Moses Lane

Moses Alexander Edmund Lane MM (17 February 1895 – 14 July 1949) was an English professional footballer who scored 55 goals from 72 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham and Walsall.[2]

Moses Lane
Personal information
Full name Moses Alexander Edmund Lane
Date of birth (1895-02-17)17 February 1895
Place of birth Willenhall, England
Date of death 14 July 1949(1949-07-14) (aged 54)
Place of death Cannock, England
Height 5 ft 6 1⁄2 in (1.69 m)[1]
Position(s) Centre forward / Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19??–1920 Willenhall
1920–1921 Walsall
1921–1922 Willenhall
1922–1924 Birmingham 15 (4)
1924–1925 Derby County 0 (0)
1925–1926 Wellington Town
1926–1927 Worcester City (29)
1927–1929 Walsall 57 (51)
1929–19?? Brierley Hill Alliance
– Netherton
19??–1933 Dudley Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Lane was born in Willenhall, Staffordshire. During the First World War he served in France and Italy and was awarded the Military Medal. He began his football career in junior football in the Black Country area before joining Birmingham in April 1922.[3] He made his debut in the First Division on 28 April 1923, in the penultimate game of the 1922–23 season, playing at inside left in a 1–0 win at home to Burnley. He kept his place for the last game of the season, and for the first six games of the next, but the arrival of Ernie Islip and the form and fitness of Johnny Crosbie and Joe Bradford restricted his first-team opportunities.[4] He spent the 1924–25 season with Derby County, but was unable to break into the league side,[2] and returned to non-league football with successively Wellington Town and Worcester City.[3]

His performances for Worcester, for whom he scored 34 goals in all competitions in the 1926–27 season,[5] earned him a return to the Football League with Walsall of the Third Division South.[3] Lane repaid them with 36 goals in all competitions in his first season,[6] One more season at Walsall brought his goals tally up to 51 league goals from 57 appearances,[2] and he finished off his career back in non-league with Brierley Hill Alliance, Netherton and Dudley Town.[3]

Lane died in Cannock, Staffordshire, in 1949 at the age of 54.[3]

References
  1. Brum Junior (21 August 1922). "Few big transfers in the First Division of the Football League. Birmingham". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
  2. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). p. 151. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  3. Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  4. Matthews, pp. 165–66.
  5. "Worcester City Season 1926-1927". Worcester City Archive. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011.
  6. "Past managers". Walsall F.C. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
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