James Leo Farrell

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James "Jimmy" Leo Farrell (7 August 1903 in Ireland – 24 October 1979 in Cirencester, England) was an Irish rugby player.^[1] He was educated at Castleknock College and captained the Castleknock SCT to Leinster Schools Senior Cup success in 1920. He played for Bective Rangers and Ireland (1926-32) and was a member of the British Lions squad on the 1927 British Lions tour to Argentina and the 1930 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia

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British and Irish Lions – 1927 Argentina tour

Forwards	Wakefield (Cambridge) McIlwaine (Cambridge) Allen (Cambridge) Coghlan (Cambridge) Gubb (Oxford) Troup Coley Pike Law Payne MacMyn (London Scottish) (c.) Farrell

Backs	Wallens Hamilton Smythe Kelly Taylor Aarvold (Cambridge) Douty Hammett Sobey Malfroy (Cambridge) Spong Wilson

Coach	James "Bim" Baxter

British and Irish Lions – 1930 New Zealand and Australia tour

Forwards	Doug Prentice (Leicester and England) (captain) Henry Rew (Blackheath and England) Dai Parker (Swansea and Wales) WB Welsh (Hawick and Scotland) Brian Henry Black (Oxford U. and England) Michael "Mike" Joseph Dunne (Lansdowne and Ireland) George Beamish (Leicester and Ireland) James Leo Farrell (Bective Rangers and Ireland) John McDonald Hodgson (Northern) Henry O'Hara O'Neill (Queens and Ireland) Ivor Jones (Llanelli and Wales) Harry Wilkinson (Halifax and England) Samuel "Sam" Airey Martindale Martindale (Kendal and England) Douglas Kendrew (Leicester and England) HCS Jones (Manchester and England)

Backs	Jack Bassett (Penarth and Wales) WG McG Bonner (Bradford) Carl Aarvold (Cambridge U. and England) James "Jim" SR Reeves (Harlequins and England) Jack Morley (Newport and Wales) Anthony "Tony" L Novis (Blackheath and England) R Jennings (Redruth) Harry Bowcott (Cambridge U. and Wales) Tommy Jones-Davies (London Welsh and Wales) Paul Finbarr Murray (Wanderers and Ireland) Roger Spencer Spong (Old Millhillians and England) Wilfred "Wilf" Henry Sobey (Old Millhillians and England) Thomas "Tom" Caldwell Knowles (Birkenhead Park) Howard Poole (Cardiff)

Coach	James Baxter

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