Maurice Mason

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Maurice Mason
Personal information
Full name Maurice Mason [1]
Date of birth(1927-06-25)25 June 1927 [1]
Place of birth Sedgefield, England
Date of death June 2008 (aged 80)
Place of death County Durham, England
Position(s) Inside forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1948–19?? Huddersfield Town 0 (0)
19??–1952 Blackhall Colliery Welfare
1952–1953 Darlington 3 (0)
1953–19?? Blackhall Colliery Welfare
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Maurice Mason (25 June 1927 - June 2008) was an English footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Darlington. [1] [2] [3]

Mason was born in Sedgefield, County Durham. [1] He signed professionally for Huddersfield Town in 1948, but never played for them in the Football League. [1] By 1950, he was playing for North Eastern League club Blackhall Colliery Welfare. [4] He was a member of the Blackhall team that reached the first round proper of the FA Cup for the first time in the club's history in 1951–52, contributing the opening goal against Scarborough in the final qualifying round match, [5] and scored four times as they beat Ashington 9–2 in the North Eastern League in January 1952. [6] He played three matches in the Third Division North for Darlington in the 1952–53 Football League season [1] before returning to Blackhall, [7] where he played until at least 1954. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1998). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–1998. Queen Anne Press. p. 370. ISBN   978-1-85291-585-8.
  2. ↑ "Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Maurice Mason". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Horden side for F.A. Cup test" . Sunderland Echo. 13 October 1950. p. 11 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Attack shuffle won cup-tie" . Yorkshire Post. 15 November 1951. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ Collier (18 January 1952). "Colliers receive a rare hiding" . Morpeth Herald. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Late penalty goal beat Ashington" . Morpeth Herald. 30 October 1953. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ Collier (20 August 1954). "Ashington crash at home to Blackhall C.W." . Morpeth Herald. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.


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