Jack Wallens Explained

Jack Wallens
Full Name:John Noel Stanley Wallens
Birth Date:25 December 1901
Birth Place:Birkenhead, England
Death Place:Frankston, Australia
School:Merchant' Taylors School
Position:Fullback
Repyears1:1927
Repyears2:1927
Repcaps2:1
Reppoints2:0

John Noel Stanley Wallens (25 December 1901 – 25 July 1962) was an English international rugby union player.[1]

Wallens was born in Birkenhead and educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby, where he played stand-off. After joining Waterloo "A", Wallens switched to fullback and had several seasons as an understudy before himself as Waterloo's premier fullback in 1925-26. He made his Lancashire debut the following season.[2]

In 1927, Wallens was capped for England in their final Five Nations fixture against France in Paris, with the incumbent fullback Kenneth Sellar unavailable to make the trip. He also took part in that year's tour of Argentina with the British Lions and featured in three of their four matches against the Pumas.[3]

Wallens emigrated to Australia in 1929 to take up a new position with his employer the Cunard Steamship Company.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: J. N. S. Wallens as Reserve . . 12 January 1927.
  2. News: J. N. S. Wallens . Liverpool Daily Post . 23 December 1926.
  3. News: Wallens to Play for England . Liverpool Daily Post . 1 April 1927.
  4. News: J. N. S. Wallens Home . Liverpool Daily Post . 10 October 1933.