Elijah Smith (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Elijah Smith[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1860[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Stoke-upon-Trent, England[1] | ||
| Date of death | Unknown | ||
| Playing position | Half back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Tunstall | ||
| 1883–1890 | Stoke | 25 | (0) |
| – | Stafford Road | ||
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Elijah Smith (1860 – unknown) was an English footballer who played for in the Football League for Stoke.[1]
Career
Smith played for local side Tunstall before joining Stoke in 1883.[1] Smith combined being a footballer with his work as a vicar at the local church because of this he was known as 'Father Smith' to his Stoke teammates.[1] He played in the club's first competitive match in the FA Cup against Manchester in a 2–1 defeat. He was also a member of Stoke team which competed in the first season of the Football League where he made 21 appearances in the 1888–89 season.[1] He played a further four matches for Stoke before leaving in 1890 and he joined Wolverhampton based Stafford Road.[1]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stoke[1] | 1883–84 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1884–85 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1885–86 | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1886–87 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1887–88 | — | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1888–89 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| 1889–90 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Career Total | 25 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |