For other persons of a similar name see Frederick Jackson (disambiguation).

Frederick Stanley Jackson was a rugby football

Rugby football

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er of the early 1900s who represented the Anglo/Welsh British Lions

British and Irish Lions

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 and the New Zealand Kiwis.

Early years

Jackson was possibly born in Camborne

Camborne

Camborne is a town and civil parish in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is at the western edge of a conurbation comprising Camborne, Pool and Redruth....

 and educated at the Camborne School of Mines

Camborne School of Mines

The Camborne School of Mines , commonly abbreviated to CSM, was founded in 1888. It is now a specialist department of the University of Exeter. Its research and teaching is related to the understanding and management of the Earth's natural processes, resources and the environment...

. Other sources claim he was born in Swansea

Swansea

Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...

, Wales

Wales

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 while the Manchester Evening News

Manchester Evening News

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 reported in 1900 that he was educated at Llandovery College

Llandovery College

Llandovery College is an independent school in Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It was founded and endowed by Thomas Phillips in 1847 to provide a classical and liberal education in which the Welsh language; the study of Welsh literature and history were also to be cultivated.Llandovery...

 and he may have served in the Boer War

Second Boer War

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. No records of his birth have been found.

Rugby union career

A Cornish rugby

Cornish rugby

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 union player (16 Cornish caps), Jackson played 'forward' for Camborne RFC

Camborne RFC

Camborne RFC were established in 1878, and are one of the most famous rugby union clubs in Cornwall. They currently play in the Western Counties West division and their club colours are Cherry and White...

, Plymouth

Plymouth Albion R.F.C.

Plymouth Albion Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club who play in Plymouth, England. The club was founded around 1915 from a merger between Plymouth RFC and Devonport Albion RFC...

, Leicester RFC and represented A. F.Harding's

Arthur Harding

Arthur Flowers Harding was an English-born international rugby union player who played for and captained the Wales national team. Often called 'Boxer' Harding, he was a member of the winning Wales team who beat the 1905 touring All Blacks in a game considered one of the greatest in the history of...

 Anglo/Welsh British Lions

British and Irish Lions

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 team in their tour to Australia

Australia

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 and New Zealand

New Zealand

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 in 1908. Jackson was the Leicester Tigers

Leicester Tigers

Leicester Tigers is an English rugby union club that plays in the Aviva Premiership.Leicester are the most successful English club since the introduction of league rugby in 1987, a record 9 times English champions - 3 more than either Bath or Wasps, the last of which was in 2010...

 leading scorer in the 1906-07 season. He was reputed to be a powerful goal-kicker and was the star of Cornwall

Cornwall

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's championship-winning side in 1908 when he led the way in the 17-3 final win against Durham

Durham

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 in front of 17,000 spectators at Redruth R.F.C.

Redruth R.F.C.

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's Recreation Ground.

Jackson was suspended and recalled from the 1908 Lions tour of New Zealand, where he was considered the tourists' best forward, to be investigated by the Rugby Football Union

Rugby Football Union

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 for professionalism. He was accused of playing for the Swinton club

Swinton Lions

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 under the name of "John Jones" and had represented Swansea

Swansea RFC

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 under the name of "Gabe". Leaving his close friend and Leicester team-mate John Jackett in tears on the wind-swept dockside, he sailed from Wellington

Wellington

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 to Sydney

Sydney

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 on the Maitai but, for whatever reason, decided he could not return to England

England

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 and slipped back to New Zealand unannounced, reportedly to marry a Māori woman he had met.

Rugby league career

Jackson played rugby league

Rugby league

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 for both Auckland

Auckland rugby league team

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 and New Zealand in 1910, captaining Auckland against the touring Great Britain Lions

1910 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand

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 and also playing against his country of birth in the Test match for New Zealand, where he kicked four goals.

Later in the 1910 season he was suspended by the Auckland Rugby League

Auckland Rugby League

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 for striking an official who had insulted his Māori companion.

Later years

Jackson later settled in the Hawkes Bay and became a selector for the East Coast Rugby Union. He died in Auckland

Auckland

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 on April 15, 1957.

Jackson had four children, one of whom, Everard, became a noted All Blacks

All Blacks

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 prop. Another son, Selwyn, represented the New Zealand Māori rugby union team

New Zealand Maori rugby union team

New Zealand Māori is a rugby union team that traditionally plays teams touring New Zealand. A prerequisite for playing in this team is that the player is to have Māori whakapapa or genealogy. In the past this rule was not strictly applied. In the past non-Māori players who looked Māori were often...

.