# Jake Jacob
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{{Short description|England international rugby union player}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
| name = Jake Jacob
| image =
| caption =
| full_name = Herbert Percy Jacob
| birth_date = {{birth date|1902|10|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Elham, Kent](/source/Elham%2C_Kent), England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1996|07|08|1902|10|12|df=y}}
| death_place = [Myaree, Perth](/source/Myaree%2C_Western_Australia), Australia
| height =
| weight =
| occupation = Schoolmaster
| school = [Cranleigh School](/source/Cranleigh_School)
| university = [Christ Church, Oxford](/source/Christ_Church%2C_Oxford)
| relatives =
| position = Three-quarter
| repyears1 = 1924–30
| repteam1 = {{nrut|England}}
| repcaps1 = 5
| reppoints1 = 12
}}
'''Herbert Percy "Jake" Jacob''' (12 October 1902 – 8 July 1996) was an English international [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) player.
Jacob hailed from [Elham, Kent](/source/Elham%2C_Kent), a village not far from Folkestone. He attended [Cranleigh School](/source/Cranleigh_School) and pursued further studies at [Christ Church, Oxford](/source/Christ_Church%2C_Oxford). A three-quarter, Jacob gained his rugby blues for Oxford University as a freshman in 1924 and then captained the team in the 1925 Varsity Match.[{{cite news |title=H P Jacob |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/752027330 |work=[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph) |date=11 July 1996}}]
Capped five times for [England](/source/England_national_rugby_union_team), Jacob played all four matches of their grand slam-winning 1924 Five Nations campaign, primarily as a winger, with most noted contribution a [hat-trick of tries](/source/List_of_Six_Nations_Championship_hat-tricks) against [France](/source/France_national_rugby_union_team) at Twickenham.[{{cite news |title=Salute the Class of 92 ... and the Class of 24 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/725253910 |work=Evening Standard |date=5 March 1992}}] His fifth and final cap didn't come until 1930, when he was called up from [Blackheath](/source/Blackheath_F.C.) to stand in for [Frank Malir](/source/Frank_Malir) in a match against France.[{{cite news |title=New "Threes" And Forwards. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/783571523 |work=[Birmingham Gazette](/source/Birmingham_Gazette) |date=17 February 1930}}]
Jacob coached rugby at Cranleigh School and produced two England internationals of the 1930s, [Robert Carr](/source/Robert_Carr_(rugby_union)) and [Jeff Reynolds](/source/Jeff_Reynolds_(rugby_union)). He was also a housemaster, for 16 years, and before retiring served as acting headmaster in 1959/60, until the appointment of [David Emms](/source/David_Emms). After the death of his wife, Jacob emigrated with his son to Canada and later settled in [Perth](/source/Perth), Australia, where his daughter lived. He was the last surviving member of the 1924 grand slam side.