Jack Hunter
England…
(1878-1882)
Apps, 7 Goals, 0
It wasn’t always easy for for Jack at International level - England with their individualistic instincts had fallen furlongs behind the Scots & the Welsh with their far more team based ‘combinational ’ ethos, enduring, as he did, some of his countries severest reverses…
England (1880/ ‘82 )
1878 - Scotland 7-2 England
1880 - Scotland 5-4 England
1880 - Wales 2-3 England
1881 - England 0-1 Wales
1881 - England 1-6 Scotland
1882 - Scotland 5-1 England
1882 - Wales 5-3 England
—Ooo ‘eck!!
Jack’s solitary International success arriving in the March of 1880 over at Wrexham’s Racecourse Ground…
Wales
2-3
England
The defining strikes of…
Francis ‘Franny’ Sparks
…fire England to its first ever away win…
All in all, the International sides record with Jack in it, reads…
7 1 0 6 14 31
P W D L G+ G-
Challenging times, no doubt, for the underwhelming National side but, on many accounts & in holding down his place, Jack appears to have been their most consistent performer during that dismal succession of deeply dispiriting results…
