Jack Jenkins (rugby player)
| Full name | John Charles Jenkins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 April 1880 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Newbridge, Caerphilly, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 1 December 1971 (aged 91) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Hounslow, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Long Ashton School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Royal Military College, Sandhurst | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Forward | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1906 |
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John "Jack" Charles Jenkins (19 April 1880 – 1 December 1971) was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Newport and London Welsh. He won just a single cap for Wales in 1907 but faced both New Zealand and South Africa at county level with Middlesex and Monmouthshire.
Jenkins was born in Newbridge, Caerphilly in 1880. He was educated at Long Ashton School in Bristol before enrolling at Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the South Wales Borderers at the age of 18, but in 1903 he resigned from the British Army and undertook an accountancy course. In 1908, he joined the newly formed Territorial Force, Monmouthshire Regiment. By 1911 he was promoted to the rank of major, and with the outbreak of the First World War, he was posted to France with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, commanding the 2nd Battalion of the Monmouthshire Regiment.
Jenkins married Helena Leigh (née Roose) (birth registered during July→September 1879 in Wrexham district - death registered during October→December 1967 (aged 88) in Bournemouth district), sister of Wales association football international Leigh Richmond Roose, during July→September 1903 in St George Hanover Square district. Jenkins' son, C.R. Jenkins played club rugby for several teams, most notably captaining North of Ireland FC during the 1933/34 season; and like his father, he faced a touring South Africa team in 1931 whilst representing Ulster.
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