5'8.5" 11st.4lb.
b. Dumbarton 20 July 1867
d. Selly Oak 2 September 1915
 

Debut  7 September 1889 (22y 49d) Final Game 20 March 1897 (29y 243d)
First Goal 5 March 1892 Final Goal 13 February 1897
CAREER: Dumbarton Athletic '84;Dumbarton Sep'87;Blackburn Rovers Jul'89;New Brighton Tower May'97;Southampton Aug'98-'99.
INTERNATIONALS  Scotland  2 apps 1 gl
’88 v Ire 1gl.’89 v Eng.
FOOTBALL LEAGUE  1 app ’91 v F All.
HONOURS FAC win (Blackburn Rovers) ’90,’91.
 

FL         174 apps    7 gls
FAC       23 apps     3 gls
Total   197 apps  10 gls  et 30m
LC        22 apps    1 gl    et 30m
 

The son of a journeyman engineer, he was still a young man when he came to the Rovers but was already a complete player, awkward in style but effective and a hard opponent. Although he could play anywhere on the half back line he was most effective in the centre and contributed greatly to successive cup final victories in 1890 and 1891. He spent eight seasons with the club before helping New Brighton to the championship of the Lancashire League and elevation to the Football League. An upholsterer and cabinet maker he was landlord of the Swan Inn when he was at Blackburn but fell on hard times when he retired and was grateful to the Rovers for a benefit game. He and Tom Brandon married sisters from Blackburn. His death at an early age came after he had been receiving treatment for a peptic ulcer that turned out to be cancer.