Arthur Griffiths (footballer, born 1885)

Arthur Griffiths

Personal information
Full name	Arthur Edwin Griffiths[1]
Date of birth	1885
Place of birth	Stoke-upon-Trent, England[1]
Date of death	1944 (aged 59)[1]
Playing position	Centre forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1904	Hartshill
1905–1907	Stoke	13	(1)
1908–1909	Oldham Athletic	25	(4)
1909–1912	Stoke	97	(48)
1913	Wrexham
Total		135	(53)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Arthur Edwin Griffiths (1885 – 1944) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Oldham Athletic and Stoke.^[1]

Career

Griffiths was born in Stoke-upon-Trent and joined Stoke from Hartshill in 1904.^[1] He made his debut for Stoke at the age of 20 and scored his first goal against Everton on 3 April 1906.^[1] When Stoke went out the Football League at the end of the 1907–08 due to heavy finical problems Griffiths left and signed for Second Division side Oldham Athletic.^[1] After scoring just 4 goals for the "Latics" in 1908–09 he returned to Stoke and in 1909–10 he had a prolific season in front of goal scoring 38 goals in all competitions.^[1] He could not maintain his run in front of goal however and in the next two seasons he scored 13 goals. He left in 1913 to play for Welsh side Wrexham.^[1]

Career statistics

• Sourced from Arthur Griffiths profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke	1905–06	First Division	5	1	0	0	5	1
	1906–07	First Division	4	0	0	0	4	0
	1907–08	Second Division	4	0	1	0	5	0
Oldham Athletic	1908–09	Second Division	25	4	1	0	26	4
Stoke	1909–10	Birmingham & District League	42	36	6	1	48	37
	1910–11	Southern League	44	10	3	1	47	11
	1911–12	Southern League	11	2	1	0	12	2
Career Total			135	53	12	2	147	55

References

1. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.