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