 Harvey in a Burslem Port Vale squad photo in 1898 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Westley Howard Harvey[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 21 October 1877[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Aston, Birmingham, England | ||
| Date of death | 1904 (aged 26) | ||
| Place of death | Aston, Birmingham, England | ||
| Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Walsall Town Swifts | ||
| 189?–1894 | Small Heath | 0 | (0) |
| 1894–1898 | Aston Villa | 11 | (3) |
| 1898–1900 | Burslem Port Vale | 49 | (19) |
| 1900–1901 | Manchester City | 7 | (1) |
| 1901 | West Bromwich United | ||
| 1901 | Burton United | ||
| 1901–1903 | Watford | 39 | (4) |
| 1903 | Darlaston | ||
| 1903 | Glentoran | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Westley Howard Harvey (21 October 1877 – 1904) was an English footballer who played as a centre forward for Aston Villa, Burslem Port Vale and Manchester City in the Football League in the 1890s and early 1900s. He played in the Southern League for Watford, and was also on the books of Walsall Town Swifts, Small Heath, West Bromwich United, Burton United, Darlaston and Glentoran.
Career
Harvey was born in Aston, in what is now Birmingham, in 1877. He played for Walsall Town Swifts[1] and Small Heath, before signing with Aston Villa in September 1896. He scored three goals in eleven games for Villa in the 1897–98 campaign.[3] He joined Burslem Port Vale for a £50 transfer fee in June 1898.[4] He scored 13 goals in 41 appearances in the 1898–99 campaign, helping the club to finish ninth in the Second Division.[4] He scored a hat-trick past Chesterfield in a 4–0 win at Saltergate on 4 November 1899, and hit a total of 17 goals in 24 games in the 1899–1900 season to finish as the club's top scorer.[4] This was despite the fact that he was sold on to Manchester City in January 1900 as Vale suffered financial difficulties.[4] He scored once in five First Division games for City in 1899–1900, and played twice without scoring in the 1900–01 campaign.[5] He spent two years with Southern League club Watford in between brief spells with West Bromwich United, Burton United, Darlaston and Glentoran. He was twice suspended by Watford for a "breach of training regulations", which forced his departure from the club.[1] He died in Aston in 1904 at the age of 26.[1]
Career statistics
Source:[6]
| Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Aston Villa | 1897–98 | First Division | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| Burslem Port Vale | 1898–99 | Second Division | 32 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 10 |
| 1899–1900 | Second Division | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 13 | |
| Total | 49 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 23 | ||
| Manchester City | 1899–1900 | First Division | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 1900–01 | First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Players: Harrop to Hogg" (PDF). Watford Football Club archive 1881–2016. Trefor Jones. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- ↑ Birmingham, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1912
- ↑ "Aston Villa Player Database". www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- 1 2 3 4 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 129. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
- ↑ James, Gary. "1899–00" and "1900–01". Bluemoon-MCFC. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ↑ Howard Harvey at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)