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Arthur
Brown |
Sheffield United FC
2 appearances, 1 goal
P 2 W 1 D 1 L 0 F 7:
A 2
75% successful
1904-06
captain: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Timeline |
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Arthur Samuel Brown |
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Birth |
6 April 1885 in
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [registered in
Gainsborough, June 1885]. |
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According to the 1891 census,
Arthur S. is the fourth child of five children to Arthur and Lucy, living
at Tennyson Cottage in Tennyson Street, Gainsborough. His father is a
stone mason. They have one servant. |
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According to the 1901 census,
Arthur S. is the second oldest child of seven children still at home with
their parents at Tennyson Cottage (now in Spital Terrace). Arthur is
an apprentice stonemason for his father. |
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Marriage |
to Floris
Hinitt, on 16 December 1907 at All Saint's Registry Office, Manchester [registered in
Chorlton, December 1906]. Married by special licence. |
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According to the 1911 census,
Arthur is a professional footballer, married to Floris and a son, Arthur.
They live a 12 Parnell Street in Gainsborough. |
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According to the
1921 census, Arthur is a stone mason, still married, still with one son,
now living at 7 Charles Street in Gainsborough. |
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According to the 1939 register, Arthur S., a retired
master stone mason, and Floris L. are still married, and still living at 7
Charles Street with their son, Arthur. |
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Death |
27 June 1944
at 7 Charles Street, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire,
aged
59 years 82 days
[registered in
Gainsborough, June 1944], after a long illness. Left effects
worth £3838 9s. 10d. |
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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 early career with Gainsborough Church Lads Brigade FC. Joined
Gainsborough Trinity FC early in 1902, originally as an amateur.
After scoring twice in three league games, joined
Sheffield United in 1902 for a £350 transfer fee, and
returned with 95 goals in 178 league appearances. Joined Sunderland
AFC on 22 June 1908 for £1000, making another fifty league
appearances, scoring 21. Brown refused to move to Wearside because
of wife's ill health, remaining in Gainsborough, so he was suspended and
eventually allowed to move south to Fulham FC on 19 October
1910, scoring nine goals in 41 league outings, returning north on 3 May 1912 when he joined Middlesbrough FC
for £400, making just four league appearances. |
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Club honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
Top Goalscorer Football League Division One
(22, 1904-05) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5'
9", 11st.
12lbs [1907].
5'
9", 12st.
0lbs [1912]. |
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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 seven who became the 290th players
(295) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Centre-forward |
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First match |
No. 80,
29 February 1904,
Wales
2
England 2,
a British Championship match at
The Racecourse, Mold Road, Wrexham, aged
18 years
329 days. |
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Last match |
No. 86, 17
February 1906,
Ireland 0
England 5,
a British Championship match
at
Solitude Ground,
Cliftonville, Belfast, aged 20 years 317 days.
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1903-04, 1905-06; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners 1903-04, shared 1905-06; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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In 1907, his vocation was given as
master builders' merchant and monumental mason. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.49-50. |
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Arthur Brown - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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2 |
2 |
2 |
180 |
1 |
180 min |
1 |
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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Arthur Brown
- Match Record - All Matches - By Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Away |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
1 |
3.50 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
| All
-
British Championship |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
1 |
3.50 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
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Arthur Brown
- 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 |
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BC 1903-04 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC 1905-06 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
+5 |
0 |
1 |
5.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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BC
All |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
1 |
3.50 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
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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 |
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BC |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
1 |
3.50 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
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All |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
1 |
3.50 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
Notes
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