Edmund Beswick

Edmund Beswick
Personal information
Full name Edmund Beswick
Born June→September 1858
Penrith, Cumberland, England
Died 23 January 1911(1911-01-23) (aged 52–53)
Salford, Lancashire, England
Playing information
Rugby union
Position Three-quarters

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1879–1886 Swinton 105 49 15
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1879–≥79 Lancashire >1
1882 England 2 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

Edmund "Ted"/"Teddy" Beswick (birth registered July→September 1858[2] — died 23 January 1911 (aged 52) in Salford, Lancashire[3]) was an English rugby union footballer of the 1870s and 1880s. He played at representative level for England, and Lancashire, and at club level for Swinton,[4] as a Three-quarter, i.e. wing or inside centre. Prior to Tuesday 2 June 1896, Swinton was a rugby union club.

Background

Beswick was born in Penrith, Cumberland, England.[2]

Playing career

International honours

Ted/Teddy Beswick won caps for England while at Swinton in 1882 against Ireland, and Scotland.[5]

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.[6]

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

  1. ↑ Statistics at espnscrum.com
  2. 1 2 "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "Death details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  4. ↑ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. p. 178. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
  5. ↑ "Statistics at espnscrum.com". espnscrum.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  6. ↑ "Football; the Rugby union game". ebooksread.com. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
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