Cohen, Weenen & Co. ~ Sweetcrop Cigarettes - Actresses, Footballers & Jockeys (02)

1905
Actresses, Footballers & Jockeys
Cohen, Weenen & Co. ~ Sweetcrop Cigarettes
40 cards (20 footballers)

As these cards are very rare I thought I'd see if it was possible to get scans of all the cards and show them on my blog.

Cards shown previously can be seen here:

Cohen, Weenen & Co. (Sweet Crop Cigarettes) - Actresses, Footballers & Jockeys

J. Ashcroft (Woolwich Arsenal)   -    shown previously
Bache (Aston Villa)   -    shown here
J. Buchan (Manchester City)   -    shown here
W. Bull (Notts County)   -    shown previously
Chadwick (Southampton)
J. Chaplin (Dundee Wanderers)   -    shown here
J. Coleman
Garraty (Aston Villa)
Gee   -    shown here
Hall (Aston Villa - away kit)   -    shown previously
Hampton (Aston Villa)   -    shown here
T. Holford (Manchester City)
McIvor   -    shown here
Miles (Aston Villa)
C. Satterthwaite (Woolwich Arsenal)
Spencer (Aston Villa)   -    shown here
A. Tait (Tottenham Hotspur)   -    shown here
J. Walton (Preston North End)   -    shown previously
Windmill (Aston Villa)   -    shown here
Wolstenholme (Everton)   -    shown here

Cohen, Weenen & Co. ~ Sweet Crop Cigarettes - Celebrities ~ Cricketers, Footballers & Jockeys (2)

1900
Celebrities ~ Cricketers, Footballers & Jockeys
Cohen, Weenen & Co. ~ Sweet Crop Cigarettes
22 (7 footballers)

An illustrated checklist, including the cricket card that's of interest to football card collectors.

UPDATE (25-10-2020 20:57):  James Cotton has informed me that there's another cricketer in this collection who also played football. Billy Gunn played for Notts County and Nottingham Forest as an amateur and also represented England twice in the 1884 British Home Championship against Scotland and Wales.

Cricketers, Footballers & Jockeys (caption in Brown)
Cricketers, Footballers & Jockeys (caption in Grey-black) 

W.C. Athersmith (Aston Villa)
H. Boyd (Woolwich Arsenal)
J. Cowan (Aston Villa)
C.B. Fry (Sussex -  cricketer) (also of Southampton)
W. Gunn (Notts - cricketer) (also Notts County, Nottingham Forest, England - 2 caps)

G.O. Smith (Corinthians)
F. Wheldon (Aston Villa)
W. Williams (West Bromwich Albion)

Cohen, Weenen & Co. (Circus Girl Cigarettes) - Heroes Of Sport

1897
Heroes Of Sport
Cohen, Weenen & Co. (Circus Girl Cigarettes)
100 (49 Footballers)

1. Allsop (Nottingham Forest)
2. C. Athersmith (Aston Villa)
3. J. Banks (West Bromwich Albion)
4. R. R Barker (English International)
5. W. I. Bassett (West Bromwich Albion)
6. H. Boyd (Woolwich Arsenal)
7. A. Brady (Sheffield Wednesday)
8. A.Bradley (Sheffield Wednesday)
9. A. Brash (Sheffield Wednesday)
10. Cayhill (Woolwich Arsenal)
11. F.H. Crawshaw (Sheffeld Wednesday)
12. H. Davis (Sheffield Wednesday)
13. J. Devey (Aston Villa)
14. W. Dunlop (Sunderland)
15. M.E. Earp (Sheffield Wednesday)
16. Evans (Aston Villa)
17. Fegan
18. Ferguson (Sunderland)
19. Field
20. J. Gillespie (Sunderland)
21. Gosling
22. A. Hamilton (Sunderland)
23. J. Hernie (Sunderland)   -   likely to be John Harvey (Sunderland)  -  thanks to Pat
24. T. Hislop (Stoke)
25. J. Hutchinson (West Bromwich Albion)
26. J. Jamieson (Sheffield Wednesday)
27. Jenkyns (Millwall Athletic)
28. D. Jones (Bolton Wanderers)
29. H. Matthews (Woolwich Arsenal)
30. C. McGahey (Corinthians)
31. G. McGalachan
32. McGregor (Scottish International)
33. R. McNeil (Sunderland)
34. A. Montgomery (Bury)
35. W. Place (Junr.) (Bury)
36. Powell (Woolwich Arsenal)
37. W. Purviss (Small Heath)
38. H. Reay (Everton)
39. R.R. Sandliands (Old Westminsters)
40. A. Scott (Nottrngham Forest)
41. J. Sharp (Preston North End)
42. Bosworth Smith (Oxford University)
43. G.O. Smith  (Corinthians)
44. S. Smith (Aston Villa)
45. F. Spikesley (Sheffield Wednesday)
46. Storer (Millwall) - never played for Millwall - shown wearing an Arsenal jersey   -   thanks to Leitchaj and Pat - 19-10-2023
47. G.F. Weldon (Sic) (Small Heath)
48. W. Williams  (West Bromwich Albion)
49. F. G. Wyllie (Bury)

1. Thomas (Athletics?)
2. W. Brockwell (Cricket)
3. W.G. Druce (Cricket)
4. Easby (Cricket)
5. Evershed (Cricket)
6. W.G. Grace (Cricket)
7. Gwynne (Cricket)
8. Holland (Cricket)
9. K.J. Key (Cricket)
10. Lockwood (Cricket)
11. Mason (Cricket)
12. Murdoch (Cricket)
13. Sir T.C. O'Brien (Cricket)
14. Pickett (Cricket)
15. Quaife (Cricket)
16. K.S. Ranjitsinhji (Cricket)
17. Richardson (Cricket)
18. A.E. Stoddart (Cricket)
19. Street (Cricket)
20. S.M.J. Woods (Cricket)
21. E. Nieuport (Cycling)
22. E. Ormsby Cooke (Cycling)
23. Piette (Cycling)
24. ?
25. ?
26. ?
27. ?
28. ?
29. ?
30. ?
31. ?
32. ?
33. ?
34. ?
35. ?
36. ?
37. ?
38. ?
39. ?
40. ?
41. ?
42. ?
43. ?
44. ?
45. ?
46. ?
47. ?
48. ?
49. ?
50. ?
51. ?

Cohen, Weenen & Co. - Owners, Jockeys, Footballers, Cricketers ~ Series 3

1907
Owners, Jockeys, Footballers, Cricketers ~ Series 3
Cohen, Weenen & Co.
20 cards (9 Footballers)

9 Footballers and one rugby player.

Walter Bull (Tottenham Hotspur)
Carmichel (Grimsby Town)
W. Foulke (Bradford City)
'Tiny' Joice (Millwall Athletic)
J. McRoberts (Chelsea)
M. Moran (Chelsea)
Spendiff (Hull City)
F.W. Sutcliffe (Plymouth Argyle)
Vivian J. Woodward (Tottenham Hotspur)
Llewellyn (Rugby)

Cohen, Weenen & Co. - Owners, Jockeys, Footballers, Cricketers - Series 2

1906
Owners, Jockeys, Footballers, Cricketers - Series 2
Cohen, Weenen & Co.
52 cards (9 Footballers)

I will be uploading the Series 3 checklist soon. In fact, by the end of this month I should have included illustrations and checklists for all the football sets issued by cigarette/tobacco companies in the U.K., including all the odd quirky sets that just include one football card, no matter how obscure. I have also included the C.B. Fry card here, because of his links to Southampton.

UPDATE (18-02-2024 15:06):  Thanks to a comment below, it seems that Lewis (Leicester Fosse) is actually Archie Ling who was the Leicester Fosse goalkeeper for three season between 1902-03 and 1904-05. He later went on the play for Swindon Town and Brentford as well as cricket for Cambridgeshire.

J. Ashcroft (Woolwich Arsenal)
Clawley (Southampton)
Cooch (Northampton Town)
Eggett (Tottenham Hotspur)
J.S. Fryer (Fulham)
Howes (Queens Park Rangers)
Lewis (Leicester Fosse)   -   probably Archie Ling, Leciester Fosse goalkeeper 1902-05
J. Robinson (Millwall Athletic)
Whittaker (Reading)
C.B. Fry (as cricketer) (Southampton)

Cohen, Weenen & Co. ~ Sweetcrop Cigarettes - Actresses, Footballers & Jockeys

1905
Actresses, Footballers & Jockeys
Cohen, Weenen & Co. ~ Sweetcrop Cigarettes
40 (20 footballers)

Very rare cards, I'm not sure which clubs some of these players played for at the time the cards were issued. If anyone has any further information I will gladly update this article as and when anything is forthcoming.
UPDATE (18-11-2015): Jon Farrelly has provided some additional information about this collection....
Hall is Aston Villa in the away kit and I am pretty certain that Hampton is Harry Hampton of Aston Villa but have not seen the card also I have not seen Spencer (Aston Villa) either. I do have the others on Aston Villa. This set was probably not issued until 1905 due to the the away kit photos not been taken until 1904/05 season and all the Villa players were members of the 1905 F.A. Cup winning team.
UPDATE (15-01-2016):  Date amended, see the comments below.
UPDATE (11-12-2019 16:43):  Carl Wilkes has provided scans of two more cards. If you are looking for cards from this collection then there's probably just Carl's websites that might help - www.rarecards.co.uk and  www.footballsoccercards.com.

J. Ashcroft (Woolwich Arsenal)
Bache (Aston Villa)
J. Buchan (Manchester City)
W. Bull (Tottenham Hotspur)   -   team amended 09-10-2022
Chadwick (Southampton)
J. Chaplin (Dundee Wanderers)
Garraty (Aston Villa)
Gee (Notts County)   -   updated 11-12-2019
Hall (Aston Villa - away kit)
T. Holford (Manchester City)
McIvor (Blackburn Rovers)   -   updated 11-12-2019
C. Satterthwaite (Woolwich Arsenal)
Spencer (Aston Villa)
A. Tait (Tottenham Hotspur)
J. Walton (Preston North End)
Windmill (Aston Villa)
Wolstenholme (Everton)
Miles (Aston Villa)
Hampton (Aston Villa)
J. Coleman (Woolwich Arsenal)   -   updated 11-12-2019

Cohen, Weenen & Co. ~ Sweet Crop Cigarettes - Celebrities ~ Cricketers, Footballers & Jockeys

1900
Celebrities ~ Cricketers, Footballers & Jockeys
Cohen, Weenen & Co. ~ Sweet Crop Cigarettes
22 (7 footballers)

There are over 250 cards in the complete set, but the sporting personalities are usually listed as a sub-set. These cards can be found in two versions, as detailed below. All the cards are very rare. There are really only six footballers in the collection, C.B. Fry is included even though he appears as a cricketer. He was a famous all-rounder who also player football for Southampton.

Cricketers, Footballers & Jockeys (caption in Brown)
Cricketers, Footballers & Jockeys (caption in Grey-black)

C.B. Fry (as cricketer) (Southampton)
W.C. Athersmith (Aston Villa)
H. Boyd (Woolwich Arsenal)
J. Cowan (Aston Villa)
G.O. Smith (Corinthians)
F. Wheldon (Aston Villa)
W. Williams (West Bromwich Albion)