Birth name | John Ainsworth Spoors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 1 July 1886 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bristol, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 19 March 1963 | (aged 76)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Ham Green, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Colston's School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Ainsworth Spoors (1 July 1886 – 19 March 1963)[1] was an English international, rugby union back who played club rugby for Bristol. Although he was never capped for England he was selected for the British Isles in their 1910 tour of South Africa, playing in all three Test matches and ending the tour as the team's top scorer.