Ernie Watts (footballer, born 1872)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ernest Arthur Watts[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 11 April 1872[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Woolhampton, England | ||
| Date of death | 1956[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Right half, goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Reading | |||
| 1898 | Notts County | 17 | (0) |
| Reading | |||
| 1903–1904 | West Ham United | 25 | (1) |
| 1904–1905 | New Brompton | 30 | (0) |
| Grays Athletic | |||
| Reading | |||
| 1906 | Clapton Orient | 2 | (0) |
| Reading | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ernest Arthur Watts (11 April 1872 – 1956) was an English footballer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Born in
The Football League.[1] He had a second spell with Reading and also played for West Ham United, where he was captain for the club's final season at the Memorial Grounds,[4] before joining New Brompton in 1904, where he was a regular starter during the 1904–05 season.[5] His later clubs included Grays Athletic and Clapton Orient, as well as two more spells with Reading.[1]
Watts was a soldier and played for the Royal Berkshire Regiment Cricket XI,Minor Counties Championship.[6]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-905891-61-0.
- ^ Marsh, Steve. "Ernest WATTS ... (1903 - 1904)". theyflysohigh.co.uk. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ Ernie Watts at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ ISBN 1-903135-50-8.
- ISBN 1-899468-20-X.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Arthur Watts". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
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