Joe Beverley
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Beverley | ||
| Date of birth | 12 November 1856 | ||
| Place of birth | Blackburn, England | ||
| Date of death | 21 May 1897 (aged 40) | ||
| Place of death | Blackburn, England | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| James Street | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1877–1882 | Blackburn Olympic | ||
| 1882–1885 | Blackburn Rovers | ||
| 1885–1886 | Blackburn Olympic | ||
| 1886–1889 | Blackburn Rovers | 8 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1884 | England | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Joseph Beverley, known as Joe Beverley, (12 November 1856 – 21 May 1897) was an FA Cup winning English football player who played for Blackburn Olympic and Blackburn Rovers, as well as the English national side.
Club Football
Beverley started out with James Street and stayed with them when they merged with Black Star to form Blackburn Olympic. He moved to Blackburn Rovers in 1882, winning the FA Cup in 1884. He then returned to Olympic before once again transferring to play for Rovers in 1886, meaning he was part of the squad that entered the first year of the Football League in 1888-89, after which he drew a close to his footballing career.[1][2]
1888-1889
Beverley played in the Football League debut team for Rovers. That was on 15-Sep-1889 at Rover' home of Leamington Road, Blackburn. In an extraordinary match Rovers were held by their visitors, Accrington, 5-5. On 20-Oct-1888, when Wolves were the visitors, Beverley returned to the team, (he had missed one game) but this time played at left-back. He was left out (or injured) for the November matches until 24-Nov-1888 when he travelled to County Ground, Derby, then home of Derby County and reverted to right-back. He only played one more match (he played 8 matches in all) after this and did not play in any of Rovers' FA Cup ties. Rovers finished 4th in the League and Beverley retired from the game.[3]
National team
Beverley was selected to represent England at the inaugural British Home Championship in 1884 where he played in all three games, resulting in two wins and one loss, meaning England lost the round robin tournament to Scotland. His international career spanned a total of 23 days.[4]
Outside Football
Beverley married Mary Ann Gabbott in 1877 and they had five children, the youngest born just weeks before Beverley was killed in an industrial accident at Albion Mill. He was 40 years old.[1]
References
- ^ a b http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersB/BioBeverleyJ.html
- ^ Metcalf, Mark (2013). The Origins of the Football League. Amberley. ISBN 978 1 4456 1881 4.
- ^ "English National Football Archive". Retrieved 29 December 2017.
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