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Bob Hawkes

Luton Town AFC

 5 appearances, 0 goals

P 5 W 5 D 0 L 0 F 29: A 2
100% successful
1907-08

captain: none
minutes played: 450

Timeline
  Robert Murray Hawkes
Birth Monday, 18 October 1880 in Breachwood Green, Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
  registered in Hitchin October-December 1880
Education Luton Higher Grade School
 

According to the 1881 census, Robert M. [Hawks] is the only child of Charles and Ellen (née Hammett).  They live at Breachwood Green in Kings Walden, Hitchin. His father is a boot maker.

 

According to the 1891 census, Robert Murray is still an only child, and he and his parents now live at 36 Vicarage Street in Luton.  His father still a boot maker, his mother now a dressmaker. Robert's widowed grandmother and Uncle now live with them.
 

According to the 1901 census, Robert Murray is still the only child, and he lives with his parents at 20 Hastings Street in Luton.  He is now a manager at a straw hat manufacturer. His father still makes boots.

Marriage to Rose Butcher, in summer 1909
  registered in Luton July-September 1909
Children Bob and Rose Hawkes had three children together. Marjorie Rose (b.7 October 1910), Robert Murray (b.November 1911) and Eric Clifford (b.1 March 1915)
 

According to the 1911 census, Robert Murray is now married to Rose, with a six month-old daughter, Marjorie. He is still manufacturing straw hats and they live at 6 Stanley Street in Luton.
They were still at 6 Stanley Street on 22 March 1912, the day their first son died, also called Robert Murray, aged just five months.
Kelly's Directory and Bedfordshire Electoral Registers state that they were at Stanley Street up until at least 1915, but also at 27 Highfield Road in 1913
His father died 9 April 1915.
The Electoral Registers place now Robert Murray and Rose at 19 Lyndhurst Road in 1918.
According to the 1921 census, Robert Murray, still a manufacturer of straw hats, is still married, and now have another child, a son, Eric, now living at 55 Dale Road in Luton.
And according to the Registers, they were still there in 1922 until at least his death.
His mother died in December 1926.
  His wife, Rose, died in December 1936.
According to the 1939 register, widowed Robert M. is an electrical store and heating salesman living at 34 Ashburnham Road in Luton. Living with his children Marjorie and Eric.
Death Wednesday, 12 September 1945 in Luton, Bedfordshire
aged 64 years 329 days registered in Luton July-September 1945
Obituary
 

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &

Playing Career
Club(s) Played in Luton schoolboy football and for local junior clubs, Stanley FC, Victoria FC and Clarence FC. He became a Luton Town AFC amateur in 1901, taking ten years to turn professional, 1 September 1911. He had been made club captain when Luton turned professional in 1905. He made his final appearance for Luton in 1919, and played the rest of the season with Bedford Town FC, before retiring with 349 league appearances under his belt, and forty goals. Represented Hertfordshire FA on four occasions.
Club honours None
Individual honours None
Distinctions None
Height/Weight 5' 8½", 10st. 8lbs [1907].

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

England Career
Player number One of five who became 321st players (323) to appear for England. The first to come from Hertfordshire, as well as from Luton Town
Position(s) Left-half
First match No. 89, 16 February 1907, England 1 Ireland 0, a British Championship match at Goodison Park, Walton, Liverpool, aged 26 years 121 days.
Last match No. 98, 13 June 1908, Bohemia 0 England 4, an end-of-season Continental tour match at Stadión Letná, Praha, aged 27 years 239 days.
Major tournaments British Championship 1906-07;
Team honours England Amateur (22 appearances); Olympic Gold London 1908
Individual honours None
Distinctions The most appearanced Englishman at Luton Town FC

Beyond England
Allegedly had a metal plate in his head. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.123/124.

 

Bob Hawkes - Career Statistics
Squads Apps comp. apps Mins. Goals goals ave.min comp. goals Capt. Disc.
5 5 1 450 0 0 min 0 none none
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.

 

Bob Hawkes - Match Record - All Matches
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Home 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 0 1 1.00 0.00 100.0 +1
Away 4 4 0 0 28 2 +26 0 2 7.00 0.50 100.0 +4
All 5 5 0 0 29 2 +27 0 3 5.80 0.40 100.0 +5

 

Bob Hawkes - Match Record - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
British Championship 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 0 1 1.00 0.00 100.0 +1
Friendly 4 4 0 0 28 2 +26 0 2 7.00 0.50 100.0 +4
All 5 5 0 0 29 2 +27 0 3 5.80 0.40 100.0 +5

 

Bob Hawkes - Match Record - Tournament Matches
British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1906-07 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 0 1 1.00 0.00 100.0 +1
BC All 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 0 1 1.00 0.00 100.0 +1
All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 0 1 1.00 0.00 100.0 +1
All 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 0 1 1.00 0.00 100.0 +1

 

Bob Hawkes - Match History
 Club: Luton Town F.C. - 5 full appearances

F.A. International Select Committee - 5 full capsx

Age 26
1 89 16 February 1907 - England 1 Ireland 0, Goodison Park, Liverpool BC HW Start lh
Age 27
2 95 6 June 1908 - Austria 1 England 6, Cricketer Platz, Wien tour AW Start lh
3 96 8 June 1908 - Austria 1 England 11, Hohe Warte Stadion, Wien AW Start lh
4 97 10 June 1908 - Hungary 0 England 7, Millenáris Sportpálya, Buda-pesth AW Start lh
5 98 13 June 1908 - Bohemia 0 England 4, Stadión Letná, Praha AW Start lh

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