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Herbert
Banks |
Millwall Athletic FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 1 D
0 L 0 F 3: A 0
100% successful
1901
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Corporal Herbert Ernest Banks |
Birth |
19 June 1874
in Canterbury Street, Coventry, Warwickshire [registered in
Coventry, June 1874]. Birthdate confirmed by the 1939 register |
Baptism |
19 July 1874
at St. Peter's Church, Coventry;
His father's occupation was stated as carpenter, and they were living in
Canterbury Street. |
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According to the 1881 census,
Herbert E. was the sixth of eight children to Thomas and Mary Ann (née
Tooth). His
father was a joiner, now living at 55 Alum Rock Road in Aston. |
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According to the 1891 census,
the Banks family had moved on to 4 Victoria Place in Crompton Road,
Nechells, Birmingham. His mother had died, and his father now worker
at the car factory. Herbert was not at this address at the time of the
census. Where was he? |
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According to the 1901 census,
Herbert Banks' occupation was a Footballer, boarding with the Leonard's at
31 Seysell Street in Poplar, London. |
Marriage |
to Rose
Emily Hawgood, in 2 December 1905, Aston Register Office
[registered in Aston, December 1905]. |
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According to the 1911 census,
Herbert E. is now married to Rose and living at 190 Merrivale Road in
Bearwood in Smethwick, Staffordshire. This is also the address
where Corporal Banks was discharged to on leaving the army on 31 July
1919. |
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According to the 1921 census,
Herbert Ernest, a capstan lathe works, is still married, and still living at 190 Merrivale
Road. |
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According to the 1939 register, Herbert E. and Rose E.
remain married and are still living at 190 Merrivale Road. He is a
warehouseman at the screw works. |
Death |
Early summer
(but possibly before his birthday) 1947 in Kings Norton, aged
72 years nk days
[registered in Smethwick, Staffordshire, June 1947]. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Began his football playing with the juniors in
Leamington. And carried on as player with the Seaforth Highlanders,
playing competitively in India. He was on Everton FC's books in 1897,
playing twice in the league, he went on
loan to Scottish side, St. Mirren FC and remained in Scotland when Third
Lanark FC signed him later that year, playing
28 Scottish league games, scoring three goals. He had become a
Millwall Athletic FC player in March 1899, and after winning his only cap
with England, playing 26 Southern League
matches, scoring eleven, returned to Aston Villa FC in April 1901,
making five league appearances. Six
months later, on 9 November, he signed for Bristol Rovers FC,
making forty League appearances, scoring eighteen times, as well as
a 5s. fine for kicking in a door after a cup match with neighbours,
Bristol City FC. He was out injured for a period, after being knocked down
and run over by a cab whilst running for a tramcar in January 1902. He
joined
John Goodall's Watford FC in 1903, scoring
21 goals in nineteen Southern League appearances. Coventry City FC
signed him in 1904, where he returned eighteen
Birmingham & District League appearances with twelve goals. Banks
spent his final season at Stafford Rangers FC, of the Birmingham League. |
Club honours |
Glasgow
Merchants' Charity Cup winner 1897-98 (first
Englishman to do so) |
Individual honours |
Represented
Glasgow in a representative match in 1898. |
Distinctions |
None |
Height/Weight |
5'
8", 12st.
2lbs [1901]. 5' 9", 15st 4lbs [1914] |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
England Career |
Player number |
One of five who became the 257th
players (260) to appear for England. |
Position(s) |
Inside-left |
Only match |
No. 71,
9 March 1901, England 3 Ireland 0, a British Championship match at The
Dell, Milton Road, The Common, Southampton, aged 26 years
263 days. |
Major tournaments |
British Championship 1900-01; |
Team honours |
British Championship winners 1900-01; |
Individual honours |
None |
Distinctions |
None |
Beyond England |
Was a member of the Seaforth
Highlanders until 1896 and then the Royal
Garrison Artillery in the first World War,
later transferring to the Worcestershire Regiment. At the time of his
enlistment, Banks' was a Metal Turner. After leaving football, he worked
for a Birmingham engineering firm. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.22/23./Ancestry.com |
Herbert Banks - Career Statistics |
Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
|
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
1 |
1 |
1 |
90 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
None |
None |
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
Herbert Banks
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
Home
-
British Championship |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Herbert Banks
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
British Championship Competition |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
BC 1900-01 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
BC
All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
All Competition |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
BC |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Herbert Banks
- Match History |
Club: Millwall
Athletic F.C. - 1 full cap |
F.A. International Select
Committee - 1
full capx
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Age 26 |
1 |
71 |
9 March 1901 -
England 3 Ireland 0,
The Dell, Southampton |
BC |
HW |
Start |
il |
Notes
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CG
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