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Harry
Holdcroft |
Preston North
End FC
2 appearances,
3 goals against
0 clean sheets
P 2 W 1 D 0 L 1 F
4:
A 3
50% successful
1936
captain: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
George Henry Holdcroft |
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Born |
23 January 1909 in Norton-le-Moors, near Leek, Staffordshire [registered in
Leek, Staffs., March 1909]. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1911
census, George Henry is the eldest of two children, the other being seven
month old Florence Maud, to John Jabez and Annie. They live at 22 Flatts
Road in Norton-in-the-Moors. His father is a coal mine loader, his mother
is in the grocery business. |
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According to the 1939 register, George H. is a professional footballer and
a heavy worker inspector of motor vehicle component parts, married and
living at 1 Links Road in Preston. |
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Married |
to Phyllis Jack
(b.4 February 1909)
[registered in Stoke on Trent, Staffs., June 1933]. |
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Died |
17 April 1983, aged
74 years 84 days
[registered in Preston & South Ribble, June 1983]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
11½", 11st.
2lbs [1938]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Biographies |
x |
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x.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999). |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
x |
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Club honours |
x |
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Individual honours |
x |
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Distinctions |
x |
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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 six to
become the 624th players (624) to
appear for England. 66th goalkeeper to appear. |
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Position(s) |
Goalkeeper |
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First match |
No. 205, 17 October 1936, England
1 Wales 2, a British Championship match at Ninian Park, Sloper Road,
Cardiff, aged 27 years
268 days. |
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Last match |
No. 206, 18 November 1936,
England 3 Ireland 1, a British Championship match at Victoria Ground,
Boothen, Stoke-on-Trent, aged 27 years 300 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1936-37; |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
x |
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Distinctions |
Died three days
after Gerry Hitchens and nineteen
days after Tommy Graham |
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Beyond England |
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x. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x. |
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Harry Holdcroft - 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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2 |
2 |
2 |
180 |
3 |
60 min |
3 |
0 |
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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Harry Holdcroft
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
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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
-
British Championship |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| All |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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Harry Holdcroft
- 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 1936-37 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC
All |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.50 |
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 |
3 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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All |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
Notes
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