Harry Storer Jr.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 2 February 1898 | ||
Place of birth | West Derby, Liverpool, England | ||
Date of death | 1 September 1967 | (aged 69)||
Place of death | California, Derby, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) |
left half | ||
Youth career | |||
Ripley Town | |||
Eastwood Town | |||
1918–1919 | Notts County | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1919–1921 | Grimsby Town | 64 | (18) |
1921–1928 | Derby County | 257 | (60) |
1929–1931 | Burnley | 52 | (5) |
Total | 373 | (83) | |
International career | |||
1924–1927 | England | 2 | (1) |
Managerial career | |||
1931–1945 | Coventry City | ||
1945–1948 | Birmingham City | ||
1948–1953 | Coventry City | ||
1955–1963 | Derby County | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Cricket information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Leg-break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1920–1936 | Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FC debut | 15 May 1920 Derbyshire v Yorkshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last FC | 4 July 1936 Derbyshire v Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 22 April 2010 |
Harry Storer (2 February 1898 – 1 September 1967) was an English professional
Early life
Storer was born in
Football career
Club career
After leaving Storer played football for several clubs in the
International career
He also won two
Cricket career
Storer made his first-class cricket debut for
Storer became manager of Coventry City in June 1931 and played fewer cricket matches per season in the following years. In the 1932 season he played only seven matches and took no wickets, but scored 170 against Middlesex. He played half the club's matches in the 1933 season but achieved his career-best innings of 232, also versus Essex at Derby.[8] In the 1934 season he scored a century against Somerset, but virtually dropped out of the bowling. He managed fewer high scores in the 1935 season. In the 1936 season he played nine matches to help Derbyshire to their County Championship win but made this his last season.
Storer was a right-handed
Football management
Storer became manager of
Storer was cited as a major influence on the management style of Peter Taylor and Brian Clough. Taylor had played under Storer at Coventry and later encouraged him to sign Clough from Middlesbrough when Storer was the Derby County manager.[12][13]
Managerial statistics
- As of 9 April 2023
Team | From | To | Record | |||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
Coventry City | 15 June 1931 | 20 June 1945 | 354 | 167 | 79 | 108 | 47.18 | |
Birmingham City | 20 June 1945 | 29 November 1948 | 118 | 60 | 30 | 28 | 50.85 | |
Coventry City | 29 November 1948 | November 1953 | 230 | 88 | 49 | 93 | 38.26 | |
Derby County | 1 June 1955 | 31 May 1962 | 322 | 137 | 67 | 118 | 42.55 | |
Total | 1,024 | 452 | 225 | 347 | 44.14 |
See also
References
- ^ "The lure of promotion. Derby County". Athletic News. Manchester. 13 August 1923. p. 6.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
- ^ "Match Report France 1 – England 3 Friendly Saturday, 17 May 1924". englandstats.com. Retrieved 8 April 2008.
- ^ "Match Report Ireland 2 – England 0 Home Championship Saturday, 22nd October 1927". englandstats.com. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
- ^ "Derbyshire v Essex in 1929". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
- ^ "Highest Partnership for Each Wicket for Derbyshire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
- ^ "Derbyshire v Essex in 1933". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
- ^ "Teams played for by Harry Storer". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
- ^ "Derbyshire v Northamptonshire in 1922". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
- ^ His obituary in the 1968 Wisden says only that he took three wickets in four balls.
- ^ FourFourTwo Staff (27 January 2010). "The men who made Brian Clough". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ Hamilton, Duncan (2007). Provided You Don't Kiss Me. Harper Collins.
External links
- Harry Storer at Englandstats.com
- Harry Storer Jr. at ESPNcricinfo
- Harry Storer Jr. management career statistics at Soccerbase