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Dicky
Bond |
Preston North End
FC, Bradford City FC
8 appearances, 2 goals
P 8 W 4 D 2 L 2 F
13:
A
7
63% successful
1905-10
captain: none
minutes played: 720 |
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Timeline |
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Sergeant Richard Bond |
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Birth |
14 December 1883 in Campbell Street, Preston,
Lancashire
[registered in
Preston, March 1884]. |
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Baptism |
23 December 1883
at St. Mary's Church, Preston |
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According to the 1891 census,
Richard is the second eldest of four children. Older brother is William,
younger siblings are Mary Ann and Anthony, all to James and Margaret E.,
living at 6 Shuttle Street in Preston. His father is an engine tenter. |
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According to the 1901 census,
now at 239 Ribbleton Lane in Preston, with four more younger siblings,
James, John and Albert, and a two month-old Bertha. Richard, a packer at
the cotton mill, is the eldest of the seven remaining children at the
family home. His father now a stationary engine driver. |
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Marriage |
to Emily
Tomlinson, on 11 May 1906 at
Preston Register Office
[registered in Preston, June 1906]. Two children, Mabel and
Richard. |
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According to the 1911 census,
Richard is a professional footballer, and married to Emily. They have a
boarder, another professional footballer, his brother, Anthony Bond. They live at 23 Newport Terrace in Bradford.
On being enlisted into
the army (Bradford Batallion, West Yorkshire Reg.) on 22 April 1915,
Richard had returned to Garstang, living at Church Inn. His trade stated
as 'professional footballer'. On leaving the army, he was living at
Hawthorne Cottage in Garstang, where he was still until at least the birth
of Richard, born on 1 June 1920, according to 'notices' in the Lancashire
Evening Post. |
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According to the 1921
census, Richard, still a professional footballer (for Bradford City FC),
still married, and now with two children, Mabel and Richard. They live in
a hotel, the Church Inn, in Bonds area of Garstang. The hotelkeeper are
his in-laws. |
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According to the 1939 register, Richard is a hotel
waiter, living at 130 Queens Street in Preston. |
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Death |
25 April 1955
in Preston, Lancashire, aged
71 years 132 days
[registered in Preston, June 1955]. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Played Army
football (Artillery) before signing with Preston North End FC in August
1902. After 148 league appearances and 34 goals, he joined Bradford City FC
on 15 May 1909
for £950. Despite the war, he made 301 league appearances,
scoring sixty goals. He joined Blackburn Rovers FC
in May 1922 for a £450 transfer fee, making just 24 league
appearances, scoring twice. Lancaster Town FC signed him in
August 1923 until his retirement a year later. Although he did play for
Garstang FC in 1926-27. |
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Club honours |
Football
League Division Two winners 1903-04; |
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Individual honours |
Football
League (one appearance) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5'
6½", 10st.
7lbs [1906],
5'
4½", 10st.
3lbs [1915]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of six who became the 302nd
player (306) to appear for England.
Bond was the fiftieth Lancastrian-born player to
represent England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-right |
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First match |
No. 83, 25 February 1905,
England
1
Ireland
1, a British Championship match at
Ayresome Park, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, aged
21 years
73 days. |
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Last match |
No. 107, 2 April 1910,
Scotland
2 England 0,
a British Championship match at
Hampden Park,
Mount Florida, Glasgow, aged 26 years 109 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1904-05, 1905-06, 1909-10; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners 1904-05, shared 1905-06; |
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Individual honours |
England's Joint-Top
Goalscorer (two 1906), His club, Bradford
City FC, nominated Bond to join the FA tour of South Africa in 1920. |
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Distinctions |
Died a day after
Irvine Thornley and 24 days after Alf Baker. |
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Beyond England |
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Rejoined the army for the Great war,
Machine Gun section of the Bradford Batallion (West Yorks. Reg) finishing up as a Prisoner of War
on 27 July 1916, interned in Netherlands 13 June 1918. In later life, he ran a
fish & chip shop in Garstang. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.38. |
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Dicky Bond - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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8 |
8 |
8 |
720 |
2 |
360
min |
2 |
none |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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Dicky Bond
- Match Record - All Matches |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
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Home |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
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Away |
6 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
5 |
+4 |
1 |
3 |
1.50 |
0.833 |
58.3 |
+1 |
| All
-
British Championship |
8 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
13 |
7 |
+6 |
1 |
3 |
1.625 |
0.875 |
62.5 |
+2 |
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Dicky Bond
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
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British Championship Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| BC 1904-05 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
| BC 1905-06 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
2 |
2.333 |
0.667 |
66.7 |
+1 |
| BC 1909-10 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
1 |
1 |
0.667 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC
All |
8 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
13 |
7 |
+6 |
1 |
3 |
1.625 |
0.875 |
62.5 |
+2 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| BC |
8 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
13 |
7 |
+6 |
1 |
3 |
1.625 |
0.875 |
62.5 |
+2 |
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All |
8 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
13 |
7 |
+6 |
1 |
3 |
1.625 |
0.875 |
62.5 |
+2 |
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Dicky Bond
- Match History |
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Club: Preston
North End F.C. - 5 full appearances |
F.A. International
Select Committee - 8
full capsx
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Age 21 |
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1 |
83 |
25 February 1905 - England 1 Ireland 1,
Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough |
BC |
HD |
Start |
or |
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2 |
84 |
27 March 1905 - England 3 Wales 1,
Anfield Road, Liverpool |
HW |
Start |
or |
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Age 22 |
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3 |
86 |
17 February 1906 - Ireland 0 England 5,
Solitude Ground, Belfast |
BC |
AW |
Start
26, 89 |
or |
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4 |
87 |
19 March 1906 - Wales 0 England 1,
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff |
AW |
Start |
or |
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5 |
88 |
7 April 1906 - Scotland 2 England 1, Hampden Park,
Glasgow |
AL |
Start |
or |
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Club: Bradford
City F.C. - 3 full appearances |
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Age 26 |
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6 |
105 |
12 February 1910 - Ireland 1 England 1,
Solitude Ground, Belfast |
BC |
AD |
Start |
or |
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7 |
106 |
14 March 1910 -
Wales
0 England 1,
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff |
AW |
Start |
or |
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8 |
107 |
2 April 1910 - Scotland
2 England 0, Hampden Park,
Glasgow |
AL |
Start |
or |
Notes
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