Jack Miles (rugby union)
John Henry Miles (14 February 1880 – 23 February 1953) was a rugby union wing who played 93 times for Leicester Tigers between 1899 and 1904, scoring 75 tries for 223 points. Miles made his Leicester debut against Handsworth on 9 September 1899 scoring a hat trick. However that was not enough to keep his place in the team and he did not play again until 25 October 1899 against Bedford School where he scored 2 tries. He did not become a regular in the first team until the 1901/02 season where he scored 20 tries in 26 appearances; continuing that form he scored 14 tries in 17 games the next season to earn his England cap.
Birth name | John Henry Miles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 14 February 1880 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 23 January 1953 72) | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Sheffield, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Miles made his international debut for England on 10 January 1903 against Wales at St Helens in Swansea.[1] [2]This made him the first home produced international for Leicester Tigers, having gone to Medway Street School and played for Stoneygate before joining Tigers.[3]
Miles also played for Northampton Saints.
Sources
Farmer,Stuart & Hands, David Tigers-Official History of Leicester Football Club (The Rugby DevelopmentFoundation ISBN 978-0-9930213-0-5)
References
- "Jack Miles". ESPNScrum. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
- "History Leicester Tigers". Leicester Tigers. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- Farmer, Stuart; Hands, David. Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club. The Rugby DevelopmentFoundation. p. 448. ISBN 978-0-9930213-0-5.