A Mousehole boy, whose brother Ron also played for
the Pirates, Jimmy was educated at the Penzance Grammar School where he proved
himself to be a fine athlete.
He first played for the Pirates
in the forties as a strong second-row forward.
After attending
St. Luke’s College Jimmy returned to teach at Lescudjack C.S. School which
enabled him to continue playing for the Pirates.
He was
an inspirational Club Captain in 1955/56 both on and off the field, and he also
skippered our CRFU ‘7s’ winning team that season.
His
300th. game for us came in October, 1956, when a Graham Paul dropped-goal earned
us a 3-0 victory against Pontypridd.
Having appeared regularly for Cornwall
(17 caps), he might well have played, but for injury, in the successful 1957/58
County Championship side. This injury caused him great frustration because he
had again been appointed as our Captain that season.
In January, 1959,
he joined Graham Paul “up north”, where the both played a big part in
Hull Kingston Rovers’ revival.
Returning to the west country in 1967,
he became a deputy headmaster at Sidmouth, where he resided until his death in
2002 at the age of 72
