Benjamin Lewis (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Benjamin Lewis | ||
| Date of birth | 1 March 1864 | ||
| Place of birth | Leeswood, Wales | ||
| Date of death | 1944 | ||
| Place of death | Wrexham, Wales | ||
| Position | Centre forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1886 | Buckley | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1886–1887 | Wrexham AFC | 1 | (0) |
| 1887 | Chester FC | ||
| 1890 | Bootle | ||
| 1893–1895 | Chester FC | ||
| 1895–1896 | Wrexham AFC | 0 | (0) |
| 1896–1897 | Middlesbrough Ironopolis | ||
| 1897–1898 | Wrexham AFC | 14 | (10) |
| 1899– | Chester FC | ||
| International career | |||
| 1891 | Wales | 10 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Benjamin Lewis (1 March 1864 – 1944) was a Welsh footballer.[1] He played as a centre forward for Crewe Alexandra, Chester and Wrexham.[2][3][4] He made 10 appearances for the Wales national team, scoring once. He was the brother in law of fellow Wales international Job Wilding.[5]
References
- ↑ Guy Oliver (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness
- ↑ "Benjamin Lewis". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ↑ "Welsh Newspapers Online I AN OLD WREXHAM FOOTBALLER.|1895-12-14|Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register - Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ↑ "Ben Lewis | Player Statistics | Wrexham (Wrexham AFC Archive)".
- ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003119/19860828/011/0011