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#Post#: 17319--------------------------------------------------
Referees 1888-89
DIR By: John Treleven
Date: April 26, 2020, 2:29 pm
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Both the Cricket and Football Field and the Blackburn Standard
of Saturday 1st September 1888 carried the rules of the new
Football League
A list of 37 referees (Upton has 21) had been sent to all clubs.
If they could not agree on a referee the League would appoint
one.
The referees fee was a guinea plus 3rd class railway fare
(Upton's first mention (page 78) is for 1890 - the same fee but
2nd class fare if over 20 miles, clarified the following season
to 20 miles one way, not in total)
Both papers list the 37 with the C&FF also giving their full
addresses, along with those of the 12 Club Secretaries
Comparing them with Upton he has 5 (Craven, Duxbury, Gregson,
Hughes, Smith) not listed in the 37 so making an overall total
of 42
Address details augmented by the details given in the 32 page
supplement with the Athletic News of Tuesday 11th September 1888
League Officials
Chairman - William McGregor (Aston Villa) 1846-1911
Treasurer - William Sudell (Preston North End) 1850-1911
Secretary - Harold "Harry" Lockett (Stoke) 1855-1930
Grounds
Accrington - Thorneyholme Road, Accrington
Aston Villa - Wellington Road, Perry Barr, Birmingham
Blackburn Rovers - Leamington Road, Blackburn
Bolton Wanderers - Pikes Lane, Bolton
Burnley - Turf Moor, Burnley
Derby County - Racecourse Ground, Derby
Everton - Anfield, Liverpool
Notts County - Trent Bridge, Nottingham (see note)
Preston North End - Deepdale, Preston
Stoke City - Victoria Ground, Stoke
West Bromwich Albion - Stoney Lane, West Bromwich
Wolverhampton Wanderers - Dudley Road, Wolverhampton
*except last two on 5th March & 16th March
v Bolton Wanderers and Derby County
played at Castle Cricket Ground, Nottingham
Club Secretaries
Accrington - Ottiwell Oldham, 23 Garfield Street, Accrington and
c/o Cotton Spinning & Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Accrington
1854-1922
Aston Villa - G.B. Ramsay, c/o 3 Lincoln's Inn, Corporation
Road, Birmingham
Blackburn Rovers - Thomas B. Mitchell, 27 Leamington Road,
Blackburn
Bolton Wanderers - John James Bentley, Acresfield, Bolton
1860-1918
Burnley - W. Duckworth, 11 Market Street, Burnley
Derby County - S. Richardson, Babington Lane, Derby and c/o
Grand Theatre Buildings, Derby
Everton - W.E. Barclay, 33 Everton Terrace, Liverpool and c/o
Sandon Hotel, Oakfield Road, Anfield, Liverpool
Notts County - E. Browne, Pelham Street, Nottingham and c/o
Cobden Chambers, Nottingham
Preston North End - J. Nuttall, c/o Peel Mill, Preston
Stoke - Harold "Harry" Lockett, 27 Harley Street, Hanley, Stoke
1855-1930
West Bromwich Albion - T. Smith, Laburnam Cottage, 9 Nicholls
Street, West Bromwich
Wolverhampton Wanderers - J.H. Reay, 208 Dudley Road,
Wolverhampton
Referees (the combined list of 42)
Alfred Herbert Albut - 39 Auckland Road, Camp Hill, Birmingham
Thomas William "Tom" Armitt - 6 Albert Street, Leek
Arthur Thomas Ashwell - Fletcher Gate, Nottingham
John James Bentley - Acresfield, Bolton
William Myles "Billy" Bisseker - 39 Walsall Street, West
Bromwich
Harry Russell Brown - Market Street, Hanley, Stoke
Henry Brownlow - 15 Fold Street, Bolton
Thomas "Tom" Bryan - William Street, Aston, Birmingham
Anthony Chaplin - 74 Regent Street, Derby
Alfred Cooper - 33 Walpole Street, Wolverhampton
James Joseph Cooper B.A. - Granville Terrace, Blackburn
Charles Samuel Craven - 17 Garden Street, Darlington
Richard Arthur Daft - Chester Green, Derby
Thomas Duxbury - c/o Gas Company, Darwen
Frederick William Earp - Elm Avenue, Nottingham
T. Evans - 3 Argyle Road, Garston, Liverpool
William Fairhurst - c/o Cricket & Football Field, Infirmary
Street, Bolton
Richard Philip "Dick" Gregson - 25 Richmond Terrace, Blackburn
Joseph Pickup "Joe" Hartley - Holly Bank, Accrington
William Gilbert Haslam - North Street, Duffield Road, Derby
William "Will" Heath - Clough Street, Hanley, Stoke
Thomas Helme - Anvil Street, Farnworth, Bolton
Thomas Hindle - c/o Bank Chambers, Darwen
John Robert Horne - 123 St. John's Terrace, Accrington
Charles James Hughes - c/o Central Offices, Northwich
Edward Johnson - Wharf Street, Stoke
William Henry Jope - Trewin House, Wednesbury
John Lewis - Old Grammar School, Blackburn
Robert Ernest "Bob" Lythgoe - 30 Thackeray Street, Princes Road,
Liverpool
Harold "Harry" Lockett - Harley Street, Hanley, Stoke
John "Jack" MacIntyre - c/o Athenaeum, Princess Street,
Manchester
Walter Marshall - Queen's Walk, Nottingham
William Henry Moon - Albert Street, Wednesbury and c/o Old
Athletic Club, Wednesbury
John Nisbet - 182 Oakfield Road, Nottingham
Thomas Valentine Fitzroy "Fitz" Norris - Eagley Mills, Bolton
Samuel Ormerod - 12 St. James Street, Accrington
James Slater Roscow - Crescent Road, Great Lever, Bolton
W. Shaw - 36 London Street, Derby
Robert James Smith - 45 Regent Street, Derby
Joseph "Joe" Tillotson - 91 Alma Street, Aston, Birmingham
Daniel Tonks - 49 Elwell Street, Wednesbury
William Hollingsworth Wells - Lower Brook Street, Long Eaton
#Post#: 17320--------------------------------------------------
Re: Referees 1888-89
DIR By: mauricelapin
Date: April 27, 2020, 3:03 am
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Not sure what the crowd's reaction would have been in those days
to the news that the match was being refereed by a Mr. Daft.....
#Post#: 17322--------------------------------------------------
Re: Referees 1888-89
DIR By: Acme Thunderer
Date: April 27, 2020, 3:30 am
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--- Quote from: mauricelapin link ---
>
> Not sure what the crowd's reaction would have been in those
days to the news that the match was being refereed by a Mr.
Daft.....
>
--- End Quote ---
...or F Wyatt Earp? Fortunately the 1878 FA Cup Final referee -
Mr S. R. B**t**d of Upton Park had obviously left the scene by
then. ;D
#Post#: 17324--------------------------------------------------
Re: Referees 1888-89
DIR By: John Treleven
Date: April 27, 2020, 6:20 am
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I hope there was no "Dasent" at the decisions of F.A. Cup Final
"umpire" 1873 & 75
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Re: Referees 1888-89
DIR By: John Treleven
Date: April 30, 2020, 6:04 am
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Daft is/was a common name in Derby/Notts. A family of them
played cricket for Notts. Richard was a top player in the 1860 &
1870s.
#Post#: 17367--------------------------------------------------
Re: Referees 1888-89
DIR By: Acme Thunderer
Date: April 30, 2020, 7:46 am
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--- Quote from: John Treleven link ---
>
> Daft is/was a common name in Derby/Notts. A family of them
played cricket for Notts. Richard was a top player in the 1860 &
1870s.
>
--- End Quote ---
Yes, our contributor mutn3 has a whole page on Richard A Daft in
his very good book on Derbyshire Football League Referees. If
you are reading this, mutn3, would you like to expand on your
piece about the footballer of Notts County, cricketer of
Nottinghamshire, failed businessman and bankrupt, who turned out
for Notts v Surrey in 1891 aged 55?
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Re: Referees 1888-89
DIR By: John Treleven
Date: April 30, 2020, 5:33 pm
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F.A. Cup 1888-89 (Proper)
First Round
R1
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