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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
Tom Perry

Timeline
  Thomas Henry Perry
 

According to the 1871 census, Henrietta Elizabeth (née Tonks) is pregnant with her fifth child. She is married to his father, Charles W., a whitesmith, and they live at 2 Mill Street in West Bromwich.
Birth Thursday, 2 November 1871 at 2 Mill Street, West Bromwich, Staffordshire
registered in West Bromwich October-December 1871
 

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.
 

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.
(His father died 2 January 1894)
Marriage to Sarah Ann Somers, on Wednesday, 19 August 1896, in West Bromwich, Staffordshire.
"Tom Perry, right half-back of West Bromwich Albion, took unto himself a wife on Wednesday last. The wedding was of a quiet character." - The Cricket Cycling and Football World, Monday, 24 August 1896
 "Tom Perry, the Albion right half, was married on the same day as Steve Bloomer, viz, last Wednesday." - Derby Daily Telegraph, Wednesday, 26 August 1896
Children Tom and Sarah Perry had four daughters together. Gladys Winifred (b.28 February 1897), Edna (b.1904), Evelyn (b.1906) and Phyllis (b.1909).
 

According to the 1901 census, Thomas H., still a spring balance maker, is now married to Sarah A and have one daughter, Gladys W., and they live at 29 Hargate Lane in West Bromwich.
(His mother died 31 August 1904)
 

According to the 1911 census, Thomas H., still a spring balance maker, is still married, and now with three more daughters, Edna, Evelyn and Phyllis, and now live at 50 Dagger Lane in West Bromwich.
 

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.
(His third daughter, Evelyn, died in 1922)
  His brother Charlie Perry, died 2 July 1927 (Beeches Road, where Charlie died, is the other side of the Sandwell Country Park to Dagger Lane).
Death Monday, 18 July 1927 at 50 Dagger Lane, West Bromwich, Staffordshire.
aged 55 years 258 days registered in West Bromwich July-September 1927

Obituary
"OLD FOOTBALLER DEAD
"After an illness of over two years' duration Mr. Tom Perry died at his home, Dagger-lane, West Bromwich, to-day. Like, his brother, the late Mr. Charles Perry, whom he has survived for only a short time, he was an old Albion footballer, being a regular member of the team from 1893 to 1898. Subsequently he joined Aston Villa, and in recent years he served the club as a 'scout' for promising young players. He was 54 years of age."
- Evening Despatch, Monday, 18 July 1927/Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 19 July 1927
Funeral: Thursday, 21 July 1927 in Heath Lane Cemetery, Walsall Road, West Bromwich
"PERRY Thomas Henry of 50 Dagger Lane West Bromwich Staffordshire died 18 July 1927 Probate Lichfield 29 November to Sarah Ann Perry widow.
 Effects £1233 10s." [2024 equivalent: £63,745]
Sarah Perry died in the summer of 1956.

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 Bromwich Albion FC in July 1890. Joined rivals Aston Villa FC on 12 October 1901 for a £100 transfer fee, retiring in September 1903.

League honours
275 appearances 15 goals		 West Bromwich Albion FC 1890-1901 284 appearances, fourteen goals
debut: 13 September 1890 Preston North End FC 3 West Bromwich Albion FC 0.
Aston Villa FC 1901-03 27 appearances, one goal.
debut: 19 October 1901 Derby County FC 1 Aston Villa FC 0.
last: 27 September 1903 Blackburn Rovers FC 0 Aston Villa FC 2.
Club honours FA Cup winners 1891-92 (0ᵃ), runners-up 1894-95 (6ᵃ);
Football League Division One runners-up 1902-03 (4ᵃ);
Individual honours Football League (three appearances)
Distinctions Brother of Walter Perry (West Bromwich Albion FC, Wolverhampton Wanderers FC & Burton Swifts FC, 1885-96).
Uncle of Arthur Perry (West Bromwich Albion FC & Crystal Palace FC, 1921-29), and Eric (West Bromwich Albion FC & Coventry City FC, 1930-35),
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 146 days.
Major tournaments British Championship 1897-98;
Team honours British Championship winners 1897-98;
Individual honours None
Distinctions Also brother of Charlie Perry (West Bromwich Albion FC 1888-95, England 1890-93).
Tom would die a twelve days before Charlie.

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.


The Numbers
parties Appearances comp. apps minutes captain
1 1 1 90 0 none
The minutes here given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an approximation.
P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 0 1 3 0 100 +1
His only match was played in the British Championship competition and at an away venue

Tournament Record

British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1897-98 1 1 0 0 3 0 +1 0 0 3.00 0.00 100.0 +1
BC All 1 1 0 0 3 0 +1 0 0 3.00 0.00 100.0 +1

All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1 1 0 0 3 0 +1 0 0 3.00 0.00 100.0 +1
1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 0 0 3 0 100 +1

Match History

 Club: West Bromwich Albion F.C. - one full appearance (90 min) F.A. International Select Committee - one full appearance (90 min)x

apps match match details comp res. rundown pos

Age 26
1 63 28 March 1898 - Wales 0 England 3
The Racecourse, Wrexham		 BC AW   rh
 

one of two who became the 240th players (240) to appear for England
the eleventh West Bromwich Albion FC player to represent England
his brother Charlie also played for England in 1890-93 - the twelfth set of brothers to do so

     

 
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