Asquith: Beamont

WW2 Guest: 1941-1942 (Leeds United War-time Guest Player Details)

Inside Forward

Born: Painthorpe, West Yorkshire: 16-09-1910

Debut: v Sheffield Wednesday (h): 04-04-1942

Height & Weight: Unknown

Asquith started playing football in his native town with Painthorpe Albion, near Wakefield. After playing local football he joined Second Division Barnsley in July 1933. Asquith started as an inside-left. He was switched to left-half but it was not until he settled down as a centre-forward that he fulfilled his true potential. However, in the 1937-38 season Asquith was unable to save Barnsley from being relegated from the Second Division. In the 1938-39 season Asquith scored twenty-eight goals and helped Barnsley to become Champions of the Third Division North. His total included five goals in one match against Darlington. Asquith was signed by First Division Manchester United in May 1939. During his time at Barnsley he had scored forty goals, including nine from penalties, in one hundred and five League games. He also scored once in five games in the F.A. Cup. However, he had not played one game for his new club before the outbreak of the Second World War. Asquith guested for Blackburn Rovers, Huddersfield Town, Barnsley, Leeds United, Rotherham United, Doncaster Rovers and Bradford City while the Football League fixtures were suspended. With Leeds he played consecutive fixtures at Easter 1942 as a Centre-Forward, the first in a 1-2 loss at Elland Road to Sheffield Wednesday on the Saturday and the second in a 1-6 defeat at the Shay against Halifax Town. In which he got United’s only goal. Asquith rejoined Second Division Barnsley in July 1942 and resigned for them after cessation of hostilities in 1946. After scoring five goals in forty League games and one goal in three F.A. Cup outings, he signed for Third Division North Bradford City in September 1948. While at Valley Parade he scored four times, including two from the penalty spot in thirty-one League games together with three F.A. Cup games for no goals. He played his final game in the Football League at the age of thirty-eight and joined Non League Scarborough. He died in Barnsley on 12th April 1977.