| Jimmy Tilyard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Name: | James Thomas Tilyard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 27 August 1889 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Waratah, Tasmania, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Death Place: | Dannevirke, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position: | First five-eighth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Repyears1: | 1913–20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Repcaps1: | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reppoints1: | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Provinceyears1: | 1908–11, 13–20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Provinceyears2: | 1912, 1921 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Provinceapps1: | 43 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Provinceapps2: | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives: | Fred Tilyard (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Thomas Tilyard (27 August 1889 – 1 November 1966) was a New Zealand rugby union player.
Tilyard, Australian born, represented Wellington and Wanganui provincially. He played his club rugby with Poneke. A brother, Fred, was also an All Black while other brothers competed in club rugby at a high level.[1]
He played his only Test match for New Zealand when he took the field as a first five-eighth in an 11-point loss to Australia at Christchurch in 1913. It was more of a second string All-Blacks team as the usual players had already started their tour of Canada when this Test, the final of the series, was played.[2]
Tilyard returned to the national team in 1920 and captained them for a tour of New South Wales. He made nine All Black appearances on the tour, scored four tries and kicked two conversions as well as a drop goal.[1]
The talented sportsman also appeared in one first-class cricket match for Wellington in 1908, against Hawke's Bay in Napier. In a drawn match, Tilyard contributed scores of 31 and nine.[3]