[3] In 1895, he moved to Reading and spent two seasons with the club playing in the Southern League, before returning to the north-east to join Sunderland in June 1897.
[4] In his first season at the Newcastle Road club, Sunderland finished as runners-up in the Football League with Bach making twenty appearances.
[2] The match was played at Roker Park, Sunderland's new ground and ended in a 13–2 victory for England, with four goals from Gilbert Smith and three from Jimmy Settle.
Bach made his debut for Bristol City in the Southern League at right back in a 1–0 win at Swindon Town on 1 September 1900.
[7] Bristol City gained Football League status for 1901–02 but in the summer of 1901 manager Sam Hollis signed Billy Tuft from Walsall who established himself as the regular right back for the next four seasons.
He appointed Thomas H. McIntosh as the new manager, who guided the club to their highest ever league position – third in the First Division in 1913–14 – but with a potential championship team taking shape his plans were interrupted by the outbreak of World War I.