Herbert Wiltshire

Herbert Wiltshire
Personal information
Full name Herbert Henry Wiltshire[1]
Date of birth 1871[1]
Place of birth Worcester,[1] England
Position Left half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
18??–1893 Warmley
1893–1894 Lincoln City 27 (0)
1894–???? Warmley
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Herbert Henry Wiltshire (1871 – after 1893) was an English footballer who made 27 appearances in the Football League playing for Lincoln City as a left half.[2]

Wiltshire was born in Worcester,[1] and played football for Bristol-based club Warmley. He helped the club win the Gloucestershire Senior Cup in 1892, beating Bedminster by two goals to one,[3] and later that year he was selected to represent Gloucestershire in an inter-county match against Somerset.[4] He contributed to Warmley becoming inaugural champions of the Bristol & District League, in 1892–93; the Bristol Mercury's preview of the season to come described him as "a most valuable half-back in last year's team".[5]

Ahead of the 1893–94 Football League season, he turned professional with Lincoln City.[5] He played in all but one of Lincoln's matches in the Second Division as the team finished in mid-table.[1] Nevertheless, at the end of the season he returned to Bristol, his amateur status was reinstated and he resumed his career with Warmley.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Herbert Wiltshire". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2013. Appearances per season are sourced via the Season Stats dropdown menu at the bottom right of this page. The site is partly subscription-based, but only free-access sections are used for reference. If pop-up login dialogue boxes appear, press the "Cancel" button to proceed.
  2. ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 285. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  3. ^ "Football. Gloucester Senior Cup Final". The Bristol Mercury. 14 March 1892. p. 3.
  4. ^ "Athletics". The Bristol Mercury. 26 December 1892. p. 3.
  5. ^ a b "Football prospects. Warmley". The Bristol Mercury. 5 September 1893. p. 3.
  6. ^ "Local sport, The coming football season". The Western Mail. Cardiff. 6 September 1894. p. 7.
  7. ^ "Athletics". The Bristol Mercury. 26 April 1895. p. 3.


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