Edward Jackett

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E. John Jackett in 1910.jpg
Jackett photographed in 1910
Birth nameEdward John Jackett
Date of birth(1878-07-04)4 July 1878
Place of birth Falmouth, Cornwall
Date of death11 November 1935(1935-11-11) (aged 57)
Place of death Middlesbrough, England
Notable relative(s) Richard ″Dick″ Jackett (brother)
Occupation(s)Artist's model
Policeman
Theatre manager
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Falmouth RFC ()
1898-1911 Cornwall 52 (108)
1904-11 Leicester Tigers 183 ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1905-09 England 13 (4)
1908 Lions 3 (0)
Rugby league career
Playing information
Position Fullback
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1911–12 Dewsbury
Medal record
Men's rugby union
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1908 London Team competition

Edward John Jackett (4 July 1878 – 11 November 1935), known as John Jackett, was an English rugby union player, who represented the England national rugby union team, the British Lions, and competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics for Great Britain. [1] [2] He is the elder brother of Richard ″Dick″ Jackett, who was also in the Great Britain team which won the Olympic silver medal. [3] [4]

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Early years

Portrait of Jackett in 1899 by Henry Scott Tuke Tuke, Henry Scott (1858-1929) - 1899 - Johnny Jackett.jpg
Portrait of Jackett in 1899 by Henry Scott Tuke

He was born in Falmouth, Cornwall, and played for Falmouth RFC. On 8 February 1901 Jackett appeared at Falmouth County Court for the non-payment of damages to Caroline Amelia Oliver of Portscatho, for a breach-of -promise of marriage. He had been ordered in the High Court, the previous February, to pay £150 damages and £39 costs. His employment, at the time of the County Court case, was stated to be an artist's model and he lived at Henry Tuke's residence. [5] A month later, on 8 March, he was ordered to pay 5 shillings monthly. [6] On 11 May 1901, he left for Kimberley in South Africa on the steamer Briton, travelling with two other rugby players, W Christophers and F Toy, where they joined the Cape Mounted Police. [7] He returned to Cornwall and became Cornish Cycling champion.

Rugby union career

He joined Leicester Tigers in 1904 and played 183 times for the club over the next seven years. [8] He also represented Cornwall 52 times and was capped for England thirteen times between 1905 and 1909. He also played against the touring South Africa team on their 1906 tour of Great Britain, and took part in the 1908 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia. Jackett was also a member of the Cornish rugby union team which, representing Great Britain, won the 1908 Olympic silver medal on 26 October 1908.

Rugby league career

In 1911 Jackett moved north to manage a theatre in Dewsbury, and joined Northern Rugby Football Union (rugby league) club Dewsbury, he played fullback in Dewsbury's 8-5 victory over Oldham in the 1911–12 Challenge Cup Final during the 1911-12 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 27 April 1912 in front of a crowd of 16,000. [9] [10]

1908 Olympic Gold Final Wallabies v Cornwall Olympic Rugby 1908.jpg
1908 Olympic Gold Final Wallabies v Cornwall

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  3. ↑ "Dick Jackett". SR/Olympic Sports. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Edward Jackett". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "A Falmouth Breach Of Promise". The Cornubian and Redruth Times. No. 1965. 15 February 1901. p. 8.
  6. ↑ "Falmouth". The Cornubian and Redruth Times. No. 1969. 15 March 1901. p. 5.
  7. ↑ "Falmouth". The Cornubian and Redruth Times. No. 1976. 3 May 1901. p. 5.
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  10. ↑ Hoole, Les (1998). The Rugby League Challenge Cup – An Illustrated History. Breedon Books. ISBN   1-85983-094-3
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