Jim Abercrombie

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Personal information
Full name	Jim Abercrombie
Date of birth
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Nickname
Position	Lock
Professional clubs*
1908 - 1910	Wests	20 (0)
National team
1908 - 1909	Australia	2 (0)
* Professional club appearances and (tries) counted for the domestic league only.

Jim Abercrombie (born in Sydney, New South Wales) was an Australian rugby league player for the Wests Magpies in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership competition, he also played rugby union for Wests. His position of choice was at lock forward though his versatility meant he could play anywhere in the forwards and he often goal kicked.

He originally played rugby union prior to the formation of the New South Wales Rugby League premiership in 1908 and was one of the original players to make the switch to the newly formed code. He attended the founding meeting of the Western Suburbs rugby league club and was elected to the inaugural committee. Abercrombie played in Wests' very first match against Balmain and scored Wests' very first goals in First Grade in the following match against Souths. He played all nine matches of the inaugural season and was also apart of the first national side that played against the visiting New Zealand All Golds. He was also controversially a member of the first touring Australian national side to Great Britain after he was originally left out of the squad though after a public outcry over his omission he was called in, thus making him the first international player to come from the Western Suburbs club.

In 2008 the Western Suburbs Magpies celebrated their centenary by inducting six inaugural members into the club's Hall of Fame. These six included Jim Abercrombie.^[1]

Contents 1 Career playing statistics 1.1 Point scoring summary 1.2 Matches played 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Career playing statistics

[edit] Point scoring summary

Games	Tries	Goals	F/G	Points
20	-	20	-	40

[edit] Matches played

Team	Matches	Years
Wests Magpies	20	1908 - 1910
Australia	2	1908 - 1909

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Wests Tigers Team of the Century Nominations

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