When the Boro beat Bury at Gigg Lane 4-1, John ' Jackie' Carr scored our 4th
Billy Pease became our 18th different HT scorer when he notched his 1st HT, the clubs 7th away HT & 47th overall
His cousin Mushy was a good singer . . . .
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Quote from: AtomicDog on October 29, 2023, 10:14:49 AMHis cousin Mushy was a good singer . . . .
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I liked that 😁 👍
Billy Pease refereed a match on 12 July 1939 between the England Ladies team & the Scotland Ladies team, at Cleveland Park Stadium, in aid of the North Riding Infirmary & North Ormesby Hospitals
After leaving the game, he was employed as a licensee, firstly at The Leeds Hotel in Middlesbrough, then, from 1940, in the The Roseberry in Stokesley. Afterwhich he ran a bed & breakfast in Redcar, where he would later die
Billy Pease, the only Leeds-born professional player ever to be capped, has died in Redcar aged 56. Pease, one of the finest outside-rights of his day, had a long career in foitball, but his first sports were running & Rugby football
As a youth he played for Holbeck St. Barnabas & during the 1914-18 war he was closely watched by Football League clubs when playing for the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. He joined Leeds City after the war & was on the point of being promoted from the reserve team when the club was disbanded. Pease then joined Northampton Town, for which club he made over 100 consecutive appearances and qualified for a benefit
He signed for Boro in 1926 & in the following year was selected to play for England against Wales in an international Championship match & also in a representative game for England against South Africa
In the summer of 1933 Pease became a Luton player but, after having a cartilage removed in the next close season, his contract was cancelled. He was placed on the transfer list & didn't again play in the Football League - The Yorkshire Post, Monday, 3 October 1955