Alfred "Arthur" Andrews (1 April 1891 – 24 September 1964) was an English professional

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who played as a half back for

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in their final season in the Southern League in 1919–20.

Football career

Andrews was born in

Sunderland Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on t ...

where he worked in the local

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before joining

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in November 1913. He failed to break into Blackpool's first-team before League football was interrupted by the First World War. During the war, he moved to the south coast to work in the

shipyard of

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, where he played in their works team in the South Hants War League. In 1918–19, Andrews played for Southampton in the South Hants War League and in the Victory Cup. After the war, he joined

as a professional player in August 1919, and made his first-team debut when he took the place of another former Harland & Wolff employee

Bert Fenwick Herbert Fenwick (1900 – 1961) was an English professional footballer who played as a half back for Southampton in their final season in the Southern League in 1919–20. Football career Fenwick was born in Wallsend and trained as a boilerm ...

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for the home game against

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on 8 November 1919. The match ended in a 4–0 victory, with

Bill Rawlings William Ernest Rawlings (3 January 1896 – 25 September 1972) was an English footballer. A centre-forward, he scored more than 196 goals in 367 league games in a 15-year career. He began his career with Southampton in 1918, who were elevated f ...

scoring a hat-trick. Andrews retained his place at right-half until the

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replay at

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on 15 January 1920, when he was attempting a rash challenge after 12 minutes, resulting in a broken leg. 20-year-old

Bert Shelley Frederick Albert "Bert" Shelley (11 August 1899 – 29 December 1971) was an English footballer, who played as a half back for Southampton, for whom he made nearly 450 appearances, before becoming a coach at Southampton. His total of 448 appeara ...

replaced him for the next match and became a Saints' stalwart, making nearly 450 appearances over the next 12 years before becoming first-team trainer.

Later career

Andrews was released by Southampton in May 1920 and returned to work in the shipyards. He played part-time football in the

Hampshire League The Hampshire League was a football league in Hampshire, England. During its heyday its constitution consisted of four divisions with over 60 clubs taking part - this included a vast number of semi-professional teams and Reserve/’A’ sides of ...

with

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and

Lymington Lymington is a port town on the west bank of the Lymington River on the Solent, in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England. It faces Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, to which there is a car ferry service operated by Wightlink. It is within the ...

References

External links

Career details on www.11v11.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Andrews, Arthur 1891 births 1964 deaths Footballers from Sunderland English men's footballers Men's association football wing halves Blackpool F.C. players Southampton F.C. players Cowes Sports F.C. players Lymington Town F.C. players Southern Football League players