Year of issue: 1926
Issued by: “The Triumph” & “The Champion” (Amalgamated Press)
Trade reference number(s): AMA-150 / AMC-5
Number of cards in set: 24
Size: M (approx. 76mm x 50mm)
Approximate value (per card): Murrays £5.25; FCCM £3.50
As the set title suggests, these twenty-four cards represented famous international footballers of late 1926 and they were issued concurrently between two different papers – “The Triumph” and “The Champion” – beginning on 25th September 1926. Oddly enough, although the cards are numbered, their releases was pretty much a ‘scatter-gun‘ type of thing going by the dates of issue.
1. R. Pym (Bolton Wanderers) – issued with Champion, dated 16th October
2. J. Townrow (Clapton Orient) – issued with Triumph, dated 13th November
3. S.J. Wadsworth (Huddersfield Town) – issued with Triumph, dated 23rd October
4. S.C. Puddefoot (Blackburn Rovers) – issued with Champion, dated 20th November
5. R.E. York (Aston Villa) – issued with Triumph, dated 25th September
6. G.H. Green (Sheffield United) – issued with Champion, dated 4th December
7. F. Osborne (Tottenham Hotspur) – issued with Champion, dated 2nd October
8. H. Chambers (Liverpool) – issued with Triumph, dated 11th December
9. J. Fowler (Swansea Town) – issued with Champion, dated 30th October
10. F. Titmuss (Plymouth Argyle) – issued with Triumph, dated 27th November
11. T. Farquharson (Cardiff City) – issued with Triumph, dated 6th November
12. F. Tunstall (Sheffield United) – issued with Triumph, dated 9th October
13. W.R. Robb (Glasgow Rangers) – issued with Champion, dated 13th November
14. J. McMullan (Manchester City) – issued with Champion, dated 11th December
15. W. Cresswell (Sunderland) – issued with Champion, dated 6th November
16. H. Gallacher (Newcastle United) – issued with Champion, dated 9th October
17. F. Keenor (Cardiff City) – issued with Triumph, dated 4th December
18. J. Hutton (Aberdeen) – issued with Triumph, dated 20th November
19. W. McStay (Glasgow Celtic) – issued with Champion, dated 25th September
20. W. Harper (Aberdeen) – issued with Triumph, dated 30th October
21. M. Russell (Plymouth Argyle) – issued with Triumph, dated 16th October
22. J.A. Mackie (Arsenal) – issued with Champion, dated 27th November
23. A.L. Morton (Glasgow Rangers) – issued with Triumph, dated 2nd October
24. H. Bedford (Derby County) – issued with Champion, dated 23rd October
I do not know any specific issue information for these cards.
* I HAVE A COMPLETE SET OF THESE *
And just for good measure, I also have this card.