Daglish made his debut at right half in the opening fixture of the season, on 30 August 1930 at home to Wigan Borough, a 3–2 defeat after which he lost his place to Fred Hopkinson and was restricted to reserve-team football in the North-Eastern League for a couple of months.
[7] In October, he was selected for the Rest of the North-Eastern League in the annual fixture against the reigning champions, who this year were Middlesbrough's reserves.
[10] Daglish made no more first-team appearances during 1930–31, and although he remained on their books for a further two seasons, played only rarely as cover, twice in 1931–32 and seven times in 1932–33, when he was sometimes used at full back.
[16] The Blyth News of 1940 highlighted his character as well as his skills:[5]It is well enough known that some veteran players have been inclined to resort to doubtful tactics in order to make up their declining speed and activity.
Undoubtedly he is not so nimble as many of his present day opponents although he can often neutralise his disadvantage in this respect by his cool and calculated counter-moves and sound positional play.Away from football, Daglish was a schoolteacher.