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Douglas Herman
OVERALL STATISTICS
BIRTH	AGE	SIGNED ON	FROM
6-3-1852	N/A	Date unknown.	Crescent RFC London
DEBUT		LAST MATCH	LEFT
24-1-1874 v Liverpool Royal Infirmary		Liverpool Rifle Brigade	1875- when he Retired
CAREER			APPEARANCES (SUBS)
1874-1875			4 (0)
TRIES	GOALS	DGOALS	PTS
0	0	0	0

Biography of Douglas Herman
HERITAGE NO : Douglas was born into comfortable surroundings in London in 1852. His father, Robert, was a stationer and his mother< Jeanne, was French. The family lived at 24 Green Street, Mayfair. Doulas had a bother Arthur who probably introduced him to the game of rugby at the Crescent RFC grounds on Wimbledon Common. Douglas was a bright youngster who excelled in the scientific subjects. He attended college to study classes in Chemistry at the Royal College of Chemistry in Oxford Street, London. Two years later in 1871 Douglas attained a position as an analytical chemist with the Pilkington Brothers, the glass firm in St. Helens. Outside of his new job, he was keen to continue his interest in rugby and initially tried to create a team with fellow employees at Pilkington Brothers but there was not enough interest. As his social network developed in his new surroundings, he persuaded several friends to try out the game of rugby on an informal get together at the Queens Recreational Grounds in Boundary Road, St. Helens. Eventually, he decided to formal proceedings and placed a newspaper announcement in the local press for interested parties to attend a meeting at the Fleece Hotel in St. Helens with the purpose of forming a football club in St. Helens. The meeting was held on Wednesday the 19th of November 1873, a committee was established and arrangements were planned for the training of players leading to the first match for St. Helens which occurred on the 24th of January 1894. Douglas was elected the captain and charged with introducing the new sport over a series of trains sessions at the nominated Queens Recreational Grounds at Boundary Road in the town. Over the next three seasons Douglas proved to be an inspirational leader on and off the field. Although we have a record of around 30 matches from those years, there exists only four newspaper reports when the teams were listed. We can assume that Douglas led the side in most of these games, injuries notwithstanding. After 1866 his name cannot be found on any further team lists though we are aware that he kept an interest in developments of St. Helens RFC. His work at the glass firm must have taken up most of his time as he was promoted to the Head Chemist whilst still in his mid 20s. Furthermore, he was involved with very important innovations which would propel Pilkington Brothers to become a global force in the world of glass. Douglas married Alice Maud Cave in 1885and they proceeded to have three children. Their eldest child, Alice Louise, never married. Their second daughter, Cecile, died at the age of 17 months. The third child Robert William Herman died serving as a soldier in World War One. There is a commemorative glass window in St Helens Parish Church which is dedicated to Robert. The image of his son's memorial glass window is depicted on this page as the best representation we have for our founder. Douglas himself died on New Year`s Day 1924 and his direct family line died with him. Sadly we do not have an image of Douglas.

Biography of Douglas Herman

HERITAGE NO :

Douglas was born into comfortable surroundings in London in 1852. His father, Robert, was a stationer and his mother< Jeanne, was French. The family lived at 24 Green Street, Mayfair. Doulas had a bother Arthur who probably introduced him to the game of rugby at the Crescent RFC grounds on Wimbledon Common.

Douglas was a bright youngster who excelled in the scientific subjects. He attended college to study classes in Chemistry at the Royal College of Chemistry in Oxford Street, London. Two years later in 1871 Douglas attained a position as an analytical chemist with the Pilkington Brothers, the glass firm in St. Helens. Outside of his new job, he was keen to continue his interest in rugby and initially tried to create a team with fellow employees at Pilkington Brothers but there was not enough interest.

As his social network developed in his new surroundings, he persuaded several friends to try out the game of rugby on an informal get together at the Queens Recreational Grounds in Boundary Road, St. Helens. Eventually, he decided to formal proceedings and placed a newspaper announcement in the local press for interested parties to attend a meeting at the Fleece Hotel in St. Helens with the purpose of forming a football club in St. Helens. The meeting was held on Wednesday the 19th of November 1873, a committee was established and arrangements were planned for the training of players leading to the first match for St. Helens which occurred on the 24th of January 1894.

Douglas was elected the captain and charged with introducing the new sport over a series of trains sessions at the nominated Queens Recreational Grounds at Boundary Road in the town.

Over the next three seasons Douglas proved to be an inspirational leader on and off the field. Although we have a record of around 30 matches from those years, there exists only four newspaper reports when the teams were listed. We can assume that Douglas led the side in most of these games, injuries notwithstanding.

After 1866 his name cannot be found on any further team lists though we are aware that he kept an interest in developments of St. Helens RFC. His work at the glass firm must have taken up most of his time as he was promoted to the Head Chemist whilst still in his mid 20s. Furthermore, he was involved with very important innovations which would propel Pilkington Brothers to become a global force in the world of glass.

Douglas married Alice Maud Cave in 1885and they proceeded to have three children. Their eldest child, Alice Louise, never married. Their second daughter, Cecile, died at the age of 17 months. The third child Robert William Herman died serving as a soldier in World War One. There is a commemorative glass window in St Helens Parish Church which is dedicated to Robert. The image of his son's memorial glass window is depicted on this page as the best representation we have for our founder.

Douglas himself died on New Year`s Day 1924 and his direct family line died with him. Sadly we do not have an image of Douglas.

Date	Match		Pos	Opponents	Comp	Venue	FT	FTO
24th Jan 1874	1	N/K	1	Liverpool Royal Infirmary*	FR	H			VIEW
7th Mar 1874	2	N/K	1	Waterloo*	FR	A			VIEW
5th Dec 1874	3	D	6	Wigan*	FR	H	0	0	VIEW
16th Jan 1875	4	N/K	1	Liverpool Rifle Brigade*	FR	A			VIEW

*Unofficial Match. **Non Playing Sub.

WINS : \| LOSSES : \| DRAWS : 1

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Douglas Herman

OVERALL STATISTICS

Biography of Douglas Herman