5'9" 11st.

b. Paulton 30 September 1908

d. Bath 24 April 1981

Debut 10 November 1928 (20y 41d) Final Game 7 March 1931 (22y 158d)

First Goal 10 November 1928 Final Goal 8 November 1930

CAREER: Paulton United;Bath City;Bristol City Jan'27[4-1];Blackburn Rovers May'28 (£4,000 with Keating);Coventry City Jun'31 (£750)[228-171];Plymouth Argyle Oct'37[8-3];Bristol City Jan'38-'39[54-13].

HONOURS 3 Div S Ch (Coventry City) ’36.

FL       63 apps  37 gls  4g 2

FAC      9 apps   5  gls

Total 72 apps  42 gls

LC      5 apps    4 gls

Penalty record  T 1 Sc 1

Strike rate 154 mins

A man who started work as an apprentice printer, he was brought to the Rovers for grooming with the reserves and proved an ebullient goalscorer who twice scored four goals in a game. He was introduced into the team at the expense of the cup hero, Roscamp, and although he proved a regular marksman Blackburn still measured their ouput by the standards of Ted Harper. The decision to sell him to Coventry was a major error. In 228 league games he scored 171 goals and whilst the standards of the Third Division were less demanding, there is no doubt that he would have scored goals in the First Division. After the war he coached in Denmark.