Harry Rowbotham

Harry Rowbotham
Personal information
Full name	Henry Rowbotham
Date of birth	22 April 1911
Place of birth	Willington Quay, Wallsend, England
Date of death	1979 (aged 67–68)
Place of death	England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s)	Inside-right
Youth career
	Cheddleton Mental Hospital
Senior career*
Years	Team
1931–1932	Port Vale
1932–1933	Hyde United
1933–1934	Accrington Stanley
1934–1936	Barrow
1936–1937	Rochdale
1937–1938	Tunbridge Wells Rangers
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henry Rowbotham (22 April 1911 – 1979) was an English footballer who played at inside-right.

Career

Rowbotham played for Cheddleton Mental Hospital before joining Port Vale in April 1931.^[1] He scored on his debut in a 1–0 win over Bradford City at The Old Recreation Ground on the last day of the season on 2 May 1931.^[1] The next season he was only used as a backup player however, and he scored one goal in a 4–1 win over Preston North End at Deepdale on 24 October, making six Second Division appearances.^[1] He was released upon the end of the season and moved on to Cheshire County League club Hyde United.^[3] He scored 12 goals in 41 matches for Hyde in the 1932–33 campaign.^[3] He moved on to Accrington Stanley, playing four Third Division North games in 1933–34. He then scored 14 goals in 59 Third Division North games for Barrow in 1934–35 and 1935–36. Rowbotham played 19 Third Division North games for Rochdale in 1936–37, scoring one goal, before he joined non-League Tunbridge Wells Rangers.

Source:^[4]^[3]^[5]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Port Vale	1930–31	Second Division	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
	1931–32	Second Division	6	1	0	0	0	0	6	1
	Total		7	2	0	0	0	0	7	2
Hyde United	1932–33	Cheshire County League	35	10	0	0	7	2	42	12
Accrington Stanley	1933–34	Third Division North	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Barrow	1934–35	Third Division North	32	7	2	0	0	0	34	7
	1935–36	Third Division North	27	7	2	0	2	0	31	7
	Total		59	14	4	0	2	0	65	14
Rochdale	1936–37	Third Division North	19	1	1	0	0	0	20	1
Career total			124	27	5	0	9	2	138	29

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 254. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
^ "Rochdale. Strong men for heavy ground". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. xiii – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Hyde United Football Club: Database". www.hydeunited.com. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
^ Harry Rowbotham at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
^ "Hyde United Football Club: Database". www.hydeunited.com. Retrieved 25 October 2022.