List of Tranmere Rovers F.C. players (1921–39)

Tranmere in 1921, including Johnny Campbell, Jimmy Moreton and Tommy Stuart^[1]

Tranmere Rovers Football Club is an English association football club based in Birkenhead, Wirral. Founded in 1884, they played their first games under the name Belmont F.C.; in 1885, before the start of their second season, they adopted the name Tranmere Rovers.^[2] In 1889, Tranmere entered the West Lancashire League, and progressed through the Combination, the Lancashire Combination and the Central League.^[3] On 27 August 1921, as founder members of Division Three North,^[4] they won their first Football League match 4–1 against Crewe Alexandra at Prenton Park.^[2] Tranmere have played in the Football League ever since, with the exception of 1939–1946, when competitive football was suspended due to the Second World War. Their highest league finish was fourth in the First Division which, at the time, was the second tier of the league pyramid, in the 1992–93 season.^[5][6]

Players

This list contains players who have appeared in nationally organised first-team competition for Tranmere from 1921 until the Second World War. It includes first-team appearances and goals in the Football League, the FA Cup and the Third Division North Cup. Appearances and goals in other competitions or non-competitive matches are not included. Statistics from the three games in the 1939–40 Football League season abandoned because of the Second World War have been expunged from the records and are not included.^[7] Players that also represented the club after the war are instead at List of post-war Tranmere Rovers F.C. players.

Jimmy Moreton joined in 1910, and went on to manage the team.^[8]

Tommy Stuart was Rovers' regular left back between 1921 and 1927.^[9]

List of pre-war players

Name	Position[note 1]	Years	Appearances[note 2]	GK oals	International[note 3]
Adams, EdwardEdward Adams	FW	1929–1933	7	1	–
Alcock, EdwardEdward Alcock	FW	1935–1936	5	1	–
Almond, JohnJohn Almond	FW	1936–1937	23	5	–
Amery, CharlieCharlie Amery	FB	1935–1938	49	0	–
Baker, HoraceHorace Baker	FW	1934–1936	25	12	–
Baldwin, EdmundEdmund Baldwin	FW	1921–1922	1	0	–
Bamber, JackJack Bamber	HB	1927–1930	89	2	England[12]
Barton, TeddyTeddy Barton	HB	1925–1935	257	5	–
Bedford, FredFred Bedford	FW	1927–1928	3	2	–
Bell, BunnyBunny Bell	FW	1930–1936	127	113	–
Beswick, SammySammy Beswick	FW	1922–1929	73	33	–
Bevan, HarryHarry Bevan	FW	1927–1928	3	2	–
Birtles, DannyDanny Birtles	FW	1924–1925	11	0	–
Bowen, WilliamWilliam Bowen	FW	1929–1930	3	0	–
Bradshaw, GeorgeGeorge Bradshaw	FB	1935–1936	5	0	–
Bradshaw, HarryHarry Bradshaw	GK	1921–1923	61	0	–
Briggs, ArthurArthur Briggs	GK	1924–1932	246	0	–
Brown, JackJack Brown	FW	1923–1925	51	13	Ireland
Brown, SamuelSamuel Brown	FW	1933–1935	13	2	–
Buchan, TomTom Buchan	HB	1923–1924	39	0	–
Buckley, TedTed Buckley	FW	1937–1939	38	14	–
Bullough, DenisDenis Bullough	FW	1921–1922	11	7	–
Burgin, MeynellMeynell Burgin	FW	1934–1935	32	23	–
Burrows, WilfWilf Burrows	GK	1926–1931	49	0	–
Butler, CharlesCharles Butler	FW	1936–1937	1	0	–
Campbell, JohnnyJohnny Campbell	HB	1914–1929	204	11	–
Carter, JosephJoseph Carter	FW	1936–1937	6	1	–
Carvell, ArthurArthur Carvell	FB	1932–1933	11	0	–
Cassidy, JamesJames Cassidy	FW	1937–1939	55	10	–
Chalmers, BillyBilly Chalmers	FW	1925–1926	25	4	–
Charlton, BillyBilly Charlton	FW	1925–1930	137	74	–
Checkland, FrankFrank Checkland	HB	1923–1925	18	0	–
Chiverton, TedTed Chiverton	HB	1932–1935	7	0	–
Clark, ArchieArchie Clark	HB	1935–1939	108	1	–
Conner, BillBill Conner	FB	1930–1931	2	0	–
Cook, FredFred Cook	FW	1921–1923	21	2	–
Cook, GeorgeGeorge Cook	FB	1931–1932	21	2	–
Crewe, BillyBilly Crewe	HB	1924–1925	21	0	–
Crompton, ArthurArthur Crompton	HB	1935–1936	14	4	–
Cropper, RegReg Cropper	FW	1929–1930	18	4	–
Crowther, GeorgeGeorge Crowther	FW	1922–1923	10	2	–
Crutchley, VicVic Crutchley	FB	1930–1931	1	0	–
Cunningham, CharlieCharlie Cunningham	FW	1921–1922	34	6	–
Curnow, JackJack Curnow	GK	1937–1939	59	0	–
Curtis, CharlieCharlie Curtis	HB	1935–1936	28	0	–
Dale, DickieDickie Dale	HB	1931–1932	10	0	–
Davies, ErnieErnie Davies	HB	1936–1938	48	1	–
Davis, SamuelSamuel Davis	FB	1925–1926	5	0	–
Davis, ThomasThomas Davis	FW	1937–1938	11	7	Ireland (FAI)  Ireland (IFA)[note 4]
Dawson, FrankFrank Dawson	FB	1933–1936	83	0	–
Day, AlfAlf Day	HB	1938–1939	33	0	–
Dean, DixieDixie Dean	FW	1923–1925	33	27	–
Dellow, RonnieRonnie Dellow	FW	1935–1939	110	31	–
Dixon, ErnieErnie Dixon	FW	1930–1933	92	59	–
Docking, StanStan Docking	FW	1938–1939	31	7	–
Dodd, ErnieErnie Dodd	FB	1933–1937	16	0	–
Duff, StanleyStanley Duff	FW	1937–1938	10	3	–
Eden, BillyBilly Eden	FW	1934–1939	146	31	–
Edwards, WilliamWilliam Edwards	HB	1936–1937	1	0	–
Evans, HerbieHerbie Evans	HB	1926–1928	46	0	–
Evans, JabezJabez Evans	FW	1922–1925	48	5	–
Fairclough, PeterPeter Fairclough	HB	1921–1922	8	0	–
Fairhurst, DickDick Fairhurst	FB	1935–1937	37	0	–
Fishwick, BertBert Fishwick	FW	1930–1934	93	9	–
Flanagan, JackJack Flanagan	FW	1926–1929	67	43	–
Flowers, GeorgeGeorge Flowers	HB	1937–1939	45	1	–
Fogg, BillyBilly Fogg	FW	1924–1926	22	6	–
Ford, JohnJohn Ford	FW	1921–1922	15	4	–
Forshaw, AllenAllen Forshaw	FB	1921–1922	1	0	–
Forshaw, ArthurArthur Forshaw	FW	1932–1933	1	0	–
Foster, WilliamWilliam Foster	FW	1936–1937	1	0	–
Fraser, NathanNathan Fraser	FW	1938–1939	1	0	–
Frost, WinstonWinston Frost	GK	1936–1937	1	0	–
Fulton, DavidDavid Fulton	FW	1921–1922	8	3	–
Gill, FrancisFrancis Gill	GK	1922–1923	18	0	–
Glasper, WilliamWilliam Glasper	HB	1933–1935	21	4	–
Grainger, JohnJohn Grainger	FB	1921–1922	1	0	–
Gray, AlbertAlbert Gray	GK	1931–1936	213	0	Wales
Gray, RobertRobert Gray	HB	1927–1929	4	1	–
Griffiths, JoeJoe Griffiths	FW	1924–1925	8	0	–
Griffiths, JohnJohn Griffiths	FW	1936–1939	18	1	–
Groves, FredFred Groves	FW	1921–1922	12	7	–
Hagan, AlfAlf Hagan	FW	1926–1927	12	0	–
Halstead, FredFred Halstead	HB	1922–1925	89	2	–
Hamilton, DukeDuke Hamilton	FB	1937–1939	54	1	–
Hawarden, AndrewAndrew Hawarden	HB	1922–1924	21	0	–
Hayes, CharlieCharlie Hayes	FB	1921–1924	26	0	–
Hayes, FredFred Hayes	FW	1922–1924	11	1	–
Hayes, JohnJohn Hayes	FW	1922–1924	3	0	–
Henshaw, ErnieErnie Henshaw	FW	1931–1932	1	0	–
Heslop, TomTom Heslop	HB	1921–1922	8	0	–
Heywood, BertBert Heywood	FW	1934–1935	9	1	–
Hill, ReginaldReginald Hill	HB	1932–1933	1	0	–
Hilton, HaroldHarold Hilton	FW	1921–1924	53	5	–
Hopkinson, SamuelSamuel Hopkinson	HB	1935–1936	11	0	–
Hughes, ThomasThomas Hughes	FW	1921–1922	3	0	–
Hunt, RobertRobert Hunt	FW	1933–1934	10	2	–
Hyam, JamesJames Hyam	FW	1921–1922	1	0	–
Jackson, ArchieArchie Jackson	HB	1928–1930	41	0	–
Jackson, BobBob Jackson	FW	1924–1925	6	1	–
Jackson, GeorgeGeorge Jackson	FB	1923–1930	114	0	–
Jackson, WilliamWilliam Jackson	FB	1936–1937	7	0	–
Jeffes, BertBert Jeffes	HB	1924–1925	16	0	–
Johnson, JohnJohn Johnson	HB	1925–1926	2	0	–
Jones, GwynGwyn Jones	FB	1938–1939	17	0	–
Jones, OssieOssie Jones	FW	1936–1938	59	13	–
Jones, RobertRobert Jones	FB	1932–1933	2	0	–
Jones, TommyTommy Jones	FW	1926–1929	92	28	–
Kearney, SidneySidney Kearney	FW	1937–1939	9	2	–
Kearns, JackJack Kearns	FB	1938–1939	22	1	–
Kelly, CharlesCharles Kelly	FW	1927–1928	1	0	–
Kennedy, AndyAndy Kennedy	FB	1930–1931	38	0	–
Kennedy, JackJack Kennedy	FW	1930–1932	67	45	–
Kimberley, JohnJohn Kimberley	FW	1922–1923	2	0	–
King (footballer), HerbertHerbert King (footballer)	FW	1937–1938	16	5	–
Kitching, HarryHarry Kitching	FW	1931–1932	5	0	–
Leary, RexRex Leary	HB	1922–1924	5	0	–
Leslie, AlexAlex Leslie	HB	1925–1926	14	0	–
Lewins, GeorgeGeorge Lewins	FB	1930–1932	34	0	–
Lewis, CyrilCyril Lewis	FW	1932–1933	8	0	–
Lewis, GingerGinger Lewis	HB	1925–1934	288	10	Wales
Lewis, JosephJoseph Lewis	FB	1923–1925	11	0	–
Lewis, NormanNorman Lewis	GK	1936–1939	61	0	–
Littlehales, HarryHarry Littlehales	FW	1923–1932	173	52	–
Livingstone, DuggieDuggie Livingstone	FB	1930–1933	95	0	–
Lloyd, EvanEvan Lloyd	FW	1921–1922	11	0	–
Lomax, JohnJohn Lomax	FW	1922–1923	5	2	–
MacDonald, WillyWilly MacDonald	FW	1934–1935	89	20	–
Mackay, WilliamWilliam Mackay	FW	1933–1934	7	1	–
Maddocks, EmlynEmlyn Maddocks	FW	1936–1937	2	0	–
Maher, CyrilCyril Maher	FW	1936–1937	1	0	–
Major, BillBill Major	HB	1934–1937	10	0	–
Marquis, FredFred Marquis	FW	1925–1927	74	33	–
Matthews, VinceVince Matthews	HB	1925–1927	88	3	–
Mayson, JohnJohn Mayson	FW	1937–1938	9	2	–
McGrae, JoeJoe McGrae	HB	1925–1926	8	0	–
McLaren, HughHugh McLaren	HB	1935–1937	49	4	–
McMurray, TomTom McMurray	FW	1932–1933	29	4	–
Meacock, BobBob Meacock	HB	1933–1935	62	4	–
Mercer, JoeJoe Mercer	HB	1921–1922	18	1	–
Meston, SammySammy Meston	FW	1929–1932	115	31	–
Miller, AlforthAlforth Miller	FW	1935–1937	30	1	–
Miller, WilliamWilliam Miller	FW	1938–1939	12	1	–
Milnes, CharlesCharles Milnes	HB	1921–1922	16	2	–
Mitchell, FrankFrank Mitchell	GK	1923–1925	63	0	–
Moore, PatrickPatrick Moore	HB	1930–1931	4	0	–
Moorhouse, GeorgeGeorge Moorhouse	HB	1921–1922	2	0	United States
Moreton, JimmyJimmy Moreton	FW	1910–1926	159	12	–
Murphy, BillBill Murphy	FW	1930–1931	3	0	–
Naylor, TommyTommy Naylor	FB	1924–1931	85	2	–
Newton, PercyPercy Newton	HB	1934 –1936	64	0	–
Niven, JamesJames Niven	FB	1921–1922	17	0	–
O'Connor, JohnJohn O'Connor	FW	1927–1928	2	0	–
Obrey, AlfAlf Obrey	HB	1938–1939	17	0	–
Owen, ArthurArthur Owen	FB	1936–1939	11	0	–
Owen, BillyBilly Owen	FW	1935–1936	6	4	–
Pearson, TichTich Pearson	MF	1932–1934	33	1	–
Pennington, JamesJames Pennington	FW	1933–1934	2	1	–
Perfect, FrankFrank Perfect	FB	1937–1939	16	0	–
Phillips, ErnestErnest Phillips	HB	1922–1923	19	1	–
Platt, DickDick Platt	FB	1932–1937	189	0	–
Poskett, ThomasThomas Poskett	GK	1935–1937	24	0	–
Prentice, JohnJohn Prentice	FW	1921–1922	25	5	–
Proctor, NormanNorman Proctor	FW	1925–1927	59	14	–
Rainford, BillyBilly Rainford	FW	1921–1923	22	6	–
Ratcliffe, ArchieArchie Ratcliffe	FW	1922–1923	2	0	–
Richards, PercyPercy Richards	FW	1928–1929	5	1	–
Ridding, BillBill Ridding	FW	1928–1930, 1935–1936	20	13	–
Ridgway, JohnJohn Ridgway	FB	1928–1929	2	0	–
Rimmer, EllisEllis Rimmer	FW	1924–1928	66	22	–
Roberts, BillyBilly Roberts	FW	1925–1926	6	1	–
Roberts, GeraldGerald Roberts	FB	1932–1933	2	0	–
Roberts, JamesJames Roberts	FW	1921–1922	34	1	–
Robertson, WilliamWilliam Robertson	FW	1936–1937	1	0	–
Robinson, AlfredAlfred Robinson	FW	1921–1922	4	0	–
Robinson, JamesJames Robinson	FW	1922–1924	8	1	–
Roper, WilliamWilliam Roper	GK	1932–1935	3	0	–
Rothwell, PeterPeter Rothwell	FW	1923–1925	9	0	–
Rowles, ReginaldReginald Rowles	FB	1931–1932	2	0	–
Roy, JackJack Roy	FW	1938–1939	21	2	–
Rutter, EdwardEdward Rutter	HB	1924–1925	15	0	–
Sayer, StanStan Sayer	FW	1922–1925	87	33	–
Sewell, GeorgeGeorge Sewell	HB	1922–1923	35	0	–
Sharkey, BernardBernard Sharkey	FW	1922–1923	23	3	–
Sharp, AlexAlex Sharp	HB	1930–1931	3	0	–
Shears, BertBert Shears	HB	1930–1931	29	0	–
Sherlock, HaroldHarold Sherlock	GK	1936–1937	1	0	–
Smith, GeorgeGeorge Smith	FW	1924–1926	37	0	–
Smith, RegReg Smith	FW	1938–1939	1	0	–
Smith, WilliamWilliam Smith	FW	1938–1939	1	0	–
Spence, JamesJames Spence	FB	1930–1931	2	0	–
Spencer, RegReg Spencer	HB	1931–1939	256	3	–
Spencer, TeddyTeddy Spencer	FW	1932–1934	17	4	–
Stott, TomTom Stott	FW	1921–1922	1	0	–
Stuart, TomTom Stuart	FB	1921–1928	205	13	–
Sugden, ArthurArthur Sugden	FB	1921–1923	4	0	–
Temple, ErnestErnest Temple	GK	1932–1933, 1936–1937	2	0	–
Thirkell, PercyPercy Thirkell	FB	1925–1930	184	0	–
Thomas, RobertRobert Thomas	FW	1938–1939	9	1	–
Thomas, WilliamWilliam Thomas	HB	1933–1934	7	0	–
Thompson, BobBob Thompson	FB	1922–1923	36	5	–
Thompson, RobertRobert Thompson	FW	1926–1927	1	0	–
Tong, RobertRobert Tong	FW	1932–1934	7	1	–
Travis, HarryHarry Travis	FW	1938–1939	14	3	–
Tucker, CharlesCharles Tucker	GK	1936–1937	1	0	–
Urmson, FredFred Urmson	FW	1927–1936	333	107	–
Walkden, EdgarEdgar Walkden	HB	1937–1939	22	0	–
Waring, PongoPongo Waring	FW	1927–1928, 1936–1939	105	67	England
Warren, EmerysEmerys Warren	FB	1933–1935	9	0	–
Wassell, GillieGillie Wassell	FB	1937–1939	65	2	–
Waterston, ArchieArchie Waterston	FW	1929–1930	32	19	–
Watson, JackJack Watson	HB	1933–1936	5	1	–
Watts, FarewellFarewell Watts	FW	1929–1934	128	60	–
White, BobBob White	FW	1925–1927	47	16	–
Whitehurst, BertBert Whitehurst	FW	1931–1934	90	35	–
Whyte, CrawfordCrawford Whyte	FB	1936–1937	12	0	–
Wilde, LeslieLeslie Wilde	GK	1923–1924	1	0	–
Winn, EdwardEdward Winn	HB	1921–1922	1	0	–
Wood, AlbertAlbert Wood	FW	1936–1937	39	11	–
Woodward, BillyBilly Woodward	FW	1933–1936	110	44	–
Yates, WilfWilf Yates	FB	1926–1929	97	0	–

Notes

1. Positions are listed according to the tactical formation that were employed until the 1960s.
2. All statistics sourced from Upton; Wilson; Bishop (2009)^[10] which does not include FA Cup appearances prior to 1921.^[7]
3. If a player received an international first-team cap, the country or countries he represented are shown.^[11]
4. Between 1926 and 1950, two competing teams represented the island of Ireland – the FAI and the IFA.^[13][14] Davis was a dual international who played for both teams.^[15]

References

General

• Bishop, Peter (1990). The A–Z of Tranmere Rovers. Ellesmere Port: Chester IV Graphics. ASIN B0011SRSOG.

• Bishop, Peter (1 November 1998). Tranmere Rovers Football Club. Images of England. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 978-0-7524-1505-5.

• Upton, Gilbert (December 1991). Tranmere Rovers, 1881–1921: A New History. ISBN 978-0-9518648-0-7.

• Upton, Gilbert; Wilson, Steve (November 1997). Tranmere Rovers 1921–1997: A Complete Record. ISBN 978-0-9518648-2-1.

• Upton, Gilbert; Wilson, Steve; Bishop, Peter (24 July 2009). Tranmere Rovers: The Complete Record. Breedon. ISBN 978-1-85983-711-5.

Specific

1. Bishop (1998). p. 18
2. "Club History". Tranmere Rovers F.C. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
3. Upton; Wilson (1997). "A Short History of Tranmere Rovers". pp. 7–10. Missing or empty |title= (help)
4. Felton, Paul; Spencer, Barry (14 June 2000). "England 1921–22". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
5. Upton; Wilson; Bishop (2009). "Key Data". pp. 492–496. Missing or empty |title= (help)
6. Felton, Paul. "Season 1992–93". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
7. Upton; Wilson; Bishop (2009). "By Way of Explanation". pp. 545–546. Missing or empty |title= (help)
8. Bishop (1990). "Moreton, Jimmy". p. 30. Missing or empty |title= (help)
9. Bishop (1998). p. 20
10. Upton; Wilson; Bishop (2009). "Player Records". pp. 520–538. Missing or empty |title= (help)
11. Upton; Wilson; Bishop (2009). "International Players up to 2008–09". pp. 470–471. Missing or empty |title= (help)
12. Courtney, Barrie (21 March 2004). "England – International Results 1920–1929". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
13. Byrne, Peter (1996). Football Association of Ireland: 75 years. Dublin: Sportsworld. p. 59. ISBN 1-900110-06-7.
14. Ryan, Sean (1997). The Boys in Green: the FAI international story. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 31. ISBN 1-85158-939-2.
15. Mamrud, Roberto (15 July 2011). "Players Appearing for Two or More Countries". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 24 February 2012.