Joseph Lewis Ballham (c.1864 – 1948) was an English

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. He won the

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title with

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in 1890–91, and also played for Burslem Port Vale. His

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Edgar played a friendly for Port Vale in 1890.

Career

Ballham played for Stoke Locomotive and

, appearing in the

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in 1886–87 and 1887–88, before joining Burslem Port Vale in August 1888. However, he was still under contract to Stoke until the end of September that year and so had to wait until October to make his debut. The contract issue did not go away and in December 1888 he was forced to pay the club £20 damages and costs at £1 a week by the Stoke County Court. Despite this, and the regular football he enjoyed at Vale he returned to their rivals in the summer of 1890. He had scored 29 goals in 70 games in all competitions for the Vale. He scored six goals in 20

games in 1890–91, as Stoke won the league title and regained admittance to

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. He scored five goals in 18 Football League games in 1891–92, before departing the

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Career statistics

Source:

Honours

Stoke *

: 1890–91

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ballham, Lewis 1864 births 1948 deaths Footballers from Stoke-on-Trent English footballers Men's association football forwards Stoke City F.C. players Port Vale F.C. players English Football League players Football Alliance players