Jack Wright | |
Full Name: | John Cecil Wright |
Birth Date: | 6 August 1910 |
Birth Place: | Whitchurch, England |
Death Date: | August 2003 |
Death Place: | Lincolnshire, England |
Position: | Forward |
Repyears1: | 1934 |
Repcaps1: | 1 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
John Cecil Wright (6 August 1910 – August 2003) was an English international rugby union player.
Born in Whitchurch, Shropshire, Wright was educated at Shrewsbury Preparatory School and Sedbergh School.[1]
Wright worked for the Metropolitan Police from 1929 to 1935 and was based at a station in central London. He captained the Metropolitan Police rugby side, while making appearances with Crewe and Nantwich when on leave.[2] In 1934, Wright was capped for England in a Home Nations match against Wales in Cardiff.[3] He also played football as a goalkeeper with Shrewsbury Town in the Midland Football League.[1]
During World War II, Wright served as a King's Shropshire Light Infantry officer and participated in the Tunisian campaign, for which he was mentioned in dispatches in 1943. He was later a prisoner of war in Italy and Germany.[1]
Wright was a farmer in Lincolnshire and Wales in his post war years.[1]