Peter Dowds

Peter Dowds (24 August 1871 – 2 September 1895) was a Scottish footballer, who played in the Football League for Aston Villa and Stoke.[1][2]

Peter Dowds

Personal information
Full name	Peter Dowds[1]
Date of birth	24 August 1871[2][3]
Place of birth	Johnstone, Scotland
Date of death	2 September 1895(1895-09-02) (aged 24)
Place of death	Johnstone, Scotland
Playing position(s)	Left half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1889–1892	Celtic	37	(16)
1892–1893	Aston Villa	20	(3)
1893–1894	Stoke	17	(0)
1894–1895	Celtic	3	(0)
Total		77	(19)
National team
1892	Scotland	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Dowds (name spelled Douds in some documentation) was born in Johnstone and joined Celtic in 1889. He began his career as a forward and scored 21 goals in 1890–91 as Celtic finished the inaugural Scottish League season in 3rd place behind Dumbarton and Rangers.[4] He moved to left-half for the 1891–92 campaign as Celtic finished in 2nd place, again behind Dumbarton,[4] and won the Scottish Cup.[3][5]

He was tempted to move into English football with Aston Villa in the summer of 1892 and he played 20 times in 1892–93 scoring three goals as Villa finished fourth.[1] He then moved on to Stoke where he spent the 1893–94 season playing 19 times as Stoke ended in up in 11th place.[1] He made a return to Celtic for the 1894–95 campaign however he fell ill with tuberculosis and died on 2 September 1895 at the age of just 24.[3]

Career statistics

Club

Source:[6]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Glasgow Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Celtic	1889–90[4]	—	—		2	0	3	2	5	2
	1890–91[4]	Scottish Football League	18	15	7	2	5	4	30	21
	1891–92[4]	Scottish Football League	19	1	5	1	4	0	28	2
	Total		37	16	14	3	11	6	62	25
Aston Villa	1892–93	First Division	20	3	0	0	—		20	3
Stoke	1893–94	First Division	17	0	2	0	—		19	0
Celtic	1894–95[4]	Scottish Division One	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
Career Total			77	19	16	3	12	6	105	28

International

Source:[7]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Scotland	1892	1	0
Total		1	0

References

1. (Matthews 1994)
2. (Smith 2013, p. 75)
3. "Celtic Graves Society event to remember Peter Dowds". Celtic F.C. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
4. "Dowds, Peter". Fitbastats. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
5. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
6. Peter Dowds at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
7. Dowds, Peter at National-Football-Teams.com

Sources

• Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Smith, Paul (2013). Scotland Who's Who. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781909178847.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

• Peter Dowds at the Scottish Football Association
• London Hearts profile