12-09-2022, 09:56
September 12:
On this date in 1908, Huddersfield Town registered their first ever win and their first ever goal, in match number 2 of our first season. It was played in the North Eastern League and following our 0-2 defeat at South Shields in the opening game, our brave lads once more traveled north, to the other coast this time and a trip to Workington. Richard Morris (pictured) is credited with our first goal as we won 2-0.
Known as Dickie, he was a Welsh international at the back end of his career and had left by the time we were elected into the Football League. He was a former soldier who had served in the Boer War and at the end of the conflict left the Army to start his football career. He didn't start at the bottom. After a short stint with his home town club, Newtown in mid Wales, he signed on with the league champions Liverpool.
A tricky inside forward, he had three years on Merseyside, scoring twice in the derby match at Anfield, before leaving for the West Riding of Yorkshire and signing for Leeds City. He later went to Grimsby Town, Plymouth Argyle and Reading before heading back to the West Riding and signing for newly formed Huddersfield Town. He played ten times for us, scoring 4 goals.
Harry Wallace scored the second goal. He came from Leeds City, having previously been at Hebburn Utd. He stayed all season, scoring 8 goals in 26 games.
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During the 2nd World War, Town played in the Northern Wartime League and had various guest players turn out in the blue n white. One of them was a young wireless operator, who was the only survivor when the bomber he was in crashed. That was in 1939 and by 1941 he had overcome his injuries and signed for Blackpool.
On one occasion, on this date in 1942, he played for Huddersfield Town in a match at Leeds Road against Newcastle as a guest player and scored twice in a 4-0 win. His name was Stan Mortensen and would go on to achieve fame scoring a hat trick for Blackpool in the 1953 FA Cup Final, the one that became known as the Matthews final. He scored 197 goals for Blackpool and 23 goals in 25 internationals for England. He now has a statue outside the ground at Bloomfield Road.
Billy Price scored the other two goals in front of a crowd of 2,475, on the day that the British troop carrier RMS Laconia was sunk off the coast of the Ascension Islands by a torpedo from a German U-Boat. Over 1600 people were killed in this wartime tragedy, mostly Italian POW's, but also British crew members and Polish soldiers (who were guarding the prisoners). More lives were lost than on the Titanic.
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On this date in 1967, 2nd Division Town played 1st Division Wolves at Leeds Road in a 2nd round League Cup tie. It was the first game in what turned out to be our best ever League Cup campaign, getting all the way to the semis, where we lost to Arsenal.
It was a 1-0 win and Colin Dobson scored the goal. Who's next? Norwich City away in 4 weeks time.
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On this date in 1908, Huddersfield Town registered their first ever win and their first ever goal, in match number 2 of our first season. It was played in the North Eastern League and following our 0-2 defeat at South Shields in the opening game, our brave lads once more traveled north, to the other coast this time and a trip to Workington. Richard Morris (pictured) is credited with our first goal as we won 2-0.
Known as Dickie, he was a Welsh international at the back end of his career and had left by the time we were elected into the Football League. He was a former soldier who had served in the Boer War and at the end of the conflict left the Army to start his football career. He didn't start at the bottom. After a short stint with his home town club, Newtown in mid Wales, he signed on with the league champions Liverpool.
A tricky inside forward, he had three years on Merseyside, scoring twice in the derby match at Anfield, before leaving for the West Riding of Yorkshire and signing for Leeds City. He later went to Grimsby Town, Plymouth Argyle and Reading before heading back to the West Riding and signing for newly formed Huddersfield Town. He played ten times for us, scoring 4 goals.
Harry Wallace scored the second goal. He came from Leeds City, having previously been at Hebburn Utd. He stayed all season, scoring 8 goals in 26 games.
During the 2nd World War, Town played in the Northern Wartime League and had various guest players turn out in the blue n white. One of them was a young wireless operator, who was the only survivor when the bomber he was in crashed. That was in 1939 and by 1941 he had overcome his injuries and signed for Blackpool.
On one occasion, on this date in 1942, he played for Huddersfield Town in a match at Leeds Road against Newcastle as a guest player and scored twice in a 4-0 win. His name was Stan Mortensen and would go on to achieve fame scoring a hat trick for Blackpool in the 1953 FA Cup Final, the one that became known as the Matthews final. He scored 197 goals for Blackpool and 23 goals in 25 internationals for England. He now has a statue outside the ground at Bloomfield Road.
Billy Price scored the other two goals in front of a crowd of 2,475, on the day that the British troop carrier RMS Laconia was sunk off the coast of the Ascension Islands by a torpedo from a German U-Boat. Over 1600 people were killed in this wartime tragedy, mostly Italian POW's, but also British crew members and Polish soldiers (who were guarding the prisoners). More lives were lost than on the Titanic.
On this date in 1967, 2nd Division Town played 1st Division Wolves at Leeds Road in a 2nd round League Cup tie. It was the first game in what turned out to be our best ever League Cup campaign, getting all the way to the semis, where we lost to Arsenal.
It was a 1-0 win and Colin Dobson scored the goal. Who's next? Norwich City away in 4 weeks time.
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