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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

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.[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

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Corinthian	1903–04[10]	—			—		1[lower-alpha 1]	0	1	0
	1904–05[10]	—			—		1[lower-alpha 1]	0	1	0
	1905–06[10]	—			—		1[lower-alpha 1]	0	1	0
	1906–07[11]	—			—		1[lower-alpha 1]	0	1	0
	Total		—		—		4	0	4	0
Sunderland	1903–04[12]	First Division	3	0	0	0	—		3	0
	1904–05[13]	First Division	9	0	0	0	—		9	0
	Total		12	0	0	0	—		12	0
Newcastle United	1905–06[14]	First Division	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
Career total			13	0	0	0	4	0	17	0

Honours

Corinthian

• Sheriff of London Charity Shield: 1904[10]

References

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