He first joined Small Heath in January 1897, but in 18 months with the club failed to play for the first team.
He played a number of games, both at his preferred position of inside right and at centre forward when Walter Wigmore was moved into defence, and formed an effective partnership with Bob McRoberts, but he lost his place to Jack Aston and was released at the end of the 1899–1900 season.
Scrivens was helped from the field by teammates and opponents as the game continued, but no ambulance was available.
After the game, he was carried to the railway station on a stretcher and travelled back by train to Northampton, where he was admitted to hospital.
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