Tom Rowlandson

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Tom Rowlandson
Rowlandson while with Old Carthusians in 1903
Personal information
Full name Thomas Sowerby Rowlandson[1]
Date of birth 22 February 1880[2]
Place of birth Newton Morrell, England
Date of death 15 September 1916 (1916-09-16) (aged 36)[3]
Place of death Flers-Courcelette, France[4]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1902 Cambridge University
1902–1907 Corinthian
1902–1903 Preston North End 0 (0)
1903–1904 Sunderland 12 (0)
1905–1906 Newcastle United 1 (0)
Old Carthusians
Darlington
International career
1906–1907 England Amateurs 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Sowerby Rowlandson MC (22 February 1880 – 15 September 1916) was an English amateur footballer who played in the Football League for Sunderland and Newcastle United as a goalkeeper.[1] He represented the England amateur national team.[5]

Career

Rowlandson signed for Newcastle from Sunderland in October 1905,[6] expecting to secure a permanent place in the team and more regular appearances.[7] He would only make a single league appearance for Newcastle in October 1905, where they beat Nottingham Forest 3–2.[8]

Personal life

Rowlandson attended Charterhouse School and Trinity College was a Cambridge University blue.[5][9] After the breakout of the First World War in August 1914, he gave over his farmhouse for use as a hospital supply depot.[4] Rowlandson subsequently enlisted in the British Army in Northallerton and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Yorkshire Regiment on 5 September 1914.[10][5][4] By 17 April 1915, he was on the Western Front, fighting in the Second Battle of Ypres.[4] By 1 January 1916, he had been promoted to captain, mentioned in dispatches and won the Military Cross.[4] Rowlandson was killed after being hit in the shoulder by a German grenade on 15 September 1916,[9] during the Battle of Flers–Courcelette.[4] He was buried at Bécourt Military Cemetery.[3]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Corinthian 1903–04[11] — 1[a] 0 1 0
1904–05[11] — 1[a] 0 1 0
1905–06[11] — 1[a] 0 1 0
1906–07[12] — 1[a] 0 1 0
Total — — 4 0 4 0
Sunderland 1903–04[13] First Division 3 0 0 0 — 3 0
1904–05[14] First Division 9 0 0 0 — 9 0
Total 12 0 0 0 — 12 0
Newcastle United 1905–06[15] First Division 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
Career total 13 0 0 0 4 0 17 0
  1. ^ a b c d Appearances in Sheriff of London Charity Shield

Honours

Corinthian

References

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 253. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ "Surrey – Godalming, Charterhouse School – World War 1 Surnames R". Roll of Honour. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Lloyd, Chris. "'The finest type of Englishman'". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  5. ^ a b c "1/4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment". 4thyorkshires.com. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Rowlandson signs for Newcastle". Derby Daily Telegraph. 4 October 1905. p. 2 – via newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Newcastle after Rowlandson". Sevenoaks Chronicle Kentish Advertiser. 29 September 1905. p. 7 – via newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Newcastle Unite v Notts Forest". Lincolnshire Echo. 7 October 1905. p. 3 – via newspapers.com.
  9. ^ a b Tom Rowlandson on Lives of the First World War
  10. ^ "No. 28941". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 October 1914. p. 8331.
  11. ^ a b c d Corbett, B. O. (ed.). Annals of the Corinthian Football Club. LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  12. ^ "The Sheriff of London's Shield". Sporting Life. 11 March 1907. p. 8. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  13. ^ "1903–04 : Football League Division 1". Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  14. ^ "1904–05 : Football League Division 1". Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  15. ^ "Tom Rowlandson". 11v11.com. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
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