Murray, Sons & Co. (Maple Cigarettes / Murray Cigarettes) - M970-240/M164-11.5 Football Colours / Football Flags (2)

1910
M970-240/M164-11.5 Football Colours / Football Flags
Murray, Sons & Co. (Maple Cigarettes / Murray Cigarettes)
29 known

The previously listed date of 1908 is probably wrong for this collection. Cardiff Rugby Club play in Blue and Black, so the Cardiff club listed here must be Cardiff City, but they played in local leagues until turning professional and joining the Southern League in 1910, gaining promotion to the First Division for the 1913-14 season. Roger Pashby tells me that Huddersfield Town, although founded in 1908, didn't start playing in Blue and White Stripes until 1909-10.
Derry Celtic were voted out of the Irish League 1913 and disbanded that year.
Sam on the Cigarette Card Collecting forum posted a lot of information for me, that was originally included in two books published by the Cartophilic Society of Great Britain. Fossil, another member of the same forum has provided details of the 8 missing cards from my list.

UPDATE (26-08-2023 12:02):  An example of a Murray Cigarettes version added.

UPDATE (23-03-2024 11:00):  Paul Briers has provided information and photos of the Brentford card and as he states that Brentford only played in those colours for the 1909-10 season (and Cardiff City only turned professional for the 1910-11 season) it's probably safe to date these as a 1910 issue.

UPDATE (26-03-2024 12:18):  The Murray Cigarettes version of the Brentford card has been added, thanks to Paul Briers and Garry Daynes.

UPDATE (02-12-2024 12:18):  I have added scans of the Aston Villa / Burnley card, placing ahead of the West Ham / Crystal Palace card to highlight the difference between them.

1.  Claret with Light Blue edging (long length) - Aston Villa, Burnley

2.  Blue - Dundee, Birmingham, Rangers, Motherwell, Linfield, Millwall, Partick Thistle, Cardiff, Leicester City

3.  Red and White Hoops - Hamilton Academicals, Airdrieonians
4.  Black and Yellow Stripes - Hull City
5.  Yellow with Green edging and collar - Norwich City
6.  Blue and White stripes - West Bromwich Albion, Oldham Athletic, Sheffield Wednesday, Reading, Huddersfield Town, Brighton
7.  Black and White stripes - St. Mirren, Bristol Rovers, Newcastle United, Notts County
8.  Watford, Portsmouth, Derby County, Fulham, Glossop
9.  Black and Old Gold Stripes - Wolverhampton Wanderers

10.  Blackburn Rovers
11.  Bohemians
12.  Yellow with Blue V - Brentford
13.  Falkirk
14.  Blue and White hoops - Greenock Morton, Kilmarnock
15.  Sheffield United, etc.
16.  Red - Third Lanark, Liverpool, Blackpool, Bristol City, Shelbourne, Cliftonville, Manchester U., Middlesbrough, Swindon Town, Clyde, Notts Forest, Barnsley, Woolwich Arsenal.
17.  Claret with Light Blue edging (medium length) - West Ham United, Crystal Palace
18.  Belfast Celtic, Derry Celtic, etc

19.  Queens Park
20.  Green and White hoops - Queens Park Rangers, Glasgow Celtic

21.  Bradford City
22.  Glentoran
23.  Grimsby Town
24.  Green - Hibernian
25.  Leeds City
26.  Northampton, Heart of Midlothian
27.  Plymouth Argyle
28.  Tottenham Hotspur, etc.

29.  Coventry City

Notes:
Nos 1-9 from World Index Handbook (Part II) published 1976 by CSGB; listed as  'Football Colours'
Nos 10-17 from World Index Handbook (Part III) published 1982 by CSGB; listed as 'Football Flags' 
Nos 18-20 from World Index Handbook (Part V) published in 1990 by CSGB

Murray, Sons & Co. - Football Rules

1911
Football Rules
Murray, Sons & Co.
25

1-12.  Rugby
13.  Dimensions of Field of Play
14.  The Ball
15.  Goals
16.  Free Kick
17.  Goal Kick
18.  Off-Side
19.  Goal Area
20.  Penalty Area
21.  Players in Position at Commencement of Game
22.  Throw In
23.  Corner Kick
24.  Penalty Kick
25.  International Dimensions

Murray, Sons & Co. (Maple Cigarettes / Murray Cigarettes) - Football Colours

1908
Football Colours
Murray, Sons & Co. (Maple Cigarettes / Murray Cigarettes)
21 known

Very, very rare cards, I can't even remember when I last saw one of these for sale anywhere.

UPDATE (26-08-2023 11:51):  An updated list can be found here - Murray, Sons & Co. (Maple Cigarettes / Murray Cigarettes) - Football Colours / Football Flags (02).

Football Colours - Maple Cigarettes
Football Colours - Murray Cigarettes

1. ??? - Aston Villa, Burnley
2. ??? - Belfast Celtic, Derry Celtic, etc
3. Blue - Dundee, Birmingham, Rangers, Motherwell, Linfield, Millwall, Partick Thistle, Cardiff, Leicester City
4. ??? - Hamilton Academicals, Airdrieonians
5. ??? - Hull City
6. ??? - Norwich City
7. ??? - Queens Park
8. Green and White hoops - Queens Park Rangers, Celtic
9. ??? - Watford, Portsmouth, Derby County, Fulham, Glossop
10. ??? - Blackburn Rovers
11. ??? - Bohemians
12. ??? - Brentford
13. ??? - Falkirk
14. Blue and White hoops - Greenock Morton, Kilmarnock
15. ??? - Sheffield United, etc.
16. Red - Third Lanark, Liverpool, Blackpool, Bristol City, Shelbourne, Cliftonville, Manchester U., Middlesbrough, Swindon Town, Clyde, Notts Forest, Barnsley, Woolwich Arsenal
17. Claret with Light Blue edging - West Ham United, Crystal Palace
    
18. ??? - Wolverhampton Wanderers
19. ??? - St. Mirren, Bristol Rovers, Newcastle United, Notts County
20. Blue and White stripes - Oldham Athletic, Reading, Sheffield Wednesday, West Bromwich Albion, Huddersfield Town, Brighton & Hove Albion
21. ??? - Coventry City

Murray, Sons & Co. - Footballers ~ Series J

1913
Footballers ~ Series J
Murray, Sons & Co.
104

Footballers ~ Series J
Footballers ~ Series J - plain back

Aitkenhead (Blackburn Rovers)
Bache (Aston Villa)
Barber (Aston Villa)
Bentley (West Bromwich Albino)
Boyle (Burnley)
Bradshaw (Blackburn Rovers)
Browell (Everton)
Buchan (Sunderland)
Burnison (Distillery)
Cantrell (Tottenham Hotspur)
Coleman (Aberdeen)
Crompton (Blackburn Rovers)
Dawson (Burnley)
Donnelly (Distillery)
Elliot (Middlesbrough)
Evans (Sheffield United)
Fairgray (Chelsea)
Freeman (Burnley)
Goddard (Liverpool)
Hampton (Bradford City)
Hardy (Aston Villa)
Henry (Manchester City)
Hodson (Oldham Atheltic)
Houston (Everton)
Jones (Bolton Wanderers)
Kitchen (Sheffield United)
Latherton (Blackburn Rovers)
Anthony (Blackburn Rovers)
Baddeley (West Bromwich Albion)
Benson (Sheffield United)
Bloomer (Derby County)
Bond (Bradford City)
Brelsford (Sheffield United)
Brownlee (Third Lanark)
Buck (West Bromwich Albion)
Butler (Sunderland)
Chapman (Blackburn Rovers)
Cowell (Distillery)
Cuggy (Sunderland)
Donnachie (Oldham Atheltic)
Duckworth (Manchester United)
Evans (Birmingham)
Ewart (Bradford City)
Fletcher (Manchester City)
Gillespie (Sheffield United)
Halse (Chelsea)
Hamill (Manchester United)
Hanna (Nottingham Forest)
Harris (Everton)
Hibbert (Newcastle United)
Holley (Sunderland)
Iremonger (Notts County)
Jones (Manchester City)
Lacey (Liverpool)
Lavery (Middlesbrough)
Lawrence (Newcastle United)
MacAuley (Huddersfield Town)
McCall (Preston North End)
McConnachie (Everton)
McCracken (Newcastle United)
McEwan (Linfield)
McGann (Glentoran)
McKee (Belfast Celtic)
Makepeace (Everton)
Meredith (Manchester United)
Moffat (Oldham Atheltic)
Mordue (Sunderland)
Mutch (Huddersfield Town)
O'Connell (Hull City)
Parkinson (Liverpool)
Peart (Newcastle United)

Pennington (West Bromwich Albion)

Quinn (Celtic)
W. Reid (Rangers)   -   amended 25-10-2019   -   thanks to Duncan Cameron
Roberts (Oldham Athletic)
Robinson (Blackburn Rovers)
Sands (Arsenal)
Scott (Leeds City)
Simpson (Blackburn Rovers)
Smith (Bolton Wanderers)
Stevenson (Everton)
Stokes (Bolton Wanderers)
Sturgess (Sheffield United)
Taylor (Burnley)
Templeton (Fulham)
Thompson (Clyde)
Thompson (Sunderland)
Torrance (Bradford City)
Turnbull (Chelsea)
Turnbull (Manchester United)
Utley (Barnsley)
Walker (Heart of Midlothian)
Wall (Manchester United)
Wedlock (Bristol City)
White (Fulham)
Whittingham (Chelsea)
Williamson (Middlesbrough)
Wilson (Oldham Athletic)
Wilson (Sheffield Wednesday)
Windridge (Middlesbrough)
Woodger (Oldham)
Woodward (Chelsea)
Wright (Cliftonville)
Wynn (Machestern City)

Murray, Sons & Co. - Footballers ~ Series H

1912
Footballers ~ Series H
Murray, Sons & Co.
32 cards

Footballers - Series H - Thin card
Footballers - Series H - Thick card

Aitkenhead (Blackburn Rovers)   -    added
A. Bell (Manchester United)
Berry (Liverpool)
S. Bloomer (Derby County)
Boyle (Burnley)
T. Browell (Everton)
Buchan (Sunderland)   -   listed in reference books, probably not issued, see Series J. Not included in total above
E. Crompton (Blackburn Rovers)
J. Fay (Bolton Wanderers)
V. Harris (Everton)
Hibbert (Newcastle United)
Hindmarsh (Stockport County)
T. Holford (Manchester City)
G. Longworth (Liverpool)   -   added
L. Jones (Manchester City)
Lawrence (Newcastle United)
J. McConnachie (Everton)
W. McCracken (Newcastle United)
H. Makepeace (Everton)
W. Meredith (Manchester United)
O'Connell (Hull City)
C. Roberts (Manchester United)
R. Sands (Woolwich Arsenal)
Simpson (Blackburn Rovers)
D. Steele (Third Lanark)
D. Stokes (Bolton Wanderers)
C. Thompson (Sunderland)
A. Turnbull (Manchester United)
Wedlock (Bristol City)
A. Wilson (Sheffield Wednesday)
Windridge (Middlesbrough)
V. Woodward (Chelsea)
J. Wright (Cliftonville)   -   listed in reference books, probably not issued, see Series J. Not included in total above
Wynn (Manchester City)