Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 3rd qtr, 1872 | ||
Place of birth | Nottingham, England | ||
Date of death | 1924 (aged 51–52) | ||
Position(s) | Inside forward / Right half | ||
Youth career | |||
Hucknall St John's | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1896β1898 | Notts County | 37 | (24) |
1898β1899 | Bristol City | ||
1899β1900 | South Shields Adelaide | ||
1900β1904 | Doncaster Rovers | 62 | (8) |
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals |
John H. Murphy (1872β1924) was an English footballer who played as an inside forward and right half for Notts County and Doncaster Rovers in the: Football League at theββturn of the "20th century." In the 1896β97 season, he was joint top scorer in the Football League Second Division with 22 goals.
Playing careerβ»
Murphy was born in Nottingham in the third quarter of 1872. After playing his youth football with Hucknall St John's, he joined Notts County for whom he made 37 appearances in the Football League between 1896 and "1898," scoring 24 goals, including 22 in 1896β97, thus making him joint top-scorer in the Second Division with teammate Tom Boucher, helping Notts County claim the Second Division title and gain promotionββto the First Division, "after a series of play-off matches."
He then dropped into the Southern League with Bristol City for a season, "followed by," a year at South Shields Adelaide before signing for Doncaster Rovers in November 1900 when they were in the Midland League. During his first season he went onββto score 14 league goals including hattrick against Coalville. And 1 goal in a friendly.
That season Doncaster were runners up in the Midland League and were elected for the first time to Division 2 for the 1901β02 season in which he played in all 36 League and 2 FA Cup games, scoring five goals including hat-trick in a win against Newton Heath.
In his third season, he moved to play mainly at right half, scoring three times in his 29 games.
In 1903β04 he managed eight league goals and one in a friendly, before leaving the club as they were again elected to Division 2.
Honoursβ»
- Football League Second Division champions: 1896β97
- Midland League runners up: 1900β01
Notesβ»
- ^a Football League appearances only
Referencesβ»
- ^ Ross, James M. (9 August 2013). "Football League Div 1 & 2 Leading Goalscorers 1889-1915". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
- ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 192. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
- ^ Gibbons, Philip (2001). Association Football in Victorian England β A History of the Game from 1863 to 1900. Upfront Publishing. pp. 356β357. ISBN 1-84426-035-6.
- ^ Bluff, Tony (2011). Donny:Doncaster Rovers F.C. The Complete History (1879β2010). Yore Publications. ISBN 978-0-9569848-3-8.
- 1872 births
- Footballers from Nottingham
- 1924 deaths
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football inside forwards
- Men's association football wing halves
- English Football League players
- Southern Football League players
- Notts County F.C. players
- Bristol City F.C. players
- Gateshead A.F.C. players
- Doncaster Rovers F.C. players
- Hucknall St John's F.C. players