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Tom Booth |
Blackburn Rovers
FC, Everton FC
2 appearances, 0 goals
P 2 W 1 D 0 L 1 F 4:
A 2
50% successful
1898-1903
captain: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Timeline |
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Thomas Edward Booth |
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Birth |
Saturday, 25 April 1874 at 25 Pin Mill
Brow, Ardwick, Lancashire |
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registered in Chorlton April-June 1874 |
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Education |
Shepley Road school in
Hooley Hill |
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According to the 1881 census,
Thomas E. is the youngest of seven children to Isaac and Sarah (née
Clayton). Living at
13 Print Street in Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw. His father is a
clerk. |
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According to the 1891 census,
Thomas E. is the youngest of the five children to stay in the family home
with their parents. Living at 99 Denton Road in Ashton-under-Lyne. His father is a clerks accountant. Thomas himself, a felt hatter. |
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According to the 1901 census,
Thomas E. is the youngest of the three children to stay in the family home
with their parents at 99 Denton Road. His father is knitting woollen
goods. Thomas is now a felt hat finisher. |
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Marriage |
to Mary Elizabeth Brierley
(née Morton), on 20 July 1910 at St James' Church, Heywood,
Lancashire.
Mary Elizabeth was
a widow. They are both stated as living at 48 Towers Street in Heywood. |
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registered in Bury July-September 1910 |
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Children |
Tom and Mary Booth had one daughter together. Sally
(b.29 January 1918). |
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According to the 1911 census,
the retired Thomas Edward is now a licensed victualler, running the Red Lion Hotel
with his wife, Mary Elizabeth, at 232 Guide Lane in Audenshaw. |
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According to the 1921
census.
Thomas E., now a retailer in drapery and millinery, remains married and
now have one daughter, Sally, and along with his mother-in-law, Mary, they
all live at 265 Great Cheetham Street in the Cheetham area of Manchester. |
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Death |
Thursday, 7 September 1939 at The
Oaks, Northgate, Bispham,
Blackpool,
Lancashire. |
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aged
65 years 135 days |
registered in Blackpool July-September 1939 |
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According to the 1939 register (taken on 29 September),
widow Mary E, lives at The Oaks on Northgate with Sally, and Tom's
brother, William, and his wife, Mary Alice, |
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Probate |
"BOOTH
Thomas Edward of The Oaks
Northgate off Devonshire-road Bispham
Blackpool
died 7 September 1939 Probate London
1 March to Mary Elizabeth Booth widow.
Effects £6351 8s. 3d."
[2024 equivalent: £341,628] |
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Mary Booth died 16 July 1955 in News South Wales after
arriving in Australia 18 December 1950. |
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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) |
Started his
footballing career with Hooley Hill FC and then Ashton North End FC in
1892. He joined Blackburn Rovers FC on 8 May 1896, and then Everton FC signed him
on 9 May 1900, becoming club
captain.... |
"ROUGH WORK AT ARDWICK
"Some disgraceful incidents were
witnessed in the Manchester City v. Everton game at Hyde-road, yesterday.
The referee allowed the players to get out of hand, and cases of
deliberate foul play were frequent. The worst offence, however, occurred
when [Billy]
Balmer was in the act of kicking the ball after the whistle had
gone for a foul, and
[Frank]
Booth of the City, charged him. Tom Booth, of Everton, then rushed
up and struck his namesake a blow under the jaw which laid him out for a
time. The crowd indulged in much hooting when the referee allowed the
Evertonian to remain on the field, and it seemed probable that their would
be trouble after the match, but the police and officials gathered round
the exit from the playing enclosure when Tom Booth left the field, and
prevented any disturbance." - The Lancashire Daily Post,
Saturday, 22 April 1905
"MANCHESTER CITY v. EVERTON
[21 April 1905].
"The report of the Commission as to misconduct
of players in this game and the conduct of spectators after the match and
as to the game not having been properly controlled by te referee, Mr. J.
T. Howcroft, was adopted. The referee, Mr. J. T. Howcroft, and the
linesman, Mr. T. Birtwistle, were suspended from taking part in football
or football management from September 1 to October 1, 1905. Tom Booth, of
Everton F.C., was suspended from taking part in football or football
management from September 1 to October 1, 1905. The players on both sides
were cautioned as to their future conduct. In fixing Booth's suspension
the Council have had regard for his previous good conduct and the
provocation he received."
- Daily News, Saturday, 5 August 1905 |
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Lancashire Combination club Carlisle United FC won his signature on 20 November 1908
over Southern League clubs, as he wanted to remain in the north. He retired in 1909. |
League honours
286 appearances 19 goals |
Blackburn
Rovers FC 1896-1900 111 appearances, ten goals
debut: 5 September 1896 Blackburn Rovers FC 1 Liverpool FC 0.
Everton FC 1900-08 179 appearances, nine goals.
debut: 1 September 1900 Preston
North End FC 1 Everton FC 2.
last: 1 April 1908 Everton FC 0 Chelsea FC
3. |
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Club honours |
Football League
Division One runners-up 1901-02 (34ᵃ 1ᵍ), 1904-05
(8ᵃ), third place 1903-04 (34ᵃ 4ᵍ), 1906-07 (14ᵃ 1ᵍ)
FA Cup winners
1905-06 (2ᵃ 1ᵍ), runners-up 1906-07 (0ᵃ); |
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Individual honours |
Football League
(four appearances); |
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Distinctions |
'He is a first
class billiard player and cricketer' |
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Height/Weight |
5'
10", 12st.
0lbs [1903]. |
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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 two who became 240th
players (241) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Centre-half |
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First match |
No.
63, 28 March 1898,
Wales 0
England 3,
a British Championship match at
The
Racecourse, Mold Road,
Wrexham, aged 23 years
337 days. |
Last match
5 years 7 days |
No. 79,
4 April 1903, England 1 Scotland 2,
a British Championship match at
Bramall Lane, Highfield, Sheffield, aged 28 years 344 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1897-98, 1902-03; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners 1897-98, shared 1902-03; |
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Individual honours |
The North
(one appearance, February 1899); |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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No additional information, but
his census returns showed that he ran the Red Lion pub in Audenshaw after
he retired from playing and returned to being a draper. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.39. |
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