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Alf
Jones |
Walsall Swifts FC, Great Lever
FC, Burnley FC
3 appearances,
0 goals
1 own goal
P 3 W 0 D 0 L 3 F
6:
A
13
0% successful
1882-85
captain: none
minutes played: 270 |
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Timeline |
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Alfred
George Jones |
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Birth |
Tuesday, 15 January 1861 at 19 Forster Street, Walsall, Staffordshire |
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registered as Alfred G. in Walsall January-March 1861 |
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"I
was born in Forster-street, Walsall, in 1861, our house overlooking the
playing grounds of the Grammar School." -
Saturday, 7 February 1914, The Walsall Advertiser.
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There
are two Alfred Jones' born/registered in Walsall around 1861. One Alfred
falls off the record structure. But the other, is our Alfred George. There is
only one Walsall-Alfred Jones in the 1891 census, he
also happens to be the same Jones in 1881/1901/11 census' - a certain
Alfred George - who confirmed his place of birth as Forster St. |
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According to the 1861
census, two month old Alfred G. is the youngest of three children to
Benjamin and Eliza (née Maish). Alfred is an errand boy. They live at 19 Upper Forster
Street in Walsall Foreign. His father is a currier |
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According to the 1871
census, ten year old Alfred G. is still one of three children and is an errand boy. They
still live at 19 Upper Forster
Street in Walsall Foreign. His father is still a currier |
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According to the 1881
census, Alfred G. and his
family remain at 19 Upper Forster Street. Alfred is a saddler. |
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Marriage |
to Rosa Hazeldine, on 20
March 1887, at St. George's Church in Walsall.
Stated as living at 107 Paddock Lane in Walsall. |
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registered as Alfred George in Walsall January-March 1887 |
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Children: Alf and
Rosa Jones had three children together. Rosa Beatrice, Alfred James and Rosa. |
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According to the 1891
census, Alfred is now married to Rosa with two children, Rosa Beatrice and Alfred
James.
He is a publican living at 143/144 Blue Lane in Walsall. |
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(His son, Alfred James, died in
1894)
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.
He was still
living there in February 1914, when the left photo was taken. |
According to the 1921
census, Alfred G. is an out of work saddler (leather horse collar maker) and
is still married to Rosa. They now live with their daughter, Rosa, and her
new family (husband Reginald Hill and children, Reginald and Jane) at The
Pheasant Hotel, 7 Windmill Street in Walsall.
(His wife, Rosa, died
on 4 January 1925) |
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Death |
Monday,
14 October
1935,
in the Prince of Wales Inn, Queen Street, Walsall, Staffordshire,
died of a stroke (cerebral hemorrhage) and heart disease (cardiovascular
degeneration). |
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aged
75 years 272 days |
registered in Walsall
October-December
1935
despite his obituary stating he died on the Tuesday, his
registration stated he died the day before |
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Obituary |
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"Death of Ex-International Footballer.—Mr. Alfred Jones, the only Walsall
footballer who has ever gained English international honours, died on
Tuesday at the age of 75 years. He played for England against Scotland in
1882-83, and against Wales in 1882. He had been confined to his bed for
the last two years at the home of his son-in-law in Queen Street."
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Saturday, 19 October 1935, Staffordshire
Advertiser |
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Funeral: He is buried in Ryecroft Cemetery, Walsall,
with his wife, Rosa. |
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 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990],
Kevin Powell, Bob Pickett & |
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Playing Career |
Club(s) |
"The first club I joined was a small one
called the Butts Perseverance, who played where the present Council
Schools stand, in William-street and Butts-road. Our first fixtures were
with the Trinity Club, of Caldmore, first and second teams, and I was
greatly disappointed when I discovered that I had been picked for neither.
I went up to the captain of the Trinity II, and asked him to let me play
against the Butts 'chaps', telling him I could stop any two of their
forwards. He agreed and.... The Trinity won by 3 goals to nil. I must have
given satisfaction for the following Saturday, I was asked to play.
"I
was selected to play for Walsall Football Association against Walsall
Swifts, in a benefit match. This led to my joining the Swifts, which I did
at the beginning of the season 1879-80.
"It was in 1880 that I first
began to play for the Birmingham Football Association, my first match
being against London, at the Oval, and I played in every Association match
that season. The following year I was selected for the North v. South
match, at London, and scored the only goal of our side, who were defeated
by 3 to 1." - Saturday, 7 February 1914,
The Walsall Advertiser.
Alf Jones
was the ultimate Walsall footballer, he played with all three of its
teams. He started with Walsall Swifts FC, and briefly left to play
professionally for Great Lever FC in August 1883,
only to be suspended until January 1884, after which he returned to Walsall Swifts, and then Burnley FC in February 1885, 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 |
Walsall
Cup winners 1879-80, 1880-81; Birmingham
Senior Cup winners 1880-81, runners-up 1883-84, 1884-85; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Height/Weight |
not
known |
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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 |
97th player 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 21 years
55 days. |
Last match
364 days |
No. 19, 10 March 1883, England 2 Scotland 3,
a friendly match at
Yorkshire County Cricket Ground, Bramall Lane, Highfield, Sheffield, aged
22 years 54 days. |
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Individual honours |
Birmingham & District (one appearance,
March 1881) |
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Beyond England |
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No additional information, but the
census records state 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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The Numbers |
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parties |
Appearances |
minutes |
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captain |
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4 |
3 |
270 |
0 |
1 |
none |
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minutes are approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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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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3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
13 |
-7 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4.333 |
0 |
-3 |
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All of his matches were friendly matches |
Venue Record
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Venue |
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 |
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