Year of issue: 1925
Issued by: “Adventure” and “Vanguard” (D.C. Thomson)
Trade reference number(s): THO-275 / THO-12
Number of cards in set: 40
Size: standard, approximately 65mm x 35mm
Approximate value (per card): Murrays £6.50; FCCM £8.00
Alan Jenkins informs me that each week five cards were issued, but only one card in any one of the two comics which very probably would have made it difficult to complete a set. FCCM tell us that these are far more scarce than usual catalogue prices suggest and I would most certainly agree with that given how hard it is to find images on the internet.
Sheffield United seem to ‘top score’ in this set, with three representations; my guess is that this reflects their FA Cup Final success against Cardiff City in April 1925.
*On 14th February 2020, one of the “Dixie” Dean cards shown here sold on eBay for an astonishing £475.89!!! Apparently it’s what the Americans call his “rookie” card, the first one that he ever appeared on.
26 September, 1925
1. F. Tunstall (Sheffield United)
2. A. Jackson (Huddersfield Town)
3. R.F. John (Arsenal)
4. S.R. Bennion (Manchester United)
5. W. Dean (Everton)
3 October, 1925
6. J.T. Williams (Middlesbrough)
7. R.M. Rock (Kilmarnock)
8. J.E. Townrow (Clapton Orient)
9. J.J. Williams (Huddersfield Town)
10. H. Adcock (Leicester City)
10 October, 1925
11. W. Bradshaw (Bury)
12. W. Devlin (Cowdenbeath)
13. H.S. Miller (Chelsea)
14. H. Hardy (Stockport County)
15. L. Barry (Notts County)
17 October, 1925
16. J. Fleming (St. Johnstone)
17. R. Forshaw (Liverpool)
18. T. Cook (Brighton & Hove Albion)
19. R. Bennie (Airdrie)
20. J. Hulme (Blackburn Rovers)
24 October, 1925
21. F. Barson (Manchester United)
22. G. James (West Bromwich Albion)
23. H. Skitt (Tottenham Hotspur)
24. R. Gillespie (Queens Park)
25. R. McKenzie (Newcastle United)
31 October, 1925
26. A. McInroy (Sunderland)
27. J. McIntyre (Derby County)
28. O. Brown (Darlington)
29. J. (sic) Kennedy (Everton) – actually F. Kennedy (Everton) – shown in Manchester United kit
30. J. McGrory (Celtic)
7 November, 1925
31. J. Meredith (Blackpool)
32. W. Gillespie (Sheffield United)
33. W.D. Williams (West Ham United)
34. Ramage (Hearts)
35. R. Kelly (Burnley)
14 November, 1925
36. W. Davies (Cardiff City)
37. D. Halliday (Sunderland)
38. D. Meikeljohn (Rangers)
39. C.H. Green (Sheffield United)
40. S. Cowan (Manchester City)
I am still short of images of Bennion, Devlin (back), James and Gillespie (Sheffield Utd) as well as a few improvements. Can YOU please help?