Ernie Watts (footballer, born 1872) explained

Ernie Watts
Fullname:Ernest Arthur Watts[1]
Position:Right half, goalkeeper
Birth Date:11 April 1872[2]
Birth Place:Woolhampton, England
Death Date:1956
Years2:1898
Years4:1903–1904
Years5:1904–1905
Years8:1906
Clubs1:Reading
Clubs2:Notts County
Clubs3:Reading
Clubs4:West Ham United
Clubs5:New Brompton
Clubs6:Grays Athletic
Clubs7:Reading
Clubs8:Clapton Orient
Clubs9:Reading
Caps2:17
Goals2:0
Caps4:25
Goals4:1
Caps5:30
Goals5:0
Caps8:2
Goals8:0

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

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,[3] before joining New Brompton in 1904, where he was a regular starter during the 1904–05 season.[4] 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,[3] as well as playing minor counties cricket for Berkshire from 1896 to 1908, making 85 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Joyce, Michael. Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. 2012. 2002. SoccerData. Nottingham. 978-1-905891-61-0. 304.
  2. Web site: Ernest WATTS ... (1903 - 1904) . Steve . Marsh . theyflysohigh.co.uk . 14 October 2018 .
  3. Book: Hogg, Tony . 2005 . Who's Who of West Ham United . Profile Sports Media . 1-903135-50-8. 212.
  4. Book: Brown, Tony . The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record . Soccerdata . 2003 . 1-899468-20-X . 22.
  5. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Arthur Watts . CricketArchive . 2019-02-06 . subscription.