Tom Rowlandson

Thomas Sowerby Rowlandson MC (June 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]

Tom Rowlandson
Rowlandson while with Old Carthusians in 1903
Personal information
Full name Thomas Sowerby Rowlandson[1]
Date of birth June 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
National team
1906–1907 England Amateurs 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Personal life

Rowlandson attended Charterhouse School and Trinity College was a Cambridge University blue.[5][6] 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.[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,[6] 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 Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sunderland 1903–04[7] First Division 3 0 0 0 3 0
1904–05[8] 9 0 0 0 9 0
Total 12 0 0 0 12 0
Newcastle United 1905–06[9] First Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 13 0 0 0 13 0

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 253. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. "The Yorkshire Regiment, WW1 Remembrance – Photos of Individuals". www.ww1-yorkshires.org.uk. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  3. "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  4. Lloyd, Chris. "'The finest type of Englishman'". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  5. "1/4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment". 4thyorkshires.com. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  6. Tom Rowlandson on Lives of the First World War
  7. "Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  8. "Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  9. "Player Details | Thomas Sowerby "Tom" Rowlandson – toon1892". www.toon1892.com. Retrieved 31 December 2015.


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