Jasper Twining Bartlett (17 October 1924 – 16 January 1969) was an English international
rugby union
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player.
Born in
Birmingham
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, Bartlett was a versatile forward and took up rugby at Birkenhead Institute.
Bartlett began playing for
Waterloo
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* Waterloo, Belgium
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Australia
* Waterloo, New South Wale ...
in 1942 and while studying engineering competed for
Liverpool University
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. In 1949, Bartlett won a County Championship with Cheshire. He was capped for
England
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as a lock against Wales in a
1951 Five Nations
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match at Swansea. He captained both Cheshire and Combined Universities in representative matches.
In his later years, Bartlett lived in
West Derby
West Derby ( ) is an area of Liverpool, Merseyside, England, in the east of the city. At the 2011 Census, the population was 14,382.
History West Derby
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, Liverpool, where he died at the age of 44 in 1969.
See also
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List of England national rugby union players
This article represents a list of people who have played for the England national rugby union team, in the order that they received their first Cap (sport), cap. The list only includes players who have played in an official Test match (rugby union ...
References
External links
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1924 births
1969 deaths
English rugby union players
England international rugby union players
Rugby union forwards
Rugby union players from Merseyside
Waterloo F.C. players
Cheshire RFU players
Alumni of the University of Liverpool
20th-century English sportsmen