Tom Rowlandson

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Tom Rowlandson
Tom Rowlandson, English footballer, Old Carthusians, 1903.jpg
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*
YearsTeamApps(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]

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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
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Corinthian 1903–04 [11] —1 [lower-alpha 1] 010
1904–05 [11] —1 [lower-alpha 1] 010
1905–06 [11] —1 [lower-alpha 1] 010
1906–07 [12] —1 [lower-alpha 1] 010
Total——4040
Sunderland 1903–04 [13] First Division 3000—30
1904–05 [14] First Division9000—90
Total12000—120
Newcastle United 1905–06 [15] First Division1000—10
Career total1300040170

Honours

Corinthian

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  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. 1 2 Tom Rowlandson on Lives of the First World War
  10. ↑ "No. 28941". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 October 1914. p. 8331.
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