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Bill Ashurst

Notts County FC
5 caps, 0 goals

P 5 W 4 D 0 L 1 F 13: A 6
80% successful
1923-25

disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 450

Profile
Full name William Ashurst

notes

 Known as Bill, although no contemporary source confirms this.
Born 4 May 1894 in Willington, County Durham [no registration found in Durham, but one registration was found in Wigan, Lancs., June 1894].
Died 26 January 1947
Height/Weight 5' 9½", 12st. 4lbs. [1925]

Source

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

Club Career
Club(s) Began at Willington Schools before joining Durham City FC.  Signed for Leeds City FC in the 1918-19 close season, only to be released soon afterwards as Leeds fell out of existence.  On 16 October 1919, at an auction of Leeds players at the Metropole Hotel in Leeds, Lincoln City FC purchased Ashurst for £500 (24 appearances).  Transferred to Notts County FC for £1000 in June 1920 (200 appearances).  West Bromwich Albion FC paid £3100 for his services in November 1926 (21 appearances, 1 goal).  Less than two years later, joined Newark Town, then Brentwood Colliery FC. Retiring at the end of the 1929-30 season.
Club honours Football League Division Two winners 1922-23;
Individual honours Football League (1 appearance)
Distinctions None

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & The Mighty Leeds website.

England Career
Player number 452nd player to appear for England.
Position(s) Right-back
First match No. 135, 21 May 1923, Sweden 2 England 4, a friendly match at Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm, aged 29 years 17 days.
Last match No. 145, 4 April 1925, Scotland 2 England 0, a British Championship match at Hampden Park, Glasgow, aged 30 years 335 days.
Major tournaments British Championships 1924-25;
Team honours None
Individual honours None
Distinctions None

Beyond England
A miner along with his father.  The family also ran a small farm. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.14/15.

 

Bill Ashurst - Career Statistics
Squads Apps Comp.
Apps		 Mins. Goals Goals Av.min Comp.
Goals		 Capt. Disc.
5 5 2 450 0 0 min 0 0 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.

 

Bill Ashurst - Match Record - All Matches
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 0 1 4.00 0.00 100.0 +1
Away 4 3 0 1 9 6 +3 1 0 2.25 1.50 75.0 +2
All 5 4 0 1 13 6 +7 1 1 2.60 1.20 80.0 +3

 

Bill Ashurst - Match Record  - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
British Championship 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 1 0 1.00 1.50 50.0 =0
Friendlies 3 3 0 0 11 3 +8 0 1  3.667 1.00 100.0 +3
All 5 4 0 1 13 6 +7 1 1 2.60 1.20 80.0 +3

 

Bill Ashurst - Match Record - Tournament Matches
British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1924-25 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 1 0 1.00 1.50 50.0 =0
BC All 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 1 0 1.00 1.50 50.0 =0
All Tournaments
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 1 0 1.00 1.50 50.0 =0
All 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 1 0 1.00 1.50 50.0 =0

 

Bill Ashurst - Match History
 Club:  Notts County F.C. - 5 full caps

Coach: FA Committee - 5 full capsx

Age 29
1 135 21 May 1923 - Sweden 2 England 4, Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm Fr AW Start rb
2 136 24 May 1923 - Sweden 1 England 3, Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm Fr AW Start rb
Age 30
3 143 8 December 1924 - England 4 Belgium 0, The Hawthorns, West Bromwich Fr HW Start rb
4 144 28 February 1925 - Wales 1 England 2, Vetch Field, Swansea BC AW Start rb
5 145 4 April 1925 - Scotland 2 England 0, Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow AL Start rb

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