| 1 | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I |
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| 2 | career statistics |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | club | season | league |  |  | fa cup |  | total |  |
| 4 |  |  | division | apps | goals | apps | goals | apps | goals |
| 5 | stoke | 1893-94 | first division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 |  | 1894-95 | first division | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 4 |
| 7 |  | total |  | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 4 |
| 8 | southampton | 1895-96 | southern league | 18 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 1 |
| 9 |  | 1896-97 | southern league | 19 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 4 |
| 10 |  | 1897-98 | southern league | 22 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 31 | 3 |
| 11 |  | 1898-99 | southern league | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| 12 |  | 1899-1900 | southern league | 27 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 3 |
| 13 |  | 1900-01 | southern league | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
| 14 |  | 1901-02 | southern league | 26 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 34 | 4 |
| 15 |  | 1902-03 | southern league | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| 16 |  | 1903-04 | southern league | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| 17 |  | 1904-05 | southern league | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 18 |  | 1905-06 | southern league | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 19 |  | total |  | 246 | 18 | 42 | 2 | 288 | 20 |
| 20 | career total |  |  | 257 | 20 | 44 | 4 | 301 | 24 |

Question: what was the total number of appearances made by samuel meston?
Answer: 288