# John Toothill

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{{short description|England international rugby union & league footballer}}
{{for|the Ferranti executive|John Toothill (industrialist)}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
|first               = RU
|name                = John Toothill
|fullname            = John Thomas Toothill
|image               = John Toothill - Bradford FC.jpeg
|imagesize           = 192
|caption             =
|birth_date          = second ¼ 1866
|birth_place         = [Bradford](/source/Bradford), England
|death_date          = 29 June 1947 (aged 81)
|death_place         = [Bradford](/source/Bradford), England
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|weight              =
|ru_position         = [Forwards](/source/Rugby_union_positions)
|position            = [Forwards](/source/Rugby_league_positions)
|ru_club1            = [Bradford FC](/source/Bradford_Park_Avenue_A.F.C.)
|ru_year1start       = ≤1890
|ru_year1end         = 95
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|club1               = [Bradford FC](/source/Bradford_Park_Avenue_A.F.C.)
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|year1end            = ≥98
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|ru_teamA            = [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire_Rugby_Football_Union)
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|ru_teamB            = [England](/source/England_national_rugby_union_team)
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|retired             = yes
|updated             = 5 March 2018
|source              = <ref name="Statistics at en.espn.co.uk (RU)">{{cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/england/rugby/player/939.html|title=Statistics at en.espn.co.uk (RU)|publisher=en.espn.co.uk|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}</ref>
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'''John Thomas Toothill''' (birth registered second ¼ 1866<ref name="Birth details at freebmd.org.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=NCbQLnb0BaHTjVVuhZLhRw&scan=1|title=Birth details at freebmd.org.uk|publisher=freebmd.org.uk|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}}</ref> – 29 June 1947<ref name="Death details at freebmd.org.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=X9l%2BWZUwtie4DCpDiTAvag&scan=1|title=Death details at freebmd.org.uk|publisher=freebmd.org.uk|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}}</ref>) was an English [rugby union](/source/rugby_union), and professional [rugby league](/source/rugby_league) footballer who played in the 1890s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for [England](/source/England_national_rugby_union_team) and [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire_Rugby_Football_Union),<ref>Philip Gaunt (1969). "Yorkshire Rugby Union – Centenary 1869-1969 (Page-28)". Chadwick Studios/[http://www.duffieldprinters.co.uk Frederick Duffield & Sons Ltd] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906135655/http://www.duffieldprinters.co.uk/ |date= 6 September 2013}}. ISBN n/a</ref> and at club level for [Bradford FC](/source/Bradford_Park_Avenue_A.F.C.),<ref>{{cite book|first1= Graham|last1= Williams|first2= Peter|last2= Lush|first3= David|last3= Farrar|title= The British Rugby League Records Book|publisher= London League|isbn= 978-1-903659-49-6|year= 2009|page= 178}}</ref> as a [forward](/source/Rugby_union_positions), e.g. [front row](/source/Rugby_union_positions), [lock](/source/Rugby_union_positions), or [back row](/source/Rugby_union_positions), and club level rugby league (RL) for [Bradford FC](/source/Bradford_Park_Avenue_A.F.C.), as a [forward](/source/Rugby_league_positions). Prior to Tuesday 27 August 1895, Bradford FC was a [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) club, it then became a [rugby league](/source/rugby_league) club, and since 1907 it has been the association football (soccer) club [Bradford Park Avenue](/source/Bradford_Park_Avenue_A.F.C.).

==Background==
Jack Toothill's birth was registered in [Bradford](/source/Bradford), [West Riding of Yorkshire](/source/West_Riding_of_Yorkshire), England, and he died aged 81 in [Bradford](/source/Bradford), [West Riding of Yorkshire](/source/West_Riding_of_Yorkshire), England.<ref name="Statistics at en.espn.co.uk (RU)"/>

==Playing career==

===International honours===
Jack Toothill won [cap](/source/Cap_(sport))s for [England](/source/England_national_rugby_union_team) (RU) while at Bradford FC in the [1890 Home Nations Championship](/source/1890_Home_Nations_Championship) against Scotland, and Ireland, in the [1891 Home Nations Championship](/source/1891_Home_Nations_Championship) against Wales, and Ireland, in the [1892 Home Nations Championship](/source/1892_Home_Nations_Championship) against Wales, Ireland, and Scotland, in the [1893 Home Nations Championship](/source/1893_Home_Nations_Championship) against Wales, Ireland, and Scotland, in the [1894 Home Nations Championship](/source/1894_Home_Nations_Championship) against Wales, and Ireland.<ref name="Statistics at en.espn.co.uk (RU)"/>

In the early years of rugby football the ''goal'' was to score goals, and a [try](/source/Try_(rugby)) had zero value, but it provided the opportunity to ''try'' at goal, and ''[convert](/source/Try_(rugby))'' the try to a goal with an unopposed kick at the goal posts. The point values of both the try and goal have varied over time, and in the early years footballers could "score" a try, without scoring any points.

===County honours===
Jack Toothill won [cap](/source/Cap_(sport))(s) for [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire_Rugby_Football_Union) (RU) while at Bradford FC,<ref name="Roses match">{{cite web|url=http://www.rlhp.co.uk/archive/jpeg/RG-1895-12.jpg|title=Roses match|publisher=rlhp.co.uk|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}</ref> in [William Barnes Wollen](/source/William_Barnes_Wollen)'s painting of [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire_Rugby_Football_Union)'s 11–3 victory over [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire_County_Rugby_Football_Union) during the 1893/94 season, a painting that is now held at the [Rugby Football Union](/source/Rugby_Football_Union) headquarters in the [Twickenham Stadium](/source/Twickenham_Stadium), [Alfred "Alf" Barraclough](/source/Alf_Barraclough) can be seen being [tackle](/source/Tackle_(football_move))d, and passing the ball to Jack Toothill, with [Tommy Dobson](/source/Thomas_Dobson_(rugby)) on the outside, although Tommy Dobson did not actually participate in this particular match.<ref name="The Ghost in the Painting – The Roses Match">{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/twickenham/world-rugby-museum/rugby-history/the-ghost-in-the-painting|title=The Ghost in the Painting – The Roses Match|publisher=englandrugby.com|date=31 December 2016|accessdate=1 January 2017}}</ref>

===Challenge Cup Final appearances===
Jack Toothill played as a [forward](/source/Rugby_league_positions) in [Bradford FC](/source/Bradford_Park_Avenue_A.F.C.)'s 0–7 defeat by [Batley](/source/Batley_Bulldogs) in the [1898 Challenge Cup](/source/1898_Challenge_Cup) Final during the [1897–98 season](/source/1897%E2%80%9398_Northern_Rugby_Football_Union_season) at [Headingley](/source/Headingley_Rugby_Stadium), [Leeds](/source/Leeds) on Saturday 23 April 1898, in front of a crowd of 27,941.

===Change of Code===
When Bradford FC converted from the [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) code to the [rugby league](/source/rugby_league) code on Tuesday 27 August 1895, Jack Toothill would have been approximately 29. Consequently, he was both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Bradford FC.

==Genealogical information==
Jack Toothill's marriage was registered during second ¼ 1892 in [Bradford](/source/Bradford).<ref name="Marriage details at freebmd.org.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=T3TRD3Y6atWdXDfC4aWgSA&scan=1|title=Marriage details at freebmd.org.uk|publisher=freebmd.org.uk|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/search/?q=Toothill Search for "Toothill" at rugbyleagueproject.org (RL)]
*[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/imagedetail.asp?id=1426 Photograph "Bradford (F.C.) c.1888 – This team contained six England internationals. – 01/01/1888" at rlhp.co.uk]
*[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/imagedetail.asp?id=1428 Photograph "Roses match – W.B. Wollen's 'Roses Match' of 1895. Manningham's Alf Barraclough is seen passing to Bradford's Jack Toothill with Bradford's Tommy Dobson on the outside. – 01/01/1895" at rlhp.co.uk]
*[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/imagedetail.asp?id=1429 Photograph "John Thomas (Jack) Toothill – Jack Toothill played for Yorkshire and England at Rugby Union and continued to play for Bradford in the Northern Union. – 01/01/1894" at rlhp.co.uk]

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Category:1866 births
Category:1947 deaths
Category:Bradford F.C. players
Category:England international rugby union players
Category:English rugby union players
Category:English rugby league players
Category:Rugby league forwards
Category:Rugby league players from Bradford
Category:Rugby union forwards
Category:Rugby union players from Bradford
Category:Yorkshire County RFU players

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