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Jimmy
Brown |
Blackburn Rovers
FC
5 caps, 3 goals
P 5 W 2 D 2 L 1 F 19:
A 3
60% successful
1881-85
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 450 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
James Brown |
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Born |
31 July 1862 in Blackburn, Lancashire [registered in
Blackburn, September 1862]. |
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Census Notes
The only correctly-aged James
Brown in the Blackburn area. |
According to the 1871 census,
James is the youngest of three children living at Beer House in 1 Limbrick,
in Blackburn with Darwen, to John and Elizabeth,. His father is a beer
seller. |
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According to the 1881 census,
James is now a solictor's clerk and with his older sister, they live with
their parents at the 'Sir Charles Napier', a public house at 13 Limbrick.
His father is a licensed victualler and they live next door to the Police
Office and prison. |
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According to the 1891 census,
there are two 28 year-old James Brown's, Blackburn-born and living. The
more likely, simply because he is a Hotel Keeper in his fathers footsteps.
This James is married to Emma with a daughter, Gertrude Elizabeth, and a
servant, at The Eagle & Child at 18 Darwen Street. |
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According to the 1901 census,
in a return to his earlier vocation, James is a solicitor's clerk and
still married to Emma, with two more children, James and Lilian Eleanor.
They live at 88 Napier Street West in Oldham. |
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According to the 1911 census,
James, Emma and their three children are now living on the opposite side
of the street at 83 Napier Street West. James is a solicitors managing
clerk. |
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Married |
to Emma Dixon
[registered in Fylde, December 1889]. |
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Marriage notes |
The only James
Brown to marry an Emma near Blackburn in 1889/90. The 1911 census
states they had completed 21 years of marriage. |
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Died |
4 July 1922 in
Oldham, aged
59 years 338 days
[registered in Oldham, Lancashire, September 1922]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
5½", 9st.
10lbs [1848]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Played his
schoolboy football in Blackburn before playing for clubs such as Mintholme
College in Blackburn, then the Blackburn Law Club. He played with
Blackburn Rovers FC from August 1879 through to 1889. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup winners
1883-84, 1884-85, 1885-86 runners up 1881-82. |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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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 81st players
(85) to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Centre-forward |
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First match |
No. 12, 26
February 1881, England 0 Wales 1, friendly match at
Alexandra Meadows, Blackburn,
aged 18 years 210 days. |
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Last match |
No. 25, 21 May 1885,
Scotland 1 England 1, a British Championship match at
Surrey Cricket Ground, The
Oval, Kennington, London, aged
22 years 233 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championship 1884-85; |
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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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Described as a
brilliant individualist. A Solicitor's clerk living in Blackburn at
the time of his first England appearance. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming
(1990). Hatton Press, p.50. |
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Jimmy Brown - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Comp.
Apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Comp.
Goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
| 5 |
5 |
3 |
450 |
3 |
150 min |
1 |
None |
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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Jimmy Brown
- Match Record - All Matches |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
|
Home |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
0.67 |
1.00 |
33.3 |
-1 |
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Away |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
0 |
+17 |
0 |
2 |
8.50 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
| All |
5 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
19 |
3 |
+16 |
1 |
2 |
3.80 |
0.60 |
60.0 |
+1 |
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Jimmy Brown
- Match Record - By Type of Match |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
British Championship |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
+4 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.67 |
66.7 |
+1 |
| Friendly |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
1 |
+12 |
1 |
1 |
6.50 |
0.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| All |
5 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
19 |
3 |
+16 |
1 |
2 |
3.80 |
0.60 |
60.0 |
+1 |
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Jimmy Brown
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
|
British Championship Tournaments |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1884-85 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
+4 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.67 |
66.7 |
+1 |
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All |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
+4 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.67 |
66.7 |
+1 |
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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 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
+4 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.67 |
66.7 |
+1 |
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All |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
+4 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.67 |
66.7 |
+1 |
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Jimmy Brown
- Match History |
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Club: Blackburn
Rovers F.C. - 5 full caps |
Coach: FA Committee - 9
full capsx
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Age 18 |
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1 |
12 |
26 February 1881 - England 0 Wales 1,
East Lancashire Cricket Club, Alexandra Meadows, Blackburn |
Fr |
HL |
Start |
cf |
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Age 19 |
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2 |
14 |
18 February 1882 - Ireland 0 England 13,
Knock
Ground, Bloomfield, Belfast
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Fr |
AW |
Start  |
cf |
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Age
22 |
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3 |
23 |
28 February 1885 - England 4 Ireland 0,
Manchester Football
Ground, Whalley
Range, Manchester |
BC |
HW |
Start |
cf |
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4 |
24 |
14 March 1885 - England 1 Wales 1, Leamington Street, Blackburn |
BC |
HD |
Start |
cf |
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5 |
25 |
21 March 1885 - England 1 Scotland 1, The Surrey Cricket Ground, The
Oval, Kennington, London |
BC |
HD |
Start |
cf |
Notes
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