James H. "Jum" Sampson (born c. 1876) was a New Zealand-born

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player who represented

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. Sampson, who was thought to have possibly come from

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, played as a number 8. He may have started his career playing in the

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between 1893 and 1895. After returning to where he was believed to have originated from, he spent one season in the Ohinemuri area the next year. During 1897 he joined the Parnell club in Auckland where he made the provincial side the following year. He was understood to have moved to

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in 1899 where he joined the Glebe (now known as Drummoyne) club. Sampson claimed 1 international rugby cap for Australia. This was against

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, at Sydney, on 12 August 1899. He never represented

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and did not play any known first-class rugby after 1899.

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Australian rugby union players Australia international rugby union players Year of birth uncertain Year of death missing Rugby union players from Waikato Rugby union number eights New South Wales rugby union team players {{Australia-rugbyunion-bio-stub