Jimmy Clark (9 September 1908 – 11 April 1979) was an Australian

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player, a

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who made five representative Test appearances for the Australian national team in the 1930s, captaining in the side in one of these matches. He made 15 appearances for the Queensland state team from 1930 being the period of the revival of the code in Queensland, following its dormancy since

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Rugby career

Clark was born in Mount Perry near

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and attended

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. Jimmy Clark began his rugby career at the state level, making his debut for

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against a visiting

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side in 1930. The following year, he was selected as vice-captain, under Syd Malcolm, for the Australian

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to tour to New Zealand as vice-captain to Syd Malcolm. He played in seven of the tour's ten matches including two Tests. One of these Tests was against a

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and Clark captained the side. It was a mid-week tour match at the time, but was decreed in 1986 as a Test match by the

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. Accordingly, Clark posthumously earned the honour of being a Wallaby Test captain. His brother Phil Clark was also on that tour. In 1932 he played in two domestic Test matches when

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toured Australia. The following year he was selected for the first-ever Wallaby tour of South Africa. He played in one Test on tour and in eight other minor matches with injury restricting his game time on the tour.

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* Howell, Max (2005) ''Born to Lead - Wallaby Test Captains'', Celebrity Books, Auckland NZ {{DEFAULTSORT:Clark, Jimmy Australian rugby union players Australia national rugby union team captains Australia international rugby union players 1908 births 1979 deaths Rugby union flankers Rugby union players from Queensland People from Wide Bay–Burnett University of Queensland Rugby Club players People educated at St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace Queensland rugby union team players 20th-century Australian sportsmen