Ernest Arthur Watts (11 April 1872 – 1956) was an English footballer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Full name | Ernest Arthur Watts[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1872-04-11)11 April 1872[2] | ||
Place of birth | Woolhampton, England | ||
Date of death | 1956[3] | ||
Position(s) | Right half, goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
– | Reading | ||
1898 | Notts County | 17 | (0) |
– | Reading | ||
1903–1904 | West Ham United | 25 | (1) |
1904–1905 | New Brompton | 30 | (0) |
– | Grays Athletic | ||
– | Reading | ||
1906 | Clapton Orient | 02 | (0) |
– | Reading | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Born in Woolhampton in Berkshire, his earliest known club was Reading, before he moved to Notts County, where he made 17 appearances in The Football League.[1] He had a second spell with Reading and also played for West Ham United, where he was captain for the club's final season at the Memorial Grounds,[4] before joining New Brompton in 1904, where he was a regular starter during the 1904–05 season.[5] His later clubs included Grays Athletic and Clapton Orient, as well as two more spells with Reading.[1]
Watts was a soldier and played for the Royal Berkshire Regiment Cricket XI,[4] as well as playing minor counties cricket for Berkshire from 1896–1908, making 85 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[6]
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