Jasper Batey

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.[1]

Jasper Batey
Personal information
Full name Jasper Matthews Batey[1]
Date of birth (1891-07-07)7 July 1891[2]
Place of birth South Shields, England[2]
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

Personal life

As of 1911, Batey worked as a courier.[2] 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.[2][1] Batey later transferred into the Army Cyclist Corps and was killed in action in Pas-de-Calais on 23 October 1916.[1][2] He is buried at Cambrin Military Cemetery.[3]

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[4] Southern League First Division — 26 — 26
Crystal Palace 1913–14[4] 10 – 10 –
1914–15[5] 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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