Eddie Barton

Eddie Barton
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.

References

  1. ↑ "A-International Appearances - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
  2. ↑ "A-International Lineups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
  3. ↑ "Soccer Test: Australia Wins". New Zealand Herald: 9. 6 June 1933.
  4. ↑ "Association". Dominion: 6. 11 July 1934.
  5. ↑ "Chatham Cup Final". Star: 11. 5 September 1932.
  6. ↑ "Deaths". Evening Post: 1. 7 August 1959.