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Jack
Townrow |
Clapton Orient FC
2 appearances, 0 goals
P 2 W 0 D
0 L 2 F 1: A 5
0% successful
1925-26
captain: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Timeline |
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John Ernest Townrow |
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Birth |
28 March 1901 at 38
Bristol Road in Forest Gate, Essex [registered in
West Ham, June 1901].
Attended Pelly Memorial School |
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According to the 1901
census, 4 day old John E. is the only child to Walter Walker and Fanny
Isabel (née Sandys), living at 38 Bristol Road in the Forest Gate area of
West Ham, along with Fanny's brother and a nurse. His father is a carman
for a gaslight company. |
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According to the 1911
census, John is the eldest of three, the other being Frank Albert and Ada
Isabel, still with their parents, living at 192 Vicarage Lane in West Ham.
His father is still a carman at the gaslight company.
According to
his Airmen's service records, Townrow joined the RAF on 29 July 1918, for
the duration of the war. Stated as being an apprentice fitter and living
at 192 Vicarage Lane.
Passenger List's revealed that John Townrow was on the RMS Asturias, leaving Southampton for
Buenos Aires. Stated as a footballer and travelling second class with the
rest of Chelsea FC squad. |
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Marriage |
to Miriam Wallace
[registered in West Ham, Essex, June 1921]. |
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According to the 1921 census, John cannot be found, but
brother Frank Townrow (who plays for Arsenal FC) is at home with their
sister at 192 Vicarage Lane with their parents. |
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According to the 1939
register, John E., a sports coach and groundsman, is married to Miriam,
and are living at 18 Ambleside Avenue in Elm Park area of Hornchurch.
Shortly after this register taken, Townrow was sworn in as a special
constable on 3 October. |
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Death |
11 April 1969, aged
68 years 14 days
[registered in Claro, Yorkshire, June 1969]. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Began his schoolboy football in West Ham,
before playing his junior football with Fairbairn House FC. Clapton Orient
FC signed Townrow for Millfields Road in August 1919. In October 1926,
Tottenham Hotspur FC refused to pay the £4,500 asking fee, for
Townrow, and so he remained to complete 253 league appearances
and scorer of five goals, until Chelsea FC signed him on 22
February 1927 for a £5,000 transfer fee, following a few weeks
negotiations, the deal having been stifled by a high asking price again.
After another 130 league appearances, and another three goals,
Bristol Rovers FC signed him on 9 May 1932, after he was placed on
the open-to-transfer list, where he appearaed in ten league
appearances. |
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Club honours |
Football League Division Two
runners-up 1929-30; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Older brother of Frank Townrow
(ArsenalFC, Bristol Rovers FC and England Schoolboy) |
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Height/Weight |
5' 8½"
[1918],
5' 11½",
13st.
0lbs [1925]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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Management
Career |
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Club(s) |
According to newspaper reports,
Townrow was in
charge of Harrogate Railway Athletic FC for the 1952-53 season, guiding
them to the FA Amateur Cup second road, a new record for a Harrogate club. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
489th
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Centre-half |
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First match |
No. 145, 4 April 1925, Scotland 2
England 0, a British Championship match at Hampden Park, Mount Florida,
Glasgow, aged 24 years 7 days. |
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Last match |
No. 148, 1 March 1926, England 1 Wales 3, a
British Championship match at Selhurst Park, South Norwood, London,
aged 24 years 338 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship
1924-25, 1925-26; |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
England Schoolboy |
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Distinctions |
Died nineteen days after Horace Burrows |
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Beyond England |
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During his playing career continued
working as an engineer at Becton Gasworks and was later in the licensed
trade. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.249. |
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Apps |
comp. apps |
minutes |
Goals |
captain |
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3 |
2 |
2 |
180 |
0 |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
-4 |
1 |
0 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
0 |
-2 |
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both his matches were played in the British Championship competition |
Venue Record
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Venue |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Home |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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Away |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
-2 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
Tournament Record
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British Championship Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1924-25 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
-2 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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BC 1925-26 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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BC All |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
-4 |
1 |
0 |
0.50 |
2.50 |
0.00 |
-2 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
-4 |
1 |
0 |
0.50 |
2.50 |
0.00 |
-2 |
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2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
-4 |
1 |
0 |
0.50 |
2.50 |
0.00 |
-2 |
Match History
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Club:
Clapton Orient F.C.
- two full appearances (180 min) |
F.A. International Selection Committee -
two full appearances
(180 min)x
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