Jim Birch (rugby union)
| Birth name | James Birch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 30 December 1889 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Northampton, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 17 April 1968 (aged 78) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Northampton, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Police officer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Birch (30 December 1889 – 17 April 1968) was an English-born international rugby union prop who played club rugby for Northampton and Neath was capped twice for Wales. Birch was selected for Wales in a tit for tat reprisal by the Welsh Rugby Union after the Rugby Football Union selected Welshman Stanley Williams for England.