Aubrey Scriven

Aubrey Scriven (7 July 1904 – 30 April 1988) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside left for Birmingham, Bradford City and Bristol City in the Football League. He also played non-league football for Warmsworth, Denaby United, Worcester City and Brierley Hill Alliance.

Life and career Scriven was born on 7 July 1904 in Highley, near Bridgnorth in Shropshire, to William Scriven, a roadman in a coal mine, and his wife Rose Ann. He played football for Highley Boys' Club before moving to Warmsworth, West Riding of Yorkshire, where he helped the village team win the Doncaster Amateur League title in 1922–23. According to the South Yorkshire Times of September 1923, "he is fast, has good ball control, centres accurately and shoots strongly from all angles. When he gains complete confidence in himself he should be one of the most dangerous wingers". He kept his place for a couple of months before Linley took over, and then returned to the side for the last month of the season, during which he scored twice. as part of a £400 deal that also took Islip to the club. He made 105 appearances in the Football League, scoring 37 goals, as well as scoring once from 6 FA Cup matches, and left the club in May 1932 to join Bristol City. of which 54 appearances and 12 goals came in the Third Division South. Scriven moved into non-league football with Worcester City in 1934. and then joined Brierley Hill Alliance, where he remained until retiring from football during the war. Scriven remarried in 1942, to Vera Thompson. After the war, he worked as a maintenance man at Monument Road Baths in Ladywood, Birmingham. He died in Birmingham on 30 April 1988, aged 83.

Honours Bristol City Welsh Cup winner: 1933–34