{{short description|Welsh rugby union player and cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Jack Bancroft | image = Jack bancroft rugby union.jpeg | caption = | birth_name = Jack Bancroft | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1879|10|9|df=y}} | birth_place = Swansea, Wales | death_date = {{Death date and age|1942|1|7|1879|10|9|df=yes}} | death_place = Swansea, Wales | height = | weight = | ru_position = Fullback | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = Swansea RFC | ru_amclubcaps = | ru_amclubpoints = | ru_amupdate = | repteam1 = Wales | repyears1 = 1909–1914 | repcaps1 = 18 | reppoints1 = 88 | ru_ntupdate = | coachteams1 = | coachyears1 = | ru_coachupdate = | other = | occupation = | spouse = | children = | relatives = Billy Bancroft (Brother) | school = | university = | website = }} '''Jack Bancroft''' (9 October 1879 – 7 January 1942),<ref>[http://www.espnscrum.com/wales/rugby/player/2011.html Jack Bancroft Player profile] Scrum.com</ref> born '''John Bancroft''', was a Welsh cricketer, and rugby union international. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper who played for Glamorgan. Bancroft also played rugby for Swansea RFC.<ref name="Smith463">Smith (1980), pg 463.</ref> He was born and died in Swansea.
Bancroft's brother, Billy, was a Welsh rugby international and the first paid professional for the Glamorgan cricketing side. His father William was groundsman at St. Helen's rugby and cricket ground, and Jack showed great interest and skill in both cricket and rugby from an early age.
==Rugby career== As well as playing for Swansea at club level, Bancroft was capped eighteen times for the Welsh national team. He gained his first international cap in 1909 replacing the injured Bert Winfield.<ref name="Smith198">Smith (1980), pg 198.</ref> against England. During Bancroft's career he scored 19 points against France in the 1910 international, at the time a record for a Welsh player in a single match.<ref name="Smith383">Smith (1980), pg 383.</ref> His final game for Wales was against France in 1914.
===International matches=== '''Wales'''<ref name="Smith463"/> *{{ru|ENG}} 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1914 *{{ru|FRA}} 1909, 1910, 1911, 1914 *{{ru|IRE}} 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913 *{{ru|SCO}} 1909, 1910, 1912, 1914
==Cricket career== Jack Bancroft was wicket-keeper for Swansea, and played Minor Counties Cricket for Glamorgan as early as 1908. Bancroft was called up to the Glamorgan first team on nine occasions during the 1922 season before hanging up his gloves.
Bancroft was a tailend batsman alongside teammate Jack Nash.
==Bibliography== * {{cite book |last=Smith |first=David |author2=Williams, Gareth |title=Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union |year=1980 |publisher=University of Wales Press |location=Cardiff |isbn=0-7083-0766-3 }}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4300/4300.html Jack Bancroft] at Cricket Archive
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