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Arthur
Dorrell |
Aston Villa
FC
4 appearances, 1 goal
P 4 W 3 D 1 L 0 F 9:
A 3
88% successful
1924-25
captain: none
minutes played: 360 |
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Timeline |
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Arthur Reginald Dorrell |
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Birth |
30 March 1896 in
Small Heath, Birmingham, Warwickshire [registered in
Aston, June 1896]. |
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According to the 1901 census,
Arthur R, is the third of fourth children to William and Clara A., living
at 1 Cromwell Street in Leicester, where his father is a licensed victualler. |
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According to the 1911 census,
Arthur Reginald is one of three children with their father, who has
remarried, to Maria, whom they have one child, Thomas Archibald, they all
live at 26 Moores Road in Leicester. Arthur is a polisher at the
engineers, where his father is a Turner.
According to his Royal
Army Service Corps records, Dorrell, an engineers fitter, enlisted on 24
October 1914, and still living at 26 Moores Road. He was demobilised on 20
May 1919, living at 171 Melton Road in the town. |
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According to the 1921 census, Arthur Reginald is now a
professional footballer (for Aston Villa FC) and is the oldest of the
three children (all with different mothers) living at home with his father
and yet another new wife, Alice Frederica, with which they had WIlliam Ray
Stephen. Living at 171 Melton Road in Belgrave area of Leicester. |
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Marriage |
to Sarah Jane Clewlow
[registered in Leicester, Leicestershire, June 1922]. |
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According to the 1939 register, Arthur R., a hotel manager, is married to
Sarah Jane, the manageress, and they live at The Pelham Arms Hotel, on
Alum Rock Road in Birmingham, along with daughter, Marjorie. |
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Death |
13 September 1942, at The Pelham
Arms in Alum Rock,
Birmingham, aged
46 years 167 days
[registered in Birmingham, Warwickshire, September 1942].
Funeral held on 16 September at Erdington Parish Church. The
pallbearers were Frank Moss, Joe Bradford, Billy Kirton, Dicky
York, George Blackburn and Eric Houghton. |
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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) |
Began his
football career with Leicester Schools, and playing for Carey Hill FC, a
Leicester Sunday School side. Played football with the RASC and after
featuring in the British Expeditionary Force team against Aldershot FC, he
joined Aston Villa FC after the war in May 1919. After 355 league
appearances, and sixty goals, he was signed by
Port Vale FC alongside Dicky York on 3 June 1931 for a substantial fee
after being placed on the open-to-transfer list at the end of the previous
season. He retired a year later, having played in 34 league
appearances and scored five times. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup winners 1919-20, runners-up 1923-24; Football League
runners-up 1930-31; |
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Individual honours |
Football
League (two appearances) |
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Distinctions |
Son of William
Dorrell (Aston Villa FC, 1894-96) |
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Height/Weight |
5' 4½",
8st.
5lbs [1914]. 5'
6½", 10st.
2lbs [1924]. |
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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 four who became the 481st
players (484) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-left |
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First match |
No. 143, 8 December
1924,
England 4
Belgium 0,
a friendly match at The Hawthorns, Sandwell, West Bromwich, aged
28 years 253 days. |
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Last match |
No. 147, 24 October 1925,
Ireland
0 England
0,
a British Championship match at Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast, aged
29 years 208 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championship 1924-25, 1925-26; |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Died the same
day as Jack Parkinson, and seventeen days after George Holley. |
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Beyond England |
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After retiring, he ran a public house, The
Pelham Arms, in Alum Rock, Birmingham, where he remained until his death. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.90. |
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Arthur Dorrell - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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4 |
4 |
2 |
360 |
1 |
360
min |
0 |
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 Dorrell
- Match Record - All Matches |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
Home |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
+4 |
0 |
1 |
4.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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Away |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
+2 |
1 |
1 |
1.667 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+2 |
| All |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
3 |
+6 |
1 |
2 |
2.25 |
0.75 |
87.5 |
+3 |
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Arthur Dorrell
- Match Record - By Type of Match |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
British Championship |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
+1 |
1 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.50 |
75.0 |
+1 |
| Friendly |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
1 |
3.50 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
| All |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
3 |
+6 |
1 |
2 |
2.25 |
0.75 |
87.5 |
+3 |
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Arthur Dorrell
- 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 1924-25 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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BC 1925-26 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC
All |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
+1 |
1 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.50 |
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 |
2 |
1 |
+1 |
1 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.50 |
75.0 |
+1 |
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All |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
+1 |
1 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.50 |
75.0 |
+1 |
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