Bert Baverstock
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Bert Baverstock
| image =
| fullname = Herbert Baverstock
| birth_date = January 1883
| birth_place = Dudley, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1951|12|15|1883|1|df=y}}
| death_place = Bolton, England{{Cite news |date=15 December 1951 |title=Halifax Evening Courier |page=2}}
| height = {{height|ft=6|in=0+1/2}}{{Cite news |last=Harricus |date=22 August 1921 |title=First Division prospects. Bolton Wanderers |page=5 |work=Athletic News |location=Manchester}}
| position = Full back
| years1 =
| clubs1 = Netherton St. James
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 =
| clubs2 = Brierley Hill Alliance
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 1905–1921
| clubs3 = Bolton Wanderers
| caps3 = 366
| goals3 = 4
| years4 = 1921–1922
| clubs4 = Blackpool
| caps4 = 18
| goals4 = 1
| totalcaps = 384+
| totalgoals = 5+
}}
Herbert Baverstock (January 1883 – 15 December 1951) was an English professional footballer who made over 360 appearances in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers.{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=Tony Brown |year=2012 |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham |page=20}} A full back, he made 388 appearances and scored four goals for the club.{{Cite web |title=Overall Appearances/Goals Record - B |url=http://bwfcstats.com/play/overall/page2.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315122818/http://bwfcstats.com/play/overall/page2.html |archive-date=15 March 2012 |access-date=28 November 2017}}
Personal life
Baverstock was married with two children and worked as an upholsterer.{{Lives of WWI|id=6647936}} He served as a private in the Royal Flying Corps (latterly the Royal Air Force) during the First World War.{{Cite news |title=Herbert Baverstock {{!}} Service Record |language=en-US |work=Football and the First World War |url=http://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/herbert-baverstock-service-record-2/ |access-date=28 November 2017}}
Career statistics
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- Bolton Wanderers and Blackpool careers|date=November 2017}}
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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |League ! colspan="2" |FA Cup ! colspan="2" |Total |
Division
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |
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Bolton Wanderers
|1914–15{{Cite news |title=Bolton Wanderers Squad 1914/15 |language=en-US |work=Football and the First World War |url=http://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/bolton-wanderers-squad-191415/ |access-date=28 November 2017}} |27 |0 |2 |0 |29 |0 |
colspan="3" |Career total
!27 !0 !2 !0 !29 !0 |
Honours
Bolton Wanderers
- Football League Second Division: 1908–09{{Cite web |title=Baverstock Bert Bolton Wanderers 1905 |url=https://www.vintagefootballers.com/product/baverstock-bert-image-1-bolton-1905/ |access-date=5 October 2019 |website=Vintage Footballers |language=en-GB}}{{Fchd|id=BOLTONW|name=Bolton Wanderers F.C.}}
- Football League Second Division second-place promotion: 1910–11
References
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Category:Footballers from Dudley
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football fullbacks
Category:Brierley Hill Alliance F.C. players
Category:Bolton Wanderers F.C. players
Category:Blackpool F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Royal Flying Corps soldiers
Category:British Army personnel of World War I
Category:Royal Air Force personnel of World War I
Category:Royal Air Force airmen
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