Singer FC players 1885-1898

The following is a list of players in A-Z format who have played for the Singer Football Club first team. Match reports and team line-ups did not appear regularly in the local press until the 1887/1888 season. Early match reports were provided by George Maley, football correspondent for the Coventry Reporter newspaper, who wrote under the nom-de-plume “Dribbler”. Maley was born in Birmingham on 4 July 1862. He joined the newly launched Midland Daily Telegraph (Coventry) newspaper in February 1891. In September 1894 William Ironside McGhie became football correspondent for the MDT. He wrote under the pseudonym “Nemo”.

McGhie was born in Rugby on 26 October 1878. Match details quoted for each individual player indicate when he was named in the first team for the first time, according to available press reports. These reports have also been used to calculate appearance totals. Some players were employees of the Singer Company. Others, especially promising young players, were recruited from the best local teams, for example Rudge F.C. and Foleshill Great Heath F.C. It could be stated this was a policy to develop young local talent for the benefit of Singer F.C.

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ALLDRICK, Albert, full back
ALLSOP, goalkeeper
ASBURY, position unknown
ASHMORE, full back
AUSTIN, centre forward
AYRE, centre forward

BAGNALL, F, half back
BAILEY, right wing
BANKS, Henry “Harry”, left & right wing/inside forward
BARNACLE, Henry, full back
BATES, centre half
BENTLEY, G, right wing
BENTLEY, R, centre half
(The Bentley’s are brothers)
BENTON, goalkeeper
BENWELL, goalkeeper
BIRD, Thomas, inside forward
BODLEY, Harry, left wing
BOND, centre forward
BOTTRILL (centre half)
BOWERS, George Edward, right wing/inside forward
BOWKETT, Harry, full back
BRIGGS, Joseph “Joe”, left wing
BROCKLEBANK, half back
BROOKS, left wing
BROWN, centre half
BUCKINGHAM, Fred, half back
BUCKLEY, inside forward

CANNINGS, Thomas, half back
CARPENTER, full back
CASEY, Sam, goalkeeper
CASH, inside forward
CASHMORE, Thomas, left wing/full back
CASHMORE, William, goalkeeper
CHATLAND, Herbert, right wing/half back
CLARKE, left wing
COLLINS, Joseph Charles, full back
COTTERILL, J, forward
COTTERILL, Thomas “Tom”, forward
(The Cotterill’s are brothers)
CRADDOCK, goalkeeper
CRUMP, full back
CULM, full back

DAVIS, J, centre forward
DAY, half back
DORRELL, George, centre forward
DORRELL, William, inside forward/left wing
(The Dorrell’s are brothers)
DUGGINS, centre forward
DUNSBEE, centre forward

EDGE, James “Jimmy”, goalkeeper
EDMOND, Walter, half back
EDWARDS, Harry, inside forward
EDWARDS, John, inside forward
EDWARDS, William, inside forward
ELT, full back

FESSEY, W or G, inside forward
FLAVELL, Arthur, goalkeeper
FLETCHER, William “Billy”, inside forward
FOLEY, half back

GALLIER, Howard, inside forward
GLEW, J, full back
GLOVER, centre forward
GODSALL, full back
GORDON, centre forward
GREGORY, half back
GRIFFITHS, right wing

HANCOX, full back
HANDS, Harry, right wing
HARDY, William, half back
HARRIS, inside forward
HARRIS, Joe, full back
HATHAWAY, Henry, centre half
HAYNES, B, left wing
HAYWOOD/HAYWARD, H, inside forward/centre forward
HEATH/BULLIVANT, Samuel, half back/winger/inside forward
HEMMERSLEY, A, inside forward
HERBERT, full back
HINDS, C, left wing
HOLMES, centre forward
HOLLINS, goalkeeper
HOLLIS, half back
HOLLOWAY, centre forward
HORNSBY, Harry, half back
HOUSTON, centre half
HOWELL, Will, right wing/half back
HUBBARD, George, left wing
HUGHES, William, centre forward
HUTT, half back

INGRAM, centre forward
IRELAND, Owen, full back

JENNINGS, inside forward

KENDRICK, half back
KILLEEN, left wing
KIRK, Edwin, left wing/goalkeeper

LATHAM, inside forward
LAW, J, inside forward
LEE, full back
LOMAS, Charles “Charlie”, centre half/half back
LOWE, Thomas “Tommy”, right wing
LUCAS, left wing

MARSHALL, inside forward
MASON, John “Jack”, half back
MASON, William “Bill”, inside forward
MOBLEY, Frank, centre forward
MOSELEY, Francis “Frank”, right wing/inside forward
MOWE, W, half back
MULLINS, full back

NEWHALL, Benjamin, centre forward
NEWHALL, S, inside forward
NEWTON, half back

OLDFIELD, inside forward

PARSONS, half back
PERRY, C, inside forward
POOLE, Andrew, goalkeeper
POTTER, right wing
POWELL, inside forward
PREEDY, half back
PRETTY, Charles, right wing
PRICE, full back

RAINBOW, half back
REEVES, centre forward
RICHARDS, inside forward
RICKUS, John Thomas “Jack”, inside forward
ROBERTS, Charles “Charlie”, centre forward/centre half
ROBINSON, Arthur Charles “Nat”, goalkeeper
ROGERS, full back
ROWE, inside forward
RUSSELL, goalkeeper

SHAW, Walter James, left wing
SHAW, W, centre forward
SHELDON, J, full back
SIMMS, A, centre half
SKELDING, full back
SLATER, W.S, left wing
SMITH, F, right wing
SOUTHAM, half back
SPICER, left wing
STANLEY, Willie, centre forward
SUMMERFIELD, M, centre half
SUTHARD, Tom, inside forward

TASKER, J, left wing
TIMMINS, centre forward
THOMAS, inside forward
TOMLINSON, A, inside forward
TRUEMAN, centre forward
TURNER, Herbert, goalkeeper/inside forward

WALKER, full back
WATTS, D, left wing
WEBSTER, position unknown
WESTON, Samuel “Sammy”, left wing
WHITEHOUSE, Harold Arthur “Harry”, left wing/goalkeeper
WHITEHOUSE, Joseph Richard “Joe”, half back
WILSON, E, full back
WILSON, J, winger/inside forward
WINDRIDGE, Samuel “Sam”, half back
WINLEY, half back
WOODFIELD, inside forward
WRIGHT, Samuel “Sam”, inside forward

YARDLEY, Ernest, left wing
YORKE, centre forward