Edmund Beswick
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edmund Beswick | |||||
| Nickname | Ted, Teddy | |||||
| Born | June→September 1858 Penrith, Cumberland, England | |||||
| Died | 23 January 1911 (aged 52–53) Salford, Lancashire, England | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Position | Three-quarters | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≤1882–≥82 | Swinton | |||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1879–≥79 | Lancashire | >1 | ||||
| 1882 | England | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Source: espnscrum.com | ||||||
Edmund "Ted"/"Teddy" Beswick (birth registered July→September 1858 in Penrith, Cumberland[1] — died 23 January 1911 (aged 52) in Salford, Lancashire[2]) was a rugby union footballer of the 1880s, playing at representative level for England, and Lancashire, and at club level for Swinton,[3] as a Three-quarter, i.e. Wing or Centre. Prior to Tuesday 2 June 1896, Swinton was a rugby union club.
Playing career
International honours
Ted/Teddy Beswick won caps for England while at Swinton in 1882 against Ireland, and Scotland.[4]
County honours
Ted/Teddy Beswick won caps for Lancashire while at Swinton; making his début against Cheshire on Saturday 29 November 1879, and in 1881 he was selected for The North versus The South.[5]
Change of code
When Swinton converted from the rugby union code to the Northern Union code on Tuesday 2 June 1896, Ted/Teddy Beswick would have been approximately 38 years of age. Consequently, he may have been both a rugby union and Northern Union footballer for Swinton.
References
- ↑ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ "Death details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. p. 178. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
- ↑ "Statistics at espnscrum.com". espnscrum.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ "Football; the Rugby union game". ebooksread.com. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.