Stan Rowlands

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 Welsh footballer. 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. 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.