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Richard Jackett (1 December 1880 – 27 July 1960) was a Cornish Olympics info at Sports-reference.com
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* 1880 births 1960 deaths Cornwall RFU players English rugby union players Leicester Tigers players Olympic rugby union players for Great Britain Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Rugby union players at the 1908 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Falmouth, Cornwall Rugby union players from Falmouth, Cornwall {{England-rugbyunion-bio-1880s-stub
rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
player who played his club rugby for Falmouth R.F.C. and between 1905 and 1914 Leicester Tigers
Leicester Tigers (officially Leicester Football Club) are a professional rugby union club based in Leicester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby.
The club was founded in 1880 and since 1892 plays its home ...
where he made 59 appearances scoring 8 tries. He was capped 71 times for Cornwall and was a member of the 1908 County Championship winning team that beat Durham Durham most commonly refers to:
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17–3 in the final played at Redruth
Redruth ( , ) is a town and civil parishes in Cornwall, civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. According to the 2011 census, the population of Redruth was 14,018 In the same year the population of the Camborne-Redruth urban area, ...
in front of 17,000 spectators. He also played in the Cornwall side that represented Great Britain winning a silver medal in the 1908 Summer Olympics
The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were originally schedu ...
at White City Stadium
White City Stadium in London, England, was built for the 1908 Summer Olympics. It hosted the finish of the first modern marathon and swimming, speedway, boxing, show jumping, athletics, stock car racing, concerts and a match at the 1966 FIFA W ...
, London losing to Australia in the final 32–3. He was the brother of John Jackett./ref>
See also
*Rugby union in Cornwall
Rugby union in Cornwall is Cornwall's most popular spectator sport with a large following. The followers of the national side are dubbed Trelawny's Army. In 1991 and 1999 Cornwall won the County Championship (rugby union), County Championship f ...
* Rugby union at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Rugby union at the 1908 Summer Olympics. The event was summarised under the "Football" heading along with association football. The host Great Britain was represented by Cornwall, the 1908 county champion. Defending Olympic champions France wi ...
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* 1880 births 1960 deaths Cornwall RFU players English rugby union players Leicester Tigers players Olympic rugby union players for Great Britain Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Rugby union players at the 1908 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Falmouth, Cornwall Rugby union players from Falmouth, Cornwall {{England-rugbyunion-bio-1880s-stub