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Joseph Green (1846–1923) was a rugby union international who represented
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/ref> Joseph Green was educated at Rugby and upon leaving school to join his father's firm returned to London
It was written that "for several years ewas one of the most brilliant of half-backs, being an excellent field, and when once under way as speedy a runner as was ever seen with a ball under his arm, his stride being magnificent."Marshall, Francis, ''Football; the Rugby union game'', p143, (1892) (London Paris Melbourne, Cassell and company, limited) He was selected to play for England in the first ever international match on 27 March 1871 at
/ref> He had been in his school's First XI and went on to play two first-class matches in 1870. Of his cricketing skills it was written in the Rugby magazine: "Came out as a bowler at the beginning of the year, but lost precision the latter part, but with great care he may recover it; is a good hitter, but takes things a trifle too cool when at the wicket; fields remarkably well". Three of his wife's brothers played for
Joseph married Ellen Penn, the daughter of the famous marine engineer, John Penn of Blackheath on 1 August 1877. This was in the same year that his captain in the first international rugby match, Frederick Stokes, married Ellen's sister Isabella. Thus, he and Frederick were brothers-in-law. Joseph and Ellen had three children, Ellen May (born 1879), Daisy Maud (born 1882, who married Paul Young in 1908 and had one child Ruby Ellen Young (born 1918)) and Doris(born 1887, who married Edward Longueville in 1909).
Joseph died on 28 August 1923. Joseph's elder brother was Sir Frederick Green and it is presumed that both brothers were involved in F. Green & Co., the passenger and cargo-managing arm of the Green family enterprise. F. Green & Co. was later subsumed in the Orient Steam Navigation Co.
England
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in 1871 in the first international match.Joseph Green Profile on scrum.com/ref>
Early life
Joseph Green was born on 28 April 1846 inWest Ham
West Ham is an area in East London, located east of Charing Cross in the west of the modern London Borough of Newham.
The area, which lies immediately to the north of the River Thames and east of the River Lea, was originally an ancien ...
. He was the second son of Frederick Green (1814–76) of the Blackwall shipbuilding family and his wife Elizabeth (née Fletcher) of Stepney (1813–70).National Maritime Museum – brief profile/ref> Joseph Green was educated at Rugby and upon leaving school to join his father's firm returned to London
Rugby union career
In London, Green chose to play forWest Kent Football Club
The West Kent Football Club was a short-lived 19th century rugby football club that was notable for being one of the twenty-one founding members of the Rugby Football Union, as well as producing a number of international players in the sport's ea ...
alongside A. G. Guillemard. It was written that "for several years ewas one of the most brilliant of half-backs, being an excellent field, and when once under way as speedy a runner as was ever seen with a ball under his arm, his stride being magnificent."Marshall, Francis, ''Football; the Rugby union game'', p143, (1892) (London Paris Melbourne, Cassell and company, limited) He was selected to play for England in the first ever international match on 27 March 1871 at Edinburgh
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in the Scotland
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vs England
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contest. However, Green sustained a knee injury which ended his career.
Cricket
Joseph also playedfirst-class cricket
First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...
for the Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's Cricket Ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London. The club was formerly the governing body of cricket retaining considerable global influence ...
.Profile at www.espncricinfo.com/ref> He had been in his school's First XI and went on to play two first-class matches in 1870. Of his cricketing skills it was written in the Rugby magazine: "Came out as a bowler at the beginning of the year, but lost precision the latter part, but with great care he may recover it; is a good hitter, but takes things a trifle too cool when at the wicket; fields remarkably well". Three of his wife's brothers played for
Kent
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, one of whom was Frank Penn an England International, as well as two of his nephews also being first-class players (one for Kent the other for Cambridge University
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).
Career and personal life
Joseph married Ellen Penn, the daughter of the famous marine engineer, John Penn of Blackheath on 1 August 1877. This was in the same year that his captain in the first international rugby match, Frederick Stokes, married Ellen's sister Isabella. Thus, he and Frederick were brothers-in-law. Joseph and Ellen had three children, Ellen May (born 1879), Daisy Maud (born 1882, who married Paul Young in 1908 and had one child Ruby Ellen Young (born 1918)) and Doris(born 1887, who married Edward Longueville in 1909).
Joseph died on 28 August 1923. Joseph's elder brother was Sir Frederick Green and it is presumed that both brothers were involved in F. Green & Co., the passenger and cargo-managing arm of the Green family enterprise. F. Green & Co. was later subsumed in the Orient Steam Navigation Co.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Joseph 1846 births 1923 deaths England international rugby union players English cricketers English rugby union players Gentlemen of the South cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Rugby union halfbacks Rugby union players from West Ham