Harry Douglas (English footballer)

Harry Douglas (active 1900s) was an English football outside right who played in the Football League for Middlesbrough and in non-league football for South Bank, Darlington and Bishop Auckland.

Harry Douglas
Personal information
Full name Harry Douglas[1]
Place of birth Hartlepool,[1] England
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1???–1903 South Bank
1903–190? Middlesbrough 4 (0)
1904–1905 Darlington
– Bishop Auckland
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Life and career

Douglas was born in Hartlepool.[1] He played football for Northern League club South Bank,[2] and was included in the North Riding FA team for an inter-association match against West Yorkshire in September 1902,[3] before signing for Football League First Division club Middlesbrough in January 1903.[4] The move was controversial: the South Bank club took the matter to the Northern League committee, claiming that proper procedures had not been followed, but the meeting ruled that "there was no question of poaching" and that Douglas had requested a transfer.[5] Meanwhile, he made his Football League debut on 17 January, standing in at outside right for the injured Robert Watson for the visit to West Bromwich Albion; Middlesbrough lost 1–0.[6][7] Douglas played in three of the next four matches, but those were his last.[7] He had remained an amateur while playing for Middlesbrough, and resumed his Northern League career with Darlington – for whom he scored twice in the 1904–05 FA Cup – and then Bishop Auckland.[2][8]

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  2. "Past local players of note". A B C of Football Tradition in South Bank. This is the North East/Communigate. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011.
  3. "Inter-Association Match. West Yorkshire v. North Riding". Yorkshire Post. 9 September 1902. p. 12 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "World of Sport". Sunderland Daily Echo. 9 January 1903. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "World of Sport. The Northern League". Sunderland Daily Echo. 27 February 1903. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Association. Other contests". Leeds Mercury. 17 January 1903. p. 10 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "Harry Douglas". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  8. Tweddle, Frank (2000). The Definitive Darlington F.C. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-899468-15-7.


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