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Harry
Jones |
Nottingham Forest FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F
4:
A 1
100% successful
1923
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Harry Jones |
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Birth |
24 May 1891 at 213 Primrose
Hill, Blackwell,
Derbyshire [registered in
Mansfield, September 1891]. |
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According to the 1891
census, Sarah (née Peake) is pregnant with the child who will become Harry, she
is married to his father, William Powis, a coal miner. They already had three
children, and they all live at 213 Primrose Hill in Blackwell, with a
boarder, Stewart Gilmont. |
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According to the 1901
census, Harry is now the fourth of seven children. His father is still a
coal mine hewer and they now live at 143 Primrose Hill. |
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According to the 1911
census, Harry is the eldest of four children still living at home with
their parents at 143 Primrose Hill. Harry is now a Professional
Footballer. The census also reveals that Harry is one of nine
children, and that one had died. |
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Marriage |
to Elsie Page, on 18 August
1915 in the Parish Church in South Normanton
[registered in Mansfield, September 1915].
Three children, Freda
(b.11 February 1921) and Elsie (b.1923) and Harry
(b.1925). |
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According to the 1921 census,
Harry is still a professional footballer (for Nottingham Forest FC) is now
also married to Elsie and they have two daughters, Edna May and Freda.
They all live at 32 New Street in South Normanton. |
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According to the 1939 register, Harry, a stone worker
at a colliery, is married to Elsie, living at 25 Houfton Crescent in
Bolsover, with their daughter, Freda. |
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Death |
possibly 10 May 1947
at 22 Monmouth Street, Derby,
aged
55 years 350 days
[registered in Derby, June 1947]. |
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Funeral |
14 May 1947
at St. Mark's Church, Derby,
he is
buried in Nottingham Road Cemetery, Derby, following a service. |
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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) |
Played as
an eleven year-old with Blackwell Boys Brigade FC. Went on to play with
Blackwell Wesley Guild FC and Blackwell Colliery CC, before signing with
Nottingham Forest FC on 28 October 1910, where he remained until
he retired through injury at the end of the 1923-24 season, he
had made 225 league appearances and scored seven goals. He did,
however, join Sutton Town FC in December 1924. |
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Club honours |
Football
League Division Two winners 1921-22; |
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Individual honours |
Football League
(one appearance) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5'
9½", 12st.
7lbs [1919]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & ThisIsDerbyshire.co.uk |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of six who became
the 445th players
(446) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Left-back |
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Only match |
No. 134, 10 May 1923, France 1
England 4, a friendly match at Stade Pershing, Bois de Vincennes, Paris, aged 31 years
351 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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One of the few players of the
early days to suffer a broken leg and to return to the game unimpaired.
In years up to his death, he was cricketer and groundsman for Blackwell
Colliery, Ollerton and Whitwell cricket clubs. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.146. |
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