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Johnny
Arnold |
Fulham FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D 0 L 1 F 1:
A 2
0% successful
1933
disciplined: none
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
John Arnold |
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Born |
30 November
1907 in Cowley, Oxfordshire [registered in Headington, March 1908] |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1911 census,
a very young John lived with his older brother and parents, Frederick (a
professional cricketer) and Florence at Temple Road, Cowley in Oxford. |
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According to the 1939 register, John, a
labourer at the tobacco factory, is married to gladys, and they live at 12
Merton Road in Southampton. |
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Married |
to
Gladys E. Collins (b.25 March 1916), at Woolston Church, Southampton, on 26 February 1939
[registered in Southampton, March 1939]. After their wedding, they
walked out underneath an archway of cricket bats and football boots. |
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Died |
3 April
1984 in Southampton, aged 76 years, 126 days. [registered in
Southampton, April 1984] |
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Height/Weight |
5' 7", 11st.
[1935] |
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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) |
Played
schoolboy and junior football in Oxford before joining Oxford City FC in
the Isthmian Senior League. He needed to move to Hampshire to qualify for
their cricket side, so he signed with Southampton FC in September 1928
and after 106 league appearances and 46 goals,
he joined Fulham FC on 16 February
1933, alongside their acting club
captain and full-back, Michael Keeping. Arnold made another 213
league appearances in which he scored 57 goals. Retired during WW2. |
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Club honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Also played first-class cricket with Hampshire.
His wife,
gladys, is the neice of
Ernie Hart.
Making Ernie his uncle-in-law. |
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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
four who became 578th players (581) to
appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-left |
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Only match |
No. 185, 1 April 1933, Scotland 2 England 1,
a British Championship match at Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow, aged 25 years 122
days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1932-33; |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Also played
first-class cricket and one test with England
(against New Zealand, 1931, scored 34), and became an umpire.
Died two days after Tom Smalley. |
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England Tragedy |
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"Married at Southampton on
February 26, John Arnold, Fulham outside-left, and Hampshire County
cricketer, went on a motoring tour. On March 4 he was caught doing 40 to
45 miles an hour in a built-up area, and at Eastleigh (Hants), where he
was summoned to-day, he was fined £2. Arnold, who appeared in court with
his wife, said that his speedometer must have been out of order."
-
Monday, 27 May 1939, The Evening News |
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Beyond England |
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Moved to Southampton in order to obtain a
residential qualification to play for Hampshire CCC, he had previously
played Minor Counties cricket for Oxfordshire. Assisted Hampshire between
1929-50, retiring on health grounds. Stood as a first-class umpire
from 1961. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming
(1990). Hatton Press, p.13. |
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Johnny Arnold - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
| 1 |
1 |
1 |
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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Johnny Arnold
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Away - British Championship |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
| All |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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Johnny Arnold
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
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British Championship Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1932-33 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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BC All |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
| All |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
Match History
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Club:
Fulham F.C.
- one full appearance (90 min) |
F.A. International Selection Committee - one full appearance
(90 min)x |
Notes
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