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Ernie Watts (footballer, born 1872)

Ernest Arthur Watts (11 April 1872 – 1956) was an English footballer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Ernie Watts
Personal information
Full name Ernest Arthur Watts[1]
Date of birth (1872-04-11)11 April 1872[2]
Place of birth Woolhampton, England
Date of death 1956[3]
Position(s) Right half, goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Reading
1898 Notts County 17 (0)
Reading
1903–1904 West Ham United 25 (1)
1904–1905 New Brompton 30 (0)
Grays Athletic
Reading
1906 Clapton Orient 02 (0)
Reading
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Born in Woolhampton in Berkshire, his earliest known club was Reading, before he moved to Notts County, where he made 17 appearances in The Football League.[1] He had a second spell with Reading and also played for West Ham United, where he was captain for the club's final season at the Memorial Grounds,[4] before joining New Brompton in 1904, where he was a regular starter during the 1904–05 season.[5] His later clubs included Grays Athletic and Clapton Orient, as well as two more spells with Reading.[1]

Watts was a soldier and played for the Royal Berkshire Regiment Cricket XI,[4] as well as playing minor counties cricket for Berkshire from 1896 to 1908, making 85 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2012) [2002]. Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 304. ISBN 978-1-905891-61-0.
  2. ^ Marsh, Steve. "Ernest WATTS ... (1903 - 1904)". theyflysohigh.co.uk. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  3. ^ Ernie Watts at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  4. ^ a b Hogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media. p. 212. ISBN 1-903135-50-8.
  5. ^ Brown, Tony (2003). The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record. Soccerdata. p. 22. ISBN 1-899468-20-X.
  6. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Arthur Watts". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2019.


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