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Jimmy
Forrest |
Blackburn Rovers FC
11 caps,
0 goals
P 11 W x D x L x F x:
A x
68% successful
1884-90
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 990 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
James Henry
Forrest |
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Born |
24 June 1864 in Blackburn, Lancashire [registered in
Blackburn, September 1864]. |
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Baptised |
17 July 1864 at St. Mary the Virgin Church,
Blackburn, Lancashire.
Child of Samuel (occupation Weaver) and
Ann Forrest, living at 24 Pemberton Street, Blackburn. Baptised by T.
Buxton (Curate). |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1871
census, James H. is the youngest of five children to Samuel and Ann. They
live at 14 Dugdale Street in Blackburn. His father is a cotton weaver. |
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According to the 1881
census, James H. is a heald varnisher, and is living with his brother
William and his wife, Margret, at their home at 108 Johnston Street in
Blackburn, along with their widowed mother Ann and William's son, also
called James. |
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According to the 1891
census, James H. is now married to Alice and is now an innkeeper with two
daughters, Alice and Elizabeth, and one servant. His mother is also living
with them, at 11 Darwen Street in Blackburn. |
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According to the 1901
census, still married, James H. and Alice have four more children,
Florence, Annie, James and Marie. He is a licensed victualler living at 37
Higher Audley Street in Blackburn. |
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According to the 1911
census, James Henry, still married to Alice, and with five of his
children, they live at 29 Copy Nook in Blackburn. James is a bookkeeper at
the Mill. The census return also reveals that James and Alice had
eight children, two had died. |
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Married |
to Alice Blackledge
[registered in Blackburn, June 1886]. |
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Died |
30 December 1925, aged
61 years x days
[registered in Blackburn, March 1926]. |
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Height/Weight |
not
known |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990], FindMyPast.com
& Ian-opc.co.uk |
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Club Career |
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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. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup
winner 1883-84, 1884-85, 1885-86, 1889-90, 1890-91. |
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Individual honours |
None |
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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. |
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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 |
114th
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Left/centre-half. |
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First match |
No. 22, 17 March 1884, Wales 0 England 4, a
British Championship match at
The Racecourse,
Mold Road, Wrexham, aged 19 years 267 days. |
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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. |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championship 1883-84, 1884-85, 1885-86, 1886-87, 1888-89, 1889-90. |
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Team honours |
British
Championship 1885-86 (shared), 1889-90 (shared). |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Part of a generation that became the first professionals to play for
England, but probably not the first. |
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Beyond England |
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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 (1990). Hatton Press, p.99. |
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Jimmy Forrest - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Comp.
Apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Comp.
Goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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12 |
11 |
11 |
990 |
0 |
0 min |
0 |
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 Forrest
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
|
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 |
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Away |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
17 |
3 |
+14 |
0 |
1 |
4.25 |
0.75 |
87.5 |
+3 |
| All
-
British Championship |
11 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
38 |
11 |
+27 |
1 |
4 |
3.455 |
1.00 |
68.2 |
+4 |
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Jimmy Forrest
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
|
British Championship Competitions |
|
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 |
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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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BC 1885-86 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
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BC 1886-87 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
3 |
+10 |
1 |
2 |
4.333 |
1.00 |
66.7 |
+1 |
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BC 1887-88 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
=0 |
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BC 1888-89 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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BC 1889-90 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
+8 |
0 |
0 |
9.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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BC
All |
11 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
38 |
11 |
+27 |
1 |
4 |
3.455 |
1.00 |
68.2 |
+4 |
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All
Tournaments |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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British
Championship |
11 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
38 |
11 |
+27 |
1 |
4 |
3.455 |
1.00 |
68.2 |
+4 |
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All |
11 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
38 |
11 |
+27 |
1 |
4 |
3.455 |
1.00 |
68.2 |
+4 |
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Jimmy Forrest
- Match History |
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Club: Blackburn
Rovers F.C. - 11 full caps |
Coach: F.A. Committee -
11
full capsx
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Age 19 |
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1 |
22 |
17 March 1884 - Wales 0 England 4,
The Racecourse, Mold Road, Wrexham |
BC |
AW |
Start |
hb |
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Age
20 |
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2 |
23 |
28 February 1885 - England 4 Ireland 0,
Manchester Football Ground, Chorlton Road, Whalley Range, Manchester |
BC |
HW |
Start |
hb |
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3 |
24 |
14 March 1885 - England 1 Wales 1,
Leamington Street, Blackburn |
HD |
Start |
hb |
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4 |
25 |
21 March 1885 - England 1 Scotland 1,
Surrey Cricket Ground, The
Oval, Kennington, London |
HD |
Start |
hb |
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Age
21 |
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5 |
27 |
27 March 1886 - Scotland 1 England 1,
Hampden Park, Crosshill, Glasgow |
BC |
AD |
Start |
hb |
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6 |
28 |
29 March 1886 - Wales 1 England 3,
The Racecourse, Mold Road, Wrexham |
AW |
Start |
hb |
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Age
22 |
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7 |
29 |
5 February 1887 - England 7 Ireland 0,
Bramall Lane, Highfield, Sheffield |
BC |
HW |
Start |
lh |
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8 |
30 |
26 February 1887 - England 4 Wales 0,
Surrey Cricket Ground, The
Oval, Kennington, London |
HW |
Start |
lh |
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9 |
31 |
19 March 1887 - England 2 Scotland 3,
Leamington Street, Blackburn |
HL |
Start |
lh |
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Age
23 |
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- |
33 |
17 March 1888 - Scotland 0 England 5,
Hampden Park,
Glasgow |
BC |
AW |
withdrawn injured |
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Age
24 |
|
10 |
37 |
13 April 1889
- England 2 Scotland 3, The
Oval, Kennington, London |
BC |
HL |
Start |
lh |
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Age
25 |
|
11 |
38 |
15 March 1890 - Ireland 1 England 9,
Ulster
Cricket Ground, Ballynafeigh Park, Belfast |
BC |
AW |
Start |
lh |
Notes
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