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Jack
Barton |
Blackburn Rovers
FC
1 appearance, 0 or 1 debut goal
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 9:
A 1
100% successful
1890-91
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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John Barton |
Birth |
Friday, 5 October 1866 at 10 Adelaide Street, Blackburn, Lancashire [registered in
Blackburn, December 1866]. |
Baptism |
Wednesday, 24 October 1866 at St. Mary the Virgin
Church, Blackburn, address stated as Adelaide Street,
Blackburn. Occupation stated as Tailor. Baptised by Jas. Taylor. |
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According to the 1871 census,
living at 10 Adelaide Street in Blackburn, John is the youngest of nine
children to John and Ellen (née Cocking). His father is a tailor. |
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According to the 1881 census,
John is now the youngest of seven living with his widowed mother at 6
Adelaide Street. His mother is an housekeeper. John himself, a
cotton weaver. His father had died in 1875. |
Marriage |
to Jane
Ellen Holden, Thursday, 3 January 1889 at St. Paul's Church, Blackburn
[registered in Blackburn, March 1889]. First child, John, born 22
June 1889, baptised at the same church, on 7 July 1889. They were living
at 13 Mary Ann Street in Blackburn. |
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According to the 1891 census,
now married to Jane, with one son, John. Still a cotton weaver,
living at 2 Princes Street in Blackburn. |
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According to the 1901 census
and now a licensed victualler, John and his wife had two more sons, William
(b.18 April 1891)
and James Carus Holding (b.26 September 1892), and one servant. They lived in The Park Inn, 85 Montague
Street, Blackburn. |
Death |
Friday afternoon, 22 April 1910 at the Cambridge Hotel, 83
Lower Audley Street, in Blackburn, aged
43 years 199 days
[registered in Blackburn, June 1910]. |
Obituary |
"DEATH OF A FAMOUS BLACKBURN
ROVERS' HALF BACK. "The
death occurred this afternoon of Jack Barton, a famous old Blackburn
Rover, who was associated with the team in the palmy days when they
carried off the national trophy. He was a celebrated half-back, with a
style very much like that of Jimmy Forrest. When he retired from active
participation in the game, owing to an injury to his knee, he remained in
Blackburn, and of late years kept the Cambridge Hotel, in Audley-lane. He
was a member of the Rovers team which defeated Sheffield Wednesday in the
cup final in the season 1889-90, and also assisted the Rovers the
following year, when they again carried off the chief honour of the
Association world by vanquishing Notts Forest by 3―1. At that time Barton
was 24 years of age, and was at his best. He was also an old
international."
- The
Lancashire Daily Post, Friday, 22 April 1910. |
Probate |
"BARTON
John of the Cambridge Hotel 83 Lower Audley-street Blackburn
died 22 April 1910 Probate Lancaster 14 May to Jane
Barton widow and William Holden twister.
Effects £499 3s. 9d." |
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According to the 1911 census,
widower Jane still lives at The Cambridge Hotel, 83 Lower Audley Street in Blackburn
as a licensed victualler. She has her three sons with her, and new
daughter, Elizabeth Ellen (b.11 February 1906),
and two other family members, her nephew and brother. Jane would
remarry in 1920, to Thomas Murray. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990], Lan-opc & |
Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Played with local sides Witton FC and Blackburn West End FC before
joining Blackburn Rovers FC in 1887. Retired through injury in late 1891. |
League History forty appearances,
two goals |
Blackburn Rovers FC 1888-91 forty appearances,
two goals. debut: 29 September 1888 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 2
Blackburn Rovers FC 2. last: 9 November 1891 Stoke FC 0 Blackburn
Rovers FC 1. |
Club honours |
FA Cup winners 1889-90 (three appearances, one goal), 1890-91
(six);
Football League third place 1889-90 (fifteen appearances, one
goal); |
Individual honours |
None |
Distinctions |
None |
Height/Weight |
5'
7", 9st.
12lbs [1891]. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & ENFA. |
England Career |
Player number |
One of
four who became the 167th players
(167) to appear for England. |
Position(s) |
Right-half |
Only match |
No. 38, 15 March 1890, Ireland 1
England 9, a British Championship match at
Ulster Cricket Ground, Ballynafeigh
Park, Belfast, aged 23 years
161 days. Some reports credit Barton with a goal, some do not, two
minutes from time |
Major tournaments |
British Championship 1889-90; |
Team honours |
British
Championship shared 1889-90; |
Individual honours |
None |
Distinctions |
None |
Beyond England |
After retiring through injury, Barton had a spell as
Preston North End FC's trainer.
After leaving the playing arena was a licensee at The Cambridge Hotel in his native Blackburn.
-
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.27. |
The Numbers |
parties |
Appearances |
comp. apps |
minutes |
| goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
captain |
2 |
1 |
1 |
90 |
0 or 1 |
0 min or 90
min |
0 or 1 |
none |
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
+8 |
0 |
0 |
9.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Match Record
Venue & Competition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
Away
venue British Championship |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
+8 |
0 |
0 |
9.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Tournament Record
British Championship Competition |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
BC 1889-90 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
+8 |
0 |
0 |
9.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
BC 1890-91 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
00.0 |
=0 |
BC
All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
+8 |
0 |
0 |
9.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
All Competition |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
BC |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
+8 |
0 |
0 |
9.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
+8 |
0 |
0 |
9.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Match History
Club: Blackburn
Rovers F.C. -
one full appearance (90 min), one goal |
F.A.
International Select Committee -
one full appearance (90 min), 1 goalx |
Age 23 |
1 |
38 |
15 March 1890 - Ireland 1 England 9,
Ulster
Cricket Ground, Belfast |
BC |
AW |
Start
88? |
rh |
Some reports credit Barton with a goal,
some do not, two minutes from time. The Irish claim the ninth goal had
gone over the bar anyway! |
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Notes
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