| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arthur Rowley | ||
| Date of birth | 1870 | ||
| Place of birth | Leek, Staffordshire, England | ||
| Playing position | Right-half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Leek | |||
| Distillery | |||
| North Staffordshire Regiment | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1896–1899 | Stoke | 57 | (0) |
| Bristol Rovers | |||
| 1902–1903 | Burslem Port Vale | 57 | (4) |
| Total | 114+ | (4+) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Arthur Rowley (1870 – unknown) was an English footballer.
Rowley played for Leek, Distillery, the North Staffordshire Regiment, Stoke and Bristol Rovers before joining Burslem Port Vale in September 1902. He made 69 appearances (57 in the league) and scored 4 league goals, one of which made him the first to score a goal straight from a direct free kick in the Football League on 7 September 1903, against Bolton Wanderers before leaving the club before the start of the 1904–05 season.[1]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stoke | 1896–97 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 1897–98 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| 1898–99 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Burslem Port Vale | 1902–03 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
| 1903–04 | 30 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 2 | |
| Career Total | 114 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 126 | 4 | |