John Bartholomew (20 January 1888 – 14 July 1965) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s, 1910s and 1920s. He played at representative level for Great Britain (non- Test matches), and at club level for

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, Huddersfield and Bradford Northern as a or , i.e. number 1, 2 or 5, 3 or 4, or 6. Jack Bartholomew was the uncle of the comedian Eric Morecambe (real name John Eric Bartholomew).

Background

Jack Bartholomew was born in

, Lancashire, and his death aged 77 was registered 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, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Playing career

International honours

Jack Bartholomew was selected for Great Britain while at Huddersfield for the

1910 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand The 1910 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand was the first international tour of the Great Britain national rugby league team, "The Lions". They played the second ever Ashes series against Australia, and their first as the visiti ...

County Cup Final appearances

Jack Bartholomew played in Huddersfield's 21–0 victory over

Batley Batley is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. Batley lies south-west of Leeds, north-west of Wakefield and Dewsbury, south-east of Bradford and north-east of Huddersfield. Batley is part of the ...

in the

1909 Events January–February * January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes. * January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. * Januar ...

Yorkshire

County Cup The county football associations are the local governing bodies of association football in England and the Crown dependencies. County FAs exist to govern all aspects of football in England. They are responsible for administering club and player ...

Final during the 1909–10 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 27 November 1909, the 8–2 defeat by Wakefield Trinity in the

1910 Events January * January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas '' Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York C ...

Yorkshire

Final during the 1910–11 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 3 December 1910, and the 22–10 victory over Hull Kingston Rovers in the

1911 A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...

Yorkshire

Final during the 1911–12 season at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Saturday 25 November 1911.Tom Mather (2010). "Best in the Northern Union". Pages 128-142.

References

External links

Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk

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Search for "Bartholomew" at rugbyleagueproject.orgPhotograph 'Jack Bartholomew - Jack Bartholomew came to Birch Lane in 1914 and stayed until 1922, playing mostly at stand off. He had bee one of Huddersfield's 'Team of all talents' and had toured with the Lions in 1910. - Date: 01/01/1914' at rlhp.co.ukPapers Past — Evening Post — 14 May 1910 – FootballRemembering Fartown legend Harold Wagstaff
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