Arthur Griffiths (footballer, born 1885)

For the former Bristol Rovers and Notts County player, see Arthur Griffiths (footballer born 1879).

Arthur Griffiths
Personal information
Full name	Arthur Edwin Griffiths^[1]
Date of birth	1885
Place of birth	Stoke-upon-Trent, England^[1]
Date of death	1944 (aged 59)^[1]
Playing position	Centre forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1904	Hartshill
1905–1907	Stoke	13	(1)
1908–1909	Oldham Athletic	25	(4)
1909–1912	Stoke	97	(48)
1913	Wrexham
Total		135	(53)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Arthur Edwin Griffiths (1885 – 1944) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Oldham Athletic and Stoke.^[1]

Career

Griffiths was born in Stoke-upon-Trent and joined Stoke from Hartshill in 1904.^[1] He made his debut for Stoke at the age of 20 and scored his first goal against Everton on 3 April 1906.^[1] When Stoke went out the Football League at the end of the 1907–08 due to heavy finical problems Griffiths left and signed for Second Division side Oldham Athletic.^[1] After scoring just 4 goals for the "Latics" in 1908–09 he returned to Stoke and in 1909–10 he had a prolific season in front of goal scoring 38 goals in all competitions.^[1] He could not maintain his run in front of goal however and in the next two seasons he scored 13 goals. He left in 1913 to play for Welsh side Wrexham.^[1]

Career statistics

Sourced from Arthur Griffiths profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke	1905–06	First Division	5	1	0	0	5	1
	1906–07	First Division	4	0	0	0	4	0
	1907–08	Second Division	4	0	1	0	5	0
Oldham Athletic	1908–09	Second Division	25	4	1	0	26	4
Stoke	1909–10	Birmingham & District League	42	36	6	1	48	37
	1910–11	Southern League	44	10	3	1	47	11
	1911–12	Southern League	11	2	1	0	12	2
Career Total			135	53	12	2	147	55

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.

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