Thomas Birtles

Thomas "Tommy" James Denton Birtles (26 October 1886 – 13 January 1971)[3] was an English footballer who played in The Football League with Barnsley, and he was later a first-class cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1913 and 1924.[3]

Tommy Birtles
Personal information
Full name Thomas James Denton Birtles
Date of birth (1886-10-26)26 October 1886
Place of birth Higham, Barnsley, England
Date of death 13 January 1971(1971-01-13) (aged 84)
Place of death Attenborough, Nottinghamshire, England
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
−1903 Higham Town
1903−1906 Barnsley
1906−1907 Swindon Town 38 (8)
1907−1909?[1] Portsmouth
1910–1911 Barnsley
Rotherham County
1914[2] Northampton Town
1914−1915 Doncaster Rovers (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Football career

Born in Higham, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, Birtles first played for Higham Town,[4] and then at 17 years old, in the Football League for Barnsley in the 1903–04 season.[5] After playing in the league for them for three seasons he moved to Southern League side Swindon Town where he made 39 appearances for Swindon in all competitions, scoring 8 goals. and Portsmouth. After his time at Portsmouth, Birtles returned to play in the league for Barnsley in 1910–11.[5]

Later, he played with Rotherham County, Northampton Town and finally at Doncaster Rovers, who were at that time in the Midland League.[4][6]

Cricket career

He was a right-handed batsman who scored 876 runs at 19.04, with a best of 104 against Lancashire in the Roses Match played at Bramall Lane, Sheffield, in July 1914.[3] Promoted to open the innings in Yorkshire's second innings, his century was by far the highest score of a drawn match. He also bowled six overs in his career without success.

He played for Barnsley Cricket Club for twenty years, and was also coach at Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk. In 1913, he headed the Yorkshire 2nd XI batting averages with 413 runs at 51.61.

Birtles died in Attenborough, Nottinghamshire, in January 1971.

References
  3. Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 364. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.
  5. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Soccerdata. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
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