World War I
Total Appearances and Goals

(Click for Individual WWI Seasons:         1915/16          1916/17          1917/18          1918/19)

The normal Football League and FA Cup competitions were suspended at the end of the 1914/15 season due to World War I.
The Football League was replaced with regional leagues - and for the next 4 seasons Everton played in Lancashire
Section Principal and Subsidiary Tournaments.
In 1918/19 they finished first in the Lancashire Section Principal Tournament and played Nott'm Forest (winners of the
Midlands Section Principal Tournament) in a two-legged League Championship Play-Off tie.
The FA Cup was not replaced and no national Cup competitions were contested.
The appearance and goal statistics below are not counted in any official records.

† Teams were allowed to use guest players in wartime matches.
The actual clubs that Everton's guest players belonged to is indicated where appropriate.

Players in bold only played wartime games for Everton; they never played in a normal Football League
or FA Cup match for the club.
Appearances and Goals
  
War Football League
Lancashire Section
Principal Tournament
War Football League
Championship Play-Off
War Football League
Lancashire Section
Subsidiary Tournament
Total
  
Apps
Gls
Apps
Gls
Apps
Gls
Apps
Gls
Bill Wareing
104
11
2
0
21
2
127
13
Joe Clennell
102
112
2
0
20
14
124
126
Tom Fleetwood
99
5
2
0
20
0
121
5
Alan Grenyer
101
9
2
0
16
1
119
10
Frank Jefferis
88
20
2
0
17
4
107
24
Frank Mitchell
84
0
2
0
13
0
99
0
Bob Thompson
71
2
0
0
16
0
87
2
Ernie Gault* (Stockport)†
60
74
2
0
15
19
77
93
Joe Donnachie**  (Oldham)†
65
8
0
0
10
3
75
11
Billy Robinson
56
0
2
0
7
0
65
0
Billy Kirsopp
44
21
0
0
10
3
54
24
Joseph Smith  (West Brom)†
44
0
2
0
5
0
51
0
George Harrison
34
9
1
0
11
1
46
10
Tommy Fern
28
0
0
0
12
0
40
0
Sam Chedgzoy
28
6
0
0
10
0
38
6
Jock Maconnachie
22
0
0
0
7
0
29
0
Jimmy Miller*** (Grimsby)†
22
7
2
0
4
0
28
7
William Brown
13
0
0
0
9
0
22
0
Stephen Murray
13
1
0
0
7
0
20
1
James Morris  (Stoke)†
18
4
0
0
1
0
19
4
? Lloyd
16
1
0
0
0
0
16
1
Bobby Simpson
10
0
0
0
6
0
16
0
Bill Wright
14
6
0
0
1
0
15
6
Edward Cotter  (Kirkdale FC)†
11
0
0
0
3
0
14
0
John Bradbury  (Hull City)†
10
0
0
0
0
0
10
0
Bert Rigsby**** (South Liverpool)†
2
3
0
0
8
4
10
7
J Collins  (Kirkdale FC)†
4
0
0
0
5
0
9
0
Bob Stewart
7
0
0
0
1
0
8
0
Bobby Parker
7
7
0
0
0
0
7
7
Harold Wadsworth  (Tranmere)†
2
0
0
0
5
1
7
1
James Williamson  (Hibernians)†
0
0
0
0
7
4
7
4
John Blair
6
4
0
0
0
0
6
4
Bobby McNeal  (West Brom)†
4
0
0
0
2
0
6
0
William Bromilow
3
0
0
0
3
0
6
0
Jack Page
3
0
0
0
3
0
6
0
James Twiss
2
0
0
0
4
1
6
1
Tom Cooper  (Exeter)†
5
1
0
0
0
0
5
1
George Merritt  (Southport C)†
5
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
Tommy Nuttall
5
2
0
0
0
0
5
2
Owen Williams
2
0
0
0
3
0
5
0
G Bain  (Kirkdale FC)†
4
2
0
0
0
0
4
2
Sam Cordall
4
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
John Dunn  (Luton)†
4
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
Jim Riley
4
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
Sam Challinor
3
0
0
0
1
0
4
0
James Roberts
3
0
0
0
1
0
4
0
A Williams
2
0
0
0
2
0
4
0
Joe Peacock
0
0
0
0
4
0
4
0
Harry Bull  (Tranmere)†
2
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
Bill Burgess  (Bryn FC)†
1
0
0
0
2
0
3
0
J Evans
1
0
0
0
2
0
3
0
Horace Howarth
1
0
0
0
2
1
3
1
John Stott
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
0
? Campey  (Man Utd)†
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
T Gouldson
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
George Gutteridge
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
A Lovelady
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
? Peet
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
C Redford
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
Thomas Snoddy  (St Mirren)†
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
? Hunter
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
Bert Pearson  (Liverpool)†
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
Fred Baines
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
? Cooper
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
S Elliott
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Jimmy Galt
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
J Murphy  (Liverpool)†
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
William Newton   (Stockport)†
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Frank Sheldon
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Peter Quinn   (Blackpool)†
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
C Baker
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
Dick Carlisle
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
Dagnall  (Preston)†
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
Henry Johnson
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
Sam Spruce  (Rochdale)†
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0

*     Ernie Gault played for Everton in 1912/13 and again in 1919/20.
       During the war he played for the club as a guest in 1916/17 before signing permanently
       at the end of that season.

**    Joe Donnachie played for Everton from 1905/06 - 1908/09 and again in 1919/20.
       During the war he played for the club as a guest.

***   Jimmy Miller played 18 Principal Tournament matches as a guest in 1918/19, scoring 6 goals,
       before signing permanently for Everton at the end of January 1919, after which he played a
       further 10 War games for the club in total scoring 1 more goal.
**** Bert Rigsby guested for Everton during the war and afterwards signed for the club in May 1919.