Harry Edwards (footballer)

Harry Edwards

Personal information
Full name	Henry Ross Edwards
Date of birth	1870
Place of birth	Coventry, England
Place of death	Coventry, England
Playing position	Inside forward / Centre half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
18??–1892	Singer's
1892–1893	Small Heath	5	(1)
1893	Ryton Rovers
1893–1894	Leicester Fosse
1894–1895	Derby County	0	(0)
1895–1898	Wolverton L&NWR
1898–1899	Watford
1899–1900	Bedford Queens Works
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Henry Ross Edwards (1870 – after 1899) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Small Heath.^[1]

Edwards was born in Coventry, Warwickshire. An inside forward,^[2] he attracted the attention of the Small Heath club, whose scout went to watch him playing for Singer's; they signed him, together with his more impressive teammate Frank Mobley, who went on to score 64 goals in four seasons for Small Heath.^[3] Edwards played in the first five games of the 1892–93 season – Small Heath's first season in the Football League – and scored on his debut, in a 5–1 defeat of Port Vale,^[4] but could not compete with Billy Walton and the prolific Fred Wheldon.^[2] He played for Leicester Fosse in the Midland League and for Derby County, without appearing in their Football League side, before moving to Southern League club Wolverton L&NWR.^[1] Edwards settled well at Wolverton, playing as an attacking centre half, and stayed for three seasons before moving to fellow Southern League club Watford.^[2]

Edwards' younger brother Bill was also a professional footballer who played for Small Heath.^[2]

Edwards died in his native Coventry.^[2]

References

1. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
2. Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 85. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
3. Matthews, p. 111.
4. Matthews, p. 141.