Thomas Sowerby Rowlandson MC (22 February 1880 – 15 September 1916) was an English amateur footballer who played in the Football League for Sunderland and Newcastle United as a goalkeeper.[1] He represented the England amateur national team.[5]
Rowlandson signed for Newcastle from Sunderland in October 1905,[6] expecting to secure a permanent place in the team and more regular appearances.[7] He would only make a single league appearance for Newcastle in October 1905, where they beat Nottingham Forest 3–2.[8]
Rowlandson attended Charterhouse School and Trinity College was a Cambridge University blue.[5][9] After the breakout of the First World War in August 1914, he gave over his farmhouse for use as a hospital supply depot.[4] Rowlandson subsequently enlisted in the British Army in Northallerton and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Yorkshire Regiment on 5 September 1914.[10][5][4] By 17 April 1915, he was on the Western Front, fighting in the Second Battle of Ypres.[4] By 1 January 1916, he had been promoted to captain, mentioned in dispatches and won the Military Cross.[4] Rowlandson was killed after being hit in the shoulder by a German grenade on 15 September 1916,[9] during the Battle of Flers–Courcelette.[4] He was buried at Bécourt Military Cemetery.[3]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Corinthian | 1903–04[11] | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 1904–05[11] | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 1905–06[11] | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 1906–07[12] | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | — | — | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Sunderland | 1903–04[13] | First Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| 1904–05[14] | First Division | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| Total | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| Newcastle United | 1905–06[15] | First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Career total | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
Corinthian
