Hugh Morris (Welsh footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hugh Morris | ||
| Date of birth | 1872 | ||
| Place of birth | Chirk, Wales | ||
| Date of death | 20 September 1897 (aged 25) | ||
| Place of death | Chirk, Wales | ||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | ||
| Playing position | Inside right | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1888–1891 | Chirk | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1891–1893 | Ardwick | ||
| 1893–1895 | Sheffield United | 39 | (9) |
| 1895–1896 | Manchester City | 20 | (0) |
| 1896–1897 | Grimsby Town | ||
| 1897 | Millwall Athletic | 0 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1894–1897 | Wales | 3 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Hugh Morris (1872 – 20 September 1897) was a Welsh footballer who played as a forward for Manchester City, Sheffield United and Grimsby Town in the 19th century. Born in Chirk, Wales, he gained three caps for the Welsh national team.
Morris was first spotted by Ardwick when playing for Chirk in the Welsh cup and the Manchester side duly signed him in 1891. Morris was the leading goalscorer for the club in the 1891–92 Football Alliance season, scoring 10 goals in 22 appearances, including a hat-trick against Walsall Town Swifts. The following season Ardwick were admitted to the newly formed Football League Second Division and Morris played in the club's first ever Football League fixture, scoring twice as Ardwick beat Bootle 7–0. Morris continued to play regularly for Ardwick before he was transferred to Sheffield United, then of the First Division in December 1893. He became a regular in United's first team for the following 18 months, having rejected an offer to play in the United States in 1894, and made 39 league appearances, scoring nine goals for the Yorkshire club. In September 1895 Morris was suspended for "lodging in a public house" (the club was run on strict Methodist lines at the time and this was against the terms of his contract), before being transferred back to Ardwick, now renamed Manchester City, in the following November along with Joe Davies and Bob Hill. Returning to Hyde Road, Morris made 20 appearances in his second spell at the Manchester club, before moving to Grimsby Town in May 1896 where he played for a further season. Morris moved to Southern League side Millwall in the summer of 1897, but contracted tuberculosis not long after his transfer and died before he could make his debut.
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