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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 |
Friday, 14 December 1883 in Campbell Street, Preston,
Lancashire |
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registered in Preston January-March 1884 |
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Baptism |
Sunday, 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 to James and Margaret Ellen
(née Bolton),
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 Friday, 11 May 1906 at
Preston Register Office, Lancashire. |
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registered in Preston April-June 1906 |
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Children |
Dicky and
Emily Bond have two children together. Mabel (b.7 June 1911) and
Richard (b.1
June 1920). |
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"THE WARNING BELL |
...Richard
Bond, Preston North End's international, appeared as prosecutor at the
Preston Police Court, to-day, when James Day (31), labourer, was charged
with attempted till robbery. Bond, who is licensee of the Hearts of Oak
Inn, whilst in the bar parlour on Saturday heard the ringing of the
electric bell of the till drawer, and when he charged Day with attempting
to steal a sovereign day replied, 'Give me a good thrashing and let me go
to Blackpool.' The prisoner was remanded."
- The Manchester Evening News, Tuesday,
20 May 1907. |
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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 Battalion, West Yorkshire Reg.) on 22 April 1915,
Richard had returned to Garstang, living at Church Inn. His trade stated
as 'professional footballer'. |
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"DICKY BOND CAPTURED |
—TAKEN PRISONER BY GERMANS."
"The official announcement that Sergt. Dicky Bond, of the Bradford 'Pals', is
officially reported missing on July 27th will come as a great shock to the
football-loving public, particularly of Bradford and Preston. We have
received information from a reliable source to-day, that Sergeant Bond has
been taken prisoner by the Germans. The news is contained in a letter from
a member of the same regiment, and states that during the first night of
the regiment's return to the trenches the Germans made a raid on the
British lines. 'We made him sorry for it,' the letter goes on, 'and I
don't think he will do it again in a hurry. He left heaps of dead in front
of our trenches, and our chaps had to bury them. Unfortunately Dicky Bond
was taken prisoner."
- The Bradford Daily
Telegraph, Wednesday, 9 August 1916. |
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"FAMOUS FOOTBALLER'S FATE |
...News
has reached Bradford that Sergeant Richard Bond, the English footballer,
is a prisoner of war. Bond had been at the front several months with one
of the Yorkshire 'Pals' battalions."
- The Birmingham Daily Post, Friday, 11
August 1916. |
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"BOND CHEERFUL THOUGH A |
PRISONER"
"Richard Bond, West Yorkshire Regiment, ex-Bradford City and Preston North
End forward, has written a second letter home, in which he states that he
is still at Wahn, though 30 other British soldiers have been sent to
another part of Germany. Bond writes in cheerful vein, and mentions that
they are better treated than the papers would lead people to expect, but
the fare 'is not what you get at the Midland.'"
- The Lancashire Daily Post, Friday, 15
September 1916. |
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"On a postcard dated September 17, to friends in Preston, 'Dickie' Bond,
the well-known Preston North
End and Bradford City footballer, says he is keeping well, and wishes to
be remembered to his old friends and colleagues. He is at Gefangenenlager,
Dumen Westf. Group 3. Co. 32, Brracks 9 A."
- The Yorkshire Post, Wednesday, 18 October 1916. |
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"FOODSTUFFS BADLY NEED |
...Mr. Peter O'Rourke, manager of the Bradford City F.C., has received
this morning a postcard from Dickie Bond, who is a prisoner of war in the
hands of the Germans. Dickie, who writes in a fairly cheerful strain,
mentions that he received on Dec. 20th a sum of money forwarded to him in
November—several parcels sent to him have not yet reached him. But,
adds Bond, 'money is not much good to me here; if you could arrange to
send me foodstuffs I would be very thankful, also cigarettes each week.'
Dickie went on to send kind regards to the 'boys,' who he hoped would
spend a better Christmas than his seemed likely to be. He finishes up,
'Don't forget, Peter, the foodstuffs and cigarettes.—From your old pal, who
is patiently waiting for the end of it. Bondie.' It may be mentioned that
the City club have decided to send a weekly parcel to their old
right-winger through the medium of the Prisoners of War Committee in
London. Doubtless there will be plenty of Dickie's friends in Bradford who
will be glad to assist in this way"
- The Bradford Daily Telegraph, Wednesday, 17
January 1917. |
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On leaving the
army, he was living at Hawthorne Cottage in Garstang. |
"BIRTHS
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...BOND.—On the 1st inst., at 'Hawthorn Cottage,' Garstang, the
wife of RICHARD (DICKY) BOND, of a son." - The Lancashire
Daily Post,
Wednesday, 2 June 1920. |
"BRADFORD CITY'S TRIBUTE
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...The Bradford City players, whilst in London on Saturday, paid a
visit to the Cenotaph, along with three of the directors of the club, and
the secretary-manager. A large wreath, which had been brought from
Bradford, was placed on the Cenotaph by Dickie Bond, whilst the members of
the party stood bareheaded in silence for a short period." -
The Leeds Mercury, Monday, 3 January 1921. |
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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.
At the time he put his signature to a contract with
Lancaster Town FC, on 28 July 1923, he was a licensee at the Farmers' Arms
in Lancaster. |
His father died in early 1939.
According to the 1939 register, Richard is a hotel
waiter, living at 130 Queens Street in Preston, with the Hall's. |
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Death |
Monday night, 25 April 1955 at his home at 130 Queen
Street, in Preston, Lancashire, of a
heart-attack. |
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aged
71 years 132 days |
registered in Preston April-June 1955 |
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Obituary |
,%20Dickie.jpg) "Dickie Bond, 1911 idol of 'City,' dies.
"'DICKIE'
BOND, probably the most spectacular and glamorous footballer ever known in
Bradford Association Football history, died at his home at 130, Queen
Street, Preston, last night. He had been in failing health for some time,
and his death, it is understood, followed a heart attack. 'Dickie,' aged
71, become the subject of such hero-worship during his 13 years with
Bradford City, from May, 1909, to May, 1922, that his fame has never been
matched by any other player in West Riding. He was the darling and idol of
the Valley Parade crowds when the club was at the zenith of its powers—in
the days when Bradford City won the F.A. Cup in 1911. It was said of 'Dickie'
Bond.—'the firebrand outside-right with the face of a cherub'—that he could
do more to disturb the peace and harmony of a football match than a gang
of Suffragettes—and the militant women agitating for the vote were then
very busy. He had 'personality'—with a kick!
"Preston North End
allowed him to go to Valley Parade for a nominal fee in 1909, under the
impression that he was a permanent 'crock'—in the next season he played for
England in all three internationals! 'Dickie' remained with Bradford City
until the end of season 1921-22. During the 1914-18 war he joined Bradford
Pals, and it said that he was shaving in a trench when the Germans took
him prisoner in 1916. He was 'capped' eight times in international
championship matches. Only a week ago he returned from Preston to spend a
holiday with his friend, Mr. Harold Cliffe, of Brighouse, who has followed
the fortunes of Bradford City since the club's formation in 1903. Both 'Dickie'
and Mr. Cliffe were noted fanciers of Collie dogs."
- The Yorkshire Observer, Tuesday, 26 April 1955 |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Played Army
football (Artillery) before signing with Preston North End FC in August
1902. Bond joined Bradford City FC
on 15 May 1909
for £950. |
| "A
light was shed this week upon the 'writing' of signed articles by football
players, when Dicky Bond, Bradford City's celebrated outside-right,
repudiated an article reported to have been written and signed by him in a
contemporary. This was one item in the matter of Bond's reconciliation
with his club, who had placed him on the transfer list. He also expressed
his regret for his conduct at Otley, and promised not to let that sort of
thing occur again, with the result that the directors reinstated him."
- The Green 'un, Saturday, 7 January 1911. |
| He was then
suspended for a month in March 1911 for 'improper language towards
spectators'. Following the clubs relegation, he joined Blackburn Rovers FC
on 13 May 1922 for a £450 transfer fee, and after Rovers placed him
on the transfer list, Lancaster Town FC signed him on 28 July 1923 until his retirement a year later. Although he did play for Garstang FC in 1926-27. |
League honours
473 appearances, 96 goals |
Preston North End FC 1902-09 148 appearances, 34 goals
debut
(division two): 20 December 1902 Preston North End FC 6 Stockport County
FC 1.
Bradford City FC 1909-22 301 appearances, sixty
goals
debut: 1 September 1909 Manchester United FC 1 Bradford City FC
0.
Blackburn Rovers FC 1922-23 24
appearances, two goals
debut: 26 August 1922 Aston Villa FC 2 Blackburn
Rovers FC 0.
last: 22 January 1923 Blackburn Rovers 1 Stoke FC 5. |
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Club honours |
Football
League Division Two winners 1903-04 (12ᵃ 1ᵍ); Division One
runners-up 1905-06 (33ᵃ 17ᵍ);
FA Cup winners
1910-11 (3ᵃ 2ᵍ) did not play in Final |
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Individual honours |
Football
League (one appearance) |
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Distinctions |
Brother of
William (Preston North End FC, 1906) |
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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. |
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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 |
The North
(two appearances, February 1905-January 1906);
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 |
Bond is the fiftieth Lancastrian to
represent England.
Died a day after
Irvine Thornley and 24 days after Alf Baker.
"The England cap worn by
former Garstang football legend, Dicky Bond, was sold at aution this week.
The cap was sold at Sotheby's in London for £1,680, a figure that doubled
the estimated price of £800." - Garstang Courier, Friday, 21 February 2003.
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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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The Numbers |
| parties |
Appearances |
comp. apps |
minutes |
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goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
captain |
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8 |
8 |
8 |
720 |
2 |
360
min |
2 |
none |
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The minutes here given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an approximation. |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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8 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
13 |
7 |
+6 |
1 |
3 |
1.625 |
0.875 |
62.5 |
+2 |
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All of his matches were played in the British Championship
competition |
Venue Record
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Venue |
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 |
Tournament Record
|
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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8 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
13 |
7 |
+6 |
1 |
3 |
1.625 |
0.875 |
62.5 |
+2 |
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