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Archie
Rawlings |
Preston North
End FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 1 D
0 L 0 F 2: A 0
100% successful
1921
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Archibald Rawlings |
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Birth |
2 October 1891 at
113 Cranbourne Street, Leicester, Leicestershire [registered in
Leicester, December 1891]. |
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According to the 1891
census, Elizabeth (née Dean) is pregnant with her first child who
will become Archibald, she will die within two years. His father is
Christopher is a grocer and finisher. They live at 113 Cranbourne Street
in Leicester. |
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According to the 1901
census, Archibald is the only child living with his remarried father, now
a bookshop manager, and his step-mother, Charlotte Anne (née Howe)
(married in Belper, registered March 1898). They live on the Main Street
in Peasley, Derbyshire. |
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Marriage |
to Isabella
Oughton
[registered in Barnsley, September 1910]. One son, James Sydney Dean (b.Wombwell, 5 May 1913). |
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According to the 1911
census, Archibald is an assistant electrician in the local colliery,
married to Isabella. They have two children, a set of twins, Harry
Boughton and Eric. They live at 8 Snape Hill Road in Darfield, Barnsley. |
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According to the
1921 census, Archibald, a professional footballer (for Preston North End
FC), is a patient at Matlock House on Hyde Road in Ardwick. |
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According to the 1939 register, Archibald, an electrician and fitter at
the aeroplane factury, and Isobel are still married and are living at 13
Lowthorpe Road in Preston. |
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Death |
11 June 1952 at Mountstreet Hospital
in Preston,
aged
60 years 253 days
[registered in Preston, June 1952].
Living at 13 Hawkhurst Road, Deepdale in Preston. Left £544 6s 7d. |
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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) |
Began his junior career with Wombwell FC, also playing
with Darfield United FC, Barnsley FC reserves and Shirebrook FC and
Northampton Town FC on 4 November 1913, from where Rochdale AFC signed him
on 8 June 1914. With interest from Manchester City FC, Rawlings joined
Dundee FC whilst still in the army on 16 September 1919. Then, of four
clubs seeking him, it was Preston North End FC that signed him on 15 June
1920 for £1500 and
he made 147 league appearances, scoring seventeen goals. Shortly
after a club suspension in March 1922, Rawlings handed in a transfer
request in the June, but it was not until 13 March 1924 when the directors
placed Rawlings on the transfer list when he was signed by Liverpool FC
and he made another 63 league appearances, scoring eight goals.
Walsall FC signed Rawlings on 23 June 1926,
where he made just 23 league appearances. Bradford FC were next to
sign him on 11 February 1927 and he scored five
goals in 21 league outings. Southport FC signed him in July 1928
and he scored three goals in just nine league
appearances. By the end of the year however, on 7 December,
Lancashire Combination outfit Dick, Kerr and Company FC had signed him.
There is no contemporary report to suggest he
played for Burton Town FC however. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup runners-up 1921-22; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Father of Syd
Rawlings (Preston North End FC, Huddersfeild
Town AFC, West Bromwich Albion FC, Northampton Town AFC, Millwall FC,
Everton FC, Plymouth Argyle FC 1932-48) |
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Height/Weight |
5'
11½", 12st. 0lbs [1922]. |
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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 |
One of seven who became the 414th players
(418) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-right |
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Only match |
No. 126, 21 May 1921,
Belgium 0 England 2,
an end-of-season tour match at Stade du Daring Club de Bruxelles, Sint-Jans Molenbeek,
Bruxelles, aged 29 years
231 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
following his retirement from playing, he returned to Preston North End FC
to become an assistant trainer. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.202/3. |
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Archie Rawlings - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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1 |
1 |
0 |
90 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
none |
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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Archie Rawlings
- 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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Away
- Friendly |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
| All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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Archie Rawlings
- Match History |
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Club: Preston
North End F.C. - 1 full cap |
F.A. International
Select Committee - 1
full capx
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Age 29 |
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1 |
126 |
21 May 1921 - Belgium 0 England 2,
Stade du Daring Club de Bruxelles,
Bruxelles |
Fr |
AW |
Start |
or |
Notes
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CG
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