used as backup to centre-forward Jasper McLuckie, and finished the season with four goals from 13 league appearances. With the arrival of Harry Wilcox ahead of the 1905–06 season, Owens' chances of first-team football appeared limited, but he had a run in the team when Wilcox was used at centre half, and ended up making 28 appearances from which he scored seven goals. In 1906, Owens signed for another Southern League club, Bristol Rovers; he had played against them several timesand scored against themfor Plymouth Argyle. He returned the favour in January 1907, with the first goal of a 2–0 win against Argyle, but was unable to establish himself as a first-team regular, and finished the season with six goals from 17 Southern League appearances. He spent the 1907–08 season with Crystal Palace, for whom he appeared at half back as well as in the forward line. He scored eight goals from 22 Southern League matches, and then returned to the Football League with Grimsby Town. Despite scoring on his debut, against Stockport County on the opening day of the season, and adding two more goals from just five more Second Division matches, he was rated "disappointing and lacking pace", and by February 1909 he was back at Darlington. He scored 15 goals between then and the end of the season, including a run of at least one goal in each of the eight North-Eastern League matches in February and March, and scored in the 1909–10 FA Cup in a 2–0 defeat of Horden Athletic. Owens died in Devonport, Devon, in 1916 at the age of 35. Notes References 1881 births 1916 deaths People from County Durham (district) Footballers from County Durham English footballers Association football forwards Darlington F.C. players Bishop Auckland F.C. players Crook Town A.F.C. players Arsenal F.C. players Plymouth Argyle F.C. players Bristol Rovers F.C. players Crystal Palace F.C. players Grimsby Town F.C. players Northern Football League players English Football League players Western Football League players Southern Football League players Date of birth missing Date of death missing