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Arnold
Hills |
Old
Harrovians AFC
1 cap, 0 goals
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 5:
A 4
100% successful
1879
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Arnold Frank
Hills B.A. |
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Born |
12 March 1857 in Denmark Hill, Camberwell, Surrey [registered as
Arnold Hills in Lambeth, June 1857]. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1861
census, Arnold Frank is the youngest of five children to Frank C. and Ann
Ellen. His father is a manufacturer of chimneys. They live with two
servants in Denmark Hill in St Marys', Lambeth. |
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According to the 1871
census, Arnold is a pupil in Holbrook. |
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According to the 1881
census, Arnold F is residing with his widowed father and three of his
siblings at the Hotel Cecil at 14/15 Albermarle Street in St George
Hanover Square, Westminster. |
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According to the 1891
census, Arnold F. is now married to Mary Elizabeth. He is a Ship builer
and Ironmaster. They live at Devon House in the High Road in
Chigwell, Epping. He has two children, to Mary Monica and Arthur Lafone.
They have six servants.
First of many entrants in the GWR
Shareholders list was in 1892, Arnold was one of the excutors of will of
Frank Clarke Hills, who had died on 3 May 1892. Arnold's address was
stated as Buckhurst Hill, Woodford in Essex.
Again, in 1896, upon the
deaths of Frank Ernest Hills on 5 November 1895 and Edward Henry Hills on
11 December 1895, Arnold was again executor, residing at Monkhams in
Woodford Green. |
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According to the 1901
census, A.F. still married to Mary E. they have three more children,
Constance M, Elizabeth U and Agnes Helen. They have fourteen children and
they all live at Monkhams in Woodford Green, West Ham.
Arnold Frank
Hills is confirmed in the 1901 Kelly's Handbook as residing at Monkhams.
Arnold once again was executor of several of Edward Rawlings' wills, after
his death on 30 June 1906. Arnold's address is stated as 17 Philpot Lane
in central London. |
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According to the 1911
census, Arnold F. and his wife with two of their children are at Rosemount
in Grand Parade, Eastbourne. Living? Holidaying? He is now chairman of
Thames Ironworks and lives with six servants, one secretary and one nurse.
The census return revals that they had five children.
Arnold was
finally executor of John Harvey's will, he died on 2 December 1915, but
the will was not executed until 10 September 1924, where Arnold's address
is still stated as 17 Philpot Lane. |
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Married |
to Mary Elizabeth Lafone
[registered as Arnold Frank Hills in Staines, June 1886]. |
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Died |
7 March 1927, aged
69 years x days
[registered in Sevenoaks, Kent, March 1927]. |
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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 |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Attended Harrow
School, playing football 1875-76, captain in his last year; Went on to
Oxford University, earning his Blue 1877-78; then played his regular
football for Old Harrovians FC; |
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Club honours |
FA Cup
runners-up 1876-77; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
He was
the AAA mile champion of 1878. |
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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
eight who became the 63rd players
(66) to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Forward. |
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Only match |
No. 9, 5 April 1879, England 5 Scotland 4,
friendly match at Surrey Cricket Ground, The
Oval, Kennington, London, aged 22 years 24 days; |
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Major tournaments |
None |
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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 |
In 1880 Hills joined the
board of his father's company, Thames Ironworks & Shipbuilding. He
initially lived in the East India Dock Road in Canning Town. He became
concerned about the living conditions of the local people. Hills commented
that "the lack of recreational facilities was one of the worst
deprivations in the lives of West Ham residents". He added "the perpetual
difficulty of West Ham is its poverty, it is rich only in its population."
Thames Ironworks &
Shipbuilding occupied 30 acres of land at West Ham on the Essex side of
Bow Creek and was London's last surviving major shipbuilding firm. In 1860
it had employed 6,000 men, but by 1880 it was in decline and was suffering
from serious competition from companies based on the Clyde and in the
north of England. On the death of his father, Hills became the managing director
of the Thames
Ironworks & Shipbuilding Company.
Hills was also the first President of the London Vegetarian Society in
1888, and the Vegetarian Cycling and Athletic Club, and served as
President of a London Vegetarian Rambling Club. He founded The
Vegetarian, an independent magazine, as well as the Vegetarian Federal
Union in 1889, of which he was also President. He also had close
ties with the Temperence League. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming
(1990). Hatton Press, p.120./Oxford University Association Football Club
website/Spartacus Educational Net. |
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Arnold Hills - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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1 |
1 |
90 |
0 |
0
min |
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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Arnold Hills
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
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Home - Friendly |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
5.00 |
4.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
| All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
5.00 |
4.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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Arnold Hills
- Match History |
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Club: Old
Harrovians F.C. - 1 full cap |
Coach: F.A. Committee - 1
full capx
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Age 22 |
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1 |
9 |
5 April 1879 - England 5 Scotland 4,
Surrey Cricket Ground, The
Oval, Kennington, London |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
for |
Notes
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CG
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