[1] On 26 April 1893, he was part of the Stoke team which visited the County Ground to play a friendly match against Southampton St Mary's.
Even with the future founder of football in Brazil, Charles Miller[2] playing at outside-left, the "Saints" were "outplayed fairly and squarely on every point",[3] losing 8–0.
[4] For the start of their League career, Saints signed several new players on professional contracts, including Baker, Littlehales and Thomson from Stoke and Fred Hollands from Millwall.
[6] He made his Southampton debut in their inaugural Southern League match, a 3–1 victory over Chatham played at the Antelope Ground on 6 October 1894.
In the FA Cup, Saints reached the First Round proper for the first time, where they were drawn against Nottingham Forest, going down 4–1 to the Football League First Division side.