John Wallace Jarman was an English

England

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 international rugby union

Rugby union

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 forward who played club rugby for Bristol

Bristol Rugby

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. Jarman played international rugby for England

England national rugby union team

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 and was selected for the British Isles

British and Irish Lions

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 on their 1899 tour of Australia

1899 British Lions tour to Australia

The 1899 British Isles tour to Australia was the fourth rugby union tour by a British Isles team and the second to Australia; though the first tour in 1888 was a private venture, making the 1899 tour the first official undertaking of Australia...

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Rugby career

Jarman came to note as a rugby player while representing Bristol at club level; and was captaining the team by time he was approached to play in Matthew Mullineux

Matthew Mullineux

Matthew Mullineux MC was an English rugby union scrum-half who, although not capped for England, was selected for two British Lions tours. He gained one cap during the 1896 tour to South Africa and captained the 1899 tour of Australia...

's British Isles team. Jarman was a major part of the touring team, and played in 18 of the 20 matches, including all four Test Matches against Australia

Australia national rugby union team

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. Jarman scored just a single try

Try

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 throughout the tour, in the third match of the series against Metropolitan at Sydney

Sydney

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On his return to Britain, Jarman was selected to play for the England national team. Jarman played just one game for England, the opening match of the 1900 Home Nations Championship

1900 Home Nations Championship

The 1900 Home Nations Championship was the eighteenth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Six matches were played between 6 January and 17 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.-Table:-Results:...

 against Wales

Wales national rugby union team

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at Kinsholm in Gloucester. England introduced 13 new caps for this game, and Jarman was the only player out of the eight man pack to have any international experience. England lost the game 13-3 and Jarman never represented his country again.