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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

Timeline
  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.
 

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.
 

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.
 

According to the 1891 census, now married to Jane, with one son, John. Still a cotton weaver, living at 2 Princes Street in Blackburn.
 

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."
 

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 newphew 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 Championships 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 Goals Av.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 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!
  

Age 24
42 7 March 1891 - England 4 Wales 1, Newcastle Road, Sunderland BC HW withdrew
  

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