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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 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
William Ashurst |
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Born |
4 May 1894
at
19 Yates Street, Wigan, Lancashire [registered in Wigan, June 1894]. |
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Baptised |
4 June 1894 in
All Saints Church, Wigan, Lancashire. Stated as living at 19 Yates
Street in Wigan, his father, William, was a labourer. Baptised by the
curate, H.F. Lloyd. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1901 census,
a seven year-old William, the third of five children, is living at 44
Albert Street, Willington, County Durham, with his father, William, a
coalmine hewer, and his mother Louisa (née Bennett). |
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According to the 1911 census,
William is a Coal Mine Putter. Living with his parents, and now the
second oldest of eight children living with them at 11 Albert Street in
Brancepeth Colliery, Willington. This census return reveals that the
family moved to Willington between the births of the fourth and fifth
children, between 1900 and 1901. |
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Died |
26 January 1947,
aged 52 years 268 days [registrated in Nottingham, March 1947]. |
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Height/Weight |
5' 9½", 12st.
4lbs. [1925] |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990], FindMyPast.co.uk &
Lan-opc.org,uk |
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Club Career |
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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, one goal). Less than two years later,
joined Newark Town, then Brentwood Colliery FC. Retiring at the end of the
1929-30 season. |
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Club honours |
Football League
Division Two winners 1922-23; |
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Individual honours |
Football League
(one appearance) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & The Mighty
Leeds website. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
452nd player to
appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Right-back |
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First match |
No. 135, 21 May 1923, Sweden 2 England 4, a
friendly match at Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm,
aged 29 years 17 days. |
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Last match |
No. 145, 4 April 1925, Scotland 2 England 0,
a British Championship match at
Hampden Park, Glasgow, aged 30 years 335 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championships 1924-25; |
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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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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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Bill Ashurst
- Match Record - All Matches |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
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Home |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
+4 |
0 |
1 |
4.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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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 |
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Bill Ashurst
- Match Record - By Type of Match |
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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 |
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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 |
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Bill Ashurst
- 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 1924-25 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC All |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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All
Tournaments |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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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 |
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Bill Ashurst
- Match History |
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Club:
Notts County F.C. - 5 full caps |
Coach: F.A. Select Committee - 5
full capsx
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Age
29 |
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1 |
135 |
21 May 1923 -
Sweden 2
England 4,
Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm |
Fr |
AW |
Start |
rb |
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2 |
136 |
24 May 1923 -
Sweden 1
England 3,
Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm |
Fr |
AW |
Start |
rb |
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Age 30 |
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3 |
143 |
8 December 1924 -
England 4
Belgium
0,
The Hawthorns, West Bromwich |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
rb |
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4 |
144 |
28 February 1925 -
Wales 1
England 2,
Vetch Field, Swansea |
BC |
AW |
Start |
rb |
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5 |
145 |
4 April 1925 -
Scotland
2
England 0,
Hampden Park,
Mount Florida, Glasgow |
AL |
Start |
rb |
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