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

Club Season League FA Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke 1905–06 First Division 510051
1906–07 First Division 400040
1907–08 Second Division 401050
Oldham Athletic 1908–09 Second Division 25410264
Stoke 1909–10 Birmingham & District League 4236614837
1910–11 Southern League 4410314711
1911–12 Southern League 11210122
Career Total 1355312214755

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
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