Eddie Barton
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edward James Barton | ||
| Place of birth | New Zealand | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Wellington Marist | |||
| International career | |||
| 1933 | New Zealand | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Edward James Barton was an association football player who represented New Zealand at international level.[1]
Barton made a single appearance in an official international for the All Whites in a 2–4 loss to Australia in Brisbane on 5 June 1933.[2][3]
An outside-right, Barton played for Wellington Marist in the Wellington competition, and represented Wellington in inter-provincial football from 1924 to 1934.[4] He was only the third player to score a hat-trick in the final of the Chatham Cup. Playing for Wellington Marist, he scored three goals against Millerton All Blacks in the 1932 Chatham Cup final.[5]
Barton's wife Eileen died in August 1959.[6] Their son Paul played Test cricket for New Zealand in the 1960s.
