Everton were
founder members of the Football League, which began in 1888/89,
and began
playing FA Cup matches a season earlier in 1887/88.
Aside from the 1887/88 FA Cup, prior to 1888/89 the club participated
only in Friendly matches and local Cup competitions.
Details are inevitably sketchy and incomplete.
The stats for the pre-Football League era are as complete as can
be but, given the
passage of time and the incomplete information available, there
will inevitably be errors and omissions.
Match, appearance and goal statistics are not counted in any official
records.
Only the players in bold
also played in Football League or FA Cup matches for Everton.
The rest played just in pre-Football League games for the club;
they never played in a Football League or FA Cup match for Everton.
|
Appearances
and Goals
(incomplete)
|
| |
Friendlies
|
Liverpool
Senior Cup
|
Total
|
|
| |
Apps
|
Gls
|
Apps
|
Gls
|
Apps
|
Gls
|
|
| Mike
Higgins |
29
|
5
|
5
|
3
|
34
|
8
|
The scorer of 4
Everton goals in this season (in the
|
| Joe
Pickering |
27
|
4
|
5
|
1
|
32
|
5
|
home Friendlies
with Liverpool Cambrian and
|
|
Jack McGill |
26
|
17
|
5
|
4
|
31
|
21
|
Preston Zingari)
are unknown.
|
| William
Gibson |
25
|
18
|
5
|
4
|
30
|
22
|
|
| Tom
Marriott |
25
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
30
|
0
|
The Everton line-ups
for the games away at Crewe
|
| Walter
Richards |
23
|
6
|
5
|
4
|
28
|
10
|
and at Darwen Old
Wanderers are unknown.
|
| Charlie
Lindsay |
20
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
25
|
0
|
|
| Jack
Whittle |
20
|
6
|
4
|
2
|
24
|
8
|
Walter Richards
did play in the away game at
|
| William
Parry |
17
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
20
|
1
|
Crewe, however,
and scored. That appearance
|
| John
Preston |
16
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
19
|
0
|
and goal are both
included on the left.
|
| Robert
Morris |
13
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
18
|
0
|
|
| William
Finlay |
14
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
17
|
2
|
|
| George
Farmer |
7
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
8
|
|
| Charles
Jones |
6
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
7
|
3
|
|
| George
Dobson |
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
|
| George
Chambers |
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
|
| William
Powell |
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
|
| Willie
Brown |
4
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
2
|
|
| Robert
Gurley |
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
|
| Tom
Jefferson |
4
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
2
|
|
| Tom
Scott |
4
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
1
|
|
| A
Welsh |
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
|
| Edwin
Berry |
3
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
|
| Charles
Joliffe |
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
|
| J
Arlow |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
|
| Tom
Evans |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
|
| Henry
Williams |
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
|
| John
Douglas |
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
| Edwards |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
| Fairhurst |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
| Harry
Fecitt |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
| John
Goodall |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
| J
Grant |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
| W
James |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
| T
Mowbray |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
| D
Owen |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
| J
Parkinson |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
| J
Pollock |
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
| J
Scowcroft |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
| Egerton
Stewart-Brown |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
| Fergus
Suter |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
| Sutton |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
| William
Williams |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
|