Bert Sparks Explained

Bert Sparks
Full Name:Robert Henry Ware Sparks
Birth Date:19 February 1899
Birth Place:East Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon, England
Death Place:Cheltenham, Somerset, England
Position:Prop
Repyears1:1928–31
Repcaps1:9
Reppoints1:0

Robert Henry Ware Sparks (19 February 1899 – 15 August 1984) was an English international rugby union player.

Born in East Stonehouse, Plymouth, Sparks was a charge hand at the HM Devonport dockyards and played his rugby as a front row forward with Plymouth Albion, which he captained for two seasons.[1]

Sparks debuted for England in their grand slam-winning 1928 Five Nations campaign, playing three of the matches, as one of three Plymouth forwards (with Jerry Hanley and Edward Stanbury).[2] He made another three appearances in 1929, didn't feature in 1930, then played three times in 1931, to finish with nine caps.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fuge Froback – Plymouth Albion Internationals . albionrfc.co.uk . 20 April 2023.
  2. News: Gifts To The Three Internationals . . 21 February 1928.
  3. News: England's XV.'s New Lay-Out At Twickenham . . 13 February 1931.