Joseph Blacklock

Joe Blacklock

Joseph Blacklock of Aspatria RUFC
Personal information
Full name	Joseph Blacklock
Born	(1878-10-20)20 October 1878 South Shields, England
Died	28 June 1945(1945-06-28) (aged 66) Fletchertown, England
Playing information
Rugby union
Position	Forward
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P Maryport RUFC 0 0 0 0 0 1895–00 Aspatria RUFC 0 0 0 0 0 Total 0 0 0 0 0 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1898–99 England 2 0 0 0 0
Rugby league
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1900 Broughton Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 Aspatria Hornets RLFC 0 0 0 0 0 Workington Town 0 0 0 0 0 Total 0 0 0 0 0
As of 1 May 2021

Joseph H. Blacklock (20 October 1878 – 28 June 1945) was an English rugby football player.^[1][2]

He began his playing career with Maryport RUFC where he gained the first of his twenty-nine Cumberland county caps. He was a member of their cup winning side in 1893 and again in 1894. He came to Aspatria in 1895, after accepting a position of Deputy Foreman in the local colliery. Blacklock, a strong forward played regularly for the Aspatria club.^[1] He was a member of the Cumberland cup winning side of 1895, ’96 and ’99, captaining the side in the latter. He gained two England international caps, both against Ireland; he also represented the North, in their annual game against the South, on several occasions. In 1900, he left Aspatria for a short spell at Broughton Rangers, where he continued to play under the amateur code. He captained the Aspatria Hornets for a brief period before moving to Workington until his retirement. Joseph Blacklock died at Fletchertown, Cumberland on 28 June 1945.^[3]

Blacklock played twice for England, against Ireland in the 1898 and 1899 Home Nations Championships.^[1][2]

• Goodwin, Terry (1987). The Complete Who's Who of International Rugby. England: Blandford Press. ISBN 0-7137-1838-2.

• Search for "Joseph Blacklock" at britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
• Search for "Joe Blacklock" at britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk

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