Jim Barrington
| Full name | Thomas James Mountstevens Barrington | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 July 1908 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bridgwater, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 6 September 1973 (aged 65) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Taunton, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Thomas James Mountstevens Barrington (8 July 1908 – 6 September 1973) was an English international rugby union player of the 1930s.[1]
Born in Bridgwater, Somerset, Barrington was a Bristol stand-off, capped twice for England during the 1931 Five Nations, featuring against Wales and Ireland at Twickenham. He ascended to the Bristol captaincy for the 1934-35 season and made 30 appearances for Somerset, which he later served as president.[2]
Barrington was a solicitor at his father's law firm in Bridgewater.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "England's Hard Tussle with Wales". Devon and Exeter Gazette. 17 January 1931.
- ^ "Barrington Resigns Captaincy of Bristol Club". Western Daily Press. 24 January 1936.
- ^ "Obituary". Bristol Evening Post. 8 September 1973.
External links
[edit]- Jim Barrington at ESPNscrum