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| Full name | Joseph William Henry Makepeace[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1881-08-22)22 August 1881 Middlesbrough, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 December 1952(1952-12-19) (aged 71)[2] Bebington, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Legbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut | 31 December 1920 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 25 February 1921 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joseph William Henry Makepeace (22 August 1881 – 19 December 1952) was an English sportsman who appeared for his country four times at each ofcricket andfootball. He is one of just 12 Englishdouble internationals and the only one to have been a member of a team winning the Football League Championship, the FA Cup and the Cricket County Championship.
Makepeace played in fourTests forEngland in the1920–21 Ashes series in Australia. Hisfirst-class career withLancashire lasted from 1906 to 1930. "I count Makepeace amongst the immortals of Lancashire and Yorkshire cricket," wroteNeville Cardus.[3]Dudley Carew described Makepeace as "a master against the turning ball on a difficult pitch", and continued:
There was little to catch the eye about his batting, but he was the most pleasing of defensive batsmen, of men whose art rises to the heights under the challenge of adversity. ... The fireworks, the rockets, and the frenzies of big hitting are admirable in their way, but cricket would not be the enchanting game it is were it not for the quiet beauty of the game's less riotous colours;Clare wrote poetry as well asShelley, and Makepeace was of his school.[4]
After his retirement from playing, Makepeace spent two decades as county coach.[5]
WhenAlbert Chevallier Tayler was preparing his 1906 painting,Kent vs Lancashire at Canterbury, he arranged sittings with the winning Kent team he was commissioned to celebrate. Tayler also intended to do include Makepeace. Makepeace however was unable to attend a sitting, so Tayler compromised by usingWilliam Findlay as the batsman. Findlay had not actually played in that particular match, but he was able to travel to Tayler's London studio as he had just been appointed as secretary ofSurrey County Cricket Club.[6]
Makepeace made 336 appearances and scored 23 goals forEverton between 1902 and 1919 and was a member of the team that won theFA Cup in1906.[2][7] He was also a member of the Everton team which won the First Division Championship in Season 1914–15. He made four appearances as awing half for theEngland national football team between 1906 and 1912 and also represented theFootball League XI.[2] He is an inductee inEverton's Hall of Fame.[8]
Makepeace served as aflight sergeant in theRoyal Air Force during theFirst World War.[1]
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| Preceded by | Everton captain 1910–1911 | Succeeded by |