Jimmy Flynn (rugby)
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James P. "Jimmy" Flynn (23 June 1894 - 1965) was an Australia
n rugby union
player, a state and national representative centre and half-back. His representative career lasted from 1912 to 1914 and he captained the national side on one occasion in 1913, the youngest player to ever do so. He was later a Queensland state
selector.
club in Brisbane. He was a prodigious talent and was first selected to represent at Queensland state
level one day before his 18th birthday. In that 1912 interstate series Queensland won dual home game victories for the first time since 1901.
Flynn was selected in the Wallabies
squad for the 1912 Australia rugby union tour of Canada and the USA
. The tour was a disappointment with the squad billeted out in college fraternity houses where the hospitality played havoc with team discipline and as result the team lost against two California University sides and three Canadian provincial sides. Flynn played in ten of the tour matches but was not selected in the sole Test. He suffered the ignominy of being sent off in the match against a Combined Vancouver-Victoria side and Howell suggests he was probably the first Australian half-back on tour to do so.
He had state representative success in 1913 with appearances against the New Zealand Maori and against New South Wales. Still aged only nineteen, he captained Queensland to victory in the second match of that year's interstate series kicking four goals including a conversion on the bell to snatch a one point victory. His Test debut was made in 1914 when he played in both fixtures against the touring All Blacks
. In the second Test on 1 August 1914 he had the honour of captaining the Wallaby side and at twenty years and seven months his record still stands as the youngest man to do so.
The Great War interrupted Flynn's career as rugby in Australia effectively ceased in that time. Post-war he made two appearances for Australia against an AIF
side in 1919. Although rugby would stay in demise in Queensland until 1929, Flynn had a hand in its re-birth as a Queensland and national selector in 1929 and 1930.
He claimed a total of 2 international rugby caps for Australia.
Australia
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n rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player, a state and national representative centre and half-back. His representative career lasted from 1912 to 1914 and he captained the national side on one occasion in 1913, the youngest player to ever do so. He was later a Queensland state
Queensland Reds
The Queensland Reds represent Queensland in the sport of rugby union in the Southern Hemisphere Super Rugby competition. Prior to 1996 they were a representative team selected on merit from the rugby union club competitions in Queensland...
selector.
Rugby career
Born in Brisbane, Queensland, Flynn was schooled at St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace. His first grade career was played with the Brothers Old BoysBrothers Old Boys
The Brothers Old Boys are an Australian rugby union club, based in Brisbane,Queensland. The team currently competes in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition against nine of the states best Rugby Union clubs. The club was established in 1905 and has won 27 premierships since...
club in Brisbane. He was a prodigious talent and was first selected to represent at Queensland state
Queensland Reds
The Queensland Reds represent Queensland in the sport of rugby union in the Southern Hemisphere Super Rugby competition. Prior to 1996 they were a representative team selected on merit from the rugby union club competitions in Queensland...
level one day before his 18th birthday. In that 1912 interstate series Queensland won dual home game victories for the first time since 1901.
Flynn was selected in the Wallabies
Australia national rugby union team
The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...
squad for the 1912 Australia rugby union tour of Canada and the USA
1912 Australia rugby union tour of Canada and the USA
The 1912 Australia rugby union tour of Canada and the USA was a collection of friendly rugby union games undertaken by the Australia national rugby union team against various invitational teams from Canada and the USA, and also against the US national team....
. The tour was a disappointment with the squad billeted out in college fraternity houses where the hospitality played havoc with team discipline and as result the team lost against two California University sides and three Canadian provincial sides. Flynn played in ten of the tour matches but was not selected in the sole Test. He suffered the ignominy of being sent off in the match against a Combined Vancouver-Victoria side and Howell suggests he was probably the first Australian half-back on tour to do so.
He had state representative success in 1913 with appearances against the New Zealand Maori and against New South Wales. Still aged only nineteen, he captained Queensland to victory in the second match of that year's interstate series kicking four goals including a conversion on the bell to snatch a one point victory. His Test debut was made in 1914 when he played in both fixtures against the touring All Blacks
All Blacks
The New Zealand men's national rugby union team, known as the All Blacks, represent New Zealand in what is regarded as its national sport....
. In the second Test on 1 August 1914 he had the honour of captaining the Wallaby side and at twenty years and seven months his record still stands as the youngest man to do so.
The Great War interrupted Flynn's career as rugby in Australia effectively ceased in that time. Post-war he made two appearances for Australia against an AIF
AIF
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side in 1919. Although rugby would stay in demise in Queensland until 1929, Flynn had a hand in its re-birth as a Queensland and national selector in 1929 and 1930.
He claimed a total of 2 international rugby caps for Australia.
External links
- http://www.scrum.com/australia/rugby/player/2515.html Flynn's Rugby Career from StatsGuru