Richard_Gough_(Welsh_footballer)

Richard Gough (Welsh footballer)

Richard Gough (Welsh footballer)

Welsh footballer (1860 - 1934)

For other people with the same name, see Richard Gough (disambiguation).

Richard Thomas Gough (April–June 1859[1] – 2 February 1934)[2][3] was an English Wales international footballer. He was part of the Wales national football team, playing 1 match on 12 March 1883 against Scotland.[4]

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Football career

Tom Gough played for Oswestry Town[1] between 1877–1887. He first played as a half-back before eventually becoming a goalkeeper. He won the Welsh Cup with Oswestry (then named Oswestry White Star) in 1884.[5]

After retiring from playing he became a referee, and took charge of two international games.[5]

He also became president of the Shropshire FA.[5]

In 1911 he became president of the Football Association of Wales.[5]

Cricket career

Gough was also a cricketer who played at county level for Shropshire between 1884 and 1903 and at club level for Oswestry. Two brothers, Walter George (1857-1908) and Herbert (Bert) Gough (1873-1954) also played at both levels.[6]

Honours

Oswestry

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Percival, Tony (1999). Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998. A.C.S. Publications, Nottingham. p. 14. ISBN 1-902171-17-9.published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Birthdate based on registration period given as '2Q (ie second quarter) 1859'.
  2. [2]
    "Register". Retrieved 26 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. [3]
    "Register". Retrieved 26 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. [4]
    "Wales player database 1872 to 2013". eu-football.info. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  5. [5]
    "Register". Retrieved 26 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. [6]
    Percival, Tony. Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998. pp. 14, 44.
  7. [7]
    "PENMON FAMILY HISTORY AND RELATED TOPICS - Welsh Intern'l Footballers". www.penmon.org. Retrieved 4 June 2020.


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