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John
Dixon |
Notts County FC &
Corinthians FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D 1 L 0 F 1:
A 1
50% successful
1885
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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John Auger Dixon |
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Although not found on the
1861 census, Susannah
(née Woodcock) is pregnant with the child that will become John
Auger. His father is William. John already has an elder brother, Arthur. |
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Birth |
Monday, 27 May 1861 in
Grantham, Lincolnshire |
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registered in Grantham April-June 1861 |
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Education: Moved to Nottingham as a thirteen year
old and attended Nottingham High School, as well as Chigwell Grammar School
in Essex. |
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According to the 1871 census,
the Dixon family are living at 54 High Street, Grantham, with two
servants. John is not on the return. |
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According to the 1881 census,
John A. is the eldest of four children to their parents and two servants
at 13 Waverley Street, Gedling Grove in the St Marys' area of Nottingham.
John is a warehouseman, his father is a manufacturer in the clothes
industry. |
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According to the 1891 census,
John A., a clothing manufacturer, is lodging with the Goodacre's at 4
Villa Road in St Mary's. |
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According to the 1901 census,
John A. is living with his younger sister, Clara, at 27 Elm Avenue in
Nottingham. John is a wholesale and retail clothier, with two servants. |
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"JOHN AUGER DIXON of 27, Elm-avenue,
Nottingham, Clothier and Outfitter." - The Derbyshire Times,
Saturday, 20 June 1913,
He is a managing
director of Dixon & Parker. |
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Marriage |
to Maud Beatrice Hannington, on Monday, 24
October 1910
at St. Stephen's Church, Hyson Green.
Maud was 24 years younger than John. |
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registered in Nottingham
October-December 1910 |
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"MARRIAGE OF
MR. J. A. DIXON.―The
wedding took place, on Monday morning, of Mr. J. A. Dixon, a partner in
the firm of Messrs. Dixon and Parker, Limited, Nottingham, to Miss Maud
Beatrice Hannington, of Nottingham. The wedding, which was solemnised at
St. Stephen's Church, Hyson Green, was of an extremely quiet character.
The bridegroom was attended by his brother, Mr. Dixon, of London, as best
man, and subsequently Mr. and Mrs. Dixon left for Folkestone."
- Saturday 29 October 1910, Grantham
Journal |
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Children |
John and Maud Dixon had two daughters
together. Maud Hannington
(b.3 October 1911) and Dorothy M. (b.early 1915) |
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According to the 1911 census,
John Auger is married to Maud, living at 27 Elm Avenue with two servants.
John is a clothing manufacturer. |
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According to the 1921 census,
John Auger is still married, and is a director at Dixons & Parker Clothing
Ltd. They live at 17 Arboretum Street in Nottingham, with their two new
daughters Maud and Dorothy. Also with them is his wife's mother,
Martha Hannington. They have one servant.
A Public Notice listed in the
Nottingham Journal on Saturday, 8 February 1931, lists John Auger Dixon JP
as a director of Nottingham Building Society. |
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Death |
Monday morning, 8 June 1931 at a nursing
home, 18 Park Row in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire |
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aged
70 years 12 days |
registered in Nottingham
April-June 1931 |
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"DIXON.―On
June 8th, 1931, after a short illness, John Auger Dixon, of No. 17,
Arboretum-street, Nottingham, aged 70 years." - Saturday, 13
June 1931, Grantham Journal. |
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Obituary |
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"MR. JOHN DIXON PASSES.―
AN
EX-captain OF NOTTS. CRICKET.―NATIONAL
FOOTBALLER.―GREAT
WORKER FOR INSTITUTES' ASSOCIATION.
"Commercial circles locally, and the realm of
sport nationally, have sustained a heavy loss by the passing of Mr. John
Auger Dixon, who died this morning, at a Nottingham nursing home, in his
71st year.
"To business men, Mr. Dixon was well known and highly
respected as the chairman of Dixon and Parker, Ltd., and W. Dixon and Co.,
Ltd., Nottingham: the sporting world remembered him as a fine cricketer in
his playing days, a shrewd and level-headed legislator of the game in the
years of retirement that followed, and also an international footballer."
- Monday 8 June 1931, Nottingham Evening Post |
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Funeral |
Thursday morning, 11 June 1931 at St.
Andrew's Church, Nottingham |
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Probate |
"DIXON
John Auger of 17 Arboretum-street
Nottingham died 8 June
1931 at 18 Park-row Nottingham Probate
Nottingham 11 September to
Frederick James Dixon surgeon and Hubert Arthur Dowson solicitor.
Effects £62175 9s. 3d.
[2019 equivalent: £4,267,228].
Resworn
£62253:3:9." [2019 equivalent: £4,272,581]. |
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"NOTTS MAN LEAVES £62,000
"Mr. John
Auger Dixon, of Arboretum-street. Nottingham, manufacturer, and captain of
Notts County Cricket Club 1889-1899, left £62,175, with net personalty
£57,764."
- Saturday, 26 September 1931, Derby Daily Telegraph.
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"Eleven men who were
members of the 8th Nottingham (West Bridgford) Company of Boys' Brigade
when it was formed in 1898 where present yesterday when the 'Dixon'
Memorial Hall, built at Trent Bridge cricket ground for the use of old boys
of the company was officially opened and dedicated. The hall will
perpetuate the memory of the late Mr. John Auger Dixon, a founder of the
Boys' Brigade in Nottingham and a former captain of Notts. C.C.C."
- Monday, 21 March 1959, The Nottingham Journal |
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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
schoolboy football alongside cricket, with the Grammar Schools in Grantham, and Chigwell,
only interrupted by playing for Nottingham High School. He assisted Notts County FC
as a left-winger during the 1883-84 and 1884-85 seasons. |
.jpg) Corinthians |
1883-85 |
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Club honours |
None |
Individual honours |
The gates at Trent Bridge cricket are a
memorial to John Dixon, unveiled by Sir Stanley Jackson, on Tuesday, 2 May
1933.
"MEMORIAL
TO THE LATE MR.
J. A. DIXON.―The cricket-loving
public are to express their admiration to the late Mr. J. A. Dixon, a
native of Grantham, the stalwart supporter and playing-member of the
Notts. County Cricket Club, in a practical and a striking way. At the
members' entrance to the Trent Bridge ground in Bridgford-road a pair of
handsome wrought-iron gates are to be erected, with tablets commemorating
Mr. Dixon's services to the Club, set in stone pillars on either side. It
is expected the gates, which are now completed, will be put into position
next week." - Saturday 12
November 1932, Grantham Journal |
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Distinctions |
Also a
first-class
cricketer who appeared for Nottinghamshire CCC between 1882 and 1905,
captaining the side from 1889 until 1900. |
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Height/Weight |
Brother of C.P. Dixon, a lawn tennis
player |
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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
three who became the 120th players
(122) to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Inside-left |
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Only match |
No. 24, 14
March 1885, England 1 Wales 1, a British Championship match at Leamington Street, Wagtail, Blackburn,
aged 23 years 291 days; |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1884-85 |
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Distinctions |
Died sixteen days after Arthur Topham |
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Beyond England |
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Retired from
football on health grounds circa 1886, but continued to play
cricket. He was a member of the Nottinghamshire CCC committee from
1895 until his death. Dixon became the first President of the Old Nottinghamians'
Cricket Club (ONCC) as well as a Test Selector. Memorial
gates were erected at the main entrance of the Trent Bridge ground in
1933. Was a partner/chairman in a firm of manufacturing clothiers, Dixon &
Parker, and was also a Justice of Peace since October 1911. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming
(1990). Hatton Press, p.88. |
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Appearances |
comp. apps |
minutes |
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captain |
| 1 |
1 |
1 |
90 |
0 |
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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1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
50 |
=0 |
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His only match was played in the British Championship
competition and at a home venue |
Tournament Record
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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 1884-85 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC All |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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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 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
50 |
=0 |
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