Harry Withington

Harry Withington
Personal information
Full name Sidney Harry Withington
Date of birth q2 1868
Place of birth Cannock, England
Date of death 1947 (aged 78–79)
Position Full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
188?–1890 Darlington
1890–1893 Walsall Town Swifts 20 (0)
1893–1??? Cannock Town
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sidney Harry Withington (q2 1868 – 1947) was an English footballer who played as a full back in the Football League for Walsall Town Swifts.

Withington played for Darlington in the 1889–90 FA Cup, and was a member of the team that played the club's first match in league competition, a 2–1 defeat away to Newcastle East End on 7 September 1889, the opening day of the inaugural season of the Northern League. He joined Football Alliance club Walsall Town Swifts in 1890, and two years later played in their first match in the Football League, a 2–1 defeat at home to Darwen on the opening day of the first season of the Football League Second Division. He made 20 league appearances that season, and then left to play non-league football for Cannock Town, where he remained until at least the 1896–97 season.

Notes

  1. ↑ Appearances are for matches in the Football League only.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 285. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  2. 1 2 3 Harry Withington at the English National Football Archive (subscription required). Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  3. ↑ Tweddle, Frank (2000). The Definitive Darlington F.C. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-899468-15-7.
  4. ↑ Hunt, Brian (1989). Northern Goalfields. Official Centenary History of the Northern League 1889–1989. Skol Northern League Management Committee. p. 5. ISBN 0-9514597-1-6.
  5. ↑ "Local notes". Walsall Advertiser. 16 September 1890. p. 2 – via British Newspaper Archive. Another new player is Withington, of Darlington, who plays left full back.
  6. ↑ "Football. Walsall Town Swifts v. Darwen". Walsall Advertiser. 10 September 1892. p. 6 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Improving the Town Swifts". Walsall Advertiser. 12 August 1893. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive. A good man is leaving in Withington, who is expected to play for Cannock.
    "Birmingham Junior Cup re-played tie. Cannock Town v. Bloxwich Strollers". Lichfield Mercury. 4 December 1896. p. 7 – via British Newspaper Archive.