Jim Barrington | |
Birth Date: | 8 July 1908 |
Birth Place: | Bridgwater, England |
Death Place: | Taunton, England |
Position: | Stand-off |
Repyears1: | 1931 |
Repcaps1: | 2 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Thomas James Mountstevens Barrington (8 July 1908 – 6 September 1973) was an English international rugby union player of the 1930s.[1]
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.[2]
Barrington was a solicitor at his father's law firm in Bridgewater.[3]