He made more than 100 appearances in the Football League playing for Burslem Port Vale, Stoke and Birmingham.
[2] He was on the books at Hanley Villa, Northwood Mission and Stoke (without making a first-team appearance), before joining Burslem Port Vale in August 1904.
[1] Unusually for a goalkeeper, he scored a goal, albeit a penalty, in a 1–0 win over Manchester United at the Athletic Ground on 24 March 1906.
[1] His rivals at the Victoria Ground were Wales international Leigh Richmond Roose and the inexperienced Fred Rathbone.
However, heavy financial problems saw the club enter liquidation and leave the Football League at the end of the 1907–08 season.