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

For players that have made at least 100 appearances for the club, see List of Tranmere Rovers F.C. players. For players that represented the club after the Second World War, see List of post-war Tranmere Rovers F.C. players.

Black and white photograph of Tranmere Rovers squad

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.

Black and white photograph of Jimmy Moreton

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

Black and white photograph of Tommy Stuart

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

Notes

↑ Positions are listed according to the tactical formation that were employed until the 1960s.
↑ All statistics sourced from Upton; Wilson; Bishop (2009)^[10] which does not include FA Cup appearances prior to 1921.^[7]
↑ If a player received an international first-team cap, the country or countries he represented are shown.^[11]
↑ 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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Players of Tranmere Rovers FC.

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

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

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