Facts:   - death place: cardiff , wales    - relatives: william roberts -lrb- son-in-law -rrb-    - ru amateurclubs: llandaff rfc cardiff rfc    - ru nationalpoints: -lrb- 0 -rrb-    - birth name: john e. elliott    - death date: 30 march 1938    - ru nationalyears: 1894-1898      - ru nationalcaps: 3    - birth date: 13 august 1871    - name: jack elliott    - birth place: south shields , england    - ru position: scrum-half    - ru nationalteam: walwales   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jack elliott -lrb- rugby player -rrb- .
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john `` jack '' elliott -lrb- also spelled jack elliot -rrb- -lrb- 13 august 1871-30 march 1938 -rrb- was a welsh rugby union scrum-half who played club rugby for cardiff and international rugby for wales , winning three caps .although born in the north-east of england , elliott was living in cardiff , the welsh capital by the time he was a young man .he became the director of the mountstuart dry dock at cardiff docks and was a property owner .