West Yorkshire League 1/26

01-09-1904

Morley (h)

2-2 (D)

Unknown Unknown

Team

West Yorkshire League 2/26

03-09-1904

Altofts (h)

1-2 (L)

Durant

Team

The game was played at Wellington Ground, Low Road, Hunslet.

West Yorkshire League 3/26

10-09-1904

Elland Ramdonians (a)

1-2 (L)

Simpson

Team

West Yorkshire League 4/26

24-09-1904

Huddersfield (a)

3-1 (W)

Hefferon Soar Holmes

Team

West Yorkshire League 5/26

08-10-1904

Mirfield United (a)

2-1 (W)

Morris Unknown

Team

West Yorkshire League 6/26

22-10-1904

Starbeck (a)

1-1 (D)

Simpson

Team

West Yorkshire League 7/26

05-11-1904

Rothwell White Rose (a)

1-4 (L)

Musgrave

Team

West Yorkshire League 8/26

19-11-1904

Heckmondwike (h)

0-3 (L)

Team

West Yorkshire League 9/26

26-11-1904

Beeston Hill Parish Church (a)

0-3 (L)

Team

West Yorkshire League 10/26

03-12-1904

Oulton (h)

2-2 (D)

Simpson G. Howard

Team

West Yorkshire League 11/26

10-12-1904

Bradford City Reserves (h)

1-5 (L)

Sawyer

Team

West Yorkshire League 12/26

17-12-1904

Rothwell White Rose (h)

1-0 (W)

Dixon

Team

West Yorkshire League 13/26

24-12-1904

Morley (a)

0-4 (L)

Team

West Yorkshire League 14/26

26-12-1904

Huddersfield (h)

1-1 (Abandoned)(D)

Perkins? Dixon?

Team

Abandoned after seventy-two minutes due to fog. Replayed on 25th April 1905.

West Yorkshire League 15/26

31-12-1904

Altofts (a)

2-4 (L)

Unknown Unknown

Team

West Yorkshire League 16/26

28-01-1905

Dewsbury and Savile (a)

0-0 (D)

Team

West Yorkshire League 17/26

11-03-1905

Elland Ramdonians (h)

0-4 (L)

Team

The game was played at Elland.

West Yorkshire League 18/26

18-03-1905

Beeston Hill Parish Church (h)

5-1 (W)

Spiksley 2 (1 pen) F. Howard 1 G. Howard H. Hunt

Team

West Yorkshire League 19/26

18-03-1905

Heckmondwike (a)

1-3 (L)

Humberstone

Team

West Yorkshire League 20/26

23-03-1905

Dewsbury and Savile (h)

DNP

Team

The game was cancelled and never played.

West Yorkshire League 21/26

01-04-1905

Oulton (a)

DNP

Team

The game was postponed because of Oulton playing a Cup-tie and was never played.

West Yorkshire League 22/26

12-04-1905

Upper Armley Christ Church (h)

2-2 (D)

Spiksley Austin

Team

West Yorkshire League 23/26

22-04-1905

Bradford City Reserves (a)

1-1 (D)

F. Howard

Team

West Yorkshire League 24/26

24-04-1905

Mirfield United (h)

1-0 (W)

Austin

Team

Home game but venue uncertain

West Yorkshire League 25/26

25-04-1905

Upper Armley Christ Church (a)

4-1 (W)

Dixon McKay F. Howard Clay (pen)

Team

West Yorkshire League 14a/26

25-04-1905

Huddersfield (h)

1-0 (W)

Simpson

Team

Postponed from abandoned game on 26th December 1904.

West Yorkshire League 26/26

29-04-1905

Starbeck (h)

2-2 (D)

Fryer Ashwick (pen)

Team

Smith (pen) Benson

Half-Time 2-0

Aldred

G

Almond

IL

Ashby

RB

R. L. Austin

OL

Beaumont

IL

G. Beck

IL

Bell

RH

E. Bintcliffe

FB/WH

Boyle

CF

Bradshaw

OR/IL

Could also be Brayshaw, who played in the Reserves

Bramall

OR

H. Broadbent

Joined Rothwell White Rose

Brown

CF

J. W. Burton

LB/HB

W. E. Chaffer

G

From Morley FC

Chapman

IR

William Clay

LB

Born in Belfast in 1883. Billy Clay started his career with Belfast Celtic, before moving to Sheffield United in 1903. He made seven League appearances for the Blades before returning to Belfast Celtic, where he represented theIrish League. He signed for Leeds City but never played a League game, but did make one F.A. Cup appearance in the 1905-06 season, before returning to Northern Ireland with Derry City. (Leeds City Player Details)

Cox

RH

R. Cummings

IL

From Nottingham Forest. Moved to Starbeck on 23rd February 1905

H. Dixon

LB/HB/OR/IF

Dunderdale

CF

Durant

OL

Dyson

OR

Eggington

CF/IL

Formerly with Hunslet FC

Foster

IL

Fryer

LB

Gedney

CH

Thought to be Charlie Gedney, who was born Charles Gedney in Elsecar, Nr Barnsley. He played for the local club Hoyland Town, before joining Barnsley in 1906. He played just one game at Oakwell, before joining Castleford.

Green

RH

J. H. (Tipper) Hefferon

OR/CF/IL

From Darlington St Augustine's

T. Holmes

IR/CF/IL

Joined Beeston Hill Parish Church on 23rd November 1904

Frederick (Fred) Howard

RH/CH/OR/CF/IL

Born at Blacker Hill, Nr Barnsley. he started his career with Hoyland Silkstone before joining Sheffield United in 1895, but did not make the first team and two years later he moved to Lincoln City, where he played one League game. The following year he joined Barnsley and went on to score one goal in forty-nine League appearances in the year or so he was with them.

Gordon Howard

IR

Formerly with Hoyland Town he was the brother of Fred Howard. He signed for Leeds Cityin 1905 and made just one League appearance for them. (Leeds City Player Details)

Peter Howe

CF

Born in County Durham in 1884 he started his career with Non-League Reading and signed for Hull City at the start of the 1904-05 season. He was loaned to Leeds City for the match at Hull City on 24th December 1904. He played a further season with Hull City, scoring fifteen goals in thirty-two League games.

Humberstone

CF/IL

Formerly with Sheffield

H. Hunt

RH/CH/CF/IL

Formerly with Woodville.

James

LH

From Walsall, signed for Leeds on 12th October 1904.

Richard (Dick) Jones

LH

Born in Wales in 1875, He was capped once by Wales. He started his career with Hanley Swifts and South Shore before joining Leicester Fosse in the 1897-98 season. He scored once in a hundred and three League appearances for them before leaving to join Burton United at the start of the 1901-02 season. He made four League appearances for them before joining Royston United and then Leeds City.

H. Lee

Transferred to Beeston Hill Parish Church on 23rd September 1904.

G. Lewis

RB/RH/OR

Sheffield Amateur.

Mahon

Formerly Barnsley

W. H. Mallinson

G

Formerly with The Wednesday Reserves, but played five times in the League between the seasons 1897-98 and 1899-1900.

McClure

G

John (Jock) McDonald

RB

Born in Ayr in in 1882, he started with Arden Villa and his home town club before joining Blackburn Rovers in the 1903-04 season and played one League game. A Scottish International, who signed for Leeds City in 1905, he made twenty-five League appearances, before leaving for Grimsby Town in 1906, where he played sixteen League games before finishing his career with Queens Park Rangers. He died in 1915. (Leeds City Player Details)

McGuiness

LB

Formerly Chatham, he signed professional after leaving the Army.

McKay

LH

A former junior International, he represented Glasgow against Edinburgh. He joined Castleford Town in 2006-07.

McKiernan

IR

J. Miller

RH/LH/IL

Frederick Houghton (Fred) Milnes

RB

Sheffield United Amateur. Thought to be Frederick Houghton (Fred) Milnes, who was born at Wortley, Sheffield on 26th January 1878. e started with Sheffield Wycliffe and then Sheffield before joining Sheffield United in 1902. He stayed for two years making twelve League appearances. He later played with then Non-League sides, West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur before returning to the Football League with Manchester United in 1906, but failed to make a League appearance. He then moved to Non-League Reading and back to the League with Leicester Fosse, but played just one League game, before playing with Northern Nomads, Ilford, Norwich City and finally back to Sheffield. He died in 1946.

Moon

CH

D. G. Mooney

OR

New Manager of Empire Theatre, Formerly with North of Ireland A.F.C.

Thomas (Tom) Morren

CH

Born Middlesbrough 1875, he played for England and twice represented the Football League. He started his career with local sides Middlesbrough Victoria and Middlesbrough Ironopolis before signing for Middlesbrough and then moving to Barnsley St Peter's before breaking into the Football League with Sheffield United in 1895 and scoring five goals in one hundred and sixty League appearances before leaving after the 1902-03 season. He died in 1929.

John Morris

CH

Thought to have played for Leeds City in 1905-06. Leeds born, he made ten League appearances for Leeds City. (Leeds City Player Details)

R. Morris

RH

Only played once in the F.A. Cup and was forced to retire due to ill-heath on 22nd October 1904.

S. Musgrave

CF

Joined Upper Armley Christ Church on 23rd November 1904. Also named Musgrove in newspapers.

A. Nelson

IL/OL

Page

IR

Previously with Liverpool Reserves

Parkinson

G

Joined from Beeston Hill Parish Church

F. Perkins

OR

Harry A. Potts

IF

He started with Sheffield, before joining The Wednesday in the 1897-88 season and scored once in two League appearances, before returning to Sheffield during the next season.

Robinson

LH

Rodgers

OR

Sawyer

E. Simpson

CF/OL

Sheffield Amateur

Simpson

G

Skeldon

RB/LB

Smith

RB

George Soar

OR/IR/CF

Formerly with Castleford Town. He returned there after the 1904-05 season. The Soars were a large family who by 1901 were living in Fryston, where the father was the Colliery Manager. The eldest son, George, was a Colliery Undermanager in 1911. However, he also had a career in football. He had played for Gainsborough Trinity, as a Centre Forward in 1907 on three occasions but had failed to score. In 1905-06 he was the regular Centre Forward for Castleford Town, but appears to have moved on or dropped out of favour in 1906-07, but was back in favour at the start of the 1907-08 season and played in the 1908-09 and 1909-10 seasons. He later played for Leeds City in the West Yorkshire League as an Outside Right, Inside Right or Centre Forward, in the early part of the 1911-12 season, but appears to have left by October 1911. As for the Soar brother that played for Leeds United there were several younger brothers. The most likely one is Cyril Ivor Soar, who played at Selby Town after the First World War, and then signed for Fryston Colliery in 1920-21.

Frederick (Fred) Spiksley

OR/IL/OL

Formerly of the Wednesday and England. Born at Gainsborough on 25th January 1870, he was capped seven times by England and represented the Football League on two occasions. He started his career with Gainsborough Trinity before joining the Wednesday in 1892-93 season and scored one hundred goals in two hundred and ninety-three League appearances before he left in 1902-03. He signed with Glossop and made four League appearances before playing with Leeds City, Southend United and Watford.

Stembridge

RH

Cuthbert W. Storey

LB/RH/CH

He started his career with Burnley Belvedere before joining Burnley in 1902-03 season and he scored once in four League games for them.

Tim Taylor

CH

Rothwell White Rose. Returned there 23rd February 1905 and played for their Reserve team.

Thomas (Tom) Tennant

LH

Formerly with Hunslet FC.

Thrup

CF

Trearney

IR

Formerly with Hunslet FC.

Verrinder

OR

Walker

Walsall.

Wilkes

FB/WH

R. Wilson

RH