Jim Stone | |
Full Name: | James Martin Stone |
Birth Date: | 15 April 1921 |
Birth Place: | Coonamble, NSW, Australia |
Position: | Wing |
Repyears1: | 1946 |
Repcaps1: | 2 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
James Martin Stone (15 April 1921 — 4 September 2010) was an Australian rugby union international.[1]
Stone was born in Coonamble and attended De La Salle College Armidale.[2]
A winger, Stone was a prolific try scorer and made an immediate impact in his debut first-grade season for Randwick in 1941, with 21 tries from 15 appearances, which included a record run of 14 successive games where he scored a try.[2]
Stone served in the Army during the war and towards the end of the conflict was based on Morotai Island.[2]
After the war, Stone began playing for St. George and didn't have to wait long to receive a Wallabies call up, when he was named for the 1946 tour of New Zealand. He missed the 1st Test against New Zealand with a torn leg muscle, but recovered in time for the match against NZ Maori, which was retrospectively awarded Test status to become his first Wallabies cap.[3] He was capped again in the 2nd Test at Eden Park against the All Blacks.[2]