Top Goalscorers - The First 50 Years
Last updated : 16 January 2003 By Statto
This period was dominated by three players in George Elliot, George Camsell and Micky Fenton, who were top scorers on no less than 23 occasions, scoring a staggering 600+ goals between them.
George Elliott was Boro's first prolific goalscorer, topping the charts four times before WWI and three times after. He was the first Boro player to be the Football League's top scorer, in 1913-14 when he captained the team to their highest ever top flight finish, third.
Boro's greatest ever goalscorer with over 300 league goals to his name. He scored a record 59 goals in the 1926-27 season only for Everton's Dixie Dean to eclipse the mark the very next season. It still remains a record for the Second Division.
Micky Fenton took over from George Camsell in the mid-1930's and was top scorer for six seasons on the trot, three each side of WWII. He was highly regarded in the world of football and but for the war he could have won many more than his one solitary England cap.
A full listing for the period follows:
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| 1949-50 | 1 | McKennan, PS | 15 | 1 | 16 |
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| | McCrae, A | 14 | 2 | 16 |
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| | Mannion, WJ | 6 | 1 | 7 |
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| | Walker, RG | 6 | 1 | 7 |
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| 1948-49 | 1 | Fenton, M | 12 | 0 | 12 |
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| | Spuhler, JO | 6 | 1 | 7 |
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| | Donaldson, A | 6 | 0 | 6 |
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| 1947-48 | 1 | Fenton, M | 28 | 0 | 28 |
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| | McCormack, JC | 15 | 1 | 16 |
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| | Spuhler, JO | 11 | 0 | 11 |
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| | Walker, RG | 11 | 0 | 11 |
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| 1946-47 | 1 | Fenton, M | 18 | 5 | 23 |
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| | Mannion, WJ | 18 | 5 | 23 |
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| | Spuhler, JO | 10 | 4 | 14 |
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World War II |
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| 1938-39 | 1 | Fenton, M | 34 | 1 | 35 |
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| | Mannion, WJ | 14 | 0 | 14 |
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| | Yorston, BC | 12 | 0 | 12 |
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| 1937-38 | 1 | Fenton, M | 24 | 2 | 26 |
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| | Cochrane, T | 10 | 0 | 10 |
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| | Camsell, GH | 9 | 1 | 10 |
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| 1936-37 | 1 | Fenton, M | 22 | 0 | 22 |
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| | Camsell, GH | 18 | 0 | 18 |
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| | Bikett, RJE | 7 | 1 | 8 |
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| 1935-36 | 1 | Camsell, GH | 28 | 4 | 32 |
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| | Birkett, RJH | 22 | 0 | 22 |
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| | Yorston, BC | 13 | 0 | 13 |
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| 1934-35 | 1 | Camsell, GH | 14 | 0 | 14 |
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| | Coleman, E | 12 | 0 | 12 |
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| | Warren, FW | 9 | 0 | 9 |
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| 1933-34 | 1 | Camsell, GH | 23 | 1 | 24 |
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| | Bruce, RF | 9 | 0 | 9 |
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| | Warren, FW | 9 | 0 | 9 |
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| 1932-33 | 1 | Camsell, GH | 17 | 1 | 18 |
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| | Blackmore, HA | 9 | 3 | 12 |
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| | Williams, JJ | 6 | 1 | 7 |
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| | Bruce, RF | 5 | 2 | 7 |
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| 1931-32 | 1 | Camsell, GH | 20 | 0 | 20 |
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| | Bruce, RF | 12 | 1 | 13 |
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| | Cameron, K | 11 | 0 | 11 |
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| 1930-31 | 1 | Camsell, GH | 32 | 0 | 32 |
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| | Warren, FW | 18 | 1 | 19 |
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| | Pease, WH | 12 | 0 | 12 |
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| 1929-30 | 1 | Camsell, GH | 29 | 2 | 31 |
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| | Bruce, RF | 12 | 4 | 16 |
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| | Pease, WH | 12 | 0 | 12 |
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| 1928-29 | 2 | Camsell, GH | 30 | 3 | 33 |
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| | Pease, WH | 27 | 1 | 28 |
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| | Bruce, RF | 11 | 0 | 11 |
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| 1927-28 | 1 | Camsell, GH | 33 | 4 | 37 |
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| | Pease, WH | 19 | 0 | 19 |
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| | Carr, J | 6 | 0 | 6 |
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| 1926-27 | 2 | Camsell, GH | 59* | 4 | 63 |
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| | Pease, WH | 23 | 2 | 25 |
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| | Birrell, W | 16 | 2 | 18 |
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| 1925-26 | 2 | McClelland, J | 32 | 6 | 38 |
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| | Birrell, W | 17 | 1 | 18 |
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| | Williams, O | 8 | 0 | 8 |
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| 1924-25 | 2 | Williams, O | 7 | 0 | 7 |
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| | Elliott, GW | 7 | 0 | 7 |
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| | Dickson, IW | 5 | 0 | 5 |
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| 1923-24 | 1 | Wilson, AN | 8 | 0 | 8 |
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| | Elliott, GW | 7 | 0 | 7 |
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| | Dickson, IW | 5 | 0 | 5 |
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| 1922-23 | 1 | Elliott, GW | 23 | 0 | 23 |
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| | Wilson, AN | 11 | 1 | 12 |
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| | Birrell, W | 9 | 1 | 10 |
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| 1921-22 | 1 | Wilson, AN | 32 | 0 | 32 |
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| | Carr, G | 15 | 0 | 15 |
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| | Elliott, GW | 13 | 0 | 13 |
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| 1920-21 | 1 | Elliott, GW | 26 | 0 | 26 |
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| | Poulton, A | 5 | 0 | 5 |
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| | Carr, J | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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| 1919-20 | 1 | Elliott, GW | 31 | 3 | 34 |
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| | Urwin, T | 11 | 0 | 11 |
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| | Pender, RJ | 5 | 0 | 5 |
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World War I |
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| 1914-15 | 1 | Tinsley, W | 23 | 3 | 26 |
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| | Elliott, GW | 14 | 3 | 17 |
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| | Carr, J | 9 | 3 | 12 |
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| 1913-14 | 1 | Elliott, GW | 31 | 0 | 31 |
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| | Tinsley, W | 19 | 0 | 19 |
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| | Carr, J | 8 | 0 | 8 |
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| 1912-13 | 1 | Elliott, GW | 22 | 3 | 25 |
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| | Carr, J | 16 | 3 | 19 |
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| | Eyre, E | 4 | 2 | 6 |
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| 1911-12 | 1 | Elliott, GW | 17 | 2 | 19 |
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| | Cail, SG | 13 | 0 | 13 |
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| | James, WE | 8 | 1 | 9 |
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| 1910-11 | 1 | Elliott, GW | 10 | 0 | 10 |
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| | Cail, SG | 7 | 2 | 9 |
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| | Nichol, J | 8 | 0 | 8 |
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| 1909-10 | 1 | Hall, JH | 12 | 0 | 12 |
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| | Bloomer, S | 9 | 1 | 10 |
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| | Cail, SG | 8 | 1 | 9 |
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| 1908-09 | 1 | Hall, JH | 18 | 0 | 18 |
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| | Bloomer, S | 14 | 0 | 14 |
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| | Common, A | 10 | 0 | 10 |
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| 1907-08 | 1 | Bloomer, S | 12 | 0 | 12 |
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| | Cail, SG | 12 | 0 | 12 |
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| | Common, A | 9 | 0 | 9 |
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| | Wilcox, FJ | 9 | 0 | 9 |
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| 1906-07 | 1 | Bloomer, S | 18 | 2 | 20 |
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| | Common, A | 12 | 1 | 13 |
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| | Wilcox, FJ | 12 | 0 | 12 |
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| 1905-06 | 1 | Common, A | 19 | 5 | 24 |
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| | Hewitt, CW | 9 | 2 | 11 |
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| | Green, T | 6 | 0 | 6 |
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| | Bloomer, S | 6 | 0 | 6 |
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| 1904-05 | 1 | Astley, H | 4 | 1 | 5 |
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| | Atherton, RH | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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| | Common, A | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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| 1903-04 | 1 | Brown, A | 12 | 5 | 17 |
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| | Cassidy, J | 11 | 0 | 11 |
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| | Atherton, RH | 9 | 1 | 10 |
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| 1902-03 | 1 | Robertson, A | 7 | 1 | 8 |
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| | Cassidy, J | 7 | 0 | 7 |
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| | Carrick, C | 6 | 0 | 6 |
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| 1901-02 | 2 | Brearley, J | 22 | 1 | 23 |
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| | Cassidy, J | 15 | 0 | 15 |
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| | Wardrope, W | 10 | 0 | 10 |
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| 1900-01 | 2 | Robertson, A | 9 | 7 | 16 |
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| | Wardrope, W | 11 | 3 | 14 |
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| | Wilkie, J | 8 | 2 | 10 |
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| 1899-00 | 2 | Pugh, CE | 7 | 0 | 7 |
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| | Lamb, TJ | 6 | 0 | 6 |
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| | Reid, G | 5 | 0 | 5 |
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| | Murphy, J | 5 | 0 | 5 |
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