James Meunier

James Brown Meunier (1885 – 30 September 1957) was an English cricketer and footballer who played first-class cricket in two matches for Warwickshire in 1920 and association football for several clubs in the Football League.[2]

James Meunier
Personal information
Full name James Brown Meunier[1]
Date of birth 7 April 1885
Place of birth Poynton, England
Date of death 30 September 1957(1957-09-30) (aged 72)[2]
Place of death Loughborough, England
Height 5 ft 8+12 in (1.74 m)[3]
Position(s) Full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1903 Heaton Chapel
1903–1904 Stockport County 0 (0)
1904–1906 Manchester City 0 (0)
1906–1908 Southport Central 31 (9)
1908–1912 Everton 5 (0)
1912–1914 Lincoln City 23 (0)
1914–1915 Coventry City 10 (0)
Hyde United
1920 Macclesfield 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sporting career

Meunier played football for a number of Football League and non-League clubs in the period before the First World War and appeared in Minor Counties cricket for Lincolnshire in 1914.[1][2][4][5][6] After the war, he played twice for Warwickshire as a right-handed lower-order batsman and right-arm fast bowler, but he was given little opportunity to bowl in either match and his batting was not successful.[2] He later played for Plymouth Cricket Club.[7]

Personal life

Meunier served as a corporal in the Royal Garrison Artillery during the First World War.[8]

Football career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Southport Central 1906–07[9] Lancashire Combination First Division 4 1001[lower-alpha 1]051
1907–08[10] 27830 1[lower-alpha 1]1319
Total 31930203610
Everton 1910–11[5] First Division 40 00 40
1911–12[5] 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 5 0 0 0 5 0
Coventry City 1914–15[5] Southern League Second Division 10 0 1 0 11 0
Macclesfield 1919–20[11] Cheshire League 1 0 1[lower-alpha 2] 0 2 0
Career total 4794031 5410
  1. Appearance in Lancashire Senior Cup
  2. Appearance in Cheshire League Subsidiary Competition

References

  1. Joyce, Michael (16 October 2012). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 (3rd Revised ed.). Tony Brown. p. 202. ISBN 9781905891610.
  2. "James Meunier". www.cricketarchive.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  3. "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Lincoln City". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Player Details". SFC FPA. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  5. "James Brown Meunier". 11v11.com. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  6. "James Meunier". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  7. "Plymouth Success: Meunier Captures His Hundredth Wicket". Western Morning News/British Newspaper Archive. Plymouth. 13 August 1929. p. 12.
  8. "James Brown Meunier | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  9. "Player Details". SFC FPA. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  10. "Player Details". SFC FPA. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  11. "Season Statistics – Cheshire League – 1919–20". www.silkmenarchives.org.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
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