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Players
Index
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Jimmy Forrest
Profile |
|
Full
name |
James Henry
Forrest |
|
Popular name |
Jimmy Forrest |
|
Born |
24 June 1864 in
Blackburn, Lancashire; |
|
Died |
30 December
1925, aged 61 years; |
|
Height/Weight |
- |
|
Club Career |
|
Club(s) |
By the time he
was twelve, he was captain of local side Imperial United FC. He was first
spotted by Blackburn Rovers FC when playing for
Witton FC in 1880. After moving on to play for King's Own Blackburn,
he was eventually persuaded to join Rovers in January 1883. After
148 league appearances, he joined Darwen FC in the close season of 1895,
before retiring at the end of his solitary Darwen season; |
|
Club honours |
FA Cup winner
1883-84, 1884-85, 1885-86, 1889-90, 1890-91; |
| Individual
honours |
None |
|
Distinctions |
Forrest was aged 19 years
and 277 days when he scored his first FA Cup final goal, making him the
youngest FA Cup Final scorer at the time, a record he retained for 75
years, until Dicky Dorsett scored for Wolverhampton Wanderers FC in the
1939 FA Cup Final. |
|
England Career |
|
Player
number |
114th player to appear
for England. |
|
Position(s) |
Left/centre-half; |
|
First match |
No. 22, 17
March 1884, Wales 0 England 4, a British Championship match at
'Y
Cae Ras',
The Racecourse,
Mold Road, Wrexham.
Aged 19 years 267 days; |
|
Last match |
No. 38, 15
March 1890, Ireland 1 England 9, a British Championship match at
Ulster Cricket Ground, Ballynafeigh
Park, Belfast.
Aged 25 years 264 days; |
|
Major
tournaments |
British
Championship 1883-84, 1884-85, 1885-86, 1886-87, 1888-89, 1889-90; |
|
Team honours |
British
Championship 1885-86 (shared), 1889-90 (shared); |
|
Individual
honours |
None. |
|
Distinctions |
Part of a generation that became the first professionals to play for
England, but probably not the first. |
|
Beyond
England |
|
When he left school, he was working as a
tape sizer in the cotton trade.
Forrest became licensee of the Audley Arms
Hotel in Blackburn before becoming the landlord of the County Arms on
Darwen Street, Blackburn for many years. He later joined a firm of shuttle
peg makers, joiners and mill furnishers.
Became a director of Blackburn Rovers FC in 1906. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming
(1971). Hatton Press, p.99. |
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Jimmy Forrest - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Comp.
Apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
Gls
Av. min |
Comp.
Goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
|
11 |
11 |
11 |
990 |
0 |
0 min |
0 |
None |
None |
|
Jimmy Forrest
- Match Record - All Matches |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
|
Home |
7 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
21 |
8 |
+13 |
1 |
3 |
3.00 |
1.143 |
57.1 |
+1 |
|
Away |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
17 |
3 |
+14 |
0 |
1 |
4.25 |
0.75 |
87.5 |
+3 |
|
All |
11 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
38 |
11 |
+27 |
1 |
4 |
3.455 |
1.00 |
68.2 |
+4 |
|
Jimmy Forrest
- Match Record - By Type of Match |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
British Championship |
11 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
1 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| All |
11 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
38 |
11 |
+27 |
1 |
4 |
3.455 |
1.00 |
68.2 |
+4 |
|
Jimmy Forrest
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
|
British Championships |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
BC 1883-84 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
+4 |
0 |
1 |
4.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
|
BC 1884-85 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
+4 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.67 |
66.7 |
+1 |
|
BC 1885-86 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
|
BC 1886-87 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
3 |
+10 |
1 |
2 |
4.333 |
1.00 |
66.7 |
+1 |
|
BC 1888-89 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
|
BC 1889-90 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
+8 |
0 |
0 |
9.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
|
BC Total |
11 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
38 |
11 |
+27 |
1 |
4 |
3.455 |
1.00 |
68.2 |
+4 |
|
All Tournaments |
|
BC All |
11 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
38 |
11 |
+27 |
1 |
4 |
3.455 |
1.00 |
68.2 |
+4 |
|
All |
11 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
38 |
11 |
+27 |
1 |
4 |
3.455 |
1.00 |
68.2 |
+4 |
|
Jimmy Forrest - Match History |
|
Club: Blackburn Rovers F.C. - 11 caps |
|
Coach:
F.A. Committee - 11 caps |
|
App |
No. |
Opponent |
Date |
Venue |
Type |
F |
A |
Res. |
Details |
Shirt |
|
1 |
22 |
Wales |
17-Mar-1884 |
'Y
Cae Ras',
The Racecourse,
Mold Road, Wrexham |
BC |
4 |
0 |
AW |
Start |
n/a |
|
2 |
23 |
Ireland |
28-Feb-1885 |
Manchester Football
Ground, Whalley
Range, Manchester |
BC |
4 |
0 |
HW |
Start |
n/a |
|
3 |
24 |
Wales |
14-Mar-1885 |
Leamington Road, Blackburn |
BC |
1 |
1 |
HD |
Start |
n/a |
|
4 |
25 |
Scotland |
21-Mar-1885 |
Surrey Cricket Ground,
The
Oval, Kennington, London |
BC |
1 |
1 |
HD |
Start |
n/a |
|
5 |
27 |
Wales |
29-Mar-1886 |
'Y Cae Ras', The Racecourse, Mold Road, Wrexham |
BC |
3 |
1 |
AW |
Start |
n/a |
|
6 |
28 |
Scotland |
31-Mar-1886 |
Hampden Park,
Myrtle Park, Glasgow |
BC |
1 |
1 |
AD |
Start |
n/a |
|
7 |
29 |
Ireland |
05-Feb-1887 |
Bramall Lane, Sheffield |
BC |
7 |
0 |
HW |
Start |
n/a |
|
8 |
30 |
Wales |
26-Feb-1887 |
Surrey Cricket Ground,
The
Oval, Kennington, London |
BC |
4 |
0 |
HW |
Start |
n/a |
|
9 |
31 |
Scotland |
19-Mar-1887 |
Leamington Road, Blackburn |
BC |
2 |
3 |
HL |
Start |
n/a |
|
10 |
37 |
Scotland |
13-Apr-1889 |
Surrey Cricket Ground, The
Oval, Kennington, London |
BC |
2 |
3 |
HL |
Start |
n/a |
|
11 |
38 |
Ireland |
15-Mar-1890 |
Ulster Cricket Ground, Ballynafeigh
Park, Belfast |
BC |
9 |
1 |
AW |
Start |
n/a |
Notes
[Biographical sketch to
come]
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