Fred Jones (footballer, born 1888)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Frederick Jones | ||
Date of birth | 25 December 1888 | ||
Place of birth | Newstead, Nottinghamshire, England | ||
Date of death | 14 August 1945 | (aged 56)||
Place of death | Nottingham, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Position(s) |
Inside-forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Annesley | |||
Sutton Junction | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1907–1911 | Notts County | 66 | (24) |
1911–1912 | Coventry City | 37 | (21) |
1912–1913 | Notts County | 20 | (3) |
1913–1914 | Coventry City | 19 | (4) |
1914–1915 | Southampton | 31 | (13) |
1919–1920 | Coventry City | 1 | (0) |
1920–1921 | Wrexham | ||
– | Pembroke Dock | ||
– | Ebbw Vale | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Frederick Jones (25 December 1888 – 14 August 1945)
Football career
Jones was born in
He soon became a regular member of Notts County's
Jones spent the 1911–12 season playing for Southern League Coventry City, before returning to Meadow Lane for a further year in the First Division, at the end of which Notts County were relegated to the Second Division. He then went back to Coventry City for a further season, before moving to the south coast in April 1914 to join Southampton, also in the Southern League.
Described as "a burly, bustling inside-left",[2] Jones made his debut in the opening match of the 1914–15 season, scoring in a 3–3 draw against Luton Town. Jones soon formed a "potent partnership"[2] with fellow forwards Sid Kimpton and Arthur Dominy, who was the leading scorer in the Southern League with 30 goals. In his one season with the "Saints", Jones made a total of 35 League and FA Cup appearances, scoring 14 goals.[3]
His professional football career was halted by the
References
- ISBN 978-0-9926-8640-6.
- ^ ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
- ISBN 0-907969-22-4.