[1] Five of his goals were scored in a 13–0 victory over Ireland in Belfast on 18 February 1882, with his Villa team-mate Arthur Brown contributing four.
[2] After his football career ended he ran a silversmith's firm, which was charged with making a new FA Cup after the original disappeared in mysterious circumstances in 1895.
An adept at every form of indoor and outdoor sport, he dribbled like an angel, and shot like a demon.
Could scarcely be played in wrong position, and was saturated through and through with the Aston Villa spirit.
Scored the only goal in the famous cup tie against Queens Park in Glasgow, in 1884.