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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 |
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Birth |
Friday, 5 October 1866 at 10 Adelaide Street, Blackburn, Lancashire |
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registered in Blackburn October-December 1866 |
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Baptism |
Wednesday, 24 October 1866 at St. Mary the Virgin
Church, Blackburn, address stated as Adelaide Street,
Blackburn. Occupation stated as Tailor. Baptism 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.
(His father had died in 1875). |
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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. |
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Marriage |
to Jane
Ellen Holden, Thursday, 3 January 1889 at St. Paul's Church, Blackburn. First child, John, born 22
June 1889, Baptism at the same church, on 7 July 1889. They were living
at 13 Mary Ann Street in Blackburn. |
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registered in Blackburn January-March 1889 |
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Children |
Jack and Jane Barton had four children
together. John (b.22
June 1889), William (b.18 April 1891), James
Carus Holding (b.26 September 1892) and
Elizabeth Ellen (b.11 February 1906). |
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Baptism
records state that in 1889, the Barton's were living at 13 Mary Ann Street
in Blackburn.
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
and James, and one servant. They lived in The Park Inn, 85 Montague
Street, Blackburn.
(His mother died at the end of 1902) |
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Death |
Friday afternoon, 22 April 1910 at the Cambridge Hotel, 83
Lower Audley Street, in Blackburn, Lancashire |
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aged
43 years 199 days |
registered in Blackburn April-June 1910 |
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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. |
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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,
and two other family members, her nephew and brother.
(Jane would
remarry in 1920, to Thomas Murray and died in 1944). |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990], Lan-opc & |
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Playing Career |
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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. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup winners 1889-90 (3ᵃ 1ᵍ), 1890-91
(6ᵃ);
Football League third place 1889-90 (15ᵃ 1ᵍ); |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5'
7", 9st.
12lbs [1891]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & ENFA. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of
four who became the 167th players
(167) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Right-half |
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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 |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1889-90; |
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Team honours |
British
Championship shared 1889-90; |
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Individual honours |
The North
(one appearance, January 1891)
The Whites
(withdrew in March 1891) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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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.
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An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.27. |
