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English rugby union player For the Nottingham Forest footballer, see Jimmy Barrington.

Rugby player
Jim Barrington
Full nameThomas James Mountstevens Barrington
Date of birth(1908-07-08)8 July 1908
Place of birthBridgwater, England
Date of death6 September 1973(1973-09-06) (aged 65)
Place of deathTaunton, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Stand-off
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1931 England 2 (0)

Thomas James Mountstevens Barrington (8 July 1908 – 6 September 1973) was an English international rugby union player of the 1930s.

Born in Bridgwater, Somerset, Barrington was a Bristol stand-off, capped twice for England during the 1931 Five Nations, featuring against Wales and Ireland at Twickenham. He ascended to the Bristol captaincy for the 1934-35 season and made 30 appearances for Somerset, which he later served as president.

Barrington was a solicitor at his father's law firm in Bridgewater.

See also

References

  1. "England's Hard Tussle with Wales". Devon and Exeter Gazette. 17 January 1931.
  2. "Barrington Resigns Captaincy of Bristol Club". Western Daily Press. 24 January 1936.
  3. "Obituary". Bristol Evening Post. 8 September 1973.

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