Jacky Braithwaite

Jacky Braithwaite
Full name John Braithwaite
Date of birth 21 April 1873
Place of birth Leeds, England
Date of death 14 November 1915
Place of death West Humberstone, Leicester, England
Height 5ft 9in
Weight 9st
Occupation(s) Engineer
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Scrum Half
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
18951906 Leicester Tigers 359 (361)
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1905 England 1

John Braithwaite known as Jacky (born 21 April 1873, died 14 November 1915) was a rugby union scrum half who played 359 times for Leicester Tigers between 1895 and 1906 scoring 67 tries, 45 conversions, 2 penalties, 15 drop goals and one goal from a mark for 361 points. Braithwaite was born in Leeds and played local rugby for St Cuthbert's, Holbeck and Vulcan Rovers before moving to Leicester. He made his Leicester debut against Bedford on 12 October 1895 and played 7 times that season. He became a regular in the First XV the next season and went on to win 8 successive Midlands Counties Cups from 18981905, during his career he only lost one of 34 fixtures in the cup. Braithwaite started a record 236 games with fly half partner Billy Foreman for Leicester.[1]

Braithwaite made his international debut for England on 2 December 1905 in England's first international against New Zealand at Crystal Palace.[2] It was his only cap for England.[3]

Sources

Farmer,Stuart & Hands, David Tigers-Official History of Leicester Football Club (The Rugby DevelopmentFoundation ISBN 978-0-9930213-0-5)

References

  1. Farmer, Stuart; Hands, David. Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club. The Rugby DevelopmentFoundation. p. 350. ISBN 978-0-9930213-0-5.
  2. "England (0) 0 - 15 (9) New Zealand (FT)". ESPNScrum. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  3. "Jacky Braithwaite". ESPNScrum. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
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