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Wills’s “Football Series” 1902

Known as “The First Great Centre Forward”, Gilber Oswald Smith plied the majority his trade for Corinthians between 1892-1903, where he netted an astonishing 132 goals in 137 games. He then moved to Casuals for one season, scoring 42 in 29. He also made 20 appearances for England, scoring another 11 goals.

Not too bad for a fella who suffered from asthma.

Producer: Wills’s Cigarettes

Date: 1902

Set Size: 66

Card Size: 56mm x 35mm

Format: Stiff Cardboard. Issued with Black/White & Violet colouring. The same set was also issued in 1902 by William Clarke.

Cards 1-41 feature Football/Soccer players, while cards 42-66 feature Rugby players

#1. G.O. Smith (Corinthians)

#2. R.E. Foster (Corinthians)

#3. W.J. Oakley (Corinthians)

#4. E. Needham (Sheffield United)

#5. W.S. Maxwell (3rd Lanark)

#6. F. Blackburn (Blackburn Rovers)

#7. J.W. Sutcliffe (Bolton Wanderers)

#8. J.E. Doig (Sunderland)

#9. S. Bloomer (Derby County)

#10. T. Smith (Tottenham Hotspur)

#11. F. Wheldon (West Bromwich Albion)

#12. Walter Bull (Notts County)

#13. J. Cameron (Tottenham Hotspur)

#14. W. Bennett (Sheffield United)

#15. J. Settle (Everton)

#16. W.C. Athersmith (Aston Villa)

#17. L. Bell (Bolton Wanderers)

#18. W.J. Foulkes (Sheffield United) –Upper Body Variant–

#19. T. Crawshaw (Sheffield Wednesday)

#20. F. Spikesley (Sheffield Wednesday)

#21. M. Sanders (Barrow-in-Furness)

#22. Frank Forman (Notts. Forest)

#23. J. Sharp (Everton)

#24. A.G. Raisbeck (Liverpool)

#25. S. Raybould (Liverpool)

#25. G.A. Hedley (Sheffield United)

#27. J. Iremonger (Notts Forest)

#28. C. Sagar (Bury)

#29. W. Place Jnr. (Woolwich Arsenal)

#30. G. Clawley (Tottenham Hotspur)

#31. M. Kingsley (Newcastle United)

#32. T. Nicol (late of Burnley)

#33. Reay (late of Liverpool)

#34. A. Wilkies (Aston Villa)

#35. A. Whittaker (Blackburn Rovers)

#36. J. Crabtree (Aston Villa)

#37. W. Meredith (Manchester City)

#38. Dan Hurst (Manchester City)

#39. W. Beats (Wolverhampton Wanderers)

#40. J.H. Peddie (Newcastle United)

#41. Allen (Millwall)

#42. A.J. Gould (Late of Newport)

#43. W.L. Bunting (Richmond)

#44. C. Smith (Gloucester)

#45. E.J. Vivyan (Devenport Albion)

#46. C.T. Scott (Blackheath)

#47. J. Daniell (Richmond)

#48. H.T.Gamlin (Devenport Albion)

#49. A.F.C. Luxmore (Blackheath)

#50. G.C. Robinson (Northumberland)

#51. R.W. Bell (Northumberland)

#52. W.J. Bancroft (Swansea)

#53. J.G. Boots (Newport)

#54. G.L. Lloyd (Newport)

#55. Geo. Davies (Swansea)

#56. W.J. Trew (Swansea)

#57. Dan Rees (Swansea)

#58. W. Thomas (Swansea)

#59. Geo. Dobson (Cardiff)

#60. Selwyn Biggs (Cardiff)

#61. A. Bryce (Aberavon)

#62. J. Hodges (Newport)

#63. E. Gwyn Nichols (Cardiff)

#64. J. Blake (Cardiff)

#65. W.H. Alexander (Pontyminster)

#66. L.A. Phillips (Newport)

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