 Harry finished the season on loan at Sandbach Ramblers but returned to Stockport ready for the 1926–27 season.The Hatters were playing in Third Division (North) for the second time but unlike 1921–22 they could not bounce back and finished sixth in a season that Burgess flourished.He hit his first professional goal in a 3–3 draw with Lincoln at Edgeley Park on 4 September 1926 and continued strongly finishing the season as County's leading marksman with an impressive 28 goals from 35 matches.