Stan Rowlands

Welsh footballer

Stan Rowlands
Rowlands in 1913
Personal information
Full name Alfred Stanley Rowlands[1]
Date of birth (1889-11-12)12 November 1889[1]
Place of birth Coedway, Powys, Wales[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1907–1908 Welshpool Town
1908–1909 Wellington Town
1909–1910 Birkenhead North End
1910 Wrexham
1910–1911 South Liverpool
1911 Nottingham Forest 1 (0)
1911–1912 South Liverpool
1912–1913 Wrexham
1913–1920 Tranmere Rovers
1920–1921 Reading 0 (0)
1921–1922 Crewe Alexandra 26 (8)
1922–1923 Wrexham 9 (0)
1923–1924 Oswestry Town
1924–1926 South Molton
1926–1928 Bideford
1928–1930 Ilfracombe Town
1930–1931 Barum Town
1931 Barnstaple Town
International career
1914 Wales 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alfred Stanley Rowlands (born 12 November 1889) was a football player. He was a forward for Tranmere Rovers and scored 32 goals for Tranmere during the 1913–14 season, helping them to with the Lancashire Combination.[2] In the same season, on 16 March 1914, Rowlands represented Wales in their 2–0 defeat to England;[3] this was the first time a Tranmere player had played for their national team.[4]

He also represented Wrexham, Nottingham Forest and Crewe Alexandra in the Football League.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Stan Rowlands at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  2. ^ Bishop, Peter (1 November 1998). Tranmere Rovers Football Club. Images of England. Stroud, U.K.: Tempus. p. 128. ISBN 978-0-7524-1505-5.
  3. ^ "Wales 0-2 England". Welsh Football Data Archive. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  4. ^ "History". TheCowsheds.co.uk. 19 August 2010. Archived from the original on 10 February 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2011.


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