Bryce Thomas Scouller,[1] known by his sporting name Thomas Hyslop (20 August 1871[2] – 21 April 1936) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke City and Sunderland[3] He also played for Sunderland and Rangers.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bryce Thomas Scouller[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 20 August 1871[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Auchinleck, Scotland[1] | ||
| Date of death | 21 April 1936 (aged 64)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Paisley, Scotland[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1889 | Elderslie | ||
| 1890–1892 | 2nd Scots Guards | ||
| 1892 | Millwall Athletic | ||
| 1893–1894 | Sunderland | 19 | (10) |
| 1894–1896 | Stoke | 33 | (24) |
| 1896–1898 | Rangers | 30 | (23) |
| 1898–1899 | Stoke | 12 | (0) |
| 1899–1900 | Rangers | 5 | (3) |
| 1900–1902 | Partick Thistle | 14 | (6) |
| 1902–1903 | Dundee Wanderers | ||
| 1903–1904 | Johnstone | ||
| 1904–1906 | Abercorn | 17 | (2) |
| 1906–1907 | Philadelphia Thistle | ||
| 1907 | Tacony Philadelphia | ||
| Total | 120 | (68) | |
| International career | |||
| 1896–1897 | Scotland | 2 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He represented the Scotland national team, playing twice against England in 1896 and in 1897, scoring on his debut. He was one of a group of five men who were the first to be selected while playing for an English club,[4] and also the first Stoke player to be capped by Scotland.[5]
Career
editHyslop was born as Bryce Scouller in Ayrshire but grew up in Elderslie, Renfrewshire; he began his career with Elderslie and also played football whilst serving with the Royal Scots.[3][1] He moved to England and joined Millwall Athletic (using the pseudonym Tommy Hyslop – his middle name and his mother's maiden name– to escape his military connections)[1] before joining Football League side Sunderland in 1893.[3] He spent one season at Sunderland and joined a struggling Stoke side in March 1894.[3]
Hyslop, as he was now known in football circles, made an instant impact at Stoke scoring seven goals in the final six matches of the 1894–95 season to move Stoke away from the foot of the table.[3] In 1895–96 he finished top scorer with 21 goals to his name and at the end of the campaign he returned to Scotland with Rangers,[3][1][6] where he won the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup, Scottish Cup and Glasgow Cup in 1896–97[7][8] and retained the latter two trophies the following season.[9]
He made a short unsuccessful return to Stoke in 1898 before continuing his career in Scotland.[3][1][10] He later moved to Canada, where he used his birth name but supplied a false age enabling him to enlist in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I, and also played football in the United States before returning to Scotland. He died in Paisley in 1936.[1]
Career statistics
editClub
editSource:[11]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sunderland | 1893–94 | First Division | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10 |
| Stoke | 1894–95 | First Division | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 1895–96 | First Division | 27 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 21 | |
| Rangers | 1895–96[6] | Scottish Division One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1896–97[6] | Scottish Division One | 17 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 34 | 24 | |
| 1897–98[6] | Scottish Division One | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 17 | |
| Stoke | 1898–99 | First Division | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Rangers | 1898–99[6] | Scottish Division One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 1899–1900[6] | Scottish Division One | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 5 | |
| Career total | 99 | 60 | 11 | 10 | 28 | 16 | 138 | 86 | ||
International
editSource:[12]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1896 | 1 | 0 |
| 1897 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 2 | 1 | |
International goals
edit- Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 April 1897 | London, England |  England |
1–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Bryce Scouller, aka Tom Hyslop: the double identity of Scotland's soldier internationalist". Scottish Sport History. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ often recorded as 22 September 1874
- ^ a b c d e f g Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
- ^ Anglo Scottish Recognition, Doigs Den
- ^ "Player Records". Stoke City. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f "Hyslop, Tommy". Fitbastats. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ^ "Scottish Soccer - League Division One - Rangers". media storehouse. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ "Rangers player Tommy Hyslop matches 1896–97". Fitbastats. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ "Rangers player Tommy Hyslop matches 1897–98". Fitbastats. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Tommy Hyslop at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ "Hyslop,Tommy". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
External links
edit- Tom Hyslop at the Scottish Football Association
- International stats at Londonhearts.com
