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{{short description|English cricketer and footballer}}
'''James Brown Meunier''' (1885 – 30 September 1957) was an [[England|English]] [[cricketer]] and [[footballer]] who played [[first-class cricket]] in two matches for [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]] in 1920 and association football for several teams in the [[Football League]].<ref name="ca">{{cite web | url = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31431/31431.html| title = James Meunier| publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | accessdate = 30 August 2015}}</ref> He was born at [[Poynton]], [[Stockport]] and died at [[Loughborough]], [[Leicestershire]].
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{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = James Meunier
| fullname = James Brown Meunier<ref name="Joyce" />
| birth_date = 7 April 1885
| birth_place = [[Poynton]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1957|9|30|1885|4|7|df=y}}<ref name="ca" />
| death_place = [[Loughborough]], England
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=8+1/2}}<ref name=height>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000986/19130818/093/0005 |title=The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Lincoln City |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=18 August 1913 |page=5 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
| position = [[Full back (association football)|Full back]]
| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1903
| clubs1 = Heaton Chapel
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 1903–1904
| clubs2 = [[Stockport County F.C.|Stockport County]]
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1904–1906
| clubs3 = [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]
| caps3 = 0
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1906–1908
| clubs4 = [[Southport Central F.C.|Southport Central]]
| caps4 = 31
| goals4 = 9
| years5 = 1908–1912
| clubs5 = [[Everton F.C.|Everton]]
| caps5 = 5
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 1912–1914
| clubs6 = [[Lincoln City F.C.|Lincoln City]]
| caps6 = 23
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 1914–1915
| clubs7 = [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]]
| caps7 = 10
| goals7 = 0
| years8 =
| clubs8 = [[Hyde United F.C.|Hyde United]]
| caps8 =
| goals8 =
| years9 = 1920
| clubs9 = [[Macclesfield Town F.C.|Macclesfield]]
| caps9 = 1
| goals9 = 0
}}
'''James Brown Meunier''' (1885 – 30 September 1957) was an English [[cricketer]] and [[association football|footballer]] who played [[first-class cricket]] in two matches for [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]] in 1920 and association football for several clubs in the [[Football League]].<ref name="ca">{{Cite web |title=James Meunier |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31431/31431.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108210534/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31431/31431.html |archive-date=8 November 2017 |access-date=30 August 2015 |publisher=www.cricketarchive.com}}</ref>


== Sporting career ==
Meunier had played football for both [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]] and [[Lincoln City F.C.|Lincoln City]] in the period before the [[First World War]], and appeared in [[Minor Counties]] cricket for [[Lincolnshire County Cricket Club|Lincolnshire]] in 1914.<ref name="ca"/> 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.<ref name="ca"/>
Meunier played football for a number of [[English Football League|Football League]] and [[Non-League football|non-League]] clubs in the period before the [[First World War]] and appeared in [[Minor Counties]] cricket for [[Lincolnshire County Cricket Club|Lincolnshire]] in 1914.<ref name="Joyce">{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 |date=16 October 2012 |publisher=Tony Brown |isbn=9781905891610 |edition=3rd Revised |page=202}}</ref><ref name="ca" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=9 November 2016 |title=Player Details |url=https://www.southportfootballclub.co.uk/players/player-details/?id=1822 |access-date=29 June 2020 |website=SFC FPA |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="11v11">{{Cite web |title=James Brown Meunier |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/james-brown-meunier-46807/ |access-date=3 April 2019 |website=11v11.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=James Meunier |url=http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=meun01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315174350/http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=meun01 |archive-date=15 March 2016 |access-date=29 June 2020 |website=The Lincoln City FC Archive}}</ref> After the war, he played twice for [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|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.<ref name="ca" /> He later played for [[Plymouth Cricket Club]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 August 1929 |title=Plymouth Success: Meunier Captures His Hundredth Wicket |page=12 |work=Western Morning News/British Newspaper Archive |location=Plymouth}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
At the end of the 1920s, he was taking a lot of wickets in good-class club cricket for Plymouth Cricket Club.<ref>{{cite news| title = Plymouth Success: Meunier Captures His Hundredth Wicket | newspaper = Western Morning News/British Newspaper Archive | subscription = yes | page = 12 | location = Plymouth | date = 13 August 1929}}</ref>
Meunier served as a [[corporal]] in the [[Royal Garrison Artillery]] during the [[First World War]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=James Brown Meunier {{!}} Service Record |url=https://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/james-meunier-service-record/ |access-date=12 December 2018 |website=Football and the First World War |language=en}}</ref>

==Football 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="3"|[[Southport Central F.C.|Southport Central]]
|[[1906–07 in English football|1906–07]]<ref>{{Cite news |title=Player Details |language=en-GB |work=SFC FPA |url=https://www.southportfootballclub.co.uk/players/player-details/?id=1822&season_id_page=101&season_name_page=1906/1907 |access-date=29 June 2020}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |[[Lancashire Combination]] First Division
| 4
| 1|| 0|| 0|| 1<ref name="LSC" group="lower-alpha">Appearance in [[Lancashire Senior Cup]]</ref>|| 0|| 5||1
|-
|[[1907–08 in English football|1907–08]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Player Details |url=https://www.southportfootballclub.co.uk/players/player-details/?id=1822&season_id_page=102&season_name_page=1907/1908 |access-date=29 June 2020 |website=SFC FPA |language=en-GB}}</ref>
| 27|| 8|| 3|| 0
| 1<ref name="LSC" group="lower-alpha" />|| 1|| 31||9
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
! 31!! 9!! 3!! 0!! 2!! 0!! 36!!10
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Everton F.C.|Everton]]
|[[1910–11 Football League|1910–11]]<ref name="11v11" />
| rowspan="2" |[[Football League First Division|First Division]]
| 4|| 0
| 0|| 0|| colspan="2" | ―
| 4||0
|-
|[[1911–12 Football League|1911–12]]<ref name="11v11" />
|1
|0
|0
|0
| colspan="2" |―
|1
|0
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!5
!0
!0
!0
! colspan="2" |―
!5
!0
|-
|[[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]]
|[[1914–15 Southern Football League|1914–15]]<ref name="11v11" />
|[[Southern Football League|Southern League]] Second Division
|10
|0
|1
|0
| colspan="2" |―
|11
|0
|-
|[[Macclesfield Town F.C.|Macclesfield]]
|[[1919–20 in English football|1919–20]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Season Statistics – Cheshire League – 1919–20 |url=http://www.silkmenarchives.org.uk/season_stats/Cheshire_league/1919_20.html |access-date=29 June 2020 |website=www.silkmenarchives.org.uk}}</ref>
|[[Cheshire County League|Cheshire League]]
|1
|0
| colspan="2" |―
|1<ref group="lower-alpha">Appearance in [[Cheshire County League|Cheshire League]] Subsidiary Competition</ref>
|0
|2
|0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
! 47!! 9!! 4!! 0!! 3!! 1
! 54!!10
|}

<references group="lower-alpha" />


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 19:16, 30 October 2024

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+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

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]

Sporting career

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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

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

Football career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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[a] 0 5 1
1907–08[10] 27 8 3 0 1[a] 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[b] 0 2 0
Career total 47 9 4 0 3 1 54 10
  1. ^ a b Appearance in Lancashire Senior Cup
  2. ^ Appearance in Cheshire League Subsidiary Competition

References

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  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (16 October 2012). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 (3rd Revised ed.). Tony Brown. p. 202. ISBN 9781905891610.
  2. ^ a b c d "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. ^ a b c d "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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