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]
| 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 (aged 72)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Loughborough, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1.74 m)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Full back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –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
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Southport Central | 1906–07[9] | Lancashire Combination First Division | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 1907–08[10] | 27 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 31 | 9 | ||
| Total | 31 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 10 | ||
| Everton | 1910–11[5] | First Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 4 | 0 | |
| 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 | 47 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 54 | 10 | ||
- Appearance in Lancashire Senior Cup
- Appearance in Cheshire League Subsidiary Competition
References
- Joyce, Michael (16 October 2012). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 (3rd Revised ed.). Tony Brown. p. 202. ISBN 9781905891610.
- "James Meunier". www.cricketarchive.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Lincoln City". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Player Details". SFC FPA. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- "James Brown Meunier". 11v11.com. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- "James Meunier". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- "Plymouth Success: Meunier Captures His Hundredth Wicket". Western Morning News/British Newspaper Archive. Plymouth. 13 August 1929. p. 12.
- "James Brown Meunier | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- "Player Details". SFC FPA. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- "Player Details". SFC FPA. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- "Season Statistics – Cheshire League – 1919–20". www.silkmenarchives.org.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2020.