Jasper Batey
English footballer
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Jasper Matthews Batey (7 July 1891 – 23 October 1916) was an English professional footballer who played for Brighton & Hove Albion in the Southern Football League as a left half.[1]
Full name
Jasper Matthews Batey[1]
Date of birth
7 July 1891[2]
Place of birth
South Shields, England[2]
Date of death
23 October 1916 (aged 25)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jasper Matthews Batey[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 July 1891[2] | ||
| Place of birth | South Shields, England[2] | ||
| Date of death | 23 October 1916 (aged 25) | ||
| Place of death | Pas-de-Calais, France | ||
| Position | Left half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1912–1913 | Portsmouth | (26) | |
| 1913–1915 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 40 | (4) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Personal life
As of 1911, Batey worked as a courier.[2] On 7 January 1915, six months after the outbreak of the First World War, he enlisted in the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment as a private.[2][1] Batey later transferred into the Army Cyclist Corps and was killed in action in Pas-de-Calais on 23 October 1916.[1][2] He is buried at Cambrin Military Cemetery.[3]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Portsmouth | 1912–13[4] | Southern League First Division | — | 26 | — | 26 | ||
| Crystal Palace | 1913–14[4] | 10 | – | 10 | – | |||
| 1914–15[5] | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 40 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 30 | ||
