Richard Jackett (1 December 1880 – 27 July 1960) was a Cornish

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player who played his club rugby for Falmouth R.F.C. and between 1905-14

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 hom ...

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

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17-3 in the final played at

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in front of 17,000 spectators. He also played in the Cornwall side that represented Great Britain winning a silver medal in the

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losing to Australia in the final 32-3. He was the brother of

Edward Jackett Edward John Jackett (4 July 1878 – 11 November 1935), known as John Jackett, was an England, English rugby union player, who represented the England national rugby union team, the British and Irish Lions, British Lions, and competed in the 19 ...

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1880 births 1960 deaths Cornish rugby union players English rugby union players Leicester Tigers players Olympic rugby union players of Great Britain Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Rugby union players at the 1908 Summer Olympics Rugby union players from Falmouth, Cornwall {{England-rugbyunion-bio-stub

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