Jim Morehouse Explained

Jim Morehouse
Fullname:James Irving Morehouse
Birth Date:6 April 1864
Birth Place:Melbourne, Victoria
Death Place:Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Position:Ruck
Statsend:1898
Years1:1886–1887
Club1:Prahran
Years2:1888–1889
Years3:1890–1893
Club4:Fremantle
Games Goals5:10 (0)
Years4:1894–1897
Years5:1898

James Irving Morehouse (6 April 1864 – 2 November 1914) was an Australian rules footballer who played with VFA clubs Prahran, St Kilda, Richmond and Carlton. He then moved to Western Australia and played with the Fremantle club from 1894-97. Upon his return to Victoria he joined St Kilda in the newly established Victorian Football League (VFL).[1] Morehouse was commonly known by the nickname 'Jigger'.

Family

The son of William Morehouse (1829–1904),[2] and Harriet Morehouse (1830–1897), née Merrick,[3] James Irving Morehouse was born in Melbourne on 6 April 1864.

James Irvine "Jigger" Morehouse along with his brother Arthur William "Artie" Morehouse[4] lived in Moss Street, Prahran. In 1885 the pair played football with Hawksburn; James was elected to the club committee.

Football

Morehouse played for Hawksburn in 1885 and at the club's 6th Annual Meeting was elected to the committee. On 20 March 1886, members of Hawksburn, South Yarra and Southern Cross Football Clubs held a meeting at Prahran Court House and formed the Prahran Football Club with the view to apply for membership of the senior footballing body, the Victorian Football Association. James and his brother Arthur joined the new club and played the 1886 and 1887 seasons. When Prahran was absorbed by St Kilda after the 1887 season, the brothers became St Kilda players. In 1890 the brothers played with Richmond and then the following year they joined Carlton.

Before moving to Carlton in the VFA, Morehouse played for several years with Prahran -- as did his brother, Arthur William Morehouse (1866–1931),[5] who, in addition to playing with Prahran in 1886 and 1887, also played with St Kilda (1888-1889), Richmond (1890), and Carlton (1891) in the VFA.[6]

Death

He died of pleurisy at the Wagga Wagga Hospital on 2 November 1914.[7] [8]

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Notes and References

  1. It is important to note that, in the press of the day, Morehouse's family name is often mistakenly given as "Moorhouse"; also, given that players were commonly only identified by their family names, care must be taken when reading press reports of his time at Prahran and at Carlton to distinguish Jim Morehouse (e.g., Blueseum profile) from his brother Artie (e.g., Blueseum profile).
  2. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10357573 Deaths: Morehouse, The Argus, (Thursday, 29 December 1904), p.1.
  3. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/190645590 Deaths: Morehouse, The Age, (Monday, 5 July 1897), p.1.
  4. Web site: Blueseum - History of the Carlton Football Club Arthur 'Artie' Morehouse . 2023-12-10 . Blueseum - History of the Carlton Football Club . en.
  5. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/204337203 Deaths: Morehouse, The Age, (Saturday, 3 October 1931), p.5.
  6. https://www.tigerlandarchive.org/tiki-index.php?page=VFA+Players Richmond Football Club: VFA Players, tigerlandarchive.org.
  7. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/141857734 Obituary: Mr. James Morehouse, The (Wagga Wagga) Daily Advertiser', (Wednesday, 4 November 1914), p.2.
  8. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/190673015 Deaths: Morehouse, The Age, (Saturday, 7 November 1914), p.5

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