
Team line-Ups
Naturally, there are many thousands of team line-ups just of Midlands teams in the Victorian era, but for those of you out there who have 'a speciality' interest, I will publish a few team line-ups from the year 1880 of what I call the 2nd tier clubs, who are not in the Lost Teams book. Nonetheless, all these teams were good enough to get a report in the Midland Athlete newspaper, which was my main source.
Contact me if you are looking for 2nd tier team line-ups, if you want to know if your great grandad played for the Tipton FC, for example.
The expert eye will spot some well-known names lurking in the team sheets of these smaller teams, such as Villa's Olly Whately playing for Florence with his two brothers, Albion's Jem Bayliss at Tipton Providence, Walsall Swifts' Dyoss brothers,, Bushton,Tait and Dutton playing for Florence and Excelsior; Small Heath founders Gessey,Cooke and Hughes in the St.Lukes team, and Tipton's Jim Doughty also played for Great Bridge Unity, etc etc.
(g)=goalkeeper (b)=back (fb) = full back (hb)= half back ( f)= forwards (c)= captain
WALSALL TRINITY
Wright/W.Walker/F.Dyoss(c)/G.Thornton/A.Powell/Careless/Poppleton/Halfoed/Glover/
J.Walker/C.Dyoss
TIPTON FC
J.Nayor (g)/ phillips/ Roberts (fb)/Christie/ Griffin (hb)/ J.Onions (c)/ Standford/
Cattell/Doughty/Hipkins/Massey * Onions and Doughty also played for Gt.Bridge Unity
TIPTON PROVIDENCE
JEM Bayliss (c)/Colley/S.Vaughan/W.Vaughan/Austin/Doughty/Patrick/Cooper/Stokes/
Buffner/Nutting
RUSHALL VILLA
Cozens (goal)/Meek (fb)/Riley/Yates/Horme(hb)/Rodgers/OwenSmith/Lea/?/?
WALSALL WHITE STAR
Evans (goal)/ Raylonds (b)/ Street/Horne/Abbotts (hb)/ Gilson/Bird/Middlebrook/Jellings/
Shene/Booker
SUTTON COLDFIELD
W.H.Claws (goal)/ Crosshaw/Houlston (b)/ Pimlott/Halbeard (hb)/ Lecker (c)/Smith/
G.Barnes/Bates/Greenfell/Lancaster
ASTON CLIFTON
Stokes (g)/T.Vale/Williams/Hall/Read/A.Biddle/Evans/Finemore/Downill/W.Scattergood
/T.Scattergood/Bunn
WALSALL FLORENCE
R.Green(g)/ W.Penn(b)/T.Fisher/F.Carpenter/G.Mason(hb)/T.Murphy/E.Ward/
T.Pearson/G.Pearson/F.Finscher
WALSALL TRINITY
Walker/Joyce/Glover/Mathews/Dyoss/Carelss/Ludcock/Bland/Dunn/Sanders
CLAREMONT ST.GEORGE
F.Edwards(g)/Harry Pallett/J.Smith(b)/C.Field/H.Clewer/W.Collier(hb)/C.Eden/
E.Pallett/E.Linguard/A.Hill/D.Wigley/Sneins(b) /Squelch(b)/ J.Randell/Clements/
Franklin/Jones/Bagshaw/W.Cooper/Brittain/ harry Evans(g).
BIRMINGHAM ROYAL
Cooke(g)/ LLoyd (c)/ Jackson/Farmington/Priestly/Smith/Broomfield/Williams
/Atkins/Hughes/Malins
EDGBASTON ROVERS
G.Hill/H.Cooper/W.Kendrick/A.Cooper/J.Milton/F.Jeavons/A.Probyn/W.Pratt/
A.Wadley/H.Forrester/W.Smith
TRAFALGAR FC
Bickman/Oliver/W.Lane/H.Shiner/J.Reader/W.Cashmore/E.McCoy/J.Lane/Dixon/
Ellis/Barker/Hutton
CHRIST CHURCH (WEST BROMWICH)
Spencer/Sott/Turner/Holder/Wilkes/Cross/bennett/Sheldon/Ingram/Bailey/Simcox
ASTON ST.PAULS
H.Taylor (c)/C.Nicklin/F.Nicklin/T.Haynes/J.Rodgers/J.Hall./S.Chinn/H.Millward
/T.E.Millward/Devey
ASTON WANDERERS
A.Collins(g)/Redding/Butler (fb)/Dutton/Summerfield/G.Surplice(hb)/E.Surplice/
J.Law/Freeman/Hubbard/Yates/Collins
BHAM ST.LUKES
W.Young(g)/S.Gessey(fb)/E.Wilkins/J.lLloyd/S.Hughes(hb)/J.Newman/
H.Breaknell/W.Wilkins/J.Latham/J.Bloomfield/J.Cooke
BHAM ST.THOMAS'
Carney (c)/W.Cartwright/W.Derry/J.Lydiatt(f)/J.Williams/J.Jinks/W.Holden/E.Morris
C.Amer(g)/T.Wilkes (g)/ G.Lawrence (hb)
ROTTON PARK ATHLETIC
A.Weller(g)/G.Corfield(fb)/J.Flowers(c)/C.Hobson/T.Hill(hb)/T.Griffiths/J.Cotterrill/
A.Willmott/H.Grimley/J.Dudley/E.Weller
WESTMINSTER FC
A .S.Powell(g)/J.Burton(fb)/H.Whateley/A.Whateley/Oliver Whateley/F.Hill/
W.Tomlinson/J.Fisher/T.LindenG.Stuubs/Harry Upton
DARLASTON ALL SAINTS
D.Phillips/A.Davis/C.Fenzin/J.Russell/W.Mumford/M.Mason/M.Flaherty/H.Darlington (c)
H.Simpkin/F.Phillips/J.Russell.
WALSALL ALMA
J.Taylor(g)/harper/Allen(fb)/Smith/Taylor/Hodgetts(hb)/ T.Walters(c)/ Chell
Humpage/Ricketts/Smith/Walters.
ARCADIANS (SELLY OAK)
Reeve/Glass/Wells/Riddell/Jackson/Baker/Bore/Sherlock/Robbins/Lennock
SANDWELL FC
Whitehouse(g)/Franks(fb)/Dawes/Perks(hb)/Duckworth/F.Perks/Colley
Haddrer/Cross/Jessop/Reynolds
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