| First: | RU |
| James Moffatt | |
| Fullname: | James G. Moffatt |
| Birth Date: | unknown |
| Birth Place: | Scotland |
| Death Place: | unknown |
| Ru Position: | Forward |
| Ru Club1: | Melrose RFC |
| Ru Year1start: | ≤1896 |
| Ru Year1end: | ≤96 |
| Club1: | Oldham |
| Year1start: | 1896 |
| Year1end: | 01 |
| Appearances1: | 96 |
| Tries1: | 4 |
| Points1: | 12 |
| Club2: | Leeds |
| Year2start: | ≤1904 |
| Year2end: | ≥04 |
| Teama: | Lancashire |
| Yearastart: | ≤1898 |
| Yearaend: | ≥98 |
| Appearancesa: | ≥1 |
| Teamb: | Other Nationalities |
| Yearbstart: | 1904 |
| Appearancesb: | ≥1 |
| Teamc: | Yorkshire |
| Yearcstart: | 1904 |
| Appearancesc: | ≥1 |
| Retired: | yes |
| Updated: | 7 May 2024 |
| Source: | [1] |
| New: | yes |
James "Jim" G. Moffatt (birth unknown – death unknown) was a Scottish rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s and 1900s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Melrose RFC, as a forward, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Other Nationalities and Lancashire, and at club level for Oldham (Heritage No. 36) and Leeds, as a forward (prior to the specialist positions of;), during the era of contested scrums.[1] [2] [3]
Jim Moffatt won a cap playing as a forward, i.e. number 9 (in an experimental 12-a-side match), for Other Nationalities (RL) while at Leeds in the 9–3 victory over England at Central Park, Wigan on Tuesday 5 April 1904, in the first ever international rugby league match.[4]
Jim Moffatt played as a forward, i.e. number 13, and scored a try in Oldham's 19–9 victory over Hunslet in 1899 Challenge Cup Final during the 1898–99 season at Fallowfield Stadium, Manchester.[5]