Born: 1879

Born in: Newtown

Other clubs: Newtown (1900-02), Druids (1902), Leeds City (1905-06), Grimsby Town (1906-07), Plymouth Argyle (1907-08), Reading (1908), Huddersfield Town (1908-10), Newtown RWW (1910-11), Merthyr Town (1911)

Signed from: Druids

Joined Liverpool: 24.03.1902

Debut: 19 Apr 1902

Final appearance: 21 Apr 1905

Debut goal: 10 Oct 1903

Last goal: 17 Sep 1904

Contract until: 09.05.1905

League: Apps / Goals: 37 / 5

All Competitions: Apps / Goals: 38 / 5

Player Profile

Inside-left Morris was one of the first Newtown natives to volunteer his services at the front of the Boer War, fighting for South Wales Borderers. In August 1902 his former teammates at Newtown sent him a gold medal and watch chain as "a token of esteem and regret at his leaving their district." Although Morris only scored five times in his 38 League appearances for Liverpool, two of them earned a draw in the Merseyside derby in October 1903. Morris was often criticized for wasting good scoring opportunities, but he was "one of the trickiest players who ever kicked a ball. He is too clever, too fond of arguing I believe is the expression now current," noted the joint Everton/Liverpool programme in 1904. He was furthermore described as a "tireless runner and top speed dribbler." Liverpool had excellent forwards on their books restricting Morris to only seven games in the 1904/05 season so he headed to second division Leeds City in the summer of 1905.