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Saturday 28 December 1957, he played in the defeat by
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866:"Brian Sparks cigarette card at rugbyrelics.com"
888:"Measuring Worth – Relative Value of UK Pounds"
668:Morris) was registered during second ¼ 1954 in
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961:Search for "Sparks" at rugbyleagueproject.org
776:. wru.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from
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1062:Members of the Order of the British Empire
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688:Brian Sparks was a police officer in
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936:"Marriage details at freebmd.org.uk"
910:"Dave Fleming's Blast From The Past"
710:Exley County Secondary Modern School
890:. Measuring Worth. 31 December 2014
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992:Statistics at pontypoolrugby.co.uk
988:Statistics at pontypoolrugby.co.uk
966:Statistics at bridgendravens.co.uk
938:. freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2013
81:5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
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664:Brian Sparks' marriage to Beryl (
89:15 st 0 lb (95 kg)
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982:Statistics at neathrugby.co.uk
978:Statistics at neathrugby.co.uk
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634:, he also played, and was
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1027:Glamorgan Police officers
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844:"Statistics at scrum.com"
774:"Statistics at wru.co.uk"
550:, Wales, and educated at
546:Brian Sparks was born in
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591:Brian Sparks signed for
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603:-scoring début against
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1102:Welsh police officers
1077:Pontypool RFC players
1072:People from Glamorgan
571:International honours
554:. He died aged 82 in
467:Brian Anthonie Sparks
61:30 June 2013 (age 82)
1117:Welsh schoolteachers
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702:University of Exeter
510:Torquay Athletic RFC
506:Glamorgan Police RFC
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28:Personal information
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1022:2013 deaths
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680:district).
652:during the
618:during the
587:Club career
474:rugby union
95:Rugby union
1011:Categories
738:References
724:Llangeinor
712:in Exley,
650:semi-final
624:Thrum Hall
542:Background
235:≤1956–≤57
173:≤1953–≤53
153:≤1953–≤53
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193:1953–≤57
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611:in the
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528:Flanker
520:captain
437:Halifax
105:Flanker
66:, Wales
53:, Wales
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400:Years
303:Years
278:Total
120:Years
86:Weight
78:Height
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640:Wigan
609:Wigan
595:from
581:Wales
486:Devon
482:Wales
403:Team
395:Club
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339:Devon
306:Team
201:100+
123:Team
115:Club
944:2014
922:2014
896:2015
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852:2014
830:2014
800:ISBN
786:2018
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644:1961
632:Fans
613:1959
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