Tom Rowlandson

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Tom Rowlandson

| fullname = Thomas Sowerby Rowlandson

| image = Tom Rowlandson, English footballer, Old Carthusians, 1903.jpg

| caption = Rowlandson while with Old Carthusians in 1903

| birth_date = 22 February 1880{{Cite web |title=Surrey – Godalming, Charterhouse School – World War 1 Surnames R |url=http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Surrey/GodalmingCharthouseSchool-WW1-R.html |access-date=26 February 2023 |website=Roll of Honour}}

| birth_place = Newton Morrell, England

| death_date = {{d-da|15 September 1916|22 February 1880}}{{CWGC|id=294068|accessdate=31 December 2015}}

| death_place = Flers-Courcelette, France

| position = Goalkeeper

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1902

| clubs1 = Cambridge University

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1902–1907

| clubs2 = Corinthian

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| years3 = 1902–1903

| clubs3 = Preston North End

| caps3 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1903–1904

| clubs4 = Sunderland

| caps4 = 12

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1905–1906

| clubs5 = Newcastle United

| caps5 = 1

| goals5 = 0

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| clubs6 = Old Carthusians

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| clubs7 = Darlington

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| nationalyears1 = 1906–1907

| nationalteam1 = England Amateurs

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

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.{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=Tony Brown |year=2012 |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham |page=253}} He represented the England amateur national team.{{Cite web |title=1/4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. |url=http://4thyorkshires.com/030Bn1916.html |access-date=12 April 2020 |website=4thyorkshires.com}}

Career

Rowlandson signed for Newcastle from Sunderland in October 1905,{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97924096 |title=Rowlandson signs for Newcastle |newspaper=Derby Daily Telegraph |via=newspapers.com |date=4 October 1905 |page=2}} expecting to secure a permanent place in the team and more regular appearances.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97923901 |title=Newcastle after Rowlandson |newspaper=Sevenoaks Chronicle Kentish Advertiser |via=newspapers.com |date=29 September 1905 |page=7}} He would only make a single league appearance for Newcastle in October 1905, where they beat Nottingham Forest 3–2.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97923936 |title=Newcastle Unite v Notts Forest |newspaper=Lincolnshire Echo |via=newspapers.com |date=7 October 1905 |page=3}}

Personal life

Rowlandson attended Charterhouse School and Trinity College was a Cambridge University blue.{{Lives of WWI|id=3844226}} After the breakout of the First World War in August 1914, he gave over his farmhouse for use as a hospital supply depot.{{Cite web |last=Lloyd |first=Chris |title='The finest type of Englishman' |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/opinion/leader/11588222.the-finest-type-englishman/ |access-date=31 December 2015 |website=The Northern Echo}} Rowlandson subsequently enlisted in the British Army in Northallerton and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Yorkshire Regiment on 5 September 1914.{{London Gazette|issue=28941|page=8331|date=16 October 1914|supp=y}} By 17 April 1915, he was on the Western Front, fighting in the Second Battle of Ypres. By 1 January 1916, he had been promoted to captain, mentioned in dispatches and won the Military Cross. Rowlandson was killed after being hit in the shoulder by a German grenade on 15 September 1916, during the Battle of Flers–Courcelette. He was buried at Bécourt Military Cemetery.

Career statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" \|Club ! rowspan="2" \|Season ! colspan="3" \|League ! colspan="2" \|FA Cup ! colspan="2" \|Other ! colspan="2" \|Total
Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals
rowspan="5" \|Corinthian \|1903–04{{Cite book \|url=https://archive.org/details/annalscorinthia00corbgoog \|title=Annals of the Corinthian Football Club \|publisher=LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. \|editor-last=Corbett \|editor-first=B. O. \|access-date=28 April 2022}} \| colspan="5" \|— \|1{{efn\|name=SLCS\|Appearances in Sheriff of London Charity Shield}} \|0 \|1 \|0
1904–05 \| colspan="5" \|— \|1{{efn\|name=SLCS}} \|0 \|1 \|0
1905–06 \| colspan="5" \|— \|1{{efn\|name=SLCS}} \|0 \|1 \|0
1906–07{{Cite news \|date=11 March 1907 \|title=The Sheriff of London's Shield \|pages=8 \|work=Sporting Life \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000893/19070311/135/0008 \|access-date=28 April 2022}} \| colspan="5" \|— \|1{{efn\|name=SLCS}} \|0 \|1 \|0
colspan="2" \|Total ! colspan="2" \|— ! colspan="2" \|— !4 !0 !4 !0
rowspan="3" \|Sunderland \|1903–04{{Cite web \|title=1903–04 : Football League Division 1 \|url=http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/Season.aspx?SeasonID=25 \|access-date=4 June 2017 \|website=Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat}} \|First Division \|3 \|0 \|0 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|— \|3 \|0
1904–05{{Cite web \|title=1904–05 : Football League Division 1 \|url=http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/Season.aspx?SeasonID=26 \|access-date=4 June 2017 \|website=Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat}} \|First Division \|9 \|0 \|0 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|— \|9 \|0
colspan="2" \|Total !12 !0 !0 !0 ! colspan="2" \|— !12 !0
Newcastle United \|1905–06{{Cite web \|title=Tom Rowlandson \|url=https://www.11v11.com/players/tom-rowlandson-47680/ \|access-date=26 February 2023 \|website=11v11.com}} \|First Division \|1 \|0 \|0 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|— \|1 \|0
colspan="3" \|Career total !13 !0 !0 !0 !4 !0 !17 !0

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

! rowspan="2" |Club

! rowspan="2" |Season

! colspan="3" |League

! colspan="2" |FA Cup

! colspan="2" |Other

! colspan="2" |Total

Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

rowspan="5" |Corinthian

|1903–04{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/annalscorinthia00corbgoog |title=Annals of the Corinthian Football Club |publisher=LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. |editor-last=Corbett |editor-first=B. O. |access-date=28 April 2022}}

| colspan="5" |—

|1{{efn|name=SLCS|Appearances in Sheriff of London Charity Shield}}

1904–05

| colspan="5" |—

|1{{efn|name=SLCS}}

1905–06

| colspan="5" |—

|1{{efn|name=SLCS}}

1906–07{{Cite news |date=11 March 1907 |title=The Sheriff of London's Shield |pages=8 |work=Sporting Life |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000893/19070311/135/0008 |access-date=28 April 2022}}

| colspan="5" |—

|1{{efn|name=SLCS}}

colspan="2" |Total

! colspan="2" |—

rowspan="3" |Sunderland

|1903–04{{Cite web |title=1903–04 : Football League Division 1 |url=http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/Season.aspx?SeasonID=25 |access-date=4 June 2017 |website=Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat}}

|First Division

| colspan="2" |—

1904–05{{Cite web |title=1904–05 : Football League Division 1 |url=http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/Season.aspx?SeasonID=26 |access-date=4 June 2017 |website=Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat}}

|First Division

| colspan="2" |—

colspan="2" |Total

!12

! colspan="2" |—

!12

Newcastle United

|1905–06{{Cite web |title=Tom Rowlandson |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/tom-rowlandson-47680/ |access-date=26 February 2023 |website=11v11.com}}

|First Division

| colspan="2" |—

colspan="3" |Career total

!13