James Meunier

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 teams in the Football League.[2]

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
Playing position(s)	Full back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–1903	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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Sporting career

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][3][4][5] 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.[6]

Personal life

Meunier served as a corporal in the Royal Garrison Artillery during the First World War.[7]

Football career statistics

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[8]	Lancashire Combination First Division	4	1	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	5	1
	1907–08[9]		27	8	3	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	1	31	9
	Total		31	9	3	0	2	0	36	10
Everton	1910–11[4]	First Division	4	0	0	0	―		4	0
	1911–12[4]		1	0	0	0	―		1	0
	Total		5	0	0	0	―		5	0
Coventry City	1914–15[4]	Southern League Second Division	10	0	1	0	―		11	0
Macclesfield	1919–20[10]	Cheshire League	1	0	―		1[lower-alpha 2]	0	2	0
Career total			47	9	4	0	3	1	54	10

1. Appearance in Lancashire Senior Cup
2. Appearance in Cheshire League Subsidiary Competition

References

1. Joyce, Michael (16 October 2012). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 (3rd Revised ed.). Tony Brown. p. 202. ISBN 9781905891610.
2. "James Meunier". www.cricketarchive.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
3. "Player Details". SFC FPA. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
4. "James Brown Meunier". 11v11.com. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
5. "The Lincoln City FC Archive". Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
6. "Plymouth Success: Meunier Captures His Hundredth Wicket". Western Morning News/British Newspaper Archive. Plymouth. 13 August 1929. p. 12.
7. "James Brown Meunier | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
8. "Player Details". SFC FPA. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
9. "Player Details". SFC FPA. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
10. "Season Statistics – Cheshire League – 1919–20". www.silkmenarchives.org.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2020.