Tom Perry |
West Bromwich
Albion FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 1 D
0 L 0 F 3: A 0
100% successful
1898
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Thomas Henry Perry |
Birth |
August 1871 at 2 Mill Street, West Bromwich, Staffordshire
[registered in
West Bromwich, December 1871]. |
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According to the 1871 census,
Henrietta Elizabeth (née Tonks) is pregnant with her fifth child. His father,
Charles, is a whitesmith and they live at
2 Mill Street in West Bromwich. |
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According to the 1881
census, Thomas H., is the fifth of eight children, they remain at 2 Mill Street, his
father is still a whitesmith. |
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According to the 1891
census, Thomas is one of eight children still at home at 2 Mill Street,
although Charlie has left, they have another younger brother (the seventh).
Thomas is a spring balance maker. |
Marriage |
to Sarah Ann Somers
[registered in West Bromwich, September 1896]. |
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According to the 1901
census, Thomas H. is now married to Sarah A., with one daughter, Gladys.
They live at 29 Hargate Lane in West Bromwich. Thomas is still making
spring balances. |
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According to the 1911
census, Thomas Henry and Sarah Ann are now living at 50 Dagger Lane with
three more daughters, Edna, Evelyn and Phyllis. Thomas is still working at
the spring balance factory. He lives four doors away from his brother,
Charlie. |
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According to the 1921 census, Thomas H.,
still a balance maker (at George Salter Co.), still married, and still
with four daughters and still at 50 Dagger Lane. |
Death |
18 July 1927 at 50 Daggers Lane, West Bromwich,
aged
56 years nk days
[registered in West Bromwich, September 1927].
Left £1233
10s. to his widowed wife. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Played
schoolboy football in West Bromwich before joining local junior side,
Christ Church FC and West Bromwich Baptist FC. He also played with
Stourbridge FC, from where he signed for West Browmich Albion FC in July
1890. Joined rivals Aston Villa FC in October 1901, retiring in 1903. |
Club honours |
FA Cup
runners-up 1894-95 |
Individual honours |
Football
League (three appearances) |
Distinctions |
None |
Height/Weight |
5'
10", 12st.
0lbs [1903]. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
England Career |
Player number |
One
of two who became 240th
players (240) to appear for England. |
Position(s) |
Right-half |
Only match |
No. 63, 28 March 1898, Wales 0 England 3, a
British Championship match at
The Racecourse,
Mold Road, Wrexham, aged 26 years
nk days. |
Major tournaments |
British Championship 1897-98; |
Team honours |
British Championship winners 1897-98; |
Individual honours |
None |
Distinctions |
One of five footballing brothers, including
older brother,
Charlie, whom he died just twelve days after |
Beyond England |
No additional information. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.197.
But we know from his census returns' that he was a member
of the clockmaking industry. |