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Tony
Leach |
Sheffield
Wednesday FC
2 appearances, 0 goals
P 2 W 2 D
0 L 0 F 9: A 1
100% successful
1930
captain: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Thomas Leach |
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Born |
23 September 1903 in
Wincobank, Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire [registered in
Rotherham, December 1903]. |
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Birthnotes |
One source states that he was born in Rotherham. It is true
that he was registered in Rotherham, but Wincobank was closer to the
Rotherham Registary Office, than it was to Sheffield's. Beside's -
the only Thomas Leach in the 1911 census who was living in Rotherham...was
born in Blackburn. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1911
census, the only Thomas Leach in Sheffield area was living in the shadow
of Hillsborough stadium, at 25 Winster Road. He is the third of six
children (a seventh had died!) to Edward and Theresa. His father is an
asphalter. |
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According to the 1939 register,
Thomas, a woollen willeyer, is married to Norah, and with his two
children, John and Leo, are living at 24 Cross Chapel Street in the
Headingley area of Leeds. |
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Married |
to Norah
Allsopp (b.19 April 1903)
[registered in Dewsbury, June 1927]. Two children, John M. (b.1927)
and Leo (b.17 April 1929) |
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Died |
summer 1970, aged
66 years nk days
[registered in Bradford, September 1970]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
10½", 11st.
9lbs [1930]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Turned out
for Wath Athletic FC in 1924 before joining Wednesday FC in 1926.
After 238 league appearances and eleven goals, he was placed on
the 'transfer list' and Newcastle United FC
signed him on 16 June 1934 for £1100. Following 51 league
appearances and two goals, and despite being linked to a move to
Hartlepools United FC, Stockport County AFC paid £300 for his
services on 22 July 1936, but his time there was short as he was transferred
to Carlisle United FC on 3 February 1937 in exchange for centre-forward,
Joe Mantle. Lincoln City AFC took Leach on 12 September 1938 and he retired at the outbreak of the war. |
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Club honours |
Football League Division One Champions 1928-29,
1929-30; FA Charity Shield runners-up 1930;
Football League
Division Three (North) winners 1936-37; |
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Individual honours |
Football League (one appearance) |
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Distinctions |
Played town cricket with Thornecliffe CC and Retford CC. Was also
successful at Bowls in the local circuit. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One
of five who became the 553rd players
(553) to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Centre-half |
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First match |
No. 173, 20 October 1930, England 5 Ireland
1, a British Championship match at Bramall Lane, Highfield, Sheffield, aged 27 years
27 days. |
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Last match |
No. 174, 22 November 1930, Wales 0 England 4,
a British Championship match at The Racecourse, Mold Road, Wrexham, aged 27 years
60 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1930-31; |
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Team honours |
British Championship shared 1930-31; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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No additional information. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.155. |
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England Disgrace |
"One of the greatest soccer sensations since the
Leeds City affair just after the War, was caused in football circles
to-day when the Football Association made public the findings of the Joint
Commission of the F.A. and Football League which sat recently. A Stockport
County director has been suspended sine die and fined; Tony
Leach, the former Newcastle United centre half, has been fined and
suspended for one month, and a number of other players have been fined.
The Commission was appointed to inquire into, and deal with, alleged
breaches of the rules of the Association, and of the regulations of the
Football League, by the chairman of Stockport County, the manager of
Carlisle United, and players of Carlisle United and Hartlepools United
during season 1936-37. The drastic decisions included the following:- That
T. Leach, now a player with Lincoln City, be fined £20 and suspended from
all football under the jurisdiction of the Football Association for four
weeks from January 3. The following facts were admitted or proved: (a)
That Mr G. Worsley, a director of Stockport County F.C., in contravention
of Rule 43 of the Rules of the Football Association and Regulation 71 of
the Regulations of the Football League, offered a sum of money to T.
Leach, then a player of Carlisle United F.C., for distribution among the
players of the Carlisle team at the conclusion of their match v. Lincoln
City on Thursday, April 15, 1937. (b) That Leach accepted a sum of money
and disbursed it in equal amounts to the following players: W. Adey, J. W.
Cliffe, D. Galloway, F. Higgs, J. C. Johnson, T. M. Kerr, T. Leach, H.
Mills, H. O'Grady, N. E. Roberts, and W. Smith. (c) That Mr G. Worsley
journeyed to Lincoln on Saturday, April 17, 1937, for the purpose of
attempting to affect the result of the match by illegal payments to the
players of the Carlisle United team, provided that they beat Lincoln City
F.C. on that day.
"The events at the end of the 1936-37 season involved
in the inquiry will be better understood after perusal of the following
summary:- On Saturday, April 10, with less than a month of the season
left, Lincoln City were top of the Third Division (Northern Section) table
with 55 points, and Stockport were second with 53, each club having played
38 games. To that date Lincoln had lost only one of their previous 16
matches. In the four remaining games they were beaten three times―by
Carlisle United, Hartlepools United, and Stockport County. Carlisle beat
Lincoln 3-1 on April 15, but Lincoln won the return match two days later
and kept the position at the head of the table. On April 19 Stockport beat
Crewe in mid-week and drew level with Lincoln at 57 points each. The vital
games took place on April 24. Stockport drew at Chester, but Lincoln went
down 3-1 at Hartlepools. These results left Stockport one point ahead and
the final match to play. As it happened this was against Lincoln, and the
teams met at Stockport with Lincoln needing to win outright in order to
gain promotion, Stockport won 2-0. Stockport kept their place in the
Second Division only one season. Stockport are at present 12th in the
League Three (North) table, but have reached the third round of the F.A.
Cup." - Tuesday, 3 January 1939, Sunderland Echo |
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Tony Leach - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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2 |
2 |
2 |
180 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
none |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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Tony Leach
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Home |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
+4 |
0 |
0 |
5.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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Away |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
+4 |
0 |
1 |
4.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
| All
- British Championship |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
+8 |
0 |
1 |
4.50 |
0.50 |
100.0 |
+2 |
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Tony Leach
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
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British Championship Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1930-31 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
+8 |
0 |
1 |
4.50 |
0.50 |
100.0 |
+2 |
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BC
All |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
+8 |
0 |
1 |
4.50 |
0.50 |
100.0 |
+2 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
+8 |
0 |
1 |
4.50 |
0.50 |
100.0 |
+2 |
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All |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
+8 |
0 |
1 |
4.50 |
0.50 |
100.0 |
+2 |
Tony Leach
- Match History
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Club:
Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
- two full appearances (180 min) |
F.A. International Select Committee - two full appearances (180 min)x
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Notes
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