Rugby player
| Full name | James Barrett | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1888-03-03)3 March 1888 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Paeroa, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 31 August 1971(1971-08-31) (aged 83) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Hamilton, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
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James Barrett (3 March 1888 — 31 August 1971) was a New Zealand rugby union international.
Barrett, known as "Buster", was born in Paeroa, where he attended St Joseph's Catholic School. He moved to Auckland as a teenager to become an apprentice wheelwright and played his rugby for the city's Marist club.
A loose forward, Barrett was capped twice by the All Blacks in 1913, as a flanker for the 2nd and 3rd Tests against the touring Australians. He made one further All Blacks appearance, an uncapped match on the 1914 tour of Australia.
Barrett served with the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment in Egypt during World War I.
See also
References
- "Old Pupils Meet". Hauraki Plains Gazette. 24 April 1950. p. 5.
- Kingston, Samuel (26 October 2023). "Irish historic influence echoes through World Cup final". RTÉ.
- ^ "James Barrett #191". stats.allblacks.com.
External links
- Jim Barrett at ESPNscrum