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English footballer

Jasper Batey
Personal information
Full name Jasper Matthews Batey
Date of birth (1891-07-07)7 July 1891
Place of birth South Shields, England
Date of death 23 October 1916(1916-10-23) (aged 25)
Place of death Pas-de-Calais, France
Position(s) 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

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.

Personal life

As of 1911, Batey worked as a courier. 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. Batey later transferred into the Army Cyclist Corps and was killed in action in Pas-de-Calais on 23 October 1916. He is buried at Cambrin Military Cemetery.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Portsmouth 1912–13 Southern League First Division — 26 — 26
Crystal Palace 1913–14 10 – 10 –
1914–15 19 1 1 0 20 1
Career total 40 30 0 0 40 30

References

  1. ^ "Jasper Matthews Batey | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  2. ^ Jasper Matthews Batey on Lives of the First World War
  3. "Casualty Details: J M Batey". Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  4. ^ "Lest We Forget – The Albion's nine Great War Dead". wearebrighton.com. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  5. "Brighton and Hove Albion Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 9 March 2021.


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