Edgar Batt

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Edgar Batt
Personnel
birthday February 20, 1909
place of birth Bradford ,  England
date of death 18th February 1969
position Half-striker
Juniors
Years station
Carlton Street Secondary School
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
Boothtown
1926-1927 Bradford Park Avenue 5 (3)
Doncaster Rovers (?) 0 (0)
Morecambe FC (?)
1 Only league games are given.

Edgar Batt (born February 20, 1909 in Bradford , † February 18, 1969 ) was an English football player .

Career

Batt showed promising investments during his school years as a player at Carlton Street Secondary School and was brought up to the Football League Third Division North from Bradford Park Avenue in July 1926 after conspicuous performances for the Boothtown amateur club . There he made his debut as an amateur on December 4, 1926 in a 2-1 win against Tranmere Rovers , after another use a week later against Durham City - in which he contributed with one goal to a 3-0 victory had - he received a professional contract in mid-December and also scored in the following two games against Accrington Stanley (3: 2) and the Doncaster Rovers (7: 3).

With his fifth mission on New Year's Day 1927, which was also victorious (2-1 against Wigan Borough ), Batts series ended and at the same time with five wins in five games, his career in the Football League . Batt had in all five games with center forward Ken McDonald , who scored in all five games and scored 8 of his 39 goals this season, and George McLean formed the inner storm trio. As a result, Martin Johnson again took over the position of the left forward striker.

There are different versions of the continuation of his football career: he is said to have either moved on to third division competitor Doncaster Rovers as early as 1927 and remained there without commitment or to have joined Morecambe FC in the Lancashire Combination in 1928 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Terry Frost: Bradford Park Avenue Who's Who: The Football League Years 1908 to 1970 . SoccerData, Nottingham 2013, ISBN 978-1-905891-63-4 , pp. 14 .
  2. ^ Bradford Football. . In: Yorkshire Evening Post , December 17, 1926, p. 4.  (paid link)
  3. ↑ cf. Malcolm Hartley, Tim Clapham: All About Avenue: The Definitive Bradford Park Avenue AFC . SoccerData, Nottingham 2004, ISBN 978-1-899468-21-8 , pp. 83 .
  4. ↑ NEW PLAYER. . In: Morecambe Guardian , July 21, 1928, p. 7.  (paid link)
personal data
SURNAME Batt, Edgar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Bradford
DATE OF DEATH 18th February 1969