Joseph H. Blacklock was an English rugby football

Rugby football

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 player.

Biography

Joseph Blacklock was born on 20 October 1868. He began his playing career with Maryport RUFC where he gained the first of his twenty-nine Cumberland

Cumberland

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 county caps. He was a member of their cup winning side in 1893 and again in 1894. He came to Aspatria

Aspatria

Aspatria is a small town and civil parish in Cumbria, England, and lies half way between Maryport and Wigton, on the A596. Historically within Cumberland, it is about away from the coast. It is approximately seven miles from the northern boundary of the Lake District, and located to the south east...

 in 1895, after accepting a position of Deputy Foreman in the local colliery. Blacklock, a strong forward played regularly for the Aspatria club. 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

England

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 international

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 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

Broughton Rangers

Broughton Rangers was a British rugby football, and subsequently a rugby league club. It was based in Broughton, Salford.-History:Broughton Rangers was founded in 1877 as Broughton and added Rangers for its second season...

, where he continued to play under the amateur code. He captained the Aspatria Hornets for a brief period before moving to Workington

Workington

Workington is a town, civil parish and port on the west coast of Cumbria, England, at the mouth of the River Derwent. Lying within the Borough of Allerdale, Workington is southwest of Carlisle, west of Cockermouth, and southwest of Maryport...

 until his retirement. Joseph Blacklock died at Fletchertown, Cumberland on 28 June 1945.

Sports career

Blacklock played twice for , against in the 1898

1898 Home Nations Championship

The 1898 Home Nations Championship was the sixteenth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Five matches were played between 5 February and 2 April. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales....

 and 1899 Home Nations Championship

1899 Home Nations Championship

The 1899 Home Nations Championship was the seventeenth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Six matches were played between 5 January and 18 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales....

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