sentences:  He attained a regular first team spot from December 1947, and played 24 games in 1947–48 and 42 games in 1948–49.He fell out of favour in August 1949, though scored his first senior goal at The Old Recreation Ground on 25 February 1950, in a 2–2 draw with Norwich City, in what was his only appearance of the 1949–50 campaign.In the 1950–51 season he featured 26 times.