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Jimmy
Sayer |
Stoke
FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 7:
A 0
100% successful
1887
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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James Sayer |
Birth |
Sunday, 7 September 1862 in Rotherham,
West Riding of Yorkshire [registered in
Rotherham, September 1862]. Evidently, the Sayer family are from
Northumberland, moved to Durham c.1856, then to Rotherham before
1862, and to Mexborough in 1863 after James was born. |
Baptised |
Sunday, 4 October 1863 at St. John the
Baptist Church in Mexborough. It is these
notes that give us his birthdate. |
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According to the
1871 census, James is the fourth of the seven children to Thomas and
Elizabeth, living at 164 Dotcliff Road in Mexborough. His father is a
forgeman. |
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According to the
1881 census, James is a clerk at the local foundry and is the oldest of
the three children from his father's first marriage. They live with their
father, who is an iron worker and has since remarried, to Harriet, and
they have four young children, they all live at 3 Chapel Walk in
Mexborough. |
Marriage |
to Eliza Maud Brown
[registered in Stoke-on-Trent, March 1891].
One son, James |
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Despite just being
married, neither James, or Eliza Maud, can be found on the 1891 census. |
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According to the 1901 census,
James is now married to Maud, they have one son, James. He is a Pottery
Commercial Traveller, and they live at Rose Villa, Regent Street in Stoke
with one servant. |
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According to the 1911 census,
James is still married and still have one son. He is still a commercial
traveller, and along with one servant, they now all live at Hillcrest, 69
James Street in Stoke. |
Death |
Wednesday night, 1 February 1922,
at Hillcrest in James Street in
Stoke-on-Trent,
aged
59 years 147 days
[registered in Stoke-on-Trent, March 1922], of influenza.
"SAYER.—On February 1st, at Hill Crest, James-street, Stoke. James
Sayer in his 60th year. Internment at Hartshill Cemetery on
Saturday at 2 15 p.m. Friends please accept this, the only
intimation. Inquiries to Geo. Fleet and Co., Stoke-on-Trent."
-
Staffordshire Sentinel, Friday, 3
February 1922. |
Obituary |
"DEATH OF MR. JAMES SAYER, OF
STOKE.—Famous
Footballer of 30 Years Ago.
"Football memories of 30 or
40 years ago will be stirred by the news of the death, which occurred at
Stoke, on Wednesday night, of Mr. James Sayer, of Hill Crest,
James-street, Stoke, a director and secretary of the firm of Messrs.
Fielding, Ltd., Devon Pottery, Stoke, and formerly a famous amateur
footballer. Mr. Sayer had been ill about three weeks, being a victim of
the prevailing epidemic of influenza, to which he eventually succumbed.
"He was a Yorkshireman, and came to the Potteries many years ago to take
up a minor position in the firm in which he eventually became a director.
He will be remembered by the older section of the sporting fraternity as
the forward who played prominently for Stoke over 30 years ago. Those who
remember him describe him as a fine, gentlemanly player, and he became
famous as an English international. Many will recall the occasion when he
broke Rowley's collar-bone—quite by accident, of course—in a match between
Port Vale and Stoke, when Rowley was the goalkeeper for the Vale, before
he joined the Stoke club. "His death will be regretted by a large
circle of friends." -
Staffordshire Sentinel, Thursday, 2 February 1922. |
Funeral |
Saturday afternoon, 4 February 1922,
at Hartshill Cemetery
"LATE MR. JAMES SAYER—Funeral
at Hartshill.
"The funeral of Mr.
James Sayer, of Hill Crest, James-street, Stoke, secretary and a
director of Messrs. Fielding, Ltd., Devon Pottery, Stoke, whose
death was announced last week, took place on Saturday afternoon at
Hartshill Cemetery, where there was gathered a large body,
representative of the many phases of life in which Mr. Sayer was
not only well known but highly esteemed. His death, it mat be
remarked, came with painful and unexpected suddenness, and the news has been received with keen regret in a wide circle of
friends and associates...The service was taken by the Rector of
Stoke (the Rev. Preb. H. V. Stuart), assisted by the Vicar of
Trent Vale (the Rev. E. H. Rogers)." - Staffordshire
Sentinel, Tuesday, 7 February 1922
"FUNERAL OF MRS. JAMES SAYER
"The funeral of Mrs. James Sayer, the widow of Mr. J. Sayer,
earthenware manufacturer, of Tean Hurst, Tean, and until recently
of Hill Crest, James-street, Stoke, took place on Saturday, at
Hartshill Cemetery." - Staffordshire Sentinel,
Tuesday, 18 May 1926 |
Probate |
"SAYER
James of Hill Crest James-street Stoke-upon-Trent
Staffordshire died 1
February 1922 Probate
London 17 June to
Eliza Maud Sayer widow and James Sayer manager.
Effects £5474 6s."
[2019 equivalent: £313,394]. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Began his career with Mexborough FC in 1880, before joining Heeley
FC a year later, and Wednesday FC in 1884. Eventually joined Stoke FC in
1885. Returned to Mexborough in 1890. |
League History 14 appearances, 1 goal |
Stoke FC
1888-90 fourteen appearances, one goal debut: 8 September 1888 Stoke
FC 0 West Bromwich Albion FC 2. last: 24 March 1890 Stoke FC 1 Notts
County FC 1. |
Club honours |
None |
Individual honours |
Staffordshire FA
(1887) |
Height/Weight |
not known |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & ENFA. |
England Career |
Player number |
One of
five who became the 134th players (138)
to appear
for England. |
Position(s) |
Outside-right |
Only match |
No. 29, 5 February 1887, England 7 Ireland 0,
a British Championship match at Yorkshire County Cricket Ground, Bramall Lane, Highfield, Sheffield, aged 24 years
151 days. |
Major tournaments |
British
Championship 1886-87; |
Team honours |
None |
Beyond England |
Sayer was secretary of Devon Pottery
company. He later became the director of Fielding Ltd (manufacturer of
Devon pottery). Also a staunch churchman, being a warden of All Saint's
Church, Boothen, a Freemason, and a member of the North Staffordshire
Branch of the United Kingdom Commercial Travellers' Ass. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming
(1990). Hatton Press, p.217/obituary |
The Numbers |
parties |
Appearances |
comp. apps |
minutes |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
captain |
1 |
1 |
1 |
90 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
none |
minutes are approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
+7 |
0 |
1 |
7.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Match Record
Venue & Competition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
Home venue British Championship |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
+7 |
0 |
1 |
7.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Tournament
Record
British Championship Competition |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
BC 1886-87 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
+7 |
0 |
1 |
7.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
BC
All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
+7 |
0 |
1 |
7.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
All Competition |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
BC |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
+7 |
0 |
1 |
7.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
+7 |
0 |
1 |
7.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Match History
Club: Stoke F.C. -
one full appearance (90 min) |
F.A. Committee (Charles Alcock) -
one full appearance (90 min)x
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Notes
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CG
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