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James
Iremonger |
Nottingham
Forest FC
2 appearances, 0 goals
P 2 W 1 D 1 L 0 F
3:
A 2
75% successful
1901-02
captain: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Timeline |
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James Iremonger |
Birth |
5 March 1876 in
Norton, near Askern, West Riding of Yorkshire [registered in
Doncaster, June 1876]. |
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According to the 1881
census, James is the oldest of three children to James and Naomi. His
father is a Police Sergeant. They live in West Bridgford. |
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According to the 1891
census, James is now the oldest of seven children. The fifteen year-old is
a machine builder and they all live at Ruddington Road in Wilford,
Nottingham. His father is still a Sergeant in the county police force. |
Marriage |
to Edith
Minnie Godley
[registered in Ecclesall Bierlow, June 1898]. |
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According to the 1901
census, James is now married to Edith, and despite being a successful
cricketer, he states himself as a professional footballer. They live at
Chesnut Grove in West Bridgford with two boarders. |
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According to the 1911
census, James, now stated as a professional cricketer, is still married
and they have three children, James, Minnie and Arthur. They live at 70 Crosby
Road in West Bridgford, with one servant. The census return reveals that
two other children had died, including Amy Naomi. James' father
ex-Sergeant James Iremonger, took his own life on 21 July 1912. |
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According to the 1921 census,
James, still a professional cricketer and Headmaster at Oundle School (Notts
County FC trainer is crossed out) and he is still married, now have one more
daughter, Renèe. They are boarding with the Sabin family at West Street in
Oundle. |
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According to the 1939
register, James and Edith are still married and are living at 70 Crosby
Road in West Bridgford. He is a retired cricket coach. |
Death |
25 March 1956 in 70
Crosby Road, West
Bridgford, aged
80 years 20 days
[registered in Basford, March 1956]. Left £7870 to his
widowed wife, Edith. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Began at Wilford FC in Nottinghamshire and then Jardine's FC within
Nottingham, before joining Nottingham Forest FC in early 1896, and
remained until his retirement in 1910. |
Club honours |
None |
Individual honours |
Football
League (four appearances) |
Distinctions |
Played first-class cricket with Nottinghamshire CCC between 1899 and 1914.
Also brother of Albert Iremonger, Notts County FC goalkeeper between 1904
and 1926. |
Height/Weight |
6'
1", 13st.
7lbs [1901]. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
England Career |
Player number |
One
of two who became the 268th
players (268)
to appear for England. |
Position(s) |
Full back |
First match |
No. 73, 30 March 1901, England 2 Scotland
2, a British Championship match at
Sports Arena, Crystal Palace, Sydenham, London, aged 25 years
25 days. |
Last match |
No. 75, 22 March 1902, Ireland 0 England
1, a British Championship match at
The
Balmoral
Showgrounds, Balmoral, Belfast, aged 26 years
17 days. |
Major tournaments |
British Championship 1900-01, 1901-02; |
Team honours |
British Championship winners 1900-01; |
Individual honours |
Wisden
Cricketer of the Year 1903 |
Distinctions |
Died fifteen days after Arthur Knight |
England Tragedy |
"A shocking motor car fatality occured on
Tuesday evening [8 August] at Bridgford,
Nottingham, Amy Iremonger, the two-and-a-half-year-old, being knocked down
in the public highway and killed by a car belonging to Mr Warne, of
Tisbury Manor, Dorking, which was on its way to Harrogate. The driver
proceeded with the child immediately to the nearest doctor's house, but
death had taken place. The child is the daughter of James Iremonger, the
well-known Notts cricketer, who was away from home playing for the county
against Surrey at the Oval." - The Derby
Daily Telegraph, Wednesday, 9 August 1905. "At the inquest
held at Nottingham yesterday [16 August]
on the body of Amy Iremonger, who was knocked down and killed on Tuesday
evening [8 August], on the public
highway, by a motor-car, belonging to Mr Warne, of Frobury Manor, Dorking,
which was on its way to Harrogate, the jury found that the occurence was
purely accidental, and no blame attached to the chauffer, John Taylor. The
car was going about 10 miles an hour, and the child, previously unseen,
ran out from a bend in the road, slighly hesitated, and then ran forward
again. - The Western Daily Press, Bristol,
Thursday, 17 August 1905. "At the inquest yesterday as to
the death of Amy Naomi Iremonger, aged two years and five months, Mr. W.
Harrop, Deputy-Chief Constable, stated that this was the first motor-car
fatality in the country. Speaking generally, he thought the motorists in
Notts behaved very well. He had heard from the Chief of Police at Dorking
(Surrey), from whence the car came, that there were no previous complaints
against the driver, Taylor. The tragic affair, which occured at West
Bridgford about six o'clock on Tuesday evening was described by Kate
Melbourne, a nurse, who took the three children of James Iremonger out for
an airing, one being in a mail-cart. A little boy and deceased ran across
the road to gather flowers, and when the motor-car approached the lad ran
back to her, and she ran towards the little girl–too late, however,
for the car struck the child and knocked her down, pulling up 15 yards
away. The child died in her arms on the way to a surgery. She did not
think the occupants of the car could have seen the children, as they were
in a hedge. No hooter was sounded." -
Yorkshire Telegraph and Star, Thursday Forenoon, 10 August 1905.
"EX-POLICEMAN'S TRAGIC DEATH.
SAD NOTTINGHAM TRAGEDY.
WELL-KNOWN LOCAL CRICKETER'S BEREAVEMENT.
Ex-Police-Sergeant James Iremonger, who was
well-known to residents of West Bridgford, Wilford, and the Meadows, met
his death yesterday afternoon [21 July 1912]
in extremely tragic circumstances.
His non-appearance at tea time alarmed the
members of his family, and one of his sons, who lives at home, went to
look for him. He discovered that one of the outhouses had been barricaded
from the inside, and on entering he was hoorified to find his father dead,
with a terrible wound to his throat. Such violence had been used, indeed,
that the throat was cut practically from ear to ear, and the razor broken
in the act. The
deceased, who lived at 8, Headon-terrace, Wilford-road, retired on pension
from the Notts. County Police Force rather more than eleven years ago
after serving in the army and the police foce for upwards of a quarter of
a century.
Shortly after his retirement he secured an appointment at the Nottingham
Post Office, but ill-health compelled him to relinquish the post. The
deceased, who was 66 years of age, had suffered acutely from rheumatism
for a long time, and was in failing health generally, but his friends had
no reason to suspect that he would take is own life.
The body was removed to the Hyson Green
mortuary last evening for an inquest." -
The Nottingham Evening Post, Monday, 22
July 1912 |
Beyond England |
After retiring from playing,
Iremonger joined rival Nottingham club, Notts County FC as their trainer
from 1919 to 1927. Apart from distinguishing himself as a Nottinghamshire
cricketer, he also was a member of Marylebone CC tour side of Australia in
1911/12, and was also a coach to the Nottinghamshire CCC from 1921 to
1938. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.142/3. |
James Iremonger - Career Statistics |
Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
2 |
2 |
2 |
180 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
none |
none |
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
James Iremonger
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
Home |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
Away |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
All
-
British Championship |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.50 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
James Iremonger
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
All Competition |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
BC
1900-01 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
BC
1901-02 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
BC
All |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.50 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
All Competition |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
BC |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.50 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
All |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.50 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
Notes
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CG
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