Personal information | |||
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Full name | Benjamin Lewis | ||
Date of birth | 1st March 1864 | ||
Place of birth | Leeswood, Wales | ||
Date of death | 1944 | ||
Place of death | Wrexham, Wales | ||
Position(s) | Centre Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
-1886 | Buckley | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1886-87 | Wrexham AFC | 1 | (0) |
1887 | Chester FC | ||
1890 | Bootle | ||
1893-95 | Chester FC | ||
1895-96 | Wrexham AFC | 0 | (0) |
1896-97 | Middlesbrough Ironopolis | ||
1897-98 | Wrexham AFC | 14 | (10) |
1899- | Chester FC | ||
International career | |||
1891 | Wales | 10 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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