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Billy
Gunn |
Notts County FC
2 appearances, 1 goal
P 2 W 1 D 0 L 1 F
4:
A 1
50% successful
1884
captain: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Timeline |
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William Gunn |
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Birth |
Saturday, 4 December 1858 in Cathgart
Street in St. Anne's, Nottingham,
Nottinghamshire |
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registered in
Nottingham January-March 1859. |
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According to the 1861
census, William is the youngest of two children to John and Sarah
(née Daley). They
live at Russell Street in St. Mary's area of Nottingham. His father is a
brewer. |
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According to the 1871
census, John and Sarah still live at Russell Street with two more
daughters. William is not on this return. |
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(His father died in 1880)
According to the 1881
census, William, a cricketer, is with his widowed mother and his three
sisters, at 169 Kirkewhite Street in St. Mary's. |
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"A CRICKETER'S CLAIM
"William Gunn,
cricketer, claimed to be put on the list as a lodger for apartments in
Bathley-street, Arkwright-street. — In answer to questions from the
Revising Barrister he stated that he paid 16s. per week for lodgings,
but, replying to Mr. Gilding, he said that he did not pay that amount when
he was away from Nottingham, bit somehow or other, he 'made it up.' — This
was held to be scarcely satisfactory, and the claim was disallowed."
- Nottinghamshire Guardian, Friday 5 October 1883. |
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First marriage |
to Ann Elizabeth Taylor, in late 1883 in Nottingham |
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registered in
Nottingham October-December 1883 |
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Children |
Billy and Ann Gunn had one daughter together. Mary Florence (b.early-1889) |
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According to the 1891
census, William is now married to Ann Elizabeth, with a daughter, Mary
Florence. William is a 'cricketers outfitter' and they live at 9 Hope Drive
in Nottingham. |
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According to the 1901
census, Wm, a sports outfitter, still married with their daughter, and
one servant, living at 9 Hope Drive. |
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According to the 1911
census, William is a sport manufacturer, still married and living with
their daughter, at 9 Hope Drive.
(Ann Gunn died on 28 December 1914)
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Second marriage |
to Florence Holmes, in early 1917 in Nottingham |
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registered in
Nottingham January-March 1917 |
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Children |
Billy and Florence Gunn had one
daughter together. Nora (b.1918) |
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"WILLIAM GUNN'S ILLNESS
"It is announced from Nottingham
that William Gunn, the contemporary of Arthur Shrewsbury in one of the
greatest periods of Notts. cricket, is still lying seriously ill at a
Lincolnshire coast town, where he had gone to recruit his health."
-
Hull Daily Mail,
Monday, 20 September 1920.
"We
regret to learn that Mr. William Gunn, the famous old cricketer and
footballer, and the present president of the Notts. County Football Club,
is still lying seriously ill at Skegness" -
Nottingham Journal, Tuesday, 21 September 1920.
Sheffield
Daily Telegraph, Leicester Daily Post, Derby Daily Telegraph and
Birmingham Daily Gazette, state he was ill in Scarborough
,%20Billy.JPG) "MR. WILLIAM GUNN UNDERGOES
SUCCESSFUL OPERATION
"Mr. William Gunn, the
famous Notts. cricketer and president of the Notts. Football Club, who has
been seriously ill at Skegness for some weeks, and recently returned home
in Nottingham, has just undergone a successful operation, and is reported
to be progressing favourably." -
Nottingham Evening Post,
Friday, 5 November 1920.
"WILLIAM GUNN IMPROVING
"William
Gunn, the distinguished Notts. cricketer, who has been lying seriously ill
in Nottingham, was appreciably better yesterday. He underwent an operation
some weeks ago, and this, though successfully performed, left him in a
very weak state. His many friends will now be pleased to learn that he is
slowly regaining strength, and has been able to sit up for brief periods
and read." - Sheffield
Independent,
Thursday, 30 December 1920. |
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Death |
Saturday,
29 January 1921 at his home in Hope Drive, Standard Hill, Nottingham,
Nottinghamshire |
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aged
62 years 56 days |
registered in
Nottingham January-March 1921 |
| Obituary |
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"WILLIAM GUNN
DEAD
"William Gunn, the famous Notts. cricketer,
and uncle of John and William Gunn, the present Notts County players, died
to-day at Nottingham at the age of 62. He was President of the Notts
County Football Club. He learnt the game on the old Meadows ground,
Nottingham. His outstanding performance was in June, 1890, when at the
Oval he made 228 against the Australians. For Notts in August, 1898, he
scored 236 not out against Surrey. In partnership with Arthur Shrewsbury
he participated in the great score of 398 for the second wicket. He was
top of the England batting averages in 1889 and 1893, and was first-in the
Notts averages eight times between 1886 and 1897. He represented England
in eleven Test matches, and his best score was 102 (not out) at Manchester
in August, 1893. Altogether he made eight scores of over 200 runs in
first-class cricket. Before becoming a leading cricketer he took a
prominent part in football. He played for Notts Forest in 1880, and
afterwards until 1890 appeared on the Notts County side. He played for
England as outside-left against Scotland and Wales in 1884."
- Manchester Evening News/The
Globe/Pall Mall Gazette, Saturday, 29 January 1921.
"Death of William Gunn.
"A great
sportsman, who has carved his name on the tablets of achievement, passed
away on Saturday morning at his residence in Nottingham in the person of
William Gunn, famous for his prowess with the cricket bat, his brilliance
as an outside right at Association football, and, above all, for his
manliness, high sense of honour, and generosity. He was of those who did
good by stealth when he became so successful in the business of Gunn and
Moore, the athletic outfitters, of Nottingham. Men of the true gentlemen
and worth which characterised William Gunn are not common. Born in 1858,
he was in his sixty-third year. Of humble parents, he commenced life in
the emporium of Richard Daft, and devoted his leisure to the cultivation
of skill in cricket and football. He was out with the birds of a morning
on the Meadows, those fine playing spaces to the south of Nottingham."
- Athletic News, Monday, 31 January 1921 |
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Funeral
midday
Tuesday 1 February
1921
Church Cemetery,
Nottingham |
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"THE LATE WILLIAM GUNN
"The
funeral of the famous Nottingham
cricket and football player, William
Gunn, takes place to-morrow at twelve o'clock at the Church Cemetery,
Mansfield-road, Nottingham." - Pall Mall Gazette, Monday, 31
January 1921
"An
impressive tribute was paid at Nottingham, yesterday, to the memory of
William Gunn, the great cricketer and football player, past and present
notable exponents of the national games attending the funeral. The hearse
and the mourning coaches conveying the family mourners, the widow and
daughter, sisters and nephews, were preceded by two carriages completely
embowered with floral tributes, many of which had been sent from different
parts of the country."
- Pall Mall Gazette, Monday, 31
January 1921 |
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Probate |
"GUNN
William of Hope Drive
Nottingham sports
outfitter died 29 January 1921 Probate
Nottingham 24 May to
William Edwin Finney solicitor's clerk and Frank Piggin contractor.
Effects £57392 15s. 9d."
[2019 equivalent: £2,830,593]. |
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Florence Gunn died in 1968 |
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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 as
an outside-left for Nottingham Forest FC in
one
appearance in November 1881, and then Notts County FC from 1881 until
January 1891. In September 1890, Gunn was reinstated as an amateur and played
junior football in Nottingham, as well as returning to Notts County FC to
assist them in January 1893. |
League History
3 appearances, 1 goal |
Notts
County FC 1888-93, three appearances, one goal.
debut: 29 September 1888 Aston Villa FC 9 Notts
County FC 1.
last: 26 January 1893 Notts County FC 4
Newton Heath FC 0. |
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Club honours:
Football League third place 1890-91 (one
appearance);
FA Cup
runners-up 1890-91 (only
appearance in second round). |
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Individual honours:
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1890 |
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Distinctions:
After plying his trade with the Notts Castle
Club, he played first
class cricket with Nottinghamshire (3
June 1880-1 August 1904,
scoring 24,899 runs including 48 centuries);
Uncle of George and John Gunn (Notts County FC) |
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Height/Weight:
6' 2½" 14st 7lbs
[1892], 6'
4½" according to Lamming, 6'
2" or 6' 3" according to
cricket
archives. |
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Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & ENFA. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of
three who became the 111th players
(113) to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-left |
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First match |
No. 21, 15 March 1884, Scotland 1 England 0,
a British Championship match at Cathkin Park, Cathcart Road, Glasgow, aged
25 years
102 days. |
Last match
2 days |
No. 22, 17 March 1884, Wales 0 England 4, a
British Championship match at
The Racecourse,
Mold Road, Wrexham, aged 25 years 104 days.
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Major tournaments |
British
Championship 1883-84; |
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Individual honours |
The
North (two appearances, 1884-86)
The
Players (withdrew in January 1886) |
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Beyond England |
,%20Billy.jpg) "...upon
attaining the age of fourteen was employed by the Notts veteran, Richard
Daft, as an assistant in his cricket outfitting business." Gunn
then helped to found the sporting goods
firm of Gunn & Moore in 1885. Director and vice-President of Notts County FC at
the time of his death. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.113/4.
Also played representative cricket, becoming one of the Colts of England
in May 1880. Playing test match cricket with England
(eleven test matches)
and appeared
for the MCC; A committee member on both Notts County FC and
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. |
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Apps |
comp. apps |
minutes |
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Goals
ave.min |
comp. goals |
captain |
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2 |
2 |
2 |
180 |
1 |
180
min |
1 |
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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2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0.5 |
50 |
=0 |
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Both of his matches were played in the British Championship
competition and at an away 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 1883-84 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
1 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC
All |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
1 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.50 |
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 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
1 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0.5 |
50 |
=0 |
Match History
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