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Francis "Frannie"/"Franny" Jarvis (born ) is a former professional
rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...
footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at representative level for
Other Nationalities The Other Nationalities rugby league team are a rugby league representative team that usually consists of non-English players. They have also played under the name The Exiles and more recently Combined Nations All Stars. They competed in the first ...
, and at club level for
Bradford Northern The Bradford Bulls are a professional rugby league club in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, playing in the Championship. They have won five Challenge Cups, six league championships and three World Club Challenges. The team jersey is predomi ...
( Heritage №), the Featherstone Rovers ( Heritage № 550), and Halifax ( Heritage № 915), as a or , i.e. number 9, 11 or 12, or, 13.


Playing career


Player's No.6 Trophy Final appearances

Francis Jarvis played in
Bradford Northern The Bradford Bulls are a professional rugby league club in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, playing in the Championship. They have won five Challenge Cups, six league championships and three World Club Challenges. The team jersey is predomi ...
's 3-2 victory over
Widnes Widnes ( ) is an Industrial city, industrial town in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England, which at the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 census had a population of 61,464. Historic counties of England, Historically in Lancashire, it is on t ...
in the 1974–75 Player's No.6 Trophy Final during the 1974–75 season at Wilderspool Stadium,
Warrington Warrington () is a town and unparished area in the borough of the same name in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, on the banks of the River Mersey. It is east of Liverpool, and west of Manchester. The population in 2019 was estimat ...
on Saturday 25 January 1975.


Club career

Francis Jarvis made his début for
Bradford Northern The Bradford Bulls are a professional rugby league club in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, playing in the Championship. They have won five Challenge Cups, six league championships and three World Club Challenges. The team jersey is predomi ...
against
Whitehaven Whitehaven is a town and port on the English north west coast and near to the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it lies by road south-west of Carlisle and to the north of Barrow-in-Furness. It is th ...
at
Odsal Stadium Odsal Stadium in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, is the home of Bradford Bulls Rugby League team. It has also been used by the Bradford Dukes speedway team, BRISCA F1 and F2 stock cars, the football team Bradford City, following the Valley ...
on Saturday 3 February 1973, he made his debut for Featherstone Rovers on 20 August 1978, and he played his last match for Featherstone Rovers during the 1980–81 season.


Administration

Francis Jarvis is, as of 2011, the administrator of the rugby league club Undercliffe Wildboars ARLFC (in Bolton and Undercliffe,
Bradford Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ...
, of the
Pennine League The Pennine Amateur Rugby League, or Pennine League is a rugby league competition for amateur open-age clubs that runs from September to April. The clubs are drawn from West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and the east of Lancashire. ...
).


Genealogical information

Francis Jarvis' marriage to Carol () was registered during the third quarter of 1980 in
Bradford Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ...
district. They have children; Gavin Lee Jarvis (birth registered during the third quarter of in Bradford district) and Liam Bradley Jarvis (birth registered during the first quarter of in Bradford district)


References


External links

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Photograph "Francis Jarvis Debut - Francis Jarvis makes his senior debut for the last six minutes of Northern's cup tie against Whitehaven at Odsal. - 03/02/1973" at rlhp.co.ukPhotograph "Roy Castle meets the players - The players meet Roy Castle prior to the Final. - 11/05/1973" at rlhp.co.ukPhotograph "Young hooker Jarvis, Other Nationalities player" at rlhp.co.ukPhotograph "Big Jim - Big Jim Mills tries to force his way through the Northern defence. - 22/09/1974" at rlhp.co.ukPhotograph "Forsyth scores between the sticks - It is a try this time as prop Colin Forsyth grounds the ball near the Widnes posts with Mick Blacker and Francis Jarvis in support. - 22/09/1974" at rlhp.co.ukPhotograph "Daylight training - Daylight training before the 3rd Round Cup game v. Featherstone. - 08/03/1974" at rlhp.co.ukPhotograph "Francis Jarvis takes a knock - Frannie Jarvis receives treatment after scoring his 11th senior try of the season at Blackpool. - 31/03/1974" at rlhp.co.ukPhotograph "A brawl at Odsal - One of several brawls which marred the cup tie at Odsal v Bramley. - 01/09/1975" at rlhp.co.ukPhotograph "Francis Jarvis celebrates - Francis Jarvis celebrates scoring a try against Leeds at Headingley - 06/09/1975" at rlhp.co.ukPhotograph "Northern prepare to pack down - Northern prepare to pack down v. Leeds at Odsal. - 13/09/1975" at rlhp.co.ukPhotograph "Joe Phillips memorial trophy team 1975 - The team for the Joe Phillips Memorial Trophy game v. New Hunslet in 1975. - 10/08/1975" at rlhp.co.ukPhotograph "A snowy New Years Day - A snowy New Years Day at Odsal v. Castleford. - 01/01/1976" at rlhp.co.ukPhotograph "Francis Jarvis Post-match - Francis Jarvis leaves the field after the game against Huddersfield at Odsal - 24/10/1976" at rlhp.co.ukPhotograph "Jarvis Races Over - Hooker Jarvis races over for his try at Halifax. - 15/08/1976" at rlhp.co.ukPhotograph "Ouch! - Frannie Jarvis runs in with his head and lifts the Featherstone player in the air. - 21/08/1977" at rlhp.co.ukPhotograph "Let's celebrate - Northern players celebrate. - 13/11/1977" at rlhp.co.ukPhotograph "Graeme Evans - Graeme Evans on the charge. - 02/10/1977" at rlhp.co.ukPhotograph "Franny Jarvis held - Franny Jarvis is held a foot short of the Leeds line. - 19/03/1978" at rlhp.co.uk
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