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Jack
Hunter |
Sheffield Heeley
FC & Providence
FC, Wednesday Club,
Sheffield Albion
7 caps, 0 goals
P 7 W 1 D 0 L 6 F 14:
A 31
13% successful
1878-82
disciplined: none
captaincies:
one
minutes played: 630 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
John Hunter |
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Born |
summer 1852 in Crookes, Sheffield, Yorkshire [registered in Sheffield,
September 1852] |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1851 census, Philip and Sarah (née Stocks) are at home with two
daughters, Sarah Ann and Fanny, in Crookes, Sheffield. Philip is a table
knife cutler journeyman. |
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According to the 1861
census, John is the third of six children (although Sarah Ann is not on
this census return). His father is still a table knife cutter and they
live at 46 Pearl Street in Highfield area of Sheffield. |
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According to the 1871
census, another sibling and John is the eldest of the five children still
at home with their parents at 55 Well Road in Heeley. Both John and his
father are table knife cutlers. |
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According to the 1881
census, John is now married to Mary J., with four children, James W., John
T., Charles P. and Polly J. They live at the back of Well Road in Heeley.
John remains a table knife cutler. |
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According to the 1891
census John is still married, with four children, and is now a licensed
victualler, at The Masons Arms, 90 Town Hall Street in Blackburn. |
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According to the 1901
census, John is now a professional football trainer, still married and has
one daughter living with him at 12 Lower Hollin Bank Street in Blackburn.
He also has two Blackburn footballers boarding with then, James Moir and
Willie Bryant. |
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Married |
to Mary Jane
Tyas
[registered in Sheffield, September 1872] |
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Died |
10 April 1903,
in Blackburn, aged
52 years n/k days
[registered in Blackburn, June 1903], of tuberculosis
(consumption). |
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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) |
With Sheffield
Heeley FC from 1870, assisting other Sheffield teams from time to time
including Providence FC, Wednesday Club and Sheffield Albion FC. He
was also involved in a charity team called The Zulus, who were a group of
Sheffield footballers who raised monies for the victims of the Zulu wars.
It was disbanded in 1882. He went on to join
Blackburn OlympicFC in 1882 as a player-coach and then Blackburn Rovers FC in 1887 for a short
spell, remaining as assistant trainer and groundsman. Was found to
be helping New Brighton Tower FC in 1897. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup winner
1882-83 as player-coach; |
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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 50th players
(51) to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Half-back |
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First match |
No. 7, 2 March 1878, Scotland 7 England 2,
friendly match at
Hampden Park, Hampden Terrace, Glasgow, aged 25 years
n/k days. |
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Last match |
No. 16, 13 March 1882, Wales 5 England 3,
friendly match at Racecourse Ground, Mold Road, Wrexham, aged
29 years n/k day. |
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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 |
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Hunter was a licensee in
Blackburn. Although in Sheffield, he was first employed as a butcher
and later as a silver cutler. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.142. |
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Jack Hunter - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Appearances |
Minutes |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Captaincies |
Discipline |
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6 |
6 |
630 |
0 |
0
min |
one |
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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Jack Hunter
- 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 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
-6 |
1 |
0 |
0.50 |
3.50 |
0.00 |
-2 |
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Away |
5 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
13 |
24 |
-11 |
0 |
0 |
2.60 |
4.80 |
20.0 |
-3 |
| All
- Friendly |
7 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
14 |
31 |
-17 |
1 |
0 |
2.00 |
4.429 |
14.3 |
-5 |
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Jack Hunter
- Match History |
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Club: Sheffield Heeley,
Providence, Wednesday &
Sheffield Albion - 7 full caps |
Coach: F.A. Commitee - 7
full capsx
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Age 25 |
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1 |
7 |
2 March 1878 - Scotland 7 England 2,
Hampden Park,
Hampden Terrace, Glasgow |
Fr |
AL |
Start |
hb |
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Age 27 |
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2 |
10 |
13 March 1880 - Scotland 5 England 4,
Hampden Park,
Hampden Terrace, Glasgow |
Fr |
AL |
Start |
hb |
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3 |
11 |
15 March 1880
- Wales 2 England 3,
The Racecourse, Mold Road, Wrexham |
Fr |
AW |
Start |
hb |
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Age 28 |
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4 |
12 |
26 February 1881 - England 0 Wales 1,
East Lancashire Cricket Club, Alexandra Meadows, Blackburn |
Fr |
HL |
Start |
hb |
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5 |
13 |
12 March 1881 - England 1 Scotland 6,
Surrey Cricket Ground, The
Oval, Kennington, London |
Fr |
HL |
Start |
hb |
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Age 29 |
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6 |
15 |
11 March 1882 - Scotland 5 England 1,
Hampden Park,
Hampden Terrace, Glasgow |
Fr |
AL |
Start |
hb |
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7 |
16 |
13 March 1882 - Wales 5 England 3,
The Racecourse, Mold Road, Wrexham |
Fr |
AL |
Start |
hb |
Notes
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