Joseph William Henry Makepeace (22 August 1881, Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough

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, Yorkshire

Yorkshire

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 – 19 December 1952, Bebington

Bebington

Bebington is a small town and electoral ward within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England. It lies south of Liverpool and west southwest of Manchester, along the River Mersey on the eastern side of the Wirral Peninsula...

, Cheshire

Cheshire

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) was an English

England

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 sportsman who appeared for his country four times at each of cricket

Cricket

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 and football

Football (soccer)

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. He is one of just 12 double internationals.

Cricket

Makepeace played in four Tests

Test cricket

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 for England in the 1920/21 Ashes. His first class career with Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

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 lasted from 1906 to 1930. "I count Makepeace amongst the immortals of Lancashire and Yorkshire cricket," wrote Neville Cardus

Neville Cardus

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.

After his retirement from playing, he spent two decades as county coach.

Football

Makepeace made four appearances as a wing-half for the England national football team

England national football team

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 between 1906 and 1912 whilst on the books of Everton

Everton F.C.

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, winning the F A cup in 1906.