Jimmy Clarken

Jimmy Clarken
Birth nameJames C. Clarken[1]
Date of birth(1876-07-19)19 July 1876[1]
Place of birthThames, New Zealand[1]
Date of death31 July 1953(1953-07-31) (aged 77)[1]
Place of deathSydney
Rugby union career
Position(s) prop[1]
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1905-10[1] Wallabies 4[1] (0[1])

James C. Clarken (19 July 1876 – 31 July 1953) was a rugby union player who represented Australia.

Clarken, a prop, was born in Thames, New Zealand and claimed a total of 4 international rugby caps for Australia[2] His debut game was against New Zealand, at Dunedin, on 2 September 1905.

Clarken and Harald Baker (brother of R. L. "Snowy" Baker) are remembered for their heroic rescues in the Coogee surf disaster of 28 January 1911.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Scrum.com player profile of Jimmy Clarken". Scrum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  2. ^ Australian Rugby Team (Touring America), 1912, The Daily Telegraph, (Wednesday, 18 September 1912), p. 15.
  3. ^ "Coogee Surf Tragedy: Four Lives Lost". The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser. Vol. XCI, no. 2569. New South Wales, Australia. 1 February 1911. p. 24. Retrieved 16 June 2022 – via National Library of Australia.