Jack Hallows

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Jack Hallows
Personnel
Surname John Henry Hallows
birthday February 16, 1907
place of birth Chester ,  England
date of death August 1963
position Center forward , half forward
Juniors
Years station
Liverpool Bluecoats
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1922-1927 West Bromwich Albion 0 0(0)
1927-1930 Willenhall
1930 Grays Thurrock United
1930-1936 Bradford City 164 (74)
1936-1937 Barnsley FC 13 0(4)
1 Only league games are given.

John Henry "Jack" Hallows (born February 16, 1907 in Chester , † August 1963 ) was an English football player . The center forward scored 74 goals in 164 second division appearances for Bradford City in the 1930s .

Career

Started at West Bromwich and in amateur football until 1930

Hallows was at the age of five years, an orphan and grew up in an orphanage in Liverpool on. In May 1922, at the age of 15, he was enlisted with another orphan boy named H. Bennett of West Bromwich Albion . Initially still too young for a professional contract, he was officially hired as an office assistant. As a result, he was part of the squad of the first division team from 1922 and made a name for himself in September 1922 when he scored a goal in a friendly against Tamworth Castle in a 4-1 victory with great audience interest . Hallows then played in the Colts team from West Bromwich, a kind of youth team that took part in regular play. Although he consisted of the squad of West Bromwich including the 1926/27 season , he was not used for the first team in any competitive game, the center forward position was mostly occupied by George James or Stan Davies during his affiliation . At West Bromwich he was presumably retrained, so from the summer of 1926 he is no longer listed as a center forward , but as a center runner .

From the beginning of 1927 at the latest, his name can be found in Willenhall's lists in the Birmingham & District League . Mostly called up as a middle runner, he distinguished himself as a regular goalscorer. In April 1927 a referee had to experience that he was particularly equipped with a very hard shot, which he shot during a game of " hors de combat ". In the summer of 1930, his previous club Willenhall dissolved and Hallows moved to Gray's Thurrock United in the Kent League . Only a few months later, in November 1930, he was brought back to the Football League by the second division Bradford City after he had scored eleven goals for Gray's Thurrock in the previous four games. Bradford were the services of Hallows worth a transfer fee of £ 600, also committed Bradford to play a friendly game, in the game that took place in March 1931 Hallows scored a goal in a 6-2 win.

Bradford City forward, 1930-1936

At Bradford, Hallows immediately moved into the root formation and had no problems adjusting to the higher athletic level. Already on his debut against Burnley FC in November 1930, he scored a goal, in his third league appearance he managed a hat trick against Reading FC , an achievement which he repeated at the end of the season in a 3-0 home win against Swansea Town . In total, he met 19 times in 27 league games in the 1930/31 season, only in the games for the FA Cup he was not allowed to participate, as he had already been used in competition for Grays Thurrock.

In the team of coach Jack Peart he was set in the following season 1931/32 in the storm center and increased his goal yield to 21 goals; in the storm series he mostly played alongside Charlie Moore , Harold Peel , Dickie Watmough and Aubrey Scriven or Stan Alexander . Hallows experienced personal season highlights at the turn of the year with eight goals in two consecutive home games: after another hat trick against Swansea on Boxing Day , he scored five goals on January 2, 1932 in a 9-1 win over Barnsley FC . At the end of the season he was part of a "league selection" on the occasion of a "benefit" (a special payment allowed by the league, often the remuneration also took place by transferring the income from a game) in favor of the Barnsley player Teddy Ashton . For the selection with four national players ( Willis Edwards , Ernie Hart , Ernie Hine , Billy Smith ) he scored three goals in a 7-3 success.

When in the 1932/33 season his goal quota (12 goals in 37 missions) decreased noticeably, he was increasingly called up as a right half- forward from March 1933 . In the 1933/34 season he started again as a center forward, but was withdrawn again to the half-forward position after seven goals in eleven inserts, where he remained equally accurate and at the end of the season could show 17 goals in 29 league appearances. Although Hallows was not exactly known for being hot-tempered, he had to serve two long bans while at Bradford: After being expelled from Lincoln City in February 1934 , he was banned from the association for four weeks in November 1935 after being sent off at a reserve game in the Midland League for two months.

During the 1934/35 season , Hallows met only three times in 22 league games; In the search for a new center forward, in addition to Hallows, Joe Spence , Sid Elliott , Charlie Keetley and Harry Adamson were called up in the striker's front during the season , after Hallows' second suspension, another center forward, Mick Kelly , was signed, but he also failed to meet the demands was fair. It was not until December 1935 that the club found a passable center forward in Harry Travis .

Meanwhile, it was enough for Hallows in the 1935/36 season only to two goals in 15 missions. Nevertheless, after returning from his second ban, he was repeatedly praised in the press for his achievements in early 1936, the Leeds Mercury noted in early February "Hallows controls the exuberance of his storm colleagues" and the correspondent for the Derby Evening Telegraph wrote on the occasion of a 0 in February 1936: 1 cup defeat against the first division club Derby County under the heading "Hallows impressed", he would have been "the best footballer in the [storm] series" and "impressed with his planning and distribution of the ball". On the occasion of a 2-1 home win against Southampton FC, the Leeds Mercury added : "Thanks to the intelligent work of Hallows, there were a lot of gaps."

Retired from Barnsley, 1936–1937

The move to the relegation-threatened league competitor FC Barnsley shortly before the end of the transfer window closed in mid-March 1936 was dubbed the "biggest surprise of all" in the press with regard to the transfers that had taken place. For Hallows, the change was worthwhile for financial reasons: In addition to the claim to a "benefit" from Bradford City, he also received a share of the transfer proceeds, which, according to the press, were probably four-digit. In terms of sport, his time at Bradford, for which he had 74 league goals in 164 appearances and five goals in nine cup games in six seasons, was moderately successful. In the league they mostly placed themselves in the secured midfield, they were never serious contenders for one of the two promotion places. In the FA Cup, despite successes over the first division side Aston Villa (1935, one round later off against third division side Stockport County ) and Blackburn Rovers (1936) - both times Hallows had contributed to the fall of the favorites - only once in the round of 16.

Barnsley only succeeded to a limited extent in the hoped-for strengthening of the storm row with the signing, instead the club had to pay a fine of three guineas because they had already used Hallows before his proper registration . After three goalless missions until the end of the season - the relegation succeeded with one point ahead of Port Vale - he came in the following season 1936/37 to only eleven other competitive appearances (4 goals) in the first team. For the reserve team in the Midland League he was meanwhile with 19 goals scored this season behind Eric Bray (23 goals) within the club, the second top scorer. At the end of the season he could not agree with Barnsley on the conditions for a contract extension, was then put on the transfer list by the club and decided in the summer of 1937 at the age of 30 to end his professional career. After his footballing career, he made a living doing a bespoke tailoring in Walkden .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Terry Frost: Bradford City AFC Who's Who - Part 1: Football League Players 1903 to 1939 . SoccerData, Nottingham 2017, ISBN 978-1-911376-04-0 , pp. 74 .
  2. ↑ The Albion's "Orphans." . In: Liverpool Echo , May 11, 1922, p. 5.  (link with costs)
  3. ↑ STUD MARKS . In: Liverpool Echo , February 2, 1935, p. 6.  (link with costs)
  4. ↑ WEST BROMWICH ALBION. . In: Athletic News , August 21, 1922, p. 6.  (link with costs)
  5. ↑ TAWMWORTH CASTLE v. WEST BROMWICH ALBION. . In: Tamworth Herald , September 16, 1922, p. 2.  (paid link)
  6. ↑ AMATEURS 'NEW STAND. . In: Birmingham Daily Gazette , September 17, 1924, p. 9.  (paid link)
  7. ↑ WEST BROMWICH ALBION. . In: The Sportsman , August 1, 1923, p. 2.  (link with costs)
  8. ↑ WEST BROMWICH ALBION. . In: Coventry Evening Telegraph , July 29, 1924, p. 4.  (paid link)
  9. ↑ WEST BROMWICH ALBION. . In: Athletic News , August 24, 1925, p. 7.  (link with costs)
  10. ↑ FINANCES OF ALBION FC . In: Birmingham Daily Gazette , August 7, 1926, p. 8.  (paid link)
  11. ↑ cf. Season overviews in Tony Matthews: West Bromwich Albion - The Complete Record . Breedon Books, Derby 2007, ISBN 978-1-85983-565-4 , pp. 318 ff .
  12. ↑ WILLENHALL. . In: Sports Argus , August 27, 1927, p. 2.  (link subject to charge)
  13. ↑ WELLINGTON v. WILLENHALL. . In: Sports Argus , April 16, 1927, p. 5.  (link subject to charge)
  14. ↑ ST. GEORGE'S v WILLENHALL. . In: Sports Argus , October 29, 1927, p. 5.  (link subject to charge)
  15. ^ Birmingham & District League. . In: Sports Argus , October 8, 1927, p. 2.  (link subject to charge)
  16. ↑ EASY FOR WILLENHALL. CANNOCK SECOND BEST IN POOR GAME. . In: Birmingham Daily Gazette , September 11, 1928, p. 10.  (paid link)
  17. ↑ WILLENHALL v. OSWESTRY. . In: Sports Argus , May 3, 1930, p. 5.  (link subject to charge)
  18. ^ David Markham: The Legends of Bradford City . Breedon Books, Derby 2007, ISBN 978-1-85983-572-2 , pp. 70 f .
  19. ^ Birmingham District League . In: Sports Argus , April 16, 1927, p. 2.  (link subject to charge)
  20. ↑ BRADFORD CITY'S LEADER. PROLIFIC KENT SCORER TO PLAY ON SATURDAY. . In: Leeds Mercury , November 20, 1930, p. 9.  (paid link)
  21. ↑ SPORTING. . In: The People , March 15, 1931, p. 17.  (link with costs)
  22. ^ Two Fine Center Forwards. . In: Bexhill-on-Sea Observer , April 25, 1931, p. 9.  (link subject to charge)
  23. ^ Bradford City Doubt. . In: Sheffield Independent , January 9, 1931, p. 12.  (paid link)
  24. ↑ cf. Terry Frost: Bradford City - A Complete Record 1903–1988 . Breedon Books, Derby 1988, ISBN 0-907969-38-0 , pp. 218 f .
  25. ↑ INTERNATIONAL HELP IN A BARNSLEY BENEFIT . In: Sheffield Independent , May 2, 1933, p. 10.  (paid link)
  26. ^ A Bradford City Blow. . In: Leeds Mercury , March 12, 1934, p. 11.  (paid link)
  27. ↑ End of Hallows' Suspension. . In: Leeds Mercury , January 15, 1936, p. 9.  (paid link)
  28. ↑ UNDER THE SEARCHLIGHT . In: Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette , November 22, 1935, p. 15.  (paid link)
  29. ↑ BRADFORD CITY FOES. . In: Leeds Mercury , February 9, 1936, p. 9.  (link subject to charge)
  30. ↑ HALLOWS IMPRESSES . In: Derby Evening Telegraph , February 17, 1936, p. 19.  (paid link)
  31. ↑ TRAVIS DID NOT WAIT. . In: Leeds Mercury , March 2, 1936, p. 9.  (link subject to charge)
  32. ↑ TRANSFER RUSH – CONCLUDED. By Bradford Surprise. MEEK GOES: CITY'S TWO . In: Leeds Mercury , March 17, 1936, p. 9.  (paid link)
  33. ↑ BENEFITS TO PLAYERS . In: Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer , April 4, 1936, p. 23.  (paid link)
  34. ↑ LAST MINUTE RUSH FOR NEW MEN. Bradford Clubs Part with Three Players. BICKNELL, HALLOWS AND MEEK . In: Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer , March 17, 1936, p. 19.  (paid link)
  35. ↑ BARNSLEY FINED. . In: Leeds Mercury , September 15, 1936, p. 9.  (paid link)
  36. ↑ BRIGHTER BARNSLEY. "Reds'" Best Campaign For Nine Years. . In: Star Green 'un , May 1, 1937, p. 2.  (link subject to charge)
  37. ↑ BARNSLEY SIGN A SCORER . In: Leeds Mercury , May 6, 1937, p. 9.  (link with costs)
  38. ↑ Bokas and Barnsley . In: Sheffield Independent , May 8, 1937, p. 12.  (paid link)
  39. ↑ Grenville Firth, David Wood: The Who's Who of Barnsley FC . DB Publishing, Derby 2011, ISBN 978-1-85983-842-6 , pp. 240 .
personal data
SURNAME Hallows, Jack
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hallows, John Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Chester
DATE OF DEATH August 1963