Davidson Berry
Encyclopedia
Davidson Berry was a Scottish
footballer
who played for and the Scotland national team
.
Berry, an inside left
/ outside left, joined Queen's Park as a teenager in 1891. Aged just 18, he won his first cap
for Scotland in March 1894 and scored in a 5-2 win over Wales
. He won two more caps in 1899.
His younger brother, William
, also played for Queen's Park and was also a Scotland internationalist.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
footballer
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
who played for and the Scotland national team
Scotland national football team
The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. Scotland are the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872...
.
Berry, an inside left
Inside forward
In football, the position of inside forward was popularly used in the late nineteenth and first half of the 20th centuries. The inside forwards would support the centre forwards, running and making space in the opposition defence, and, as the passing game developed, supporting him with passes...
/ outside left, joined Queen's Park as a teenager in 1891. Aged just 18, he won his first cap
Cap (sport)
In sports, a cap is a metaphorical term for a player's appearance on a select team, such as a national team. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap to every player in an international match of association football...
for Scotland in March 1894 and scored in a 5-2 win over Wales
Wales national football team
The Wales national football team represents Wales in international football. It is controlled by the Football Association of Wales , the governing body for football in Wales, and the third oldest national football association in the world. The team have only qualified for a major international...
. He won two more caps in 1899.
His younger brother, William
William Berry (footballer)
William Hall Berry was a Scottish footballer who played for and the Scotland national team....
, also played for Queen's Park and was also a Scotland internationalist.
External links
- International stats at Londonhearts.com