Jim Unwin
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Ernest James 'Jim' Unwin (18 September 1912 - 23 November 2003) was an English
rugby union international. He also played first-class cricket
for Essex
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Unwin, a pacy winger and capable drop-kicker, won his first cap for England in their 1937 Home Nations Championship
win over Scotland, scoring a try to help them claim the Triple Crown. He had previously toured Argentina with the British Lions in 1936 and in 1938 travelled to South Africa with the British Lions, playing two Tests. Also in 1938, he appeared in all three internationals in that year's Home Nations Championship. An amateur, he played his club rugby for Rosslyn Park
. World War II
ended Unwin's sporting career as he joined the army and remained with them until his retirement in 1949, having reached the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
On the cricket field, Unwin made seven first-class appearances with Essex throughout the 1930s. The Haileybury educated sportsman also played a bit of cricket for Suffolk in the Minor Counties His brother Frederick was a more successful cricketer, playing 53 first-class matches for Essex.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
rugby union international. He also played first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
for Essex
Essex County Cricket Club
Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...
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Unwin, a pacy winger and capable drop-kicker, won his first cap for England in their 1937 Home Nations Championship
1937 Home Nations Championship
The 1937 Home Nations Championship was the thirty-third series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Five Nations, and prior to that, the Home Nations, this was the fiftieth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Six matches...
win over Scotland, scoring a try to help them claim the Triple Crown. He had previously toured Argentina with the British Lions in 1936 and in 1938 travelled to South Africa with the British Lions, playing two Tests. Also in 1938, he appeared in all three internationals in that year's Home Nations Championship. An amateur, he played his club rugby for Rosslyn Park
Rosslyn Park F.C.
Rosslyn Park Football Club is a rugby union team. Founded in 1879, the club became the first club based in England to play rugby internationally when it faced Stade Francais in Paris on 18 April 1892. In 1912, the club played in Prague, Budapest and Vienna in the first rugby matches ever played in...
. World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
ended Unwin's sporting career as he joined the army and remained with them until his retirement in 1949, having reached the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
On the cricket field, Unwin made seven first-class appearances with Essex throughout the 1930s. The Haileybury educated sportsman also played a bit of cricket for Suffolk in the Minor Counties His brother Frederick was a more successful cricketer, playing 53 first-class matches for Essex.