Ralph Shields

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Ralph Shields
File:Ralph Shields Australian Army enlistment.jpg
Shields on the day of his enlistment in the Royal Australian Army Service Corps during the Second World War.
Personal information
Full name Ralph Shields[1]
Date of birth 1892
Place of birth Newbiggin, England
Date of death 21 November 1944 (aged 51–52)[2]
Place of death Sandakan, Borneo[2]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Newbiggin Athletic
Choppington Alliance
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1913–1914 Newcastle United 0 (0)
1914–1920 Huddersfield Town 45 (21)
1920–1921 Exeter City 19 (4)
1921–1922 Brentford 8 (1)
1922–1926 Sittingbourne
1926–1927 Blyth Spartans
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ralph Shields (1892 in Newbiggin, County Durham – 21 November 1944 in Sandakan, Borneo) was a professional football forward who played in the Football League for Huddersfield Town, Exeter City and Brentford.

Football career

As a young man, Ralph was a miner but he played for his local junior club Newbiggin Athletic, in the Wansbeck League. In 1913 he was playing for Choppington Alliance when he was spotted by Newcastle United and was transferred to them for a fee of £40 on 30 October 1913. Ralph never played for the first XI at Newcastle United, when in May 1914 Huddersfield Town paid a £100 fee for his signature. The following season, 1914–15, Ralph was Huddersfield Town leading goal scorer with 16 goals in 28 appearances.[3] As with many footballers during World War I, he signed up to serve and he did so with the Royal Field Artillery. The season after World War I, 1919–20, he was part of the Huddersfield Town side which gained promotion from Division 2 of the Football League appearing 13 times and scoring 3 goals.[4] In November 1920, Ralph was transferred to Exeter City and played in 19 matches, scoring 4 goals, for the rest of the 1920–21 season.[1] During August 1921, he was transferred to Brentford to play in the 1921–22 season, appearing in 8 matches and scoring just one goal.[1] This was to be his last season in the Football League. He then appeared for Sittingbourne in the Kent League for a few seasons before moving back to the North East to play for Blyth Spartans in the North Eastern League.[1]

Personal life

In October 1927, Ralph and his family emigrated to Australia to build a new life. During his service with the Australian Army Service Corps in Malaya, he was captured by the Imperial Japanese Army and transferred to the Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp in North Borneo and interred as a POW.[2] He died on 21 November 1944 and is buried at the Labuan War Cemetery in Malaysia.[5]

References

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  • 99 Years & Counting - Stats & Stories - Huddersfield Town History


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  3. ↑ 1914–15 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season
  4. ↑ 1919–20 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season
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