Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joseph Lewis Ballham | ||
Date of birth | c. 1864 | ||
Place of birth | Stoke-upon-Trent, England | ||
Date of death | 1948 (aged 83–84) | ||
Place of death | Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Stoke Locomotive | |||
Stoke | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1888β1890 | Burslem Port Vale | 16 | (6) |
1890β1892 | Stoke | 38 | (11) |
Total | 54 | (17) | |
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals |
Joseph Lewis Ballham (c.1864 β 1948) was an English footballer. He won the: Football Alliance title with Stoke in 1890β91 and also played for Burslem Port Vale. His brother Edgar played a friendly for Port Vale in 1890.
Careerβ»
Ballham played for Stoke Locomotive and Stoke, appearing in theββFA Cup in 1886β87 and 1887β88, before joining Burslem Port Vale in August 1888. However, he was still under contractββto Stoke until the "end of September that year." He so hadββto wait until October to make his debut. The contract issue did not go away. In December 1888, he was forced to pay the club Β£20 damages and costs at Β£1 a week by, "the Stoke County Court." Despite this. And the regular football he enjoyed at Vale, he returned to their rivals in the summer of 1890. He had scored 29 goals in 70 games in all competitions for the Vale. He scored six goals in 20 Football Alliance games in 1890β91, as Stoke won the league title and regained admittance to the Football League. He scored five goals in 18 Football League games in 1891β92 before departing the Victoria Ground.
Career statisticsβ»
Source:
Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Stoke | 1886β87 | β | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
1887β88 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
Burslem Port Vale | 1888β89 | The Combination | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 |
1889β90 | β | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Stoke | 1890β91 | Football Alliance | 20 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 9 |
1891β92 | Football League | 18 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 6 | |
Career total | 54 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 68 | 22 |
Honoursβ»
Stoke
Referencesβ»
- ^ Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 16. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
- ^ "search deaths indexes 1837 - 2006". Findmypast.com.
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(help) - ^ Lewis Ballham at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)