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Bill
Jones |
Liverpool
FC
2 appearances,
0 goals
P 2 W 2 D 0 L 0 F 9:
A 4
100% successful
1949-50
captain:
none
minutes played: 180 |
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Timeline |
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William Henry Jones |
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Birth |
13
May 1921
in Bridge Street, Whaley Bridge, High Peak, Derbyshire [registered
as William H. in Stockport, June 1921] |
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Jones appeared
on several passenger lists. He was on the Queen Mary, that had left
Southampton, bound for New York under the mastership of C.M. Ford, on 4
May 1946, along with other members of Liverpool FC.
Again, Jones was on
board the Queen Elizabeth, leaving Southampton for New York, under the
mastership of G.E. Care, on 7 May 1948, along with other members of
Liverpool FC.
Finally, Jones was back on the Queen Mary, leaving
Southampton for New York on 6 May 1953, under the mastership of C.I.
Thompson, along with other members of Liverpool FC. His address was stated
as 66 Watford Road, Anfield in Liverpool. |
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Death |
26 December 2010 in The Countess of Chester
Hospital, Bache, Chester, Cheshire, of natural causes, aged 89
years 228 days. [registered
in Ellesmere Port, December 2010] |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Began his career with Hayfield St. Matthew's, an amateur club in
Derbyshire before being spotted by a scout and subsequently joined
Liverpool FC in September 1938 as a seventeen year-old, where he stayed
until May 1954. He made war-time guest appearances for York City FC, Leeds
United AFC and Reading FC. After totting up 277 league appearances, during
which he scored seventeen times, Jones joined Ellesmere Port Town as a
player-manager. |
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Club honours |
Football League champions 1946-47; FA Cup runners-up 1949-50; |
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Individual honours |
Football League (one appearance) |
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Distinctions |
Centre-half for his two appearances, but actually a man of unusual adaptability,
taking a full-back or forward role with the same assurance as that of
half-back - DL |
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Height/Weight |
5' 11", 13st
1lb. [1951] |
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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 |
693rd player to appear for
England. |
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Position(s) |
Centre half-back |
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First match |
No. 254, 14 May 1950, Portugal 3 England 5, a
friendly match at Estádio Nacional,
Lisboa,
aged 29 years 1 day. |
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Last match |
No. 255, 18 May 1950,
Belgium 1 England 4, a friendly match
at Stade
du Heysel, Plateau du Heysel, Bruxelles, aged 29 years
5 days. |
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Major tournaments |
World Cup Finals 1950 (provisional party) |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
England B (one appearance) |
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Distinctions |
Bill's grandson is Rob Jones, Liverpool and England defender.
Died nine days after Ralph Coates |
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Beyond England |
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Did some scouting work for Liverpool FC
throughout the 1960's. Bill won the Military Medal (during the Allies
crossing the Rhine) during his wartime Army with the King's Regiment and
went into business after giving up playing.
-
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming
(1990). Hatton Press, p.147. |
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Appearances |
unused |
minutes |
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captain |
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2 |
2 |
1 |
180 |
0 |
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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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
4 |
+5 |
0 |
0 |
4.50 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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all his matches were played at an away venue, were friendly matches,
and played in a white shirt |
Match History
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Club:
Liverpool F.C.
- two full appearances (180 min) |
manager: Walter
Winterbottom - two full appearances (180 min)x
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apps |
match |
pic |
match details |
comp |
res. |
rundown |
shirt |
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England's selectors
announced
on May 9, two party's (A and B) of 14 players each, for two separate
tours. Of the 28 names, twelve did not make it to the final World Cup
party, including Bill Jones. |
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