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Alf
Jones |
Walsall Swifts FC, Great Lever FC
3 caps, 0 goals,
1 own goal
P 3 W 0 D 0 L 3 F
6:
A
13
0% successful
1882-83
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 270 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Alfred
George Jones |
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Born |
early
1861 in Walsall, Staffordshire [registered
as Alfred G., in Walsall, March 1861]. |
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Birth notes |
There
were two Alfred Jones born/registered in Walsall around 1861. One Alfred
Jones falls off the record structure. But the other, Alfred George Jones,
is the one we believe to be the correct Jones.
Why? Because there is
only one Alfred Jones, born Walsall, in Walsall in the 1891 census, he
also happens to be the same Jones in 1881/1901/11 census' - a certain
Alfred George.
Alfred George is one of the Alf Jones living in Walsall
in 1881, another was there, but born in Bloxwich. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1871
census, ten year old Alfred G. is the youngest of three children to
Benjamin and Eliza. Alfred is an errand boy. They live at 19 Upper Foster
Street in Walsall Foreign. His father is a currier |
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According to the 1881
census, and identical to the previous census return, Alfred G. and his
family remain at 19 Upper Foster Street. Alfred is a saddler. |
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According to the 1891
census, Alfred is now married to Rosa with two children, Rosa and Alfred.
He is a publican living at 143/144 Blue Lane in Walsall. His son,
Alfred James, would die in 1894! |
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According to the 1901
census, Alfred George is now back to being a saddler. Living with his
wife, Rosa, and daughter, also Rosa, at 33 Old Birchills in Walsall. |
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According to the 1911
census, Alfred George remains a saddler and married to his tailoress wife
and tailoress daughter at 123 Bentley Lane in Walsall. |
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Married |
to Rosa Hazeldine
[registered as Alfred George, in Walsall, March 1887]. |
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Died |
late
1935, aged
75 years nk days
[registered as Alfred G., in Walsall, December 1935]. |
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Height/Weight |
not
known |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Alf Jones
was the ultimate Walsall footballer, he played with all three of its
teams. He started with Walsall Swifts FC, and briefly left for Lancashire
and Great Lever FC, to return to Walsall Swifts and then after joining
Aston Villa FC briefly for the 1885-86 season, returned to Walsall Town FC
from 1886 to 1888, and then for the amalgamated Walsall Town Swifts FC
thereafter. He played in the Town Swifts' first ever competitive match,
against Aston Villa FC in the Lord Mayor of Birmingham's Charity Cup Final
in April 1888, he played 22 Football Alliance games between 1888
and 1892, scoring once. |
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Club honours |
Birmingham
Senior Cup winners 1880-81, runners-up 1883-84, 1884-85; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Source |
Patrick
Talbot's White Shirt, Black Country [2004]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of two players who became the 97th
players (97) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Left-back |
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First match |
No. 15, 11 March 1882,
Scotland 1 England 4, a friendly match at
Hampden Park, Hampden Terrace, Glasgow, aged 20/21 years
nk days. |
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Last match |
No. 19, 10 March 1883, England 2 Scotland 3,
a friendly match at
Bramall Lane, Sheffield, aged
21/22 years nk days. |
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Major tournaments |
None |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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No additional information, but if the
census records reflect the correct Alf Jones, then he was a saddler,
taking time out to be a publican in Walsall. His only son died in
1894...was this a reason to return to his saddling vocation? -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.145/6./FindMyPast.com |
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Alf Jones - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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3 |
3 |
270 |
0 |
0
min |
None |
None |
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Due to the fact that
many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time
for injuries, errors and substitutions. The minutes here
given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only
an approximation. |
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Alf Jones
- 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 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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Away |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
10 |
-6 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
5.00 |
0.00 |
-2 |
| All
- Friendly |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
13 |
-7 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
4.333 |
0.00 |
-3 |
Notes
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