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Herbert Jones

Blackburn Rovers FC

 6 caps, 0 goals, 1 own goal

P 6 W 4 D 0 L 2 F x: A x
67% successful
1927-28

disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 540

Profile
Full name Herbert Jones
Born 3 December 1896 in Blackpool, Lancashire [registered in Fylde, Lancs., March 1897].
Birthnotes The date of December 1896 is confirmed by his death registration.

Census Notes

According to the 1901 census, Herbert is the eldest of two children to Arthur Herbert and Lilly, and they live at 88 Lower Bents Lane in Bredbury, in Stockport.

According to the 1911 census, Herbert has another brother, and now the eldest of three (Arthur was born in 1902, back in Blackpool). His father is a commission agent and they all now live at 30 Seymour Road in Blackpool, with two boarders, Betsy Hamer and Christopher Chapman. The census reveals that Herbert was one of five children, and one of his siblings had died.
Died 11 September 1973, aged 76 years 282 days [registered in Fylde, September 1973].
Height/Weight 5' 8", 11st. 0lbs [1927].

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com

Club Career
Club(s)

Taffy Jones began his football career with South Shore Strollers FC and Fleetwood Town FC in 1920. He joined his hometown club, Blackpool FC, making his debut on 16 December 1922. He went on to make 94 league appearances. Blackburn Rovers FC signed Jones in December 1925 for a £3850 fee.  Jones went on to play 247 league games until June 1934, when he joined Brighton & Hove Albion FC for a solitary season making 37 league appearances. He finished his career back at Fleetwood Town FC.
Club honours FA Cup winners 1927-28
Individual honours Football League (three appearances)
Distinctions None

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

England Career
Player number 517th player to appear for England.
Position(s) Left-back
First match No. x, 2 April 1927, aged 30 years 211 days.
Last match No. x, 31 March 1928, aged 31 years 210 days.
Major tournaments x
Team honours x
Individual honours None
Distinctions None

Beyond England
No additional information. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.146.

 

Herbert Jones - Career Statistics
Squads Apps Comp.
Apps		 Starts Sub on Sub off Mins. Goals Goals Av.min Comp.
Goals		 Capt. Disc.
- - - - - - - - - min - - None
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.

 

Herbert Jones - Match Record - All Matches
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - - - -
All - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

Herbert Jones - Match Record - By Colour of Shirt
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
White - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Blue - - - - - - - - - - - - -
All - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

Herbert Jones - Match Record - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L

WCP

 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 =0
WCF 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 =0
World Cup - - - - - - - - - - - - -

ECP

 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 =0
ECF 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 =0
European Championship - - - - - - - - - - - - -
British Championship - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Friendly - - - - - - - - - - - - -
All - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

Herbert Jones - Match Record - Tournament Matches
All Tournaments
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
x - - - - - - - - - - - - -
All - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

Herbert Jones - Match History
 Club:   F.C. - x full caps

Coach: x - x full capsx

Age x
1 - x - x, x x x x x

Notes

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