3.50 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
Billy Bannister
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
Brtitish Championships
Tournaments |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
BC 1900-01 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
+6 |
0 |
1 |
6.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
BC 1901-02 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
BC
All |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
+7 |
0 |
2 |
3.50 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
All Competition |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
BC |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
+7 |
0 |
2 |
3.50 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
All |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
+7 |
0 |
2 |
3.50 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
Notes
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CG
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