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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 |
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Timeline |
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Thomas Henry Perry |
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Birth |
Thursday, 2 November 1871 at 2 Mill Street, West Bromwich, Staffordshire |
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registered in West Bromwich October-December 1871 |
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According to the 1871 census,
Henrietta Elizabeth (née Tonks) is pregnant with her fifth child. His father,
Charles W., 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.
(His father died 2 January 1894) |
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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 |
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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). |
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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) |
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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. |
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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.
(His third
daughter, Evelyn, died in 1922) |
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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). |
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Death |
Monday, 18 July 1927 at 50 Dagger Lane, West Bromwich,
Staffordshire.
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aged
55 years 258 days |
registered in West Bromwich July-September 1927 |
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Obituary |
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"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."
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Evening Despatch, Monday, 18 July 1927/Daily
Gazette, Tuesday, 19 July 1927 |
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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] |
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Sarah
Perry died in the summer of 1956. |
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 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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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. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup
winners 1891-92 (0ᵃ),
runners-up 1894-95 (6ᵃ);
Football League Division One
runners-up 1902-03 (4ᵃ); |
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Individual honours |
Football
League (three appearances) |
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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), |
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Height/Weight |
5'
10", 12st.
0lbs [1903]. |
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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 two who became 240th
players (240) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Right-half |
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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. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1897-98; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners 1897-98; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Also brother of
Charlie Perry (West
Bromwich Albion FC 1888-95, England 1890-93).
Tom would die a
twelve days before Charlie. |
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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.197.
But we know from his census returns' that he was a member
of the clockmaking industry. |
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