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Arthur Riley

Arthur Riley

The visit of a South African football team that beat Liverpool 5-2 in a friendly on 1 October 1924 was a remarkable one. Not only did the guests exhibit “joyous football, a goal-getting game that showed us that South-African football has improved more quickly than our own” but two players in particular caught the attention of the Liverpool Board and the Echo’s correspondent, Bee; Gordon Hodgson and “the goalkeeper, a tall, keen fellow who has reach, anticipation and a safe pair of hands, is only twenty, but he looks more like thirty-five."...

Born:
26 December 1903
Born in:
Boksburg, South Africa
Died:
July 1984
Other clubs:
Transvaal
Signed from:
Transvaal
Joined Liverpool:
August 1925
Debut:
24 Oct 1925
Final appearance:
06 May 1939
Contract until:
1940
Wartime: Apps / Goals:
11 / 0
League: Apps / Goals:
322 / 0
All Competitions: Apps / Goals:
338 / 0
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Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 322 16 0 0 0 338
1925-1926 3 0 0 0 0 3
1926-1927 10 0 0 0 0 10
1927-1928 25 2 0 0 0 27
1928-1929 20 3 0 0 0 23
1929-1930 34 1 0 0 0 35
1930-1931 27 1 0 0 0 28
1931-1932 5 0 0 0 0 5
1932-1933 15 0 0 0 0 15
1933-1934 32 0 0 0 0 32
1934-1935 39 2 0 0 0 41
1935-1936 39 2 0 0 0 41
1936-1937 10 0 0 0 0 10
1937-1938 28 5 0 0 0 33
1938-1939 35 0 0 0 0 35
Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0
1925-1926 0 0 0 0 0 0
1926-1927 0 0 0 0 0 0
1927-1928 0 0 0 0 0 0
1928-1929 0 0 0 0 0 0
1929-1930 0 0 0 0 0 0
1930-1931 0 0 0 0 0 0
1931-1932 0 0 0 0 0 0
1932-1933 0 0 0 0 0 0
1933-1934 0 0 0 0 0 0
1934-1935 0 0 0 0 0 0
1935-1936 0 0 0 0 0 0
1936-1937 0 0 0 0 0 0
1937-1938 0 0 0 0 0 0
1938-1939 0 0 0 0 0 0

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