Frederick Stanley Jackson

Frederick Stanley Jackson was a rugby footballer of the early 1900s who represented the Anglo/Welsh British Lions and the New Zealand Kiwis.

Jackson was possibly born in Camborne and educated at the Camborne School of Mines. Other sources claim he was born in Swansea, Wales while the Manchester Evening News reported in 1900 that he was educated at Llandovery College and he may have served in the Boer War. No records of his birth have been found.

A Cornish rugby union player (16 Cornish caps), Jackson played 'forward' for Camborne RFC, Plymouth, Leicester and represented A.F. Harding's Anglo/Welsh British Lions team in their tour to Australia and New Zealand in 1908. Jackson was the Leicester Tigers leading scorer in the 1906-07 season. He was reputed to be a powerful goal-kicker and was the star of Cornwall's championship-winning side in 1908 when he led the way in the 17-3 final win against Durham in front of 17,000 spectators at Redruth R.F.C.'s Recreation Ground.

Jackson was suspended and recalled from the 1908 Lions tour of New Zealand, where he was considered the tourists' best forward, to be investigated by the Rugby Football Union for professionalism. He was accused of playing for the Swinton club under the name of "John Jones" and had represented Swansea under the name of "Gabe". Leaving his close friend and Leicester team-mate John Jackett in tears on the wind-swept dockside, he sailed from Wellington to Sydney on the Maitai but, for whatever reason, decided he could not return to England and slipped back to New Zealand unannounced, and married Horowai Henderson from Te Araroa and had five children.