William Clarke & Sons - Sporting Terms

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9TCZBtw00KcWpsqZ4QIhiETK8xDDmChDQ-u1MD0PxawZB4q_o5aFw05sppesK9r3UjD4z32LFYveediwsM6JEYiYghKpcNdWqZW3m_FXdF5TJ2vj-A84AzZiY1U7829-MeGWzB_FeXhlN/s1600/00+Wm+Clarke+-+Football+Terms+-+Inside+Right-002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9TCZBtw00KcWpsqZ4QIhiETK8xDDmChDQ-u1MD0PxawZB4q_o5aFw05sppesK9r3UjD4z32LFYveediwsM6JEYiYghKpcNdWqZW3m_FXdF5TJ2vj-A84AzZiY1U7829-MeGWzB_FeXhlN/s1600/00+Wm+Clarke+-+Football+Terms+-+Inside+Right-002.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaOb83StRz2vHDwT5vtMoHOxKLPbsXH1WLk0xeMPKCiO0TFwTvtGnvqb_Cayk5028YJHvPHB8dmeLraaFvbL3n6fIrXvKmMxHvxOZSro8W7_Op3JEBNKpS5SlQiE8HvjLpFrJopnjEzlYe/s1600/00+Wm+Clarke+-+Football+Terms+-+Forward2b.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaOb83StRz2vHDwT5vtMoHOxKLPbsXH1WLk0xeMPKCiO0TFwTvtGnvqb_Cayk5028YJHvPHB8dmeLraaFvbL3n6fIrXvKmMxHvxOZSro8W7_Op3JEBNKpS5SlQiE8HvjLpFrJopnjEzlYe/s400/00+Wm+Clarke+-+Football+Terms+-+Forward2b.JPG" width="398" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>1900</b></span><br /><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Sporting Terms</b></span><br /><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>William Clarke & Sons</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>50 cards (14 Cricket, 12 Cycling, 12 Football, 12 Golf)</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of the 12 football cards most are rugby, and some can be rather ambiguous, 'Forward' for example. The cards are multi-backed as can be seen by some of the examples shown here. As usual the cards shown are not to scale.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Champagne Cigarettes in packets of 10 for 3d</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Champagne Cigarettes manufactured from….</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Life Guard Cigarettes</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Masterpiece Cigarettes</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Musk Rose Cigarettes</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Patent Cork Belted Silk Cut Cigarettes - 10d per oz</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Patent Cork Belted Silk Cut Cigarettes are sold in boxes</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Patent Cork Belted Turkish Cigarettes</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Patent Cork Belted Virgina (sic) Cigarettes</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The "Seddon" Patent Cork Mouthpiece</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A Drop Over The Bar (Rugby)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A High Kick-Off (Rugby)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A Scrimmage Near The Line (Rugby)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dark Blue Forwards, Light Blue Backs (Rugby)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Forward </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Full Back </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Half Back </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Inside Left </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Inside Right </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Socker </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Touch Down (Rugby)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well Tackled (Rugby)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />

William Clarke & Sons - Sporting Terms

1900 Sporting Terms William Clarke & Sons 50 cards (14 Cricket, 12 Cycling, 12 Football, 12 Golf) Of the 12 football cards most are rugb...

Read more »

W.D. & H.O. Wills - Football Series

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO1I4DnnVqkqJz55B48_oAgTmgQx2hKlSwZBFE2RMD8jKA7vFsrtAKoz4MtaX9F86dHAnT41FIzcvuUv_hijQg3AMaAzYTg7zg_ANJUxKSi4huUaT99I38RutMThggTLa1fkL1ZRT0nIKG/s1600/02+Wills+-+Football+Series+-02b.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO1I4DnnVqkqJz55B48_oAgTmgQx2hKlSwZBFE2RMD8jKA7vFsrtAKoz4MtaX9F86dHAnT41FIzcvuUv_hijQg3AMaAzYTg7zg_ANJUxKSi4huUaT99I38RutMThggTLa1fkL1ZRT0nIKG/s1600/02+Wills+-+Football+Series+-02b.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>1902</b></span><br /><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Football Series</b></span><br /><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>W.D. & H.O. Wills</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>66 (41 footballers, 25 rugby players)</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Almost identical series to the one issued by William Clarke & Son. The Wills' series comes in two different colour versions - <b><span style="color: #666666;">Grey </span></b>and <b><span style="color: #351c75;">Violet</span></b>. There are also some differences in the composition of the photos, and these are listed below: </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>2.  R.E. Foster (Corinthians)</b> - Without Badge (Wills), With Badge (Clarke)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>5.  W.S. Maxwell (Third Lanark)</b> - Without Hand (Wills), With Hand (Clarke)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>11.  F. Wheldon (West Bromwich Albion)</b> - West Bromwich Albion (Wills), mentions Aston Villa (Clarke)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>11.  F. Wheldon (West Bromwich Albion)</b> - H&S (Wills), Waist length (Clarke)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>13.  J. Cameron (Tottenham Hotspur)</b> - H&S (Wills), Waist length (Clarke)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>17.  L. Bell (Bolton Wanderers) </b>- H&S (Wills), Waist length (Clarke)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>18.  W.J. Foulkes (Sheffield United)</b> - H&S (Wills), Waist length (Clarke)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>20.  F. Spikesley (Sheffield Wednesday)</b> - H&S (Wills), Waist length (Clarke)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>23.  J. Sharp (Everton)</b> - Figure larger (Wills), Figure smaller (Clarke)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>25.  S. Raybould (Liverpool) </b>- Stripped Shirt (Wills), Plain Shirt (Clarke)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>48.  J. Daniel (Rugby)</b> - Richmond (Wills), Cambridge (Clarke)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1.  G.O. Smith (Corinthians)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2.  R.E. Foster (Corinthians)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3.  W.J. Oakley (Corinthians)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4.  E. Needham (Sheffield United)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5.  W.S. Maxwell (Third Lanark)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6.  F. Blackburn (Blackburn Rovers)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7.  J.W. Sutcliffe (Bolton Wanderers)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8.  J.E. Doig (Sunderland)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">9.  S. Bloomer (Derby County)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10.  T. Smith (Tottenhan Hotspur)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">11.  F. Wheldon (Aston Villa)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">12.  W. Bull (Notts County)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">13.  J. Cameron (Tottenham Hotspur)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">14.  W. Bennett (Sheffield United)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">15.  J. Settle (Everton)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">16.  W.C. Athersmith (Small Heath)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">17.  L. Bell (Bolton Wanderers)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">18.  W.J. Foulkes (Sheffield United)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">19.  T. Crawshaw (Sheffield Wednesday)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">20.  F. Spikesley (Sheffield Wednesday)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">21.  M. Sanders (Barrow)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">22.  F. Forman (Nottingham Forest)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">23.  J. Sharp (Everton)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">24.  A.G. Raisbeck (Liverpool)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">25.  S. Raybould (Liverpool)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">26.  G.A. Hedley (Sheffield United)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">27.  J. Iremonger (Nottingham Forest)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">28.  C. Sagar (Bury)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">29.  W.Place Jnr (Bury)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">30.  G. Cladley (Tottenham Hotspur)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">31.  M. Kingsley (Newcastle United)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">32.  T. Nicol (late of Burnley)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">33.  Reay (late of Liverpool)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">34.  A. Wilkes (Aston Villa)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">35.  A. Whittaker (Blackburn Rovers)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">36.  J. Crabtree (Aston Villa)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">37.  W. Meredith (Manchester United)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">38.  D. Hurst (Manchester City)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">39.  W. Beats (Wolverhampton Wanderers)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">40.  J.H. Peddie (Newcastle United)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">41.  Allen (Millwall)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">42-66.  (Rugby)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />

W.D. & H.O. Wills - Football Series

1902 Football Series W.D. & H.O. Wills 66 (41 footballers, 25 rugby players) Almost identical series to the one issued by William Clarke...

Read more »

William Clarke & Son - Football Series

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5wGD4YFxZ1ItIVGQQLV7bIlgE-7s1_k8gsZRw_Q9vt4JWJ6aeVTBn7nVO0Rf4dz_5psT_rutS0rSzG3PcAMH3XNcWo3KyRUUaBo5u1e4NLzit99xIsLdZaWEERnYg37y-eYWV1-CiMSs9/s1600/02+Clarke+-+Football+Series+-27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5wGD4YFxZ1ItIVGQQLV7bIlgE-7s1_k8gsZRw_Q9vt4JWJ6aeVTBn7nVO0Rf4dz_5psT_rutS0rSzG3PcAMH3XNcWo3KyRUUaBo5u1e4NLzit99xIsLdZaWEERnYg37y-eYWV1-CiMSs9/s320/02+Clarke+-+Football+Series+-27.jpg" width="176" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7PX_jUQkvx0h0mjPpCAMij5iHJI8UyEcbGJtshIvFQLClbZt2mXv5FirK95JnVyKCGERuvHn-sfmAIaErCgtD-d4JLq1P_UdP33ZjzgutubPkzmXhtNC8kPtb21tZUc6D9Q2oKwTvqWwV/s1600/02+Clarke+-+Football+Series+-34.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7PX_jUQkvx0h0mjPpCAMij5iHJI8UyEcbGJtshIvFQLClbZt2mXv5FirK95JnVyKCGERuvHn-sfmAIaErCgtD-d4JLq1P_UdP33ZjzgutubPkzmXhtNC8kPtb21tZUc6D9Q2oKwTvqWwV/s320/02+Clarke+-+Football+Series+-34.jpg" width="169" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1902</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Football Series</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">William Clarke & Son</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">66 cards (41 footballers, 25 rugby players)</span></b><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1.  G.O. Smith (Corinthians)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2.  R.E. Foster (Corinthians)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3.  W.J. Oakley (Corinthians)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4.  E. Needham (Sheffield United)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5.  W.S. Maxwell (Third Lanark)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6.  F. Blackburn (Blackburn Rovers)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7.  J.W. Sutcliffe (Bolton Wanderers)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8.  J.E. Doig (Sunderland)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">9.  S. Bloomer (Derby County)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10.  T. Smith (Tottenhan Hotspur)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">11.  F. Wheldon (Aston Villa)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">12.  W. Bull (Notts County)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">13.  J. Cameron (Tottenham Hotspur)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">14.  W. Bennett (Sheffield United)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">15.  J. Settle (Everton)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">16.  W.C. Athersmith (Small Heath)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">17.  L. Bell (Bolton Wanderers)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">18.  W.J. Foulkes (Sheffield United)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">19.  T. Crawshaw (Sheffield Wednesday)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">20.  F. Spikesley (Sheffield Wednesday)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">21.  M. Sanders (Barrow)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">22.  F. Forman (Nottingham Forest)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">23.  J. Sharp (Everton)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">24.  A.G. Raisbeck (Liverpool)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">25.  S. Raybould (Liverpool)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">26.  G.A. Hedley (Sheffield United)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">27.  J. Iremonger (Nottingham Forest)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">28.  C. Sagar (Bury)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">29.  W.Place Jnr (Bury)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">30.  G. Cladley (Tottenham Hotspur)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">31.  M. Kingsley (Newcastle United)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">32.  T. Nicol (late of Burnley)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">33.  Reay (late of Liverpool)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">34.  A. Wilkes (Aston Villa)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">35.  A. Whittaker (Blackburn Rovers)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">36.  J. Crabtree (Aston Villa)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">37.  W. Meredith (Manchester United)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">38.  D. Hurst (Manchester City)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">39.  W. Beats (Wolverhampton  Wanderers)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">40.  J.H. Peddie (Newcastle United)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">41.  Allen (Millwall)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">42-66.  (Rugby)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />

William Clarke & Son - Football Series

1902 Football Series William Clarke & Son 66 cards (41 footballers, 25 rugby players) 1.  G.O. Smith (Corinthians) 2.  R.E. Foster (Cori...

Read more »