John Robert Blayney Owen

John Robert Blayney Owen (1849 - 13 June 1921) was the head teacher at Trent College, who earlier in his life was a promising footballer who made one appearance for England in 1874.

Football career

Owen was born in Reading, Berkshire and educated at Queen's College, Oxford where he played football for Oxford University. While at Trent College he joined the Sheffield club.cite book | last= Betts |first=Graham| title=England: Player by player | publisher=Green Umbrella Publishing | year=2006|pages=p.183| isbn=1-905009-63-1]

He made his solitary England appearance on 7 March 1874 against Scotland, playing as an outside forward. After "a most competitive game", [cite book |last= Gibbons|first= Philip|authorlink= |title= Association Football in Victorian England - A History of the Game from 1863 to 1900|year= 2001|publisher= Upfront Publishing |pages=p. 41 |isbn=1-84426-035-6] Scotland won 2–1, with Robert Kingsford scoring England's goal in the 22nd minute, before the Scots scored twice. [cite web |title= Report on Scotland v England match| work=www.londonhearts.com| url= http://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/games/18740307.html | accessdate=4 March| accessyear=2008]

He also played representative football for the Sheffield F.A. and for Nottinghamshire.

Teaching and church career

On leaving university, he took up a teaching position as second master at Trent College in Long Eaton, Derbyshire from 1871 to 1881. He was ordained in 1876.

He then became master of Hawkshead Grammar School from 1881 to 1883, before returning to Trent College in 1883 to take up the post of headmaster, where he remained until 1890.

He then left teaching and became the vicar of Toftrees in Norfolk until 1905, finally serving as rector of Bradwell-on-Sea in Essex until his death in 1921.

References

External links

*Englandstats|id=720|name=John Owen
* [http://www.englandfc.com/Profiles/php/PlayerProfileByName.php?id=725 England profile]