harrybuckle
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Post by harrybuckle on Jul 14, 2019 20:43:12 GMT
Well done England a fascinating tournament and the Final against New Zealand provided an amazing finish watched by millions on tv.
Joe Root England's captain is the great, great grandson of former Bristol Rovers centre forward George Davison who died in Durham in 1962.
GEORGE ALEXANDER ANTHONY DAVISON Born AMJ 1890 Tynemouth Died AMJ 1962 Co Durham Bristol Rovers Début: 5.9.14 v Crystal Palace Career: Swalwell; Blyth Spartans; 9.5.13 Coventry City; 28.4.14 Bristol Rovers; 21.7.20 West Stanley.
Centre-forward George Davison completed a hat-trick against Watford in his penultimate Blyth Spartans game and drew the attention of Coventry, for whom he was top scorer in 1913-14, with eighteen goals in 38 matches as they finished at the foot of the Southern League table. This tally included a goal at Eastville, as Rovers defeated City 3-2 in February 1914 and a hat-trick two months later as Watford were defeated 3-1 at Highfield Road.
Davison scored on his Rovers début against Crystal Palace and contributed twenty goals in 57 Southern League matches either side of World War One; the club’s top scorer in 1914-15, he scored his last goal for the club on Good Friday 1920 against Exeter City. That he was able to play at all was perhaps due to a 1915 penny in his trouser pocket for, struck by a bullet at The Somme whilst serving in the Durham Light Infantry, the coin ended up with a hole in the middle and George Davison walked free. Brought up at 12 Stoney Row, Wallsend, he was the eldest child of a carpenter William Albert Davison and Mary Eleanor Archer, whilst his cousin Joe Watson also played for Blyth Spartans. George Davison’s great-great-grandsons are celebrated cricketers, Joe Root being selected as England’s Test match captain in 2017 and the Ashes tour to Australia, and his brother Billy playing with the MCC and Glamorgan. Joe Root helped England win the Cricket World Cup Final at Lords on 14 July 2019 against New Zealand.
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JeffNZ
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Post by JeffNZ on Jul 14, 2019 21:33:19 GMT
Does that make Joe Root a Gashead?
Should I start another thread about that?
As for the Cricket... I just posted this in the cricket section...
Wow what a game!!!
I would place cricket at #3 on my list of favourite sports but that game has to be in the top 3 of my all-time sporting events, just amazing.
I had a foot in each camp so a draw felt right for me but it's somewhat ironic that the MOM for England was born in New Zealand!!
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c4h10
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Post by c4h10 on Jul 14, 2019 21:44:58 GMT
Well done England a fascinating tournament and the Final against New Zealand provided an amazing finish watched by millions on tv.
Joe Root England's captain is the great, great grandson of former Bristol Rovers centre forward George Davison who died in Durham in 1962.
GEORGE ALEXANDER ANTHONY DAVISON Born AMJ 1890 Tynemouth Died AMJ 1962 Co Durham Bristol Rovers Début: 5.9.14 v Crystal Palace Career: Swalwell; Blyth Spartans; 9.5.13 Coventry City; 28.4.14 Bristol Rovers; 21.7.20 West Stanley.
Centre-forward George Davison completed a hat-trick against Watford in his penultimate Blyth Spartans game and drew the attention of Coventry, for whom he was top scorer in 1913-14, with eighteen goals in 38 matches as they finished at the foot of the Southern League table. This tally included a goal at Eastville, as Rovers defeated City 3-2 in February 1914 and a hat-trick two months later as Watford were defeated 3-1 at Highfield Road.
Davison scored on his Rovers début against Crystal Palace and contributed twenty goals in 57 Southern League matches either side of World War One; the club’s top scorer in 1914-15, he scored his last goal for the club on Good Friday 1920 against Exeter City. That he was able to play at all was perhaps due to a 1915 penny in his trouser pocket for, struck by a bullet at The Somme whilst serving in the Durham Light Infantry, the coin ended up with a hole in the middle and George Davison walked free. Brought up at 12 Stoney Row, Wallsend, he was the eldest child of a carpenter William Albert Davison and Mary Eleanor Archer, whilst his cousin Joe Watson also played for Blyth Spartans. George Davison’s great-great-grandsons are celebrated cricketers, Joe Root being selected as England’s Test match captain in 2017 and the Ashes tour to Australia, and his brother Billy playing with the MCC and Glamorgan. Joe Root helped England win the Cricket World Cup Final at Lords on 14 July 2019 against New Zealand.
Hmm. Rovers connection a tad tenuous.
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