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Jack Cox |
Liverpool FC
3 appearances, 0 goals
P 3 W 1 D 1 L 1 F
6:
A
4
50% successful
1901-03
captain: none
minutes played: 270 |
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Timeline |
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John Thomas Cox |
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Birth |
Friday, 21 December
1877 at 266 Vauxhall Road, Liverpool, Lancashire |
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registered in Liverpool January-March 1878.
both his
baptism entry and 1939 register state Cox was born 21 November....the
above date comes from his birth certificate |
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Baptism |
Sunday, 17
May 1885 at St. Cuthbert's Church, Everton, Liverpool, by J.M. Walton. |
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According to the 1881 census,
John is the second of three children to Irish parents William and Sarah
and they live 43 Robson Street in Everton, West Derby. His father is a
bootmaker.
(His father died shortly after this census was taken,
aged 32)
At the time of his baptism in 1885, they were living at
3 Vienna Street in Everton. |
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(His father
died)
According to the 1891 census,
John and his younger brother, William, are living with their widowed
mother, Sarah, at 54 Albert Street in Layton with Warbeck, Blackpool. They
have three lodgers. His mother is a washerwoman. |
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According to family...Joseph Cox was born 14 November 1898 in
Leicester as a result of his mother, Clara Annie Cox (no relation) being
raped by Jack Cox. She was apparently not the only victim, but a court
case in Birmingham confirms Jack as the perperrator. |
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According to the 1901 census,
and now a footballer, John and William, are still living with their
widowed mother at 14 Duke Street in Blackpool. |
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Marriage |
to Elizabeth
Ann Barrett, on Wednesday morning, 27 April 1910, at South Shore Parish Church, Blackpool.
His older sister Ellen
Jane also got married aon the same day, at the same venue, in the
afternoon, to John Henry Penswick. Nelliw was given away by their older
brother, William.
Both
stated as still living at 14 Duke Street. |
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registered in Fylde April-June 1910 |
"JACK COX'S
WEDDING—Popular Football Captain Married.
"A wedding of great interest to Blackpool
people, and particularly to the thousands of football followers, was
solemnised on Wednesday morning at the South Shore Parish Church. The
bridegroom was Mr. John T. Cox, more familiarly known to the football
brotherhood as Jack Cox, the well-known international footballer and
captain of the Blackpool team. He is the eldest son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Cox, of Duke-street, South Shore, and his bride was Miss Lizzie
Barrett, only daughter of the late Mr. George Coless Barrett, and Mr.
Barrett, for over 30 years the highly-esteemed hostess at 'The Washington,'
South Beach, and now of 'Brooklyn,' Raikes-road. Although the wedding was
quietly celebrated, and the time and date had been kept more or less
secret, there were many people in the Church to witness the event, and
when the newly-married couple left the sacred ediface they were freely
showered with congratulations and confetti.
"The marriage ceremony was
performed by the Rev E. B Hooper, and the bride had as her attendants Miss
Nellie Cox, sister of the bridegroom, and Miss Elsie Jackson, of North
Shore, her intimate friend, while Mr. Bert Rishton, cousin of the
bridegroom, was best man, and Mr. Alec. Threlfall, a close friend of the
bridegroom, was the groomsman...
"The bride, who was given away by her
mother, was charmingly gowned in ivory ninon, with a rich ivory satin
under-dress, and a stylish trimming of silver and lace. Her veil was of
embroidered Brussels net, and was surmounted with a coronal of orange
blossom. She carried a beautiful shower bouquet of lilies-of-the-valley...
"After the ceremony, the wedding party drove to the Queen's Hydro, South
Shore, where the wedding luncheon was served. Later in the day, Mr. and
Mrs. Cox left for the honeymoon, which is being spent in London and
Brussels, and on their return they will reside at 2, Oxford-road" -
Blackpool Gazette, Friday, 29 April 1910 |
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Children |
Jack and Lizzie
had two daughters together. Marjorie Barrett (b.January 1911) and
Mollie (b.30 July 1912). |
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According to the 1911 census,
John Thomas is a professional footballer married to Elizabeth Ann with one
daughter, Marjorie, living at 2 Oxford Road in Blackpool. |
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According to the 1921 census,
John Thomas, now a commission agent, still married, and with one more
daughter, Mollie. They live with his wife's mother, Ann, at 55 Raikes Road
in Blackpool. |
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According to the 1939 register, John and Elizabeth A. remain married,
living at 37 Park Road Drive in Blackburn. He is a retired Turf
Commissioner Agent. |
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Death |
Friday, 11 November
1955 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey |
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aged
77 years 325 days |
registered in Surrey NW October-December 1955 |
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Obituary |
"JACK COX DIES
"Mr. Jack Cox,
the former England and Liverpool outside left, has died at
Walton-on-Thames, aged 78. Born at Blackpool, he won fame as a schoolboy
player in Lancashire football and joined Liverpool early in the century.
He played for England against Ireland in 1901 and against Scotland in the
Ibrox disaster game the following year. Mr. Cox finished his career with
Blackpool. In 1925 he became the first player to win the Talbot and
Waterloo Bowling Handicaps in the same year." - The Liverpool
Echo, Saturday, 12 November 1955. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].
Extra information from the excellent LFCHistory.net & |
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Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Began his career in Blackpool with
South Shore Standard FC, and joined South Shore FC, joining rivals
Blackpool FC in 1897. Liverpool FC signed Cox in February 1898 for £150.
Cox then signed for Fulham FC on 10 May 1904, despite Liverpool offering
him the maximum wage, a house in Blackpool and a season's rail ticket, but
the reason for the transfer, according to Cox, was so he could be near his
girlfriend in London, his papers were cancelled by the Football
Association, as it was insufficient reasoning, he eventually re-signed for
Liverpool FC on 29 June 1904. Returning to Blackpool on 2 July 1909, and
was elected as their captain a month later. He announced his retirement on
22 April 1911. |
League honours
410 appearances, 90 goals |
Blackpool FC
1897-98 seventeen appearances, thirteen goals
debut
(division two): 2 October 1897 Gainsborough Trinity FC 4
Blackpool FC 1.
Liverpool FC 1898-09 327 appearances,
71 goals
debut: 12 March 1898 Liverpool FC 2
Notts County FC 0.
Blackpool FC 1909-12 66
appearances, six goals
debut (division two): 13 September 1909 Fulham
FC 0 Blackpool 1.
last (division two): 9 March 1912 Blackpool FC 0 Gainsborough Trinity FC
0. |
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Club honours |
Football League
Division One runners-up 1898-99 (27ᵃ 4ᵍ), Champions 1900-01
(32ᵃ 10ᵍ), 1905-06 (28ᵃ 8ᵍ); Division Two
winners 1904-05 (31ᵃ 10ᵍ);
FA Cup
semi-finalists 1898-99 (6ᵃ 2ᵍ), 1905-06 (4ᵃ); |
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Individual honours |
Football League
(three appearances) |
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Distinctions |
Won
the 100 yards Footballer's Race organised by Dundee FC in both 1902 and
runner-up to Jack Parkinson in 1905.
Cox was also a capable greens
bowler. Having won two tournaments in Blackpool, the Talbot and Waterloo
in 1925, the first player to do so. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
9", 11st.
7lbs [1901]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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Management Career |
Club(s) |
Becoming the player-manager of
Blackpool FC in June
1909. He left at the position at the end of 1910-11 season. |
League honours
P 96 W 37 D 22 L 37. |
Football League
Division Two best seventh place 1910-11;
FA Cup
best first round replay 1909-10 (beaten eventually by Barnsley) |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of five who became the 257th players (261)
to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-left |
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First match |
No. 71,
9 March 1901, England 3 Ireland 0, a British Championship match at The
Dell, Milton Road, The Common, Southampton, aged 23 years
78 days. |
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Last match |
No. 79, 4 April 1903, England 1 Scotland
2, a British Championship match at Bramall Lane, Highfield,
Sheffield, aged 25 years 104 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1900-01, 1901-02,
1902-03; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners
1900-01, shared 1902-03; |
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Individual honours |
The North (one appearance 1ᵍ,
February 1901) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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Settled in Blackpool as a betting
agent and concentrated
his talents on Bowling. -
various newspaper reports |
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Appearances |
comp. apps |
minutes |
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captain |
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4 |
3 |
3 |
270 |
0 |
none |
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The minutes here given
can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an
approximation. |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
4 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1.333 |
50 |
=0 |
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All of his matches were played in the British Championship
competition and at a home venue |
Tournament Record
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British Championship Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1900-01 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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BC 1901-02 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC 1902-03 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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BC
All |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
4 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
1.333 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
4 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
1.333 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
4 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1.333 |
50 |
=0 |
Match History
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Age 23 |
trial |
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one appearance -
The South
vs. The North, 25 February 1901; |
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apps |
match |
match details |
comp |
res. |
rundown |
pos |
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