James Edward Charles Carr (19 December 1893 – 26 June 1980) was a Scottish

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who played at

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for

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and

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in the 1920s. He was also a bowls player who competed for England at the

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Football career

Carr was born in

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, Glasgow, but started his football career as a youth playing for Watford Orient, before joining

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as a 14-year-old in 1908. He made his Southern League debut for Watford at the age of 16. He moved to fellow Southern League club,

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, in 1914 and made nine appearances in the 1914–15 season. During

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he was enlisted into the Army and played as a guest for

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and Kilmarnock in the wartime leagues. After the cessation of hostilities, Carr joined

in 1919, where he formed an "exciting partnership" on the left with

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. At the end of the 1919–20 season Reading, along with most of the Southern League clubs, formed the Third Division of the Football League. Carr remained with Reading for four years until moving to

in June 1923. At The Dell, Carr and Andrews briefly re-created their left-wing partnership, before Andrews was replaced by Cliff Price in December 1923. Having played in every match from the start of the 1923–24 season, a serious knee injury in January, which required an operation, put Carr out for the rest of the season, with Elias MacDonald replacing him. Carr returned for the start of the next season, but his season was again disrupted by injuries, with either Fred Price, (Cliff Price's nephew) or Stan Cribb replacing him. Carr did, however, play a significant part in the Saints' run to the

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, where they were defeated 2–0 by

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at Stamford Bridge. In the 1925–26 season, Carr linked up well on the left, firstly with Cliff Price and later with Frank Matthews, before he was released at the end of the season. Now in his mid-thirties, Carr placed an advertisement in the "''Athletic News''" stating that he wished to "''assist a club outside the League in exchange for a business''". This resulted initially in a transfer to Swansea Town where he played briefly before moving to

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to become the proprietor of the Red Lion Hotel.

Bowls career

He participated in the

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, Canada in the fours/rinks event finishing 8th.

References

External links

West Ham United profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Carr, Jimmy 1893 births 1980 deaths Footballers from Glasgow Scottish men's footballers Southern Football League players English Football League players Watford F.C. players West Ham United F.C. players Reading F.C. players Southampton F.C. players Swansea City A.F.C. players Queens Park Rangers F.C. players British Army personnel of World War I Southall F.C. players Men's association football outside forwards Scottish male bowls players English male bowls players Bowls players at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for England