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Jack Plant

Bury FC

 1 appearance, 0 goals

P 1 W 0 D 0 L 1 F 1: A 4
0% successful
1900

captain: none
minutes played: 90

Timeline
  John Plant
Birth Thursday, 23 March 1871 in Water Street, Bollington, Cheshire
  registered in Macclesfield March-June 1871
Education Attended St John's CofE School, Bollington 8 October 1877 to 1 April 1881
 

According to the 1871 census, ten day old John 'James' is the only child to James and Mary Ann (née McMorris). They live in Water Street in Bollington. His father is a public baker. (The middle name of 'James' only appears in this census, before he is officially registered).
(His father, James, died, in 1879)
 

According to the 1881 census, John is the eldest of four children now living with their widowed mother in Palmerston Street in Bollington. His mother is now a baker. They have one servant.
 

According to the 1891 census, John is a labourer in the Iron Foundary living with the Bowles family at 73 Georgiana Street in Bury.
Marriage to Margaret Connolly, in Bury, late-1896
  registered in Bury October-December 1896
Children Jack and Margaret Plant have two daughters together, Ellen (b.1897) and Elizabeth (b.1899)
 

According to the 1901 census, John, a professional footballer, is now married to Margaret and they have two children, Ellen and Elizabeth. They live with Margaret's mother and sister at 90 Edward Street in Bury.
 

According to the 1911 census, still living at 90 Edward Street, John is now a labourer at the cotton mill, still married and still with two children.
 

According to the 1921 census, Jack is still married and still living at 90 Edward Street, still a labourer, but now for the gas department. They live with one of their daughters, Elizabeth.
(His eldest daughter, Ellen, died on 3 January 1931)
(His wife, Margaret, died in the 1936 summer)
  According to the 1939 register, John is a retired widow living on his own at 15 Queen Street in Bollington.
Death Thursday, 19 January 1950, at his home in Bollington, Cheshire
aged 78 years 302 days registered in Crewe January-March 1950

Obituary
"He played in 6-0 Cup Final.
"The death on Thursday last of Jack Plant at his home, Bollington, near Macclesfield, revives memories of the record Cup final in which he assisted Bury to defeat Derby County 6—0 in season 1902-3. Plant, who was 78, played outside-left for the Shakers, and gained two Cup winners' medals and an international cap. He played for England against Scotland in 1900 and was in the Bury team successful 4—0 in the Cup final of that year. Against Derby County he scored two of the half-dozen goals. He was firmly of the opinion that present time football was no better than that of his day." - Northern Daily Mail, Saturday, 21 January 1950.
Source

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

Playing Career
Club(s) Began his career playing for local clubs such as Denton FC and Bollington FC. Plant signed for Bury FC in April 1890. Spent the 1898-99 season with Reading FC before returning to Bury FC until his retirement in 1907.

League honours
319 appearances 57 goals		 Bury FC 1894-98 111 appearances thirty goals
debut (division two): 1 September 1894 Bury FC 4 Manchester City FC 2
Bury FC 1899-1907 208 appearances, 27 goals
debut: 2 September 1899 Bury FC 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 0.
last: 2 March 1907 Bury FC 1 Bristol City FC 1.
Club honours Football League Division Two winners 1894-95 (29ᵃ 10ᵍ);
FA Cup winners 1899-1900 (8ᵃ 2ᵍ), 1902-03 (5ᵃ 2ᵍ);
Individual honours None
Distinctions None
Height/Weight 5' 8", 12st. 4lbs [1903].

Source

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

England Career
Player number 256th player to appear for England.
Position(s) Outside-left
Only match No. 70, 7 April 1900, Scotland 4 England 1, a British Championship match at Celtic Park, Kerrydale Street, Parkhead, Glasgow, aged 29 years 15 days.
Major tournaments British Championship 1899-1900;
Team honours None
Individual honours None
Distinctions Died four days after Tommy Cook

Beyond England
No additional information. But his census return shows that he returned to the cotton mill when he left playing. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.199.


The Numbers
parties Appearances comp. apps minutes captain
1 1 1 90 0 none
The minutes here given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an approximation.
P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0 0 1 4 0 -1
His only match was played in the British Championship competition and at an away venue

Tournament Record

British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1899-1900 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0 0 1.00 4.00 0.00 -1
BC All 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0 0 1.00 4.00 0.00 -1

All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0 0 1.00 4.00 0.00 -1
1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0 0 1 4 0 -1

Match History

 Club: Bury F.C. - one full appearance (90 min) F.A. International Select Committee - one full appearance (90 min)x

apps match match details comp res. rundown pos

Age 29
1 70 7 April 1900 - Scotland 4 England 1
Celtic Park, Glasgow		 BC AL   ol
 

the 256th player to appear for England
the third player from Bury FC to represent England

     

 
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