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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 |
Thursday,
12 September 1878 in Burnley Lane, Burnley, Lancashire. |
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registered in Burnley October-December 1878 |
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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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(His mother died in 1895)
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, on 2 April 1902, at St. Matthew the
Apostle Church, in Habergham Eaves, Lancashire |
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registered in Burnley April-June 1902 |
Children |
Billy and Mary Bannister had five children together.
Albert (b.8 October 1902), Madge Blessington
(b.1905), Fred (b.1908), William
(b.10 April 1911) and Edith (b.13 August
1917). |
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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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"Billy Bannister, the
Burnley international of 1901, who rendered good service for the Turf Moor
club, has joined the Army. Lately he was a licensee at Leicester." -
Burnley Express and Advertiser, Wednesday, 7 March 1917. |
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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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(His father died in1938) According to the 1939 register, William is a
licensed victualler manager (of The Woolcombers' Arms) living with his wife at 56 Lower Churchgate in
Leicester, along with his son William James, and his wife. |
Death |
Wednesday,
25 March 1942 at The Royal Infirmary, Infirmary Square, in Leicester, Leicestershire.
Living at the Woolcombers' Arms Hotel at the time.
"Mr. Bannister had only been ill a week before his death". |
aged
63 years 194 days |
registered in Leicester January-March 1942. |
"DEATHS... |
...BANNISTER.—William, of the Woolcombers Arms,
ex-international and Leicester Fosse captain, passed peacefully away at
the Leicester Royal Infirmary, Wednesday, March 25th." -
Leicester Mercury, Thursday, 26 March 1942 & Friday, 27 March
1942/The Illustrated Leicester Chronicle, Saturday, 28 March 1942. |
Obituary |
"FORMER FOSSE CAPTAIN.
"The death is announced of Mr. William
Bannister, mine host of the Woolcombers' Arms in Lower Church-gate,
Leicester, for a number of years, and who for several seasons was centre
half-back and captain of Leicester Fosse. 'Billy' Bannister served the
Fosse for several seasons before joining up with Swindon Town, then
members of the Southern League, for the 1911-12 season. He captained Fosse
when they secured promotion in 1908. Before joining Fosse, 'Billy' was
with Burnley and Bolton Wanderers, and secured international caps with
both teams, playing for England against Wales in 1901, and against
Ireland in 1902. He also played for the English League against the
Scottish League in 1901-2. He was present at the Jubilee celebrations of
both the Leicestershire F.A. and the Leicester City F.C. On finishing his
football career with Swindon Town, he returned to Leicester to become a
member of the licensed trade." - The
Leicester
Mercury, Thursday, 26 March 1942.
"Ex-International's Death.
"The death was announced last weekend of Mr.
William, Bannister, the Burnley international footballer. 'Billy'
Bannister, as he was familiarly known, hailed from the Burnley Lane
district, and joined Burnley as a centre-half in the 1899-1900 season. In
1901, he was transferred to Bolton Wanderers, and afterwards saw service
with Woolwich Arsenal and Leicester Fosse. He returned to Burnley on a
free transfer to play with the Reserve and occasionally assist the
seniors. He played for the League against Scotland on March 16th, 1901,
and in the international match with Wales two days later. He received his
Irish Cap in 1902. For a time he was licensee of the Grimshaw Arms,
Temple-street, and when the license lapsed through redundancy he became a
publican at Leicester. In his Turf Moor days he was a popular figure,
renowned for his wit and practical jokes." -
Burnley Express and News, Wednesday, 1 April 1942 |
Funeral |
Buried in Gilroes Cemetery, Groby Road in Leicester |
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Mary Bannister died in Leicester
in 1967. |
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. Bolton Wanderers FC signed him ahead of
Aston Villa FC, Everton FC and Manchester City FC on 27 November 1901 for "£700", and he transferred to Woolwich Arsenal FC on 23 December 1902. Afterwhich a move to Leicester Fosse
FC on 29 April 1904 "after several weeks of
negotiations, constitutes a record for the Fosse". Bannister returned to Burnley FC on a free transfer on 30
August 1910, and after two
years, found himself helping Crewe Alexandra in 1912, and Leicester
Imperial FC a year later. |
League honours 250 appearances 22 goals |
Burnley FC
1899-1901 fifty appearances, three goals debut: 7 October 1899
Burnley FC 1 Blackburn Rovers FC 0.
Bolton Wanderers FC 1901-02 28 appearances three goals. debut:
7 December 1901 Blackburn Rovers FC 2 Bolton Wanderers FC 0.
Woolwich Arsenal FC 1903 eighteen appearances.
debut (division two): 1 January 1903 Stockport County FC 0 Woolwich
Arsenal FC 1. Leicester Fosse FC 1904-10 149
appearances, fifteen goals debut (division two): 3 September 1904
Blackpool FC 0 Leicester Fosse FC 0. Burnley FC
1910-12 five appearances one goal debut (division two): 3 September
1910 Burnley FC 3 Lincoln City FC 1.
last (division two): 17 February 1912 Burnley FC 3 Bradford FC 1. |
Club honours |
Football League
Division Two third place 1900-01 (33ᵃ 3ᵍ), 1902-03 (16ᵃ), 1906-07
(37ᵃ 7ᵍ), 1911-12 (1ᵃ); runners-up 1903-04 (2ᵃ), 1907-08ᶜ (33ᵃ 2ᵍ); |
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 1 year 4 days |
No. 75, 22 March 1902, Ireland 0 England 1, a
British Championship match at North-East 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 |
The
North (one appearance February 1902); |
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. |
The Numbers |
parties |
Appearances |
comp. apps |
minutes |
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captain |
3 |
2 |
2 |
180 |
0 |
none |
The minutes here given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an approximation. |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
+7 |
0 |
2 |
3.5 |
0 |
100 |
+2 |
Both of his matches were played in the British Championship
competition |
Venue Record
Venue |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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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 |
Tournament Record
British 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 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
+7 |
0 |
2 |
3.5 |
0 |
100 |
+2 |
Match History
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