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Billy
Gunn |
Notts CountyFC
2 caps, 1 goal
P 2 W 1 D 0 L 1 F
4:
A 1
50% successful
1884
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
William Gunn |
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Born |
4 December 1858 in St. Anne's, Nottingham,
Nottinghamshire [registered in
Nottingham, March 1859]. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1861
census, William is the youngest of two children to John and Sarah. They
live at Russell Street in St. Mary's area of Nottingham. His father is a
brewer. |
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According to the 1871
census, John and Sarah still live at Russell Street with two more
daughters. William is not on this return. |
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According to the 1881
census, William, a cricketer, is with his widowed mother and his three
sisters, at 169 Kirkewhite Street in St. Mary's. |
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According to the 1891
census, William is now married to Ann Elizabeth, with a daughter, Mary
Florence. William is a cricketers outfitter and they live at 9 Hope Drive
in Nottingham. Their daughter was born in 1889, but does not appear until
the 1901/11 census'. |
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According to the 1901
census, Wm, a sports outfitter, still married with their one daughter, and
one servant, living at 9 Hope Drive. |
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According to the 1911
census, William is a sport manufacturer, still married and living with
their one daughter, at 9 Hope Drive. |
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Married |
to Ann Elizabeth Taylor
[registered in December, March 1883] |
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Died |
29 January 1921 at his home in Standard Hill, Nottingham, aged
62 years x days
[registered in Nottingham, March 1921] after a long illness, and
eventually of cancer. |
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Height/Weight |
6'
4½" according to Lamming, xst. xlbs [?]. 6'
2"/3" according to
cricket
archives. |
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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 once for
Nottingham Forest FC in November 1881 and then joined Notts County FC from
1881 to 1890, before becoming a director at County; In September 1890, he
reinstated as an amateur and played junior football in the Nottingham
area. |
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Club honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Played first
class cricket with Nottinghamshire (1880-1904); |
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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
three who became the 111th players
(113) to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-left |
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First match |
No. 21, 15 March 1884, Scotland 1 England 0,
a British Championship match at Cathkin Park, Cathcart Road, Glasgow, aged
25 years
102 days. |
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Last match |
No. 22, 17 March 1884, Wales 0 England 4, a
British Championship match at The Racecourse,
Mold Road, Wrexham, aged 25 years 104 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championship 1883-84; |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Also played test match cricket with England (11 test matches)
and appeared
for the MCC; |
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Beyond England |
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Gunn helped to found the sporting goods
firm of Gunn & Moore in 1885 and when he died of cancer in 1921 his estate
was valued at �57,392-15-9. Vice-President of Notts County FC at
the time of his death. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.113/4. |
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Billy Gunn - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Comp.
Apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Comp.
Goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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2 |
2 |
2 |
180 |
1 |
180
min |
1 |
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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Billy Gunn
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
|
Away
- British Championship |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
1 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| All |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
1 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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Billy Gunn
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
|
British Championships |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
BC 1883-84 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
1 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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All |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
1 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.50 |
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 |
|
BC |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
1 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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All |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
1 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
Notes
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