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Harry Jones

Nottingham Forest FC

 1 cap, 0 goals

P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 4: A 1
100% successful
1923

disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 90

Profile
Full name Harry Jones
Born 24 May 1891 at 213 Primrose Hill, Blackwell, Derbyshire [registered in Mansfield, September 1891].

Census Notes

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.

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.

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.
Died April to June 1947, aged 55 years nk days [registered in Derby, June 1947].
Death notes The Harry Jones whose death is recorded above is the one whom we assume to be the correct person, but only on the basis that he was the only one to die close to his Derbyshire home, where we know he remained close to.  We do acknowledge that that is not the entire basis for accuracy and accept cautionary notes. Other Harry Jones' that died of the correct age were ranging from Salford in 1931, to a Leeds' death in 1977.
Height/Weight 5' 9½", 12st. 7lbs [1919].

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com

Club Career
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 in the 1910-11 close season, 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.
Club honours Football League Division Two winners 1921-22;
Individual honours Football League (one appearance)
Distinctions None

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & ThisIsDerbyshire.co.uk

England Career
Player number 446th player to appear for England.
Position(s) Left-back
Only match No. 134, 10 May 1923, France 1 England 4, an end-of-season tour match at Stade Pershing, Paris, aged 31 years 351 days.
Major tournaments None
Team honours None
Individual honours None
Distinctions None

Beyond England
One of the few players of the early days to suffer a broken leg and to return to the game unimpaired. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.146.

 

Harry Jones - Career Statistics
Squads Apps Mins. Goals Goals Av.min Capt. Disc.
3 1 90 0 0 min None None
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.

 

Harry Jones - Match Record - All Matches - By Colour of Shirt - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Away - White - Friendly 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 0 0 4.00 1.00 100.0 +1
All 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 0 0 4.00 1.00 100.0 +1

 

Harry Jones - Match History
 Club: Nottingham Forest F.C. - 1 full cap

Coach: F.A. Select Committee - 1 full capx

Age 31
1 134 10 May 1923 - France 1 England 4, Stade Pershing, Paris tour AW Start lb
- 135 21 May 1923 - Sweden 2 England 4, Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm AW squad member/reserve?
- 136 24 May 1923 - Sweden 1 England 3, Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm AW

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