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Harry
Hibbs |
Birmingham FC
25 appearances,
26 goals against
10 clean sheets,
2 penalties conceded, 1 saved
P 25 W 16 D 4 L 5 F
69:
A 26
72% successful
1929-36
captain: none
minutes played: 2250 |
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Timeline |
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Edward Henry Hibbs |
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Birth |
27 May 1906 in Wilnecote, Tamworth, Staffordshire [registered as
Edward Henry in
Tamworth, September 1906]. |
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According to the 1911
census, Harry is one of two children to Harry and Matilda. His father is
a loader in the coal mines, and the four of them lived with Harry senior's
widowed mother, Hibb's grandmother, Martha. They live at 283 Watling
Street in Wilnecote. |
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According to the 1921 census,
Harry is a coal sorter at the Tame Valley colliery and is the oldest of
the three children at home with their parents at Quarry Hill in Wilnecote.
According to passenger lists, Hibbs, along
with other footballers, was part of a tour of South Africa that returned
to Southampton on 5 August 1929 from Cape Town on board the SS Arundel
Castle. His address was stated as Quarry Mill in Tamworth.
He
was also one of eighteen footballers on an FA Tour, courtesy of Canadian
Pacific Railway Company, had left the port of Liverpool on 11 May 1931,
bound for Montreal, Canada, on the Duchess of Richmond. They returned from
Quebec, arriving at Southampton on 23 July 1931, on board the Empress of
Britain. He was living at 'Mayfield' in Watling Street, Wilnecote. |
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Marriage |
to Vera May Jones, on 11 January 1930, at Polesworth
[registered as Henry E. in Atherstone, Warwickshire, March 1930].
"The Rev. A. J. Price, Vicar of
Wilnecote, the well-known Rugby referee, officiated at the ceremony. The
bride was attired in beige suede georgette, with hat and shoes to match.
There were two bridesmaids. The bride was given away by Ernest Kester, her
cousin, who is goalkeeper for Atherstone Town and formerly played in a
similar capacity for Nuneaton Town and Hinckley United. The bridegroom
later left for Droitwich to join the Birmingham team in their training for
the English Cup tie to-day". - Saturday, 11 January 1930, The
Birmingham Gazette |
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They
had wo children Derick (b.1930) and Jean Winifred (b.22 September 1933) |
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Cannot be found on the 1939 register. |
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Death |
23 April 1984 in Welwyn Garden City, aged
77 years 332 days
[registered as Henry Edward in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, April 1984]. |
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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 junior career with Wilnecote Holy
Trinity FC of the Tamworth & District Church & Schools League alongside
Harold Pearson, who was at Glascote. He represented Birmingham Juniors
against a Scottish Juniors side in 1924. He also kept goal for Tamworth
Castle FC, from where Birmingham FC signed him on 18 April 1924
(in an Edinburgh Picture House), ahead of Sunderland AFC, for the
cost of a friendly match, played on 13 December 1924. Hibbs had already
kept goal for Birmingham FC reserves for three
matches before he was signed. He remained with the St. Andrews club
until he announced his retirement on 26 March 1940, making his final
appearance on 13 April, in a testimonial in his own honour against rivals
Aston Villa FC (won 2-1 in front of a maximum 15,000 crowd).
He had made 348 league appearances in goal. He played in the
Birmingham Works League during the war, until he joined Walsall FC as
manager. However, during the 1953-54 season, Hibbs was 'granted a permit'
to play with Hatfield outfit, De Havilland FC, whom he was coaching. |
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Club honours |
The Lord Mayor
of Birmingham Cup Final shared 1923-24 (Hibbs' debut as a
seventeen year-old); FA Charity Shield winners 1929 (with
Professionals); FA Cup runners-up 1930-31; |
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Individual honours |
Football
League (three appearances) |
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Distinctions |
Cousin of
Harold Pearson. The two of them organised a friendly match on
30 April 1928, Hibbs XI versus a Pearson XI, to raise funs for Tamworth
Castle FC, at the Jolly Sailor Ground in Tamworth.
On 9 April
1932, Hibbs kept goal for Birmingham FC against Huddersfield Town AFC at
Leeds Road. In the first half, he collided with Town's Robson and lost six
teeth, as well as extensive cuts and bruises around his mouth. He returned
for the second half and kept the game at a 1-1 draw. |
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Height/Weight |
5' 9½", 12st.
2lbs [1931]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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Management
Career |
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Club(s) |
Appointed as the club manager of Walsall FC on 5 August 1944, until he
resigned on 20 June 1951. Appointed manager at the Welwyn Garden City FC
team in July 1951. Coached De Havilland (the Hatfield version of the club)
in 1953. Returned to part-time management with Ware FC, in the Delphian
League, for a few months from August 1960. |
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Club honours |
Football League Division Three (South) Cup
runners-up 1945-46;
Their best League performance
under Hibbs was third in Football League Divsion Three (North)
1947-48; With an average crowd of 15,711, which has never been bettered.
The following season, Walsall FC reached round four of FA Cup,
beaten by Luton Town AFC 4-0. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of two who became the 547th
players (547) to appear for England. 61st goalkeeper to appear |
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Position(s) |
Goalkeeper |
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First match |
No. 169, 20 November 1929, England 6 Wales 0,
a British Championship match at Stamford Bridge, Fulham Road, Fulham, London, aged 23 years
177 days. |
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Last match |
No. 201, 5 February 1936, England 1
Wales 2, a British Championship match at Molineux Stadium, Waterloo Road
North, St. Peter's, Wolverhampton, aged 29 years 254 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1929-30, 1930-31, 1931-32, 1932-33,
1933-34; |
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Team honours |
British
Championship winners 1929-30, 1931-32,
shared 1930-31, 1934-35; |
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Individual honours |
FA
Tour of South Africa 1929;
FA Tour of Canada 1931; |
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Distinctions |
From
1935, Hibbs became England's most appearanced goalkeeper, a record he took from
Sam Hardy, and held
until 1962. First goalkeeper to keep eight, nine, then ten clean sheets.
most appearanced Englishman for Birmingham City FC.
Died twenty
days after Johnny Arnold and 22 days after Tom Smalley |
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Beyond England |
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Originally a plumber's apprentice, he
was at Welwyn, Hertfordshire. after leaving the professional game, as a
van driver for a comb manufacturing company. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.127/128. |
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Harry Hibbs - Career Statistics |
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Squads |
Apps |
Comp
Apps |
Mins. |
GA |
GA Av.
min |
Comp GA |
Clean
Sheets |
Cln
Sht Av |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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25 |
25 |
16 |
2250 |
26 |
87 min |
17 |
10 |
40% |
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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Harry Hibbs
- Match Record - All Matches |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Home |
12 |
10 |
0 |
2 |
42 |
14 |
+28 |
0 |
3 |
3.50 |
1.167 |
83.3 |
+8 |
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Away |
13 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
27 |
12 |
+15 |
4 |
7 |
2.077 |
0.923 |
61.5 |
+3 |
| All |
25 |
16 |
4 |
5 |
69 |
26 |
+43 |
4 |
10 |
2.76 |
1.04 |
72.0 |
+11 |
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Harry Hibbs
- Match Record - 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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British Championship |
16 |
10 |
1 |
5 |
42 |
17 |
+25 |
3 |
6 |
2.625 |
1.063 |
65.6 |
+5 |
| Friendly |
9 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
27 |
9 |
+18 |
1 |
4 |
3.00 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+6 |
| All |
25 |
16 |
4 |
5 |
69 |
26 |
+43 |
4 |
10 |
2.76 |
1.04 |
72.0 |
+11 |
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Harry Hibbs
- 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 1929-30 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
2 |
+9 |
0 |
1 |
5.50 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
| BC 1930-31 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
3 |
+6 |
1 |
1 |
3.00 |
1.00 |
66.7 |
+1 |
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BC
1931-32 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
3 |
+6 |
0 |
0 |
4.50 |
1.50 |
100.0 |
+6 |
| BC 1932-33 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
1 |
2 |
0.667 |
0.667 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC 1933-34 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| BC 1934-35 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
3 |
+3 |
1 |
1 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
66.7 |
+1 |
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BC 1935-36 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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BC
All |
16 |
10 |
1 |
5 |
42 |
17 |
+25 |
3 |
6 |
2.625 |
1.063 |
65.6 |
+5 |
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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 |
16 |
10 |
1 |
5 |
42 |
17 |
+25 |
3 |
6 |
2.625 |
1.063 |
65.6 |
+5 |
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All |
16 |
10 |
1 |
5 |
42 |
17 |
+25 |
3 |
6 |
2.625 |
1.063 |
65.6 |
+5 |
Harry Hibbs
- Match History
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Club:
Birmingham F.C.
- 25 full appearances (2250 min), 26 GA |
F.A. International Selection Committee - 25 full appearances
(2250 min)x
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Age 26 |
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11 |
182 |
17 October 1932 -
England 1
Ireland
0,
Bloomfield
Road, Blackpool |
BC |
HW |
Start |
gk |
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12 |
183 |
16 November 1932 - Wales 0 England 0, The Racecourse, Wrexham |
BC |
AD |
Start |
gk |
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13 |
184 |
7 December 1932 -
England 4
Austria
3,
Stamford Bridge, Fulham |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
gk |
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14 |
185 |
1 April 1933 -
Scotland
2
England 1,
Hampden Park,
Glasgow |
BC |
AL |
Start |
gk |
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15 |
186 |
13 May 1933 - Italy 1 England 1,
Stadio
NPNF, Roma |
tour |
AD |
Start |
gk |
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16 |
187 |
20 May 1933 - Switzerland 0 England 4,
Stadion
Neufeld, Bern |
AW |
Start |
gk |
Notes
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CG
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